Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-02
MEETING AT EXPERIMENT STATION


state Agricultural BOARD discuss tho
subjects OF Economical nary God.
The State Board OF Agriculture held a
farmers institute at tho experiment station
in this city Wednesday which was attended
by many Of the studeuts OF the agriculture
college aud by number OF tho students
from The adjoining towns.
President Buckhsm welcomed the Board
in few VOL chosen words aud presided
over tho meeting.
Mr.. II. W. Vail of Pomfret spoke Oh the
"Economca food for the dairy cow" He
said that tho Old Testament idea OF the close
relation between animal and man was right
then ami right eti. that en- intimate knowl-
edge OF the nervous functions OF the COW
and how to best handle her and her prod
ucts are in the line OF economy. How shall
we feed economically? by feeding sclen-
tliicaly aud in accordance with nature 8
laws. The natural food of a COW is grass
in May and juno; the cow does hor best
then and dries up as the grass rtrons. IL
we had this green, tender and succulent
food the year round dQrYing would be q
simpler matter, but this is impossible and
we must content ourselves with Initiating
and supplementing. believe this may
beat be done BY growing and feeding green
succession OF crops such as the
folio wing: Clover, winter rye sown the
fall before, a second cutting OF clover, corn,
aud finally barley, sown in the spring, and
lasting up to the lime OF hard irosts. With
such u succession OF green foods and with
grain, the COW can he carried along with
out much shrinkage.
The corn plant is tho great food produc-
er for the dairy, giving more dry matter
per acre than any other Of cur farm crops
| would ensilage it and SO feed succulent
feed the year round Shall we buy or raise
grain? This is chronic topic for discus
Sion 10 which no general answer can be
given, for it depends on individual coudi-
tions, some doing less growing, some buy
ing, Still our most successful dairymen
generally buy moro or best. Our ordinary
crops contain plenty of starch but we can
rot as readily raise proteine. This we have
offered us in the shape Of milling by-prod
ucts, such as tho brsns, cotton seed, linseed,
and gluten meals and by using them in
connection with our homo grown folders,
we can form "balanced' ration. THIS
puts a comparatively new phase on stock
feeding. These products are valuable for
food and fertilizer. The amounts to be fed
each must settle for himself, depending on
many different factors for the decision.
use wider ration every year, or rather
feed less bought grain. But cut my grass
earlier each year. and gain there where l
lose on grain.
We are getting to rely more on our home
farms to produce proteine and buying less.
Mr.. Weston of Winooski-How may we
produce June grass cheaper and for longer
time9
Mr.. Nail-That's too big a question for
me to answer. But on small scale Amasa
Scott Of Craftsbury, cutting three or four
times n year and at the rate of Six tons to
the acre, has got GOO pounds of butter fro m
a COW on grass alone
! Mr.. Yves toni bolsve in blowing pas
lures; have turned 80 cows into 2O-acre
pasture nights in the summer to the benefit
of both animals aud land.
Mr.. NaIl-Luke Fsner of Cabot plows
and fertilizes pastures heavily to advantage.
believe in it when it can lie done.
Mr. Carl Fisher--When my father has done
this he has not been obliged to feed extra
until September. He generally grows oats
potatoes or some such crop first, which near
ly or quite pey for the phosphate and then
haa the grass Text year in addition.
Prof. Cooke-Among the newer by prod
ucts the Buffalo Gluden feed, selling now at
&22 per ton, seems to be good article.
/ Our experiments with III and with Cream
| Gluten meal seem to indicate that they in
crease quantity and richness both, the latter
to slight extent only, however 1t has,
until within year or So been thought that
richness could not be fed into milk, but
these feeds seem to do it, They are refuses
OF glucose works, are concentrated, rather
dangerous to feed in large quantities, but of
great feeding value. They have not the
| fertiliZjug clements of the cotton seed meal
| however.