1870. 



KEW ENGLAND FARRIER. 



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ered in Chicago. With a halter and headstall, the ! 

 colt then v/eighed 1510 pounds, and the bargain 

 was finally compromised by the delivery of the 

 colt at Brighton for 81400. The buyer had visited 

 Canada and various places in the States, but was 

 better pleased with this animal than with any that j 

 he saw elsewhere, and we understand that he 

 is well satisfied with his purchase, since getting 

 him home. 



With such a demand for good horses we do not 

 see why the Vermont Company, managed by such 

 men as now compose its directors, and possessing 

 the soil and cWmate which developed the Morgans 

 and Black Ilawks, may not realize the expecta- 

 tions of its most sanguine friends. 



CHEEBE MAKUFACTUREBS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION". 



Having failed to receive a detailed account of 

 the proceedings of the annual meeting of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Cheese Manufacturers' Association at 

 Hardwick last week, we copy the following brief 

 notice from the Daily Journal. There was a large 

 attendance of farmers, the President, Thomas P. 

 Root, of Barre, in the chair. The meeting was 

 opened on Tuesday evening by an address from 

 Alexander Hyde of Lee, on "The requisites for 

 the production of milk." A discussion followed, 

 and then the question, "How shall we improve 

 our pastures?" was discussed. Stable manage- 

 ment and winter feeding of cattle were also dis- 

 cussed. On Wednesday morning the following 

 oflScers for 1870 were elected : — 



Presidevt. —Thom&e, P. Root of Barre. 



Vice Presidents — J. W. Powers of Hardwick, Alon- 

 zo Lincoln of Odkhim. 



Secretary — N. B. Hubbard of Brimfield. 



Treasurer. — B. F Hamilton of New Braintree. 



Edccniive Comw/.Yce.— Thomas P. Root of Barre, 

 J, W. Powtr* of Hard wick, AlonzoLinco nof Oakh m, 

 N. 8. Hubbard of Brimfield, B. F. Hamilton of New 

 Braintree, 



Reports from the various factories were made. 

 In the afternoon, Mr. Charles L. Flint, Secretary 

 of the Board of Agriculture, delivered a very able 

 address on "The production of milk and treat- 

 ment of dairy stock." In the evening Richard 

 Goodman of Lenox read a paper on the dairy 

 stock of New England, its breeding and manage- 

 ment. 



The "Rich" Steer.— On passing the stall of 

 H. Bird & Co , 38 & 40 Faneuil Hall Market, re- 

 cently, we noticed a crowd collected around some 

 very extra beef then on the hooks. On inquiry, 

 we learned that it was from the steer noticed by 

 our cattle market reporter in his report of Febru- 

 ary 2, and which was fed by J. T. & V. Rich, 

 Shorcham, Vt., and sold to George A. Sawyer, of 

 Brighton. At the time of the sale at Cambridge, 

 the steer weighed 2790 pounds. His dressed 

 weight was 2125 pounds, a shrinkage of less than 

 24 per cent, from that weight. The meat weighed 

 1685, tallow 280, hide 160 pounds. One hind quar- 



ter 414, the other 394 ; back halves of the two fore 

 quarters 398, and the two rattle rans 479 pounds. 

 The steer was very neatly dressed by Mr. Sawyer, 

 and the beef, though from a "native" steer, was 

 admitted by good judges to be equal to any that 

 has been seen inside of Faneuil market for a long 

 time. 



Military Instruction in Ag'l Colleges. — 

 A correspondent of the New England Farmer, 

 in writing irom the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College at Amherst, says : — "I am infwmed that 

 this is the only Agricultural College that has, as 

 yet, established miliiary instruction as a part of 

 the regular course, although that is made one of 

 the conditions of the grant by Government ;" but 

 he is certainly in error. Our own institution at 

 Orono has from the first given attention to military 

 instruction, in conformity with the act of Congress, 

 Capt. Henry E. Sellersof B.mgor, having most ac- 

 ceptably filled the position of military instructor. 

 The Trustees are hoping to secure the services of 

 a government officer for this position at an early 

 day. — Maine Farmer. 



Remarks. — We presume that our correspondent 

 will be glad to learn that the "information" on 

 which he based his remark is not correct. We 

 hope that the provisions of the law establishing 

 these institutions will be carefully observed by 

 the managers of each one of them. 



AQBICULTURAL ITEMS. 



— A son of General P. P. Pitkin, of Montpelier, 

 has a large sheep which he harnesses to a scraper 

 and does good public service by clearing the side- 

 walks of snow. 



— Mr. J. G. Huntington, of Atkinson, Maine, 

 has invented a new horse rake, which is noted for 

 its simplicity of construction, ease and efficiency 

 of working and cheapness in price, and, so far as 

 used, is pronounced the best made. 



— The New York State Agricultural Society have 

 agreed upon Utica as the place for holding the 

 next State Fair. Solon D. Hungerford, of Jeffer- 

 son County, has been elected President, and Thos. 

 H. Faile, Jr., of New York, and others, Vice- 

 Presidents. 



— The Waterville, Maine, Mail says, a remark- 

 ably fine pair of grade Hereford oxen were weigh- 

 ed at the hay scales recently. Their weight was 

 4470 pounds, their measurement eight feet two 

 inches— their age five years. They belong to Mr. 

 H. C. Burleigh, of Fairfield, and reflect honor 

 upon the best herd of Herefords in New England. 



— S. P. Miller, Fayetteville, Vt., has a grade 

 Durham cow which produced from April 20th to 

 November 19th, 1869, 311 pounds of butter and 

 142 quarts of milk, beside the milk and cream 

 used in a family of five persons. Her feed con- 

 sisted of two quarts of meal and shorts per day, 

 with ordinary pasture privileges. 



— Four of the heaviest cattle ever raised in this 

 country were shipped from Poughkeepsie to New 

 York City recently. The heaviest of the four 



