Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-01-11

with making good butter, Our cows are
making us only about l2j pounds of butter
per wear. and we average only about net
H. cents per pound. If we could not make
our butter very cheaplY, it would not be
possible for lis 60 make our ends meet. Now
we are making about $40 O0O. OOD out OF cur
diaries in Nebraska. II is no longer neccs-
sarv for our boys and girls to leave the farm
in order 10 get 10 a place whcro thoy can
exercise their skill and work their brains
for the farm needs their education and
brains, and they need the place and home
which the farm gives them.
second Day.
The meeting was opened by an address by
II. W. Vail Of the board. on 1.-The Dairy
Cow" The outlook for dairying in the
years to come is bright and we can reason
ably expect success in it for years TO come
The army of dairymen of our state is pro-
gressive and that is the reason for our eX-
pccting success. He cautioned dairymcn in
regard to describing q cow too hastily. The
COW that tests Il rich quality of milk usually is
the economical COW to keep. \ COW that
gives 81 pounds of milk a day and makes
two pounds OF butter is not necessarily more
valuable, or of equal value. with the COW
that gives only ~ pounds of milk and makes
the same quantity Of butter. The solids in
milk that are not used up in the butter cost
biz proportion of the total cost of feed
and that cost is largely lost
Mr.. San ord spoke on the Food for the
Dairy Cow" Feed Il varictv-carly cut
hav. oats and peas. corn-cnsilage. with the
by product of some other industry. cotton
seed meal gluten. wheat brau--all are
needed to get cows up to their best work.
Can YOU tell us how to raise calves
Many of us have some trouble in raising our
young calves.
Mir. Gobiloun-Our pvactc, in Iowa is
| to use a little rennct in the feed and we find
it works greatly to our advantage.
How many times do you feed a calf in
day
Twice n day.
DO YOU put ANYTHING with skim mill: for
calves
We feed ground oats and dry corn meal
when the calf gets to require additional
food.
Afternoon session.
\ poem wa, read ON the Morgan horse
and her habits. showing what the Morgan
| blood would do for a mau. when the instinct
was allowed 10 assert itself
| The board work wa, continued by an adj
dress ON Swine and their diseases" NV
! Hon. y. J.. Ashlmrn of Nebraska. The
| best qualities of our Western hoes in the
INST few wears have been run ont The
( stock has become weakened SO that the
females are only producing three. four or
five weak. bonv. almost worthless offspring
in place of the \ or - we formerly obtained.
10 come to the subject given me. hog
cholera is y CORN disease. an infnite,i,ual
vegetable life chilled hacteria. Thcsn
time. but the existence and PROPAGATION
from the bacteyia that ret ont of their
element in the nor into the ground is
many time, faster than in the Ilog itself.
when they will again h, taken into the ~,
tenn and rccuperated bv tenanting the
the earth for time. The sick hog is made
worse and the chance of recovery is les
scnel The foreign market require more
lean han fat meat. We must breed to meet
the demand of our market in this as in other
lines of our business
Mr.. Pirkin-W hat breed would YOU Sc
lect
| would go outside Of any of our present
well known breed of hogs.
What Of the Essex
Rather coarse in the West, but 1t has a
| large amount of lean meat and the English
market asks for that.
Mr.. Spear said he was glad the subject
came up here The disease is gaining ground
i'll the state. but the information we have
got this afternoon will he IA great benefit tc
us of the board who lave to meet these
same questions all over the State.
Mr.. Gobioun urged the care for the lost
animals. They should be buried below a
resuscitaton, or better still burn them ana
utterly destroy the germs.
Mr.. Ashburn-A freeze when very wet
might destroy the disease in soil, but burn
Ing is better way. Mr.. Sanford thought
we better let the hog go and use cottolme ii
place of lard.