Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-01-10

many OF the most valuable h0Tscs arc
from the Morgan family: many of the
largest breeders Of tTotting horses are
looking for Morgan mares. He referred
TO Baron Wilkes. els as standing in the
very front OF trotting stations aud his
fastest performer was from a Morgan
marc. aud several others OF his get were
from daughters of Daniel Lambert. Con
Guiding he said people should save the
Morgan blood BY inbreeding aud place
Vermont where it was years ago-'noted
for its Morgan horses"
FRIDAY MORNING SESSION.
The speaker Friday morning was II.
W. Vail. North Pomfret. and his subject
was The breeding and care Of the dairy
COW" He spoke OF the difference in cows
AZ not appreciated by the average dairy
man and illustrated it by the fact that
some cows and some breeds of cows do
not give milk enough to support their
young. The modern dairy COW is an ar
tifcial product, her immense product of
milk aud butter is the result OF the skill.
full work of breeders for ages who have
given up their life work to her improve
ment, one man taking up the work where
another left it off, The dairyman of to-
day to work with profit must have the
best. The farmer isolated on his farm
does not see the competition under which
he labors as does the merchant whose
competition is next door underselling him
at every point, but the fact presses him If
unobserved. The rich and fertile fields
of other states, the West and the East
touch shoulder with us in the market
places of tie world, and the dairymen
that are making three hundred and four
hundred pounds of butter per COW are
meeting there those who make one hun
bred or one hundred fifty pounds, with
the latter at a terrible disadvantage
because it costs about so much to keep a
cow. He believed that a dairyman
| should raise his own cows and should
| look to blooded males to raise his herd to
better production. The Babcock tes-
ter should be used and the Improbable
cows discarded. Cows are born with a
certain and fixed capacity OF prod uction
and they should be fed to develop that
capacity to its fullest extent. They should
be carefully treated and MIXED. The
milking function is a nervous one and
whatever dsturbs her lessons her pro-
duction. He treated at some length the
growth and development of the heller ant
the feed of the dairy COW.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION.
Prof. ]. l.. Hills, Director of the Expert
ment Station at Burlington, occupied thu
Friday afternoon session with talk OF
Milk Testing" illustrating the same
by the use of the Babcock tester befor,
the audience. He said in part that tn,
variation existing in the quality of mill
from day to day in the same herd wa:
frequently large, and that it was best te
use the composite sample. thus mixing
the milks OF several days, eliminating
variation to a considerable extent ant
getting more reliable results. He advo
Gated the use of the Babcock test by tn,
private dairyman as means ofdetermin
ing the reliable value of the cows kept
the wedding out of the poor cows, a
we'll as to check the testing at the cream
cry. He also explained at length TIL
necessity of taking accurate samples, tn
ACCESSIBILITY of using the "automat
sampling system" at creameries and tn
relation of the test to the churn product
The surplus" was explained and state,
to be, under proper management, abou
fifteen per cent, or in other words tina
one hundred pounds of fat as shown b,
the Babcock test should make not les
than one hundred fifteen pounds of but
ter. A sample Of milk was then testec
before the audience, the apparatus ant
its use being thoroughly explained AM
=, shown to be but simple operation. TIL
accuracy of the Babcock test as mean
of determining the butter value of mil
> and the relative value of cows is now ad
mitted, and when honestly and INTEL
= gently managed is great boon to tn
dairy industry OF the world. After sc,
eral questions asked and answered til
: meeting adjourned.
There was good attendance at til
= meetings, much better than had been al
. ticipated. but still there is room for in
= provement. All the addresses were pre-;
. nant with good suggestions and Il
closest attention was given to the var
Gus speakers, and from the interest mar
tested we are justified in the belief tn;
" the meetings will be productive of mu,
:, good.
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