DEC 13 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Jatijjr Husskttdrg, 
NEW YORK STATE DAIRYMEN S ASSO¬ 
CIATION AND BOARD OF TRADE. 
FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 
Norwich, N. Y„ Dec. 8, 18T6. 
A pleasanter village for this meeting 
could hardly have been chosen in this State, 
nor could a more hospitable community be 
found to give generous welcome to their 
neighbors and co-workers. The Court- 
House was almost entirely given up to the 
uses of the Convention and the various ex¬ 
hibitors at it. In addition to this the ladies 
of Norwich organized an elegant banquet 
in a church near by, at which were seated 
some 400 visitors, who were waited upon and 
cared for by the bright - eyed belles and 
pleasant - faced matrons of the Chenango 
Valley. 
The attendance at the Convention was 
large and composed principally of those 
who came chiefly for purposes of learning 
and instructing ; and the earnest faces turned 
to each speaker while the discussions were 
taking place evinced that the objects of those 
present were fully carried out. Another 
evidence of that fact was the speed with 
which any absurd or fallacious idea was 
seized upon and exploded, and in some cases 
followed by active argument on both sides 
of the question. The inclemency of the 
weather must have deterred many from 
beiug present, though the audience at every 
session gave no indication of it. The first 
day was rainy aud disagreeable, and the 
second developed quite a little snow storrn. 
Upon the whole the Convention was a suc¬ 
cess, both in its lectures and discussions, and 
must have proved vastly instructive to all 
its raeinba's. 
The morning session found X. A. Wil¬ 
lard, the President, in the chair. The fol¬ 
lowing committees were appointed : 
Order of HuMnees.— Dr. E. G- Crafts, Blnsrham- 
toti; J. II. V. Soovlll, Paris; Hon. Harris Lewis, 
Frankfort. 
Finance.— Hon. John Shattuck, Norwich; 
Hon. R, A. Young, Norwich; C. L. Turner, 
Norwich. 
Dalm Product* -Cheese.—J. D. Reed, Nor¬ 
wich: Lucius Newton, Saerbilrne; G. II, Faw¬ 
cett, Norwich. 
flutter.—D. D. Morley, Oxford; J. O. Fish, 
Oxford ; L. W. Neff, Masonvllie. 
£>a(ru Apparatus-—Arba Campbell, Owetro; 
Charles Pearsall, Guilford; O. B. Grldley, ffa- 
lervtlle. 
Miscellaneous Business — T. D. Curtis. Syra¬ 
cuse ; H. II- Beecher, Norwich; F. A. WIlllamB, 
Ouventryville. 
Resolutions.— Gen. E. F. Jones, Binghamton; 
S. F. Allis,-; Hon. O. H. Crocker, Bing¬ 
hamton. 
Dr. Crafts then offered a resolution to ask 
the State for aid to the extent of 8500,— 
which, upon the expression of the opinion 
that such an act would be unconstitutional 
if passed, was withdrawn. 
The Secretary announced that several of 
the railroads had made arrangements to re¬ 
duce fares for returning members. 
The routine business having been disposed 
of, a recess was taken till afternoon. 
AFTERNOON SESSION. 
Hon, John Shattuck of Norwich, Vice- 
President, took the chair and introduced 
Air. Isaac Newton, who delivered an ad» 
dress of welcome to the Association on be¬ 
half of the Trustees, citizens and ladies of 
Norwich. This was answered by President 
X. A. Willard, who followed it by the an¬ 
nual address, which we have not space to 
publish here, but which we hope to give in 
full next week. 
Hon. O. H. Crocker then made a few re¬ 
marks. 
Hon. Harris Lewis offered a resolution to 
present the apples that had been given to 
the officers to the ladies present. This was 
followed by considerable facetious sparring 
between Mr. Lewis and Gen. Jones of Bing¬ 
hamton, which was relished by all present. 
Dr. Crafts read a short paper on the Soil¬ 
ing of Milch Cows. He recommended soil¬ 
ing if done with care and particular atten¬ 
tion paid to the food. He gave his experi¬ 
ence for the past year with a two-year-old 
Jersey. This was followed by a general dis¬ 
cussion on soiling, which finally resulted in a 
long discussion upon the relative merits of 
planted and broadcast corn-fodder, which 
was participated in by A. L. Fish of Cedar- 
ville, Herkimer Co.; Jones of Binghamton, 
Prof. Roberts of Cornell, Mr. Brooks of 
Unadilla, Air. Lyons of Butternut, Otsego 
Co.; Mr. O. S. Buss of Vermont, Mr. T. D. 
Ccjutis of Syracuse, Harris Lewis, Mr. C. 
L. Turner of Chenango, and R. B. Camp¬ 
bell of Oswego. As usual the opinions were 
varied in accordance with the experience of 
- the different parties. 
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The discussion was followed by an address 
delivered by Prof. E. W. Stewart of the 
Buffalo Live Stock Journal upon “ The Cow 
and Her Management,” during the course of 
which he gave much information deduced 
from actual experience. The principal argu¬ 
ment was in favor of careful breeding and 
judicious feeding, and he concluded by a de¬ 
scription of a model barn and cow-house. 
This latter subject elicited considerable dis¬ 
cussion and many questions from different 
members seeking information. 
AFTERNOON SESSION. 
This was opened by a carefully-prepared 
statistical paper upon “Breed and Feed,” 
giving the figured results of many experi¬ 
ments, together with much hypothetical 
matter upon the subject, which was read by 
Prof. Roberts of Cornell University. These 
figures of the Professor were challenged 
with some warmth by Messrs. J. S. Van 
Duser and Harris Lewis, while Mr. E. W. 
.Stewart endeavored to reconcile the appar¬ 
ently antagonistic theories of those carrying 
on the discussion. This A’as ended rather 
abruptly by the announcement that the bau- 
quet was waiting in the adjoining church, 
which terminated the first day’s proceedings. 
SECOND DAY’S PROCEEDINGS. 
MORNING SESSION. 
President Willard in the chair. 
The proceedings were opened by the read¬ 
ing of a paper on the “ Improved System of 
Butter-making,” by L. S. Hardin of Ken¬ 
tucky. It was mainly an explanation of his 
process of deep setting—an improvement of 
the Swedish system (this has been published 
in the Rural). This paper, containing as it 
does many things which are new to the 
dairymen of this country, elicited many in¬ 
quiries and much comment; and it should be 
said to Mr. Hardin’s credit that he appeared 
to maintam his positions in a solid and com 
raon sense way. 
Hon. O. H. Crocker then made a few 
remarks. 
Among the issues taken with Mr. Hardin 
was one by Prof, Arnold upon the lowness 
of the temperature and the covering of the 
milk while setting. 
Mr. A. L. Fisu of Herkimer County then 
delivered an address upon “The Manage¬ 
ment of Dairy Cows,” upon which subject 
he gave many a hint drawn from his experi¬ 
ence of years of dairying, am^ng others the 
hackneyed but never-to-be-forgotten princi¬ 
ple of cleanliness. 
AFTERNOON SESSION. 
Hon. 0. H. Crocker made a few remarks. 
Mr. Youngs, on behalf of the farmers of 
Chenango County, asked the President if the 
organization of a Board of Trade in thul 
county would be beneficial to them, to 
which Prof. Willard answered that wher¬ 
ever such associations had been formed they 
had proved of incalculable benefit, by reason 
of the intercommunication of ideas and ex¬ 
periences, facilitating the sale of dairy pro¬ 
ducts. 
Mr. David W. Lewis of New York City 
read an address upon “The Commerce of 
the Dairy,” which, though eloquent in terms, 
consisted mainly of a disquisition on hard 
and soft money. 
Mr. Packer of Oxford, followed up the 
subject in a somewhat similar strain, and 
was also eloquent but not creamy. 
Mr. Hawley of Syracuse, seized the money 
question ; but as the Convention met for the 
discussion of Dairy Subjects the matter was 
not followed further. 
Mr. J. S. Van Duser, Editor of the Elmira 
Husbandman, read a carefully prepared 
paper on “ What Further Improvement in 
Dairying V ’ showing the economy in careful 
management of labor, and that great care 
should be taken not to allow a little bad milk 
to spoil much good milk. 
This was followed by an Address of Prof. 
L. B. Arnold upon “ Milk as Affected by 
Different Soils.” 
Hon. Harris Lewis of Frankfort, then 
delivered an address upon “ Bread and But¬ 
ter,” during which he supplemented many 
sound common-sense propositions by divers 
facetious raps at his various friends and 
enemies (if he had any) in the convention. 
It is to be hoped that the members held in 
mind his good advice with as much tenacity 
as they did his various raps at friends and 
foes, for at the winding up session a number 
Of them took occasion to repay his tender 
solicitude on their behalf with compound 
interest. 
Hon. O, H. Crocker then made a few re¬ 
marks. 
evening session. 
The committee on Dairy Implements then 
i made the following report : 
REPORT. 
Your Committee on Dairy Utensils most 
respectfully submit the following report: 
There were live different patents of milk- 
pans, as follows :—The Monitor. Iron-Clad, 
Stickels Pan, Washington Co., and Champion, 
nil of which have many good points and are 
a great improvement on the old practice of 
single small pans. 
Your Committee •further report that in 
their opinion the Iron Clad, with attachment 
to use both cold and hot water or steam, is 
the best pan on exhibition. We think fa¬ 
vorably of the Monitor, or east-iron pan lined 
with porcelain, and recommend it to dairy¬ 
men to be further tested. 
There is a milk tester for cheese making 
on exhibition of which we think favorably, 
but had no means of testing its merits. 
The Blanchard being the only churn ex¬ 
hibited, it is thought the best. 
We regard as worthy of special recom¬ 
mendation the only Butter Worker on ex¬ 
hibition. 
The Jones’ Scales for weighing milk at the 
factory have been much improved siuce the 
annual meeting at Binghamton. 
Aiiba Campbell, ) 
Char. Pearsall, J- Com. 
O. B. Gridlky, i 
Hon. O. H. Crocker then made a few re¬ 
marks. 
J. D. H. Scovill of Paris, chairman of the 
committee appointed at the last Annual 
Convention to consider the advisability and 
feasibility of establishing an experimental 
Station, read the Report, which was com¬ 
plete and exhaustive. After its adoption the 
committee was continued, with power to fill 
its vacancies. 
The Committee on Dairy Products was sub¬ 
divided. The Committee on Cheese, com¬ 
prising Messrs. J. D. Eked, Geo. H. Fausett 
and Lucius Newton, reported substantial¬ 
ly as followsThere were but three en¬ 
tries, and being three distinct kinds of 
cheese, there was no competition. Bland- 
INGBros. were complimented on their skim 
cheese. 
The Committee on Butter Exhibition, com¬ 
prising Messrs. D. I). Morley, Ira O Fish 
and L. W. Neff, reported substantially as 
followsThere were but two entries in 
this denartment. The samples of hutter 
were first-class in all particulars. It was de¬ 
cided to make the exhibitors the judges of 
the samples submitted, and the result of this 
novel feature was, that the judges wore un¬ 
able to decido which was the best sample, 
or even to distinguish their own products. 
The committee liiuliy appointed Mr. J. D. 
Reed umpire, who decided in favor of 
sample No. 2, which proved to be one of the 
samples submitted by Mr. Jas. S. Shattuck 
of Chenango. 
Dr. Crafts then moved a vote of thanks 
to the Town Authorities for the use of the 
Court House and also a hearty vote of thanks 
to Hon. John Shattuck for his untiring ef¬ 
forts to increase the comfort of the members 
and visitors. 
A committee vvaH then appointed to rep¬ 
resent the Association at the Centennial 
Exhibition in 1876, consisting of X. A. Wil¬ 
lard. L. D. Hawley and E. W. Stewart. 
Hon. O. II, Crocker then made a few re¬ 
marks. 
This was followed by a general flow of wit 
and humor, whereiu] Mr. Lewis, Prof. 
Roberts, Mr. Van Duser and Dr. Crafts, 
ail begged each other’s pardons for*various 
possible transgressions, and intimated that 
at the same time they thought all they had 
said was true and the Convention adjourned 
with a hearty laugh and the best of feeling 
on all sides. G. A. O. B. 
EXHIBITION. 
Among the Dairy Implements exhibited 
were the Iron Clad Milk Pan, well known to 
our readers, manufactured by Bunnel & 
Brown of Guilford, N. Y., which received 
the indorsement of the Committee on Im¬ 
plements. It was erected in full working 
order with its steam attachments and all its 
improved features. 
The Monitor Milk Pan, manufactured by 
the Monitor Milk Pan Co. of Delhi, N. Y., 
was exhibited by the General Agent, L. W. 
Center, and also by the Patentee, Mr. Wm. 
H. Johnson, who was assiduous in his at¬ 
tentions to inquirers. This is a new pan, 
whose main feature is the porcelain lining, 
claimed by the inventor as conducive to the 
greatest amount of cleanliness. 
E. B. Frink of Waterbary, Vt., exhibited 
a model of the Washington County Milk Pan 
and Cooler, manufactured by Graves, Pow¬ 
ers & Co. of Waterbury, Vt. This is also a 
new pau, for whioh its inventor claims a 
constant and complete circulation of water 
under the entire surface of the pan, main¬ 
taining equal temperature at all points. 
The Champion Milk Pans and Coolers, 
manufactured by Willard & Hammond of 
Randolph, N. Y., were also represented by 
A. B. Dyokut, General Agent. 
Stickels' Patent Pans, with cooler acting 
on the side instead of bottom, was also ex¬ 
hibited. 
Alvin Middaugh of Friendship, N. Y., 
was present with liis Milk Tester. 
G. W. Cunningham of Greene, N. Y., ex¬ 
hibited his Butter Worker, which elicited 
considerable remark. 
A, A. Skinner exhibited his Butter Salting 
Scale, used for measuring the proportion of 
salt per pound of butter, saving much time 
and calculation. 
The Ubiquitous Jones of Binghamton, in 
addition to his arduous labors in the Con 
venlion, foupd time to explain the working 
virtues of hia Factory Milk Scales. Every¬ 
body knows about, .Tones’ Seales. How 
could they help it ( 
Wells, Richardson & Co. of Burlington, 
Vt,., distributed small bottles of their Golden 
Extract of Annul to. 
Porter Blanchard's Sons displayed their 
new Factory Churn and two siz^s of their 
Dairy Churns. These are too well known to 
our readers to need comment here. 
Mr. William Branding of Hawleytown, 
N. Y., exhibited Butter and Cheese. R. 
gasman. 
GOOD MILKING SHORT-HORNS. 
Tuf, Short-Horn breed of cattle for some 
reason has not been talked up much as a 
milking breed. Its superiority for beef and 
especially for early maturity is probably 
one reason why it has attaiued less promi¬ 
nence for milk. That there are good milkers 
among Short-Horns is shown by the follow¬ 
ing letter in the Country Gentleman from C. 
C. Moore of Chester Co., Pennsylvania : 
Aubray Hoffman 17 years ago bought a 
Short Horn heifer coming two years old, 
which did not prove with call'. He spent 
some time looking for a mate for her, and 
when he found one that suited his notions, 
they were mated. Their first calf was a 
heifer ; they were mated again, and the 
second calf was n heifer. The mother and 
her two daughters (when the second daugh¬ 
ter was five or six yeans old) made in one 
year 1,04:5 pounds of butter. The trial began 
the 27th of March, 186.1, and ended the 27th 
of March the next, year. The old cow had 
been milked five mouths when the experi¬ 
ment began, the oldest daughter had just 
ha<l her calf taken away from her, and the 
youngest daughter did not calve until the 
last of May. What they would have made, 
had they all been fresh milkers on the 27th 
of March, when the experiment began, can¬ 
not be told. The experiment was continued 
the next year, with the same three cows, 
with the addition of a two-year-old heifer, 
also from the old cow, which resulted in 
their making 1,211 jiciunds, wt-.Ighed out in 
pound prints for market. This strain of 
cows is very prolific, bringing a calf every 
year. Three-fourths of her calves are heif¬ 
ers ; the heifers have all heen raised, aud are 
all good milkers and good butter cows. 
The old cow is 10 years old, and wifi have her 
sixteenth calf, never having missed once, 
and last year she made in one week 10 pounds 
of butter weighed in pound prints for mar¬ 
ket. The first three cows, on the day of the 
October election, in the year of the first ex¬ 
periment, were weighed on t he scales in the 
presence of the people there assembled, the 
old cow, Red Rose, weighing 1,680 pounds ; 
the oldest daughter, Hoffman’s Star, 1,820 
pounds, and the youngest daughter, Hoff¬ 
man’s Dolly, 1,760 pounds. 
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BLACK TONGUE. 
The Indiana Farmer says :—“This disease 
has appeared in a few places in the State 
among the cattle, and in parts of this county 
is proving quite fatal. The symptoms are 
inflammation of the mouth ; swelling of the 
head and face ; discharge of bloody saliva, 
and high fever marks the first stages. Ul¬ 
cere soon appear under and on the sides of 
the tongue. Tbeu the throat aud neck 
swell, aud if the disease is not checked gan¬ 
grene ensues and the animal dies, The dis¬ 
ease is said to yield readily to early and 
proper treatment. The following has proved 
very successful. The animal should he bled 
from the neck vein. Give him castor oi), 
one piut, to be repeated in ten hours if it 
should not operate ; then use the following : 
Powdered burnt alum, 4 ounces ; chloride of 
lime, 2 ounces ; corn meal, 2 quarts. Mix, 
and with this powder swab the mouth fre¬ 
quently. 
