Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-25
ADDRESSES GALORE
AT FARMERS WEEK
MEETINGS AT u. Y. VI.
Twenty-four of Them, with Seven Demonstrations
I'D Five Educational Moving Picture Films
al Busy, Busy Day Registration Exceeds
300.

The thrcerins circus at the State Uni
vcrsity was in operation yesterday.
! Farmers and farmers wives-as we'll as
| wives of other than farmers-and road
| commissioners filled Morrill, hall and the
| engineering building. The total regis
| tration passed the go mark at noon yes
! terday. Twentyfour addresses, five edu
| cational moving picture films (two on
| road construction and three on agri-
| cultural operations, explained in each
! case by experts, and seven demon
stratdons. including Judging of cattle
| horses. cwne and the usage of dairy
and creamery machinery constituted the
menu pro .ided for visitors The com
! missioner of agriculture is securing
stenographic notes of many Of the ad-
| dresses n order to publish them
| Briefs Of n few of the addresses fol-
! low, To print even 200 word briefs Of
all addresses would fill fun page of the
| Free Press.
| AGRICULTURAL. SECTION-DAIRY
| ING.
| Professor Borland asked: Is is my fault
or the cows's? And he said that
| l. 1t is my fault If;
| A. | do not properly feed and care
for the COW. Lack of knowledge in re-
| gard to feed and care of animals is cx
| pensive, The farmers in one State who
| read dairy literature received so more
per COW annually than those who did
not. Furnish % a balanced ration, (2)
| succulent feed. (3) moderate temperature.
| % comfortable SURROUNDINGS
| r. The COW was poorly developed as a
heifer The heifer should be kept in
| thrifty growing condition. Good pasture
| grass In summer and in winter d small
| amount of grain such as bran and oats
plus liberal amount of roughage con-
sisting Of clover hay and corn slage are
| desirable.
| G. The COW was Stunted during calf
| hood y mature animal may undergo Il
brief period of hardship without being
| any the worse Of the experience. Not so
the calf. Feed whole milk the first two
or three weeks, after which whole milk
may gradually be substituted by skim
| milk and a grain supplement. Glover hay
makes a good roughaKe and 800 pounds
corn meal, 3H pounds ground oats lo0
pounds wheat bran and 100 pounds oil
meal from good grain mixture.
u. The COWS breeding is not right. \
| draft horse cannot trot "A mile in two
| minutes, NeltNef can u COW without
proper breeding produce 1900 pounds of
milk in Year The sire should: % Be
a pure bred animal: 60 have high pro
ducing ancestry; go be good individual: :
(4) have his daughters better producers
! than their dams; 90 be free from con-
tagious abortion and tuberculosis. The
dam should be one OF the best cows in
the herd
H. II Is the cows fault IT,:
She has been well bred. well developed.
| well fed and then does not respond with
a liberal flow Of milk. This COW should
| have an opportunity at once to form a
| closer acquaintance with the butcher.
Professor Sanborn compared the Cost
Of Summer and Winter Milk" said that
his subject was novel In the literature
OF agrlculture; that few farmers care
fully thought out the relative cost of
| summer and winter milk that this lack
| OF information initiated against a proper
| adjustment OF summer and winter prices
The present distinction between the
prices OF summer and winter milk which
amounted for the Boston market to n
difference of nine cents a can during
! the past year. was one of great i'm
poitance. It rested upon old-time habit
when there was no winter milk produc.
tlon. and people had to bid In the winter
for their milk supplies.
Pastures have badly deteriorated and
winter production greatly increased. So
that there is now no good reason for
| distinction in price
A careful analysis of the cost of sum
mer milk shows that summer produced
| milk really costs more than winter
produced, that COWS shrink lCO 10 2u
pounds in weight In summer, that l2
pounds Of food Is needed to replace each
pound Of weight lost, representing a cost
| of about SD that in the speakers herd
cows freshen.ng in the fall give lGO,
pounds moro milk than spring cows
represented roughly Mt sn more of loss
| Furthermore the annoyance due 10 flies
and the fact thst COWS consume less
and yield less in hot weather represents
| further cost embarrassments while the
cost apart from hay. represented 43 per
| cent. or the entire cost OF feeding COW
a year The nine cents represented in
fact nearer twice nine cents. The s3 per
cent. overhead cost, plus the cost of
| pasturage, would make the overhead
cost aside from feed. fully 70 per cent.
total cost. Pastures are fixed part of
the farm and could not be logically
separated by distinction in price as a
revenue bearing section Of the farm.
Personally the speaker preferred to make
| winter milk at the same price than sum
| mer milk.
| What l have done with my cows"
was discussed by physician, a milk re-
taller and a farmer Dr. Jenne spoke as
an absentee dairyman. stated that he dis
claimed special knowledge or original
methods and attempted to take advantage
OF the best information extant, He found
1t necessary To secure frequent reports
OF production and cost of production. to
use one breed and pure bred sire. Ia
safeguard the herd health as against
hereditary or contact taints. to eliminate
boa rders, to select individuals with care.
70 feed balanced ration. to breed with an
eye TO economical production, to weigh
the milk daily as a guide In selection in
retention within the herd and in breed
Ing, and as an index of the SUCCESS or
failure in feeding and caring for the COWS
lie displayed IA table showing the effect
| upon production of three years selection
wedding and care
Professor Borland delved into The IN
side of cow" He said that the outside
of a COW is important since n handsome
| appea rance is an advantage even to "A
dairy. hut that 1t IN the inside of tn ;
lGowk hoyxHEs thse 70 u aa nth alliaA