1870. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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a dairy barn. How do you like it ? 

 We do not claim that is perfect, nor 

 that it will suit every dairy farmer. 

 If it were possible, we should al- 

 most be sorry to give a plan that 

 nobody could criticise ; one in which 

 no one could suggest an improve- 

 ment, or point out a fault. 



With the present price of lumber 

 and of labor, the building of a barn 

 is a more serious matter than it was 

 when most of our present structures 

 were "raised." Consequently it is 

 desirable to plan with reference to 

 the greatest economy of space, of 

 comfort to the animals, and of con- 

 venience in storing and feeding the 

 hay and provender on which they 

 subsist. Let the matter be talked 

 over these winter evenings at home 

 and in the club, and if the above 

 plan is not the best, let us have a 

 better one. 



In this connection we publish on page 98 

 some remarks on the construction of barns in 

 the great dairy districts .of New York, by 

 Hon. X. A. Willard, a gentleman who has 

 probably visited more dairy establishments, 

 and more factories, both in this country and 

 Europe, than any other man now living. 



UICH BUTTER. 

 If the productions of the sculptor and of the 

 worker in wax belong to the fine arts, where shall 

 we class the butter now on our table from the 

 dairy of our correspondent Thos. Whitaker of 

 "poor" Needham ? Who made it ? Who gave it this 

 pleasant odor, this rich color ? It will be remem- 

 bered that in one of his late articles he said that 

 he and his wife had discussed the question whether 

 the character of butter was decided by the man in 

 the barn or by the woman in the dairy. Though 

 not employed as umpire, we hope that the expres- 

 sion of a well settled conviction that no such gilt- 

 edged butter as this can be made unless both barn 

 and dairy are well managed, will tend to keep 

 peace in the family, and suggest to farmers that 

 if they wish their butter to come quick, with a 

 good flavor and fine appearance, such as will find 

 a ready sale, they have something to do besides 

 scold their wives. Many a dairy woman is re- 

 quired to perform a harder task than were the 

 Egyptian slaves who were ordered to "make brick 

 without straw." Whitaker and wife will therefore 

 accept our thanks for their kind remembrance. 

 In this connection we are requested by Mr. W 



last week of the morning mess for his three cows. 

 It should read half a peck of cotton-seed meal, two 

 quarts of corn meal — instead of half a peck, as 

 printed — and half a peck of shorts. In his descrip- 

 tion of the mess for the evening the word "each"' 

 was intended to apply not to the cows but to the 

 quantities of meal and shorts ; that is, he prepares 

 near night a mixture consisting of two quarts of 

 corn meal and two quarts of shorts, for the three 

 cows, and not for "each" cow, as some might un- 

 derstand him to say. 



VERMONT STATE AQ'L SOCIETY. 



In addition to the account given last week 

 of the annual meeting of this Society, we pub- 

 lish the resolutions adopted by the meeting, 

 and the names of the Board of Directors. 

 The committee on resolutions consisted of 

 Hon. John Gregory, Hon. Joseph W. Col- 

 burn and Hon. Edwin Hammond. Mr. Ham- 

 mond was also chosen to represent the Ver- 

 mont State Agricultural Society and Wool 

 Growers' Association in the E.xecutive Com- 

 mittee of the National Wool Growers' Asso- 

 ciation. 



Resolutions. 



Whereas, The renewal of the Reciprocity Treaty, 

 so called, with the British Provinces, admitting 

 free of duty their products, is expected to come be- 

 fore the present Congress ; therefurc, 



Resolved, That the Vermont State Agricultural 

 Society and Wool Growers' Association trust Con- 

 gress will refuse to re-enact said treaty, as it would 



cripple our industry, and bring us in close compe- 

 te say that there was a mistake in his statement 1 tition with those exempt from the burden of taxa- 



