Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-16

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1t is to be presumed that the present
price of hay Is only temporary. Generally
speaking, the price Of hay in the New
England States should be tho price in
Kansas plus the freight. since the amount
Of hay produced in the vicinity of our
large eastern cities is hardly enough TO
supply the demand and at least a por-
ton of the supply must be brought from
the West.
Grain and mill feeds. which a genera
ton ago cost s. to sl2 a ton, now cost
nearly three times as much, and 1t is
probable that this increased price in the
cost of grain and mill products is per-
mancnt condition which the dairy farmer
must face. There Is not much hope that
the price of grain and mill products VIII
be materially less in the future than they
are now, excent for brief periods Of over
production. The only recourse therefore,
the dairy farmer has is to grow balanced
ratons on his own farm. Where corn
and oats thrive this can be done. 1t prob
ably can be done also In sections whore
corn is not successfully grown as grain
crop. Barley might possibly be grown IN
place of corn and fed with oats for the
| gram part Oh tie r"tioii' "uT'. Jan
'iohS as 'iieSc "o'o'"'e'' .'tu'.
nous MAJ oiopS 'i o'u0' ''''s ,..
grown on '"e ia'i'' may an P''".'
oi nitrogen mo '''''" - va.
III c'oNe'' '~"'' p.a' "''N '"'7' '"'' 90
some sections. alfalfa
THE QUESTION OF LABOR.
The enormous recent development in
| manufacturing and TRANSPORTATION en-
tornr,ses has absorbed the available sup
nlv OF labor. In fact the demand for
labor has been SO great that wages have
| advanced To a point unprecedented in
tbe history of this or anv other country.
# bepins to annear that in order to con
tjn,ic tvnes of farming that require a
large amount of labor the farmer must
nav hirher wages and work fewer hours
50 that the farm work Will be more near
ly comparable with work in other in
dustrics'
TWO thlnss are hecesS"' III ''' '!''''7
o. proh'ahIe herd OF daFy cows J. NJ l.
the FARMER must Keep ''0"9.
young STOCK ho' o"H 10 ''P'''' 81,
COWS That nave SerNft theF '''"' %
usefulness out TO- replace "''P' o.'''o''
COWS, and tAere 'H'aI"aH "' S''''' "',
prohfab!e COWS introduced l"'' ''''' "'''
amongst young cows '""u c'"'V ''',
Experience mas SHOWN ''"' when "''
IS once pu!1t up II Is necessary 80 9''
about hal Of the holier caves III oIu''
to maintain a hlsh StaAdA'" OIL t"lV-'"US
That IS, a farm with - luII grown cows
should have on hand approximately nVe
yearlinS he.ter5 and five heIier caves ~
the second place, we must give more at
tention to the breeding Of the bulls wnlc!
head our herds and here Is the most ser
ious difficulty which the dairy farmer
has to confront. There is no sure way OF
judging the value Of a bull except t'l
Weighing and testing the milk If his
hcifer calves This being the case, 1t Is
highly important that before an Old bul
that is known to be a good animal is al
lowed to go. a young bun should have
been thoroughly tested
"1roTcr,t-pJ, N pT-1'rTrR"
A, tho oncninr az the afternoon ses
sion. Prof c. /. Beach of burlington
gave a talk on Moisture in Butter" H.
said in part:
Water is the most variable cOnstitucn
in buttcr The ability 10 control th
moisture is interesting and important
When from lack of knowledge, butter /
made unnecessarily dry. the oVerrun I
lowered and profits decreased. on tn
other hand. an excess of moisture ahoV
legal limits renders the LuttCrmakcr II
able for fines and penalties
There Is no doubt that the discover
and discussion of the methods OF contrc
+, of moisture has resulted In recent year
, In sradual increase OF the water con
p tent or American butter' onicial fig
, urcs of large number of samples sho'
an aNorht" moisture content OF ll'3o pc
4 cent IN lNN' Has per cent IN ls"2; H.,
n per cent III I"'
= inc oI'"narSH'lh' law or May
1907, PROVIDES mat hUtttr contalnln
e moro IMAM 10 per cent or water
aduIt"rat'd butter ana Suhl''' TO IA
Il or Toe per pound I'm" pure i"od la'
t Of March J, 1908, provides mat quite
T. shall contain at least SIC per cent {