1892 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
1 1 1 
Yellow  Butter  on  the  Green  Mountains 
( Continued .) 
Messrs.  H.  W.  Walker,  of  South  Wood- 
stock,  and  R.  W.  Whitney,  of  Springfield 
(both  Vermont),  strongly  vindicated  the 
home  dairy,  and  declared  that  while  for 
many  the  creameries  are  desirable,  the 
private  dairyman  who  knows  his  busi¬ 
ness  cannot  afford  to  pass  over  his  profits 
to  the  creamery,  or  even  to  divide  with 
it,  and  come  down  to  the  level  of  a 
mere  producer  of  raw  material.  Great 
faith  was  expressed  in  the  future  of 
the  butter  extractor,  which  should  be 
cheapened  so  as  to  give  the  private  dairy¬ 
man  the  benefit  of  labor-saving  machinery 
in  his  own  home. 
Hon.  Josiah  Grant,  Speaker  of  the  Ver¬ 
mont  House  of  Representatives  (who  has 
a  700-acre  dairy  farm  at  Derby,  Ver¬ 
mont),  spoke  interestingly  and  hopefully 
on  the  improvement  of  Vermont  as  a 
State,  and  on  farming  as  an  industry. 
No  State,  he  said,  has  better  horses,  bet¬ 
ter  sheep,  or  better  cattle;  nor  can  any  pro¬ 
duce  better  butter,  cheese,  meats  or  maple 
sugar.  She  has  the  material  and  ability 
to  build  up  her  institutions,  and  make 
them  a  shining  example  to  other  States. 
When  our  young  men  go  away,  they  leave 
behind  them  that  which  is  more  valuable 
to  them  than  aught  that  can  be  found 
elsewhere.  Mr.  Grant  has,  in  some  re¬ 
spects,  one  of  the  most  interesting,  as  it 
is  one  of  the  most  complete  dairy  farms 
in  New  England ;  and  as  he  is  a  close 
neighbor  of  the  writer  he  proposes  be¬ 
fore  long  to  give  to  Rurad  readers  some 
notes  on  his  work  and  surroundings. 
On  a  succeeding  day  John  Gould  spoke 
on  The  Stable  Life  of  the  Winter  Milker. 
This  matter  was  not  worth  considering, 
so  long  as  the  old  methods  were  followed; 
but  now  it  comes  strongly  to  the  front  as 
of  prime  importance.  The  training 
of  the  cow  must  begin  with  the  calf.  He 
would  never  let  a  calf  suck;  but  put  it 
where  the  cow  could  lick  it,  milk,  and 
feed  the  milk  to  the  calf.  Flaxseed  jelly 
and  skim-milk  make  a  calf  food  about 
equal  to  whole  milk.  Change  from  this 
to  whole  oats.  Feed  to  develop  muscle, 
not  fat,  bran,  clover  hay  and  Blue  Grass 
until  she  is  ready  to  breed.  Let  her 
calve  in  the  fall,  keep  her  with  the  herd, 
and  handle  her  so  as  to  give  her  con. 
fidence.  Then  she  comes  in  ready  broken 
to  the  pail.  Milk  her  close  up  to  calving, 
even  if  she  gives  but  little  milk.  Mr. 
Gould  does  not  like  the  stanchions,  and 
uses  the  chain.  He  prefers  a  feed  of 
mixed  corn  meal,  oats  and  middlings, 
and  does  not  warm  the  water,  but  waters 
each  cow  separately,  from  a  pail.  He 
puts  his  cows  up  at  night  as  soon  as  fire 
is  needed  for  warmth  in  the  house,  and 
feeds  ensilage  in  spring  as  long  as  they 
will  eat  it. 
I  want  it  well  understood  that  this  is 
merely  a  sketch  of  some  of  the  best 
things  said  at  this  great  assemblage  of 
Vermont  dairymen.  I  have  not  even 
given  the  matter  consecutively,  but  mere¬ 
ly  sketched  some  of  the  most  notable 
sayings.  t.  h.  hoskins. 
Eye  Winkers. 
The  Free  Press  of  Greensboro,  Md.,  says: 
“  N.  Banks  Price,  an  intelligent  farmer,  living  near 
Whitlesburg,  says:  ‘  By  information  received  in  reading 
The  Bubal  New-Yorkek  I  saved  $115  on  my  peach 
crop  in  a  single  season.’  He  further  says  it  pays  a  farm¬ 
er  to  read  and  that  he  expects  to  take  the  ‘  Yokker  ’  as 
long  as  lie  lives." 
We  shall  be  pleased  to  have  Mr.  Price’s  example 
followed  bv  thousands  of  his  countrymen! 
The  British  Goat  Society  rents  milking  goats  to 
laborers,  who  pay  for  this  “  poor  man’s  cow”  about 
$1  per  month.  A  “  good  goat  ”  is  one  that  yields  two 
quarts  of  milk  per  day.  The  short-haired  goat  is  pre¬ 
ferred,  a  good  one  being  worth  from  $10  to  $13.  The 
goat  Is  easily  accommodated  with  sleeping  quarters— 
about  any  dog-house  seems  to  answer.  “  What  the 
animal  itself  prefers  is  a  shed  or  out-house  in  which 
a  raised  bench  is  provided,  as  it  likes  better  a  hard 
board  above  ground  than  the  softest  bed  of  straw  on 
the  floor.” 
Wants  To  “Chip  In.”— I  see  on 'page  56,  under 
Brevities,  that  a  friend  in  Pennsylvania  complains  of 
a  place  where  the  people  keep  in  the  same  old  rut  as 
they  do  here,  in  Fulton  County,  N.  Y.;  but  let  The 
Rural  keep  “  pegging  away”  and  they  will  come  out 
in  time.  We  should  all  be  thankful  to  The  Rural 
for  its  fidelity  to  the  interests  of  the  farmers.  The 
suit  brought  against  The  Rural  bv  Mr.  Childs  should 
be  sustained.  I  think  we  should  share  the  cost.  I  am 
willing  to  pay  my  share.  wm.  G.  slade. 
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Farming  Tools  for  Brazil. 
The  attention  of  manufacturers  is 
invited  to  the  following  : 
The  Escola  Aoronomica  is  newly  es¬ 
tablished  on  a  fazenda  of  500  acres  in 
the  State  of  Sao  L’aulo — the  richest  agri¬ 
cultural  region  of  Brazil.  It  is  organized 
in  the  interest  of  progressive  agricul¬ 
ture,  provides  a  scientific  course  of  foui- 
years  with  daily  labor  for  students,  and 
sets  apart  the  first  Saturday  of  every  month 
for  the  entertainment  of  visitors.  It  is  the 
first  college  of  the  kind  in  South  America, 
is  endowed  by  wealthy  and  influential 
citizens,  and  is  attracting  widespread 
attention. 
Among  other  things,  the  institution 
aims  to  introduce  better  implements  for 
the  cultivation  of  the  soil — especially  the 
tenacious  red  clays  of  the  rolling  lands — 
and  for  harvesting  and  handing  crops ; 
biit  it  desires  first  to  ascertain  what  are 
best  suited  to  the  conditions  that  prevail. 
To  this  end  the  college  makes  the  fol¬ 
lowing  offer  to  the  manufacturer  of  any 
farming  tools  likely  to  succeed  :  If  yon 
will  donate  the  sample  or  samples — made 
precisely  like  those  for  the  regular  trade 
— we  will  pay  all  cost  of  transportation, 
and  afford  every  facility  for  trial  and  ex¬ 
hibition,  the  tools  to  remain  the  property 
of  the  college. 
Shall  not  the  United  States  secure  her 
share  of  the  trade  sure  to  follow  this 
stimulus  to  the  introduction  of  improved 
machinery  ?  The  college  knows  of  no 
better  way  than  this  to  enable  her  to  do 
so  nor  to  give  all  an  equal  chance  to  dis¬ 
play  the  excellence  of  their  goods. 
Any  manufacturers  accepting,  please 
mark  goods  “For  Escola  Agronomiea, 
Piracicaba,  S.  P.  Brazil,  care  Sr.  Louiz 
Queiros,”  and  ship  to  the  Thompson  & 
Houston  Electrical  Company,  115  Broad¬ 
way,  New  York,  who  will  receive,  pay 
freight  and  forward.  Also  please  advise 
the  subscriber  by  letter  of  such  ship¬ 
ment,  and  of  terms  on  which  orders  will 
he  received. 
EUGENE  DAVENPORT,  Director. 
flhaupjuit  finished} 
digging  26006 ush 
e/s  of  potatoes  from, 
eight  acres  which 
were  cultivated 
mmes 
Thp  weeds  on  the 
entire  p/ace  you. 
could  carry  off /n 
gour  coat  pocket. 
/M.Warn. Potato 
Riwms.0.  Qrower., 
Vgentf 
City  ; 
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