Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-14
THE DAlRYMEN.

Auxiliary and Jersey Cub Also Held
Their Meeting. Election of Officers.
Prizes, Etc.
The Vermont Dairymen's Associa-
ton held its 9th annual meeting at
Montpelier last week, commencing
Tuesday. They were welcomed 10
Montpelier by NJ. S. Stone, state SUI
perintendent of education. Mr..
Stone said, among other things, that
he believed a new spirit had been in
fused into agriculture in the state
because of the work done by the
Dairymen's Association, and he be.
lieved that through its influence the
attractions of life on the farm will
be presented to the Young men in
such way that in the future they
will gladly adopt agriculture as pro-
fession. Vermont is a state noted for
its men and women. IL our govern
ment would consider that agriculture
is the basis Of all prosperity and would
further foster it, the speaker believed
better results would follow and better
times would come.
President Sanford's annual address
was highly instructive and was lis
tened to with interest. He laid en-
phasis on the point that the high
standard OF the Vermont dairy prod
net must be maintained. The price
and effect of cattle food was touched
upon. Ii was said that the sums paid
i'm the state for fertilizers amounted
10 over 100000 annually, which sug-
gests the question, Is this necessary
and does it pay? These questions
will be discussed at these meetings.
The dairy business of the state repre-
sents more capital than any other
There are 100000 cows in the state,
with an annual produce valued at
$4,000. Dairymen and farmers
complain that they are Disseminated
against in this era of hard
times, but the speaker did not believe
this is true. The farmers have not
suffered more than any other class Of
people.
G.. w. Pierce read the re; ort of
the secretary and treasurer, showing
receipts, 81 ,522;expenditure, 81 ,Sll.35;
deficit, S2S9.3j.
The attendance in the afternoon was
much larger than at the opening ses-
sion and keen interest in the pro-
eeedings was manifested. Prof. G. ID.
Woods, director of the Maine eXperi-
ment station, was induced by Presi- !
nent Sanford to speak on "The Feed !
ing of Dairy Stock" Prof. Woods
4s~ot s,1oLo 80 tha oon,noo;t;ap oF faaJ
ing stuffs from scientific standpoint.
He referred to digestive experiments
on different animals, their results and |
the effects of breeding and age on di-
gestibility. The influence of different |
kinds and qualities of fodder were re-
ferred to. Hay should be made as
quickly as possible and with little
handling. Whether fodder is fed
whole or cut, dry or wet, cold or hot,
has little to do with its digestive
qualities. Food plants as rule
should be cut while in bloom to OBJ
tain the best results. The influence
of concentrated food on coarse fodder
was exclusively discussed and many
experiments made by the speaker
were cited. The COW and not the
food contains the quality of milk.
The science Of cattle feeding is not
a branch of applied mathematics and
cannot be calculated like solar
eclipse. Prof. Woods closed his ad.
dress with a few practical suggestions
regarding the feeding of cows, whether
kept for beef, milk or butter. No
rules for feeding mich cows can be
laid down. The best results will be
obtained by q study of the individual
cows in the herd and by intelligent
by the feeder. A gen.
eral discussion followed in which
Prof. Woods was asked many qIes-
tions.
The evening session was in charge .
of the Ladies' Auxiliary and all the |
speakers were ladies. Among those ,
present were Gov Grout. Secretary
of State Brownell and State Treasurer .
Field. Vocal selections were rem
dered by quartet Mrs. Oscar T.
Ware of Brattleboro, president of the /
Ladies' Auxiliary, presided and |
spoke briefly. h
She was followed by Mrs. f. NJ. ,
Denny of Montpelier, whose topic !
was ''Physiral and Moral Effects of {
Food and Drink"
An original poem, entitled "Bntter- ,
cups and Daisies" was read by Mrs. (
Luna S. Peck of Brook field.
The principal speaker of the even l
ing was Miss Anna Barrows of Bos- !
ton, one of the editors of>the Ameri- !
can Kitchen Magazine, who gave
cooking lecture and a practical illus
tration of bread making. Miss Bar
rows had complete cooking appara-
tus on the platform and explained
the details Of each process.
WEDNESDAYS SESSIONS.
The first speaker of the morning G
was Mr.. @. II. Claim OF St. Adams. '
OF the Franklin coun- /
~ creamery, the biggest in the world. c
Mr.. Clatliu's subject was "The Deter c
mination of Milk Values" and in !
handling il he went over the processes {