Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-01-18
MIR. pAMLEY,s nEMANks.

rotary of the New York Poultry associa-
ton
MR.. DAWLEY's REMARKS.
In introducing his subject. Poultry
raising as an adjunct to the dairy" Mr..
Dawlcy said that. if properly conducted,
more money can be made from poultry than
from the dairy. About the year 1880 tho
only hens to be found around the farm were
inbred fowls with weakened constitutions
and they did not receive any care or pro
duce any eggs.
You should build separate apartments for
poultry. Raise wall about IL inches high.
filling in with gravel and covering with mud
to form smooth floor. Keep this covered
with chaff or ashes Make the building frost
proof For roosts nail piece of 2XG plank,
with the upper inside edge shaved off, to the
walls. This forms pocket or groove which
should he filled with cotton waste saturated
with kerosene. to prevent the lice from
breeding in the creyiceS about the roost,
| The lice are the worst enemy of the poultry
raiser The walls should be treated with
| Persian insect powder, which should be re
| pcated in five days. to kill all insects The
prime necessity in keeping poultry is clean
! Illness
Darymen should raise eggs instead of
broers You do not need thoroughbred
! but good strong fowls. Yet we can find
! those SO bred as to adapt them to our use.
| In selecting males get those which have been
| bred for some specific purpose, but don
choose them for their markings. Have
uniform flock So that YOU can feed them
alike and secure the best results in eggs.
An egg is composed of 81 per cent water,
which necessitates a good supply OF water to
the reproducing fowl 1t also con-
tains / per cent albumen, aud 9 per
cent fat. Corn is not good food
because it is deficient in abumcn.
Wheat is the best grain. but clover hay
forms the best food for the egg producer
and j. cheaper than wheat. Cut the clover
finely and stir il ny with "A mixed food of
100 pounds bran, 50 pounds corn meal, 100
pounds ground oats, 30 pounds lnseed
meal, and 10 pounds charcoal. Charcoal
can he puverized in bag and
mixed with other grains for grinding
Feed this in the morning. at noon feed meat
with bones every other day. If you cannot
get animal food give something green. At
evening feed wheat two parts and corn one
part If you feed regularly You Will be
sure to get get results
In answer to questions Mr., Dawley said
| Buckwheat will start hens to laying but it is
not good food.
Sunhower seeds are good but too costly.
Effects of prepared hen food are similar
to those Of whiskey on a man, i. t. stnu
lating.
OFFICERS FOR 1894.
At 4:15 O'Clock President Arms called for
order that the members might proceed with
the election of officers. The following were
the men elected:
President. II. NJ. Arms of Springfield:
first vice-president, Cloud Harvey of Bar
net; second vice president, l.. H. Sheldon of
Fair Haven; secretary, &. w Pierce of
Brattleboro: treasurer H. w. Vail of Pom
fret; auditor. George Atkin of Woodstock.
BUTTER MAKERS CONFER.
large number of butter makers met il
the old dining room of the Van Ness at :
O'Clock to consider the matter of forming a
Butter Makers association Hon. O. NJ.
rinkham was elected chairman and several
speakers expressed their ideas on the matter
There seems to be feeling on the part OF
some that the meetings of the Dairymen' as
sociation are too wide in their scope and that
better results could be obtained if more tim,
could be given to butter topics 1t was not
deemed advisable to form a separate or
gonizetion, and after instructing the chair
man to ask the Dairymen's association t.
devote day exclusively to butter making
; at their annual meetings they adjourned.
EVENING SESSION.
At the opening Of the evening session the
report of the judges III the dairy exhibit wa
read by T.. \. Harris of Boston. one of tn,
judges, his colleague being Orrin Douglas
of the same city. They We're as follows;
BUTTER AWARDS
Dairy butter. class I. 10-pound tub b
Town, Milton, first, % .; II. W. Walker
South Woodstock, second. 81: H. s. Eldrcd
Sheldon, third, 93. Pro rata, Henry
. Walker, Brandon, %; II. 5 Robe, Frank
lin, %; \. NJ. Peck, st, Johnsbury. 92 )
\. N. Terrill Worthwhile, So: Hillsid,
Farm, St Adams, So; L. W. Pitkin
Marshfield, 81; \. ~ Gilman, Randolph
s95; Hiram Batchelder, Painield, 81
Frank Kenfield, Morrsville SO; H. W. Col
, burn, North Pomlret, SD; F. W. Strong
, North Pomfret, 800; G. r. Markham
, Woodstock, S3,j 5. H. Warren NORTH
Pomfret 80: T. II. LySter, st Johnsbury
1 800; William Chaplin, Middlesex, SO.
a Glass ,, five pound Boo. NJ. Tinkham
North Pomfret first, 81 j. c. Sherburne
North Pomiret, second, 935: D. H. Love
p land, Norwich, and K.W. Whitney, Spring
field, divide the third prize, each scoring 81
E Pro rata $ Hewitt, North Pomfret %: c
t Peck, Brookiield, 90; f. j. Parker. Eas
Montpelier, 9l,5; c. f. Smith, Worthwhile
9 800; G. l.. Short, East Montpelier
e 81; F. II. Wheeler, rroctorsyille 81
n. Bgelow, Stowe, 81; G. H. Terrill, Nor
, rsvile SO; L. " Dana North Pomfret
r. 80: f. L. Davis, North Pomfret. 90 .: f
t $, Bliss, st. Albans, Sc; G. II. Cobb West
ford, 50; Smith Bros, Stowe, 81 II. u
+ Cook, Elmore S6.5; b, d. Martin, Milton
T. -. >; II. Eddy, Waterbury, $50.
e Class 3, Five pounds or more in prints
Pine Ridge Dairy Farm. West Iartland
; first, %; G. S, Paine, South Randolph, sec
ond, 94.5; L. NJ. Cameron, MiddleseS
p third "a Pro rata George Davis. Eas
e Montpelier, $50; r. r. Gule Stowe
93,5: Y. &. Bronson, East Hardwick, 81
70 j. A. Alexander, Guildford, So c. W
k Somers, West Barnet, 30; LeRoy Soutl
9 worth, Middletown Springs, SO; f. j. HUI
: bard, East Hardwick, 93: Mrs. G j. Ne
son Ryegatc %: : j. HASTINGS PasSuuI