St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-31
CIR Farm.
STATE hGR.CCITCRAL
EXPERIMENT STATION, :
BURLINGTON, VT, 1898. J


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR
PART IL.
var,attons ouantitv md Oualitv of Milk.
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A tull record mas Deen kept at the sta
ton or the milk or each COW year aftef
year. and many thousand ANALYSES made.
mr. ,ol,,,niro,,o rooords NOW IN fi1a frr.
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nish ABUNDANT data Tor determining the
changes that take place in the quantity
and oualitv of the milk NJ n COW and
a a. -. -......,,.1..,.,
Vho ihiiuei'o Vh"V ''ii oue 'iiHoii''V'''0'
nave ON the quantlty ana quallty'
A study Of these records leads TO the
following conclusions.
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F1rst-All COWS shrink In quantity OF mix as
they get further from calving. II they are far'
row. TINS IN ia y eyen
" they go Dry PROVIDED tney arc SUN iurroW
II they are In call the mlik increases T IN qual,
lty as II decreases IN quahlity' ms increase
snkht ohe-t"eht'o,n uuiihs 'no his'
ELK Ibohtns hi'ci chiNAb pu. ooSoii,oo 4ui'e
pI0hounceu Jus' Ioioio ,no "" hoeo ny
eeoohu- Co"s 'n" t, r",'e ~ 'ao 'p,lns u'ei
age giving more Ililh uuI'ns lho nlet .n'9e
nontis hiter oulVins tlhh .noso WA. INV ~
the i4h ror .ne so.ens"' 'i Tai, anu nt
- = II ~. = . a. . y ~.
inlaAoi vaii"Von1 ~ Wy tuai'y VI viz Ni''A
ma "" s, sH"e az I'. ., Wv A.. H.
he niih VI GOV ioa .no ni1. ~"
uays VI "eeAs hl'ei ua.s J., 20 W, na. t, 81
quni'y U VIZ 1880 sI,,h,io rininr dr. .u1,
49, ,,no ,roaLa md ,han boIda ain,ns1
J,dr,a t., wv" orolitv Gov ,bo naxt Tour ~ Gve
unn' :" f'"'' 'O' '' NV
Ta,'r,I r,o.,s ,,or,, In tho oroi,,v ~ thai,
III, e., "no ,oiItjnn % Tho nav, and rom
Az 20 day Tho onaIItv risina and falling with.
~; orro,ant oansa Such c6anges a 70 nauaIIr
,ri,bIp NOV cent ~ Tat tbongb one COW vas
rno,nn ~ obonao o 40 mar cont In two davs
tn lace obanne ~ anv ~ tho cowa In the 80"
.inu hard I dmrino y n entre nerod ~ iactation
ia n 40 mar cont III the average cbange ia N
nor can't md the greatest change 2 "a ner cant
M Iaroost voriotIon in v,eld ~ bntter 10 from
mill that required 20 mounds to make n pound
nTfrttor 40 Guoilt,; y NH wbicS wonl1 70
oniro brt II : nounds II l. nrobobly nnoossiJo
~ oosaa ,,,, o,,r 81 n d,ihliS ,bo naI
49, - ,i Nib i,,r,,, y, Toront ,i,aoat ~
sor,o noriod ~ Io,,otinn
FifthITnst after caIvino tho mill 10 noore,
IN fat and IN soIids M, fat thon Inc, hofdro no
oo, ,,,o,,t dr,, rLa o,,aro,,o 49,, IL, a. IL 10
80 oat ,Lo net, - Lo,, o o. 49,.
S.,' Wy 81, 4" ,o a my -.o' POI
cSan@e in solids not fat ia n fali ~ n ~ ne,
cent with variations from n decrease Of La "a
to Increase S of per rU cent? u''''A'' o l."
Sixth-Most cows give about the same DUAL.
Ity OF milk year after year. beginning with this
quality at the first calving. There Is no gen
eral tendency for the milk to become either
richer or poorer as the COW grows older
Seyenth-Frofn 6he caiving to the next COVE
Ne re Synacied IN vary tho 5Aberal onaiitv NJ
their milk not much more than n sixth of per
cent fat. and scarcely ever will show yaria.
tion NJ more Than n quarter of | per cent.
Fivbtb-The milk of A hejfer tends 10 apree
very closely In quality to that of her dam The
avorag GO variation is n third Of per cent NJ FAT
and the greatest difference ia per cent-in the
case NJ an AYRSHIRE row crossed with a .Jersev
hplI
Nintb-The nresent cbean ranid and easv
metIods of tasting cows leave No excnse 70,
anv dairvman,s not Knowing the quality of the
Mil ~ each one IF bis cows II two lasts are
made each NJ n miyed samnIe NJ four davs,
Mill one heine taken six weeks after tbe oo,y
oai,ao o,,d ,Le othor civ ,northo oftor oai,,,,,,
tboo,arooa of ,hoso two ,oste viii oroo oI,nns,
ovo",l Tn ,Ia a,.o,rS,o Sno,i,, 20 tIo Iii,
eivon Srring tho entIre m;ltina noriod Tbara
viii seldom Inc a difference ~ ma mrcb 90 n
ororter of NOR cent of Fat
Tentb-f II ia desired IN Lno,v from, ,o,,,
nearer togcther What ouolity ~ Mill oo''
givas vorv occ,irot l. ~ IN ho nbt"tn ${n
making two tosts Il '51sW ji... = ;'gfIN "
afr 81 >SsA1 ~ ''''S apart, iY''t iliolths
'"e co" caves, eacl iest NC Uelhs on
miNeu Sample vi louI uaSs ln'ik; Inc average
Vi these TWO 'es's Witn ohe-clsh'h VI per cehl
oI iat auueu Is SURPRISINGLY near inc 'ru'h iof
the average quaint! Oh the year mix.
EleNeh'h-ih inc long rum JUST ABOUT the
eaiiio results are oo'uheu "he'her COWS are
leeleu once ihohth OF t"lce u month";
IWeitth-Cows that nave been properly fed
when turned IN nastnre They nsnallv increaso
both in quality and quantity.
ThirteenthnFuil feeding with grain at the
5nrn anu r mv cVmS q" ore III sIu,e pr r
and May and causes the flow to keep up con.
siderably later in the fall. No attempt was
made to ascertain whether this increase was
Fonr,eeu NJ pay Tb to rIu on.d h ,h
of Vermont during the entire year contains on
the average Al per cent of fat, ind would II
rightly ~ handled make S; a. pound OF butter from
Fifteen,hwTbe ', station herd was trouh,ed
with abortion, and the trouble ceased after
thorough diSinfecting with sulphur and a plen-
m uror uso O1 inuIun rum mere Is nothing TO
cause of the cessation Of the disease go ''''
sixteenth--The most noticeable effect OF
abortion on the quality of the milk is to make
Sn ' ta T NAVE oegn mao ue COW COW
during tbe first few months after ahor, lions
until by the third or fourth month 1t is of
ABOUT the same quality as would have been