The Portland daily press., 1898-12-08

stronger than those which they have re-
placed The income TO the state from the
business he placed at 1900, 600. and this
is saying nothing of the family COW eth
er. Prof. Gowell referred specifically to
new process for the separation of cream
which he did not endorse. Pasteuriza-
ton of cream met his approval and he
held that the immediate need is of work
which viii bring about the daily collec-
ton of cream if possible This would be
one great help in advancing the standard
of our butter making
At the afternoon session Prof. j. L.
Hills of Vermont experiment station,
spoke upon Economic Dairy Foods. "
1t was largely an address of technical
character, analytic, scientific. and packed
with facts. 1t was paper to be studied
carefully by those interested and one
which cannot be condensed for the bene-
fit of the ordinary reader who buys butter
instead of making 1t. This was his clas-
sification of folders and teedstuffs:
Economical Rnughages-l,e early out hay;
2, silsge from matured corn; 8, oats and
peas; a, clover.
UDeconomical Roughages-1, late cut
hay; 2, silage from immature corn; =,
roots; q, new and untried crops
Economical Concentrates, cottonseed
| meal; 2. linseed meals; 8, certain gluten
meals and feeds; 4, dried brewers grains
malt sprouts, etc.; 5, bran, middiings,
etc.. 6, corn meal, (sometimes.)
Uneconomical Concentrates, corn
meal, (usualIy); 2, oats; 8. ost feeds; 9,
mixed feeds or provenders; 8, condimen-
tai foods, etc.
And this was the professor conclusion:
"Quite as important as anything else in
connection with economical dairy feeding,
| is the character of the cows do not care
to take sides with the Jerseys, the Ayr
shires, the Guernseys or the Holsteins.
There are good and there are poor lnd1-
yiduals in all breeds. 1t is folly, how.
ever, to feed high grade food to low grade
cows. A herd giving at least $50 or, bet
ter, 300 pounds or more of butter to the
cow in year. may be well fed. Dai ryinR
with such herd, economically and prop
erly fed, is still profitable =
In the evening there was good-sized
audience in attendance, there was music
by the band and some speaking. Prof.
Charles o. Woods, director of the agri-
cultural experiment. station at Orono,
spoke upon the value to the farmer of
standards in feeding animals He men.
toned the interesting fact that the first
attempt in the way of setting forth the
principles of physiological chemistry
which underlie all successful feeding was
contained in an address delivered by Prof
w. o. AtWater before the Maine board of
agriculture in 1874. 1t was the Begin
ming of a new era. Prof. Woods set forth
the value of standards such as are now
generally recognized and the danger at
tending them. This also was largely
technical paper. 1t dealt with protein
and carbohydrates and the like. He
also gave suggestions as to the kinds of
COWS farmers can keep for profit. But
he does not believe any specification
can be prescribed for any kind of animals
Different breeds and different individu-
ais of the same breed have different re-
quirements. Science car. shslp the dairy
man to help himself. That is the best 1t
can do.
There were other addresses. Mrs. G. X.
Nelson of Ryegate, Vt, gave an interest
ing account of how she had made farming
pay. MIR. l.. O. Shaw spoke upon the
subjects discussed by Prof. Woods. He
made little suggestion in reference to
the value to the farmer of raising boys
and more of then, which brought out
sharp little speech from Hon. r. W.
Ellis of EN- bden. Mr.. Ellis said there
was only one way to make the boys stay
on the farm and that was to convince
them that it was worth while, that there
was something in it for them. Life
should not be all drudgery and all penu-
robustness and Mr.. Ellis, who has made a
worn out old farm in Somerset county
pay we'll. looked as if life was by no
means all drudgery to him.
The programme for today is as follows:
ga. m.-Dairy machinery in operation.
1890 a ln.-'t1he breeding, selection and
Handling of the Modern Dair, Cow to
secure most profit" by valancey Il. Full
Ter of New York., secretary of the Ameri-
can Jersey Cattle cub.
1870 p. m.-aSani ary Aspects of Dairy
ing . by DIR. 1heobald smith, pathologist
OF the Harvard Medical hool.
7.3a p m Address by DIR. A W. Har-
ris. president of University Of Maine. fol-
loweu Dy HVe minute TALKS Dy IarlneIs
and creamery men.
At the United States hotel last evening
there was a meeting of the Maine Dairy
| association, which wa recently organized
at winthrop Hon. Rutilids Alden of
Winthrop is the president, and MIR. Lester
| Dyer of Cumberland, secretary. Steps
were taken for completing the organiza-
ton and becoming legally incorporated.
The exhibition is open to the public
| free today and the premiums on the
articles shown will be awarded.
| NATIONAL TROTTING ASSOCI-
ALTON.