The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-13

but will set the farmers to thinking,
also give them new courage. 1t was
plain, practical, sound teaching.
Few realize The vastness of the
creamery industry. 1t is undoubtedly
by far the best method of disposing of
milk, but there are difficult problems to
meet. These problems were well
handled by the speakers of Wednesday.
Why don't more farmers bring their
wives? We hereby tender a special
invitation to them to attend the next
annual meeting of the Association.
The young people would learn some
thing, too. Take them with you, if
possible.
The lecture of Miss Barrows was a
revelation 10 most Of her audience.
One young lady said the way Miss Bar
rows manipulated that lump of dough
was "beautiful." 1t augurs well for
the future comfort of our homes that
such prac,ic.l lessons in cookery are
being given.
Quite breeze was raised among the
cheese exhibitors after the prizes were
awarded. 1t was claimed that the
cheese exhibited by Levi Swift of Mid
dlesex that won several prizes was not
made by him, but was purchased at
the Richmond factory. A protest was
entered and, as Mr.. Swift could not be
found, it was decided not to pay his
prizes until an investigation can be
made.
Mr.. Orrin Bent of Boston, the Judge
of the butter exhibit, stated publicly
Thursday morning that ii was the fin
est and most complete showing be had
ever seen. This was very handsome
comp liment to the members of the asso.
citation, from the very highest authority
The whole number of butter exhibits
was one hundred and twenty; whole
number of entries, one hundred and
six; highest score, ninety eight; low
est, eighty nine; average ninety-three
and one, third; average last year eighty
nine and five. eighths.
The Vermont Jersey Cattle Club
held its annual meeting in the parlors
of the Pavilion Thursday morning.
The old board of officers was reelected
namely: President, H. w. Vail of
Pomfret; Vice. President, j. o. San.
ford of Stamford; Secretary, T. G..
Bronson of Hardwick; Treasurer, N.
L. Boyden of Randolph; Executive
Committee, F. l.. Davis of Pomfret,
Clement Smith of Worthwhile, George
Aiken of Woodstock. 1t was voted to
issue catalogue containing the names
of Jersey breeders in Vermont with q
sketch of their stock as to number and
character.
Professor Woods said that when cat
tie eat boards it is sign that they have
not enough mineral matter in theil
food. In curing hay the more rapidly
it is dried and the less it is handled, the
better. Steaming or cooking feeds does
not make them more digestible, but il
does make them more palatable. Keep.
ing hay hurts it, there is loss of both
weight and digestibility. Best ration
for one COW may not be best for another
Quantity of milk is influenced by foods,
quality is not We cannot hope to
change the quality by the feed.
Don't take feeding standards too seri-
ously. We cannot use applied mathe.
mates in feeding. Cows differ 30 much
it is impossible. We should use the
tables and standards, but remem bel
they are not perfect. If you want to
make butter, get a butter COW; if you
want milk, get cow for that, but re-
member that thoroughbred scrub is
the meanest scrub in existence.