The Cortland
Democrat, Friday,
April 20, 1888.
Farmers' Club.
CORTLAND, April 14, 1888.—Subject "Cows
for the Dairy." As the president announced the subject, he stated that a better
class of cows was obtained by raising them, than by depending upon buying.
Mr. Crandall—In purchasing cows we have to buy those that people wish to get rid of. I have noticed that those farmers who buy their cows are generally short of money, and are apt to get inferior ones. I think that the refrigerators will have a great influence on the beef market here, so that we cannot sell our cows to advantage for beef, and must raise cows especially for milk or butter and not for beef. If we raise our own stock we cannot expect full pay for every item of labor performed, or for every particle of feed furnished for them if we place the same value upon them that ordinary stock is selling for; but if such stock is the progeny of a breed possessed of value already, because of their extra milking qualities, their docility and well developed points that give them an intrinsic value above "scrub stock," then if there is any lack in the money returns, it may be offset by the satisfaction of possessing stock that we are pleased with.
A. P. Rowley—If we expect to raise the standard value of our dairies we must raise cows from the best breeds. I get better cows to raise my own than I can buy, in all cases selecting from the best milkers.
M. A. Harmon—Would raise all the stock from extra milkers. There is not difference enough made between prices paid for good cows raised in this locality and those brought in from a distance, as too great changes with cows are not beneficial.
One present suggested that it was better to make such changes in the dairy early in the winter if possible, as the animals become used to the herd and to the care bestowed during the winter, and enter upon the profitable part of the season with more of an even chance with the rest of the dairy, which opinion was concurred in by members of the club.
Question—What is average yield of butter per week for month of June in the dairies [of] this county? Some answered seven pounds. Mr. Rowley replied six pounds, while Messrs. Crandall and Bean claimed that taking all the cows that are included in making up all the dairies in our county, that five pounds per week tor the month of June would be a liberal estimate.
A. D. Blodgett gave a report of obtaining from five Jersey cows, in good pasture but without any grain, in one week in June, 901 pounds of milk, which produced 61 11-18 pounds of butter, being over twelve pounds per cow for the week.
Mr. Purvis —In raising stock, while one man feeds just enough to allow the animal to grow slowly, another will feed enough more to promote a rapid and constant growth, so that at two years old a heifer will be of value in the dairy. Think Jerseys may be fed and cared for up to two years of age at less cost than breeds with larger frame. Garget is more liable to affect Durhams and Ayreshires than our native breeds, and the cows are more liable to lose the use of a portion of the udder. The trouble arising from milking hard may be readily obviated, and not as risky an operation as cutting deeper on account of stoppages in milk passage. Cows frequently receive injuries to udder from being hooked by other cows, bruised in some way, as when a cow is lying down in stable, the cow standing next may move enough to step upon the one lying alongside. Such injuries inflame the udder and are often mistaken for garget. Have followed the practice of raising my cows with good results, yet have been pleased with cows that I have had occasion to purchase.
Club adjourned to April 28th to meet in their rooms in Union Hall block at 2 P. M. "The Cultivation of Potatoes" will be taken up by R. Purvis and followed by Dewitt Carpenter and R. C. Shearer, of Homer.
A general attendance of all interested is desired, to take part in discussing this at present important branch of farming in this section, and specimens of desirable varieties are solicited.
WM. A. BEAN, Sec'y pro tem.
Mr. Crandall—In purchasing cows we have to buy those that people wish to get rid of. I have noticed that those farmers who buy their cows are generally short of money, and are apt to get inferior ones. I think that the refrigerators will have a great influence on the beef market here, so that we cannot sell our cows to advantage for beef, and must raise cows especially for milk or butter and not for beef. If we raise our own stock we cannot expect full pay for every item of labor performed, or for every particle of feed furnished for them if we place the same value upon them that ordinary stock is selling for; but if such stock is the progeny of a breed possessed of value already, because of their extra milking qualities, their docility and well developed points that give them an intrinsic value above "scrub stock," then if there is any lack in the money returns, it may be offset by the satisfaction of possessing stock that we are pleased with.
A. P. Rowley—If we expect to raise the standard value of our dairies we must raise cows from the best breeds. I get better cows to raise my own than I can buy, in all cases selecting from the best milkers.
M. A. Harmon—Would raise all the stock from extra milkers. There is not difference enough made between prices paid for good cows raised in this locality and those brought in from a distance, as too great changes with cows are not beneficial.
One present suggested that it was better to make such changes in the dairy early in the winter if possible, as the animals become used to the herd and to the care bestowed during the winter, and enter upon the profitable part of the season with more of an even chance with the rest of the dairy, which opinion was concurred in by members of the club.
Question—What is average yield of butter per week for month of June in the dairies [of] this county? Some answered seven pounds. Mr. Rowley replied six pounds, while Messrs. Crandall and Bean claimed that taking all the cows that are included in making up all the dairies in our county, that five pounds per week tor the month of June would be a liberal estimate.
A. D. Blodgett gave a report of obtaining from five Jersey cows, in good pasture but without any grain, in one week in June, 901 pounds of milk, which produced 61 11-18 pounds of butter, being over twelve pounds per cow for the week.
Mr. Purvis —In raising stock, while one man feeds just enough to allow the animal to grow slowly, another will feed enough more to promote a rapid and constant growth, so that at two years old a heifer will be of value in the dairy. Think Jerseys may be fed and cared for up to two years of age at less cost than breeds with larger frame. Garget is more liable to affect Durhams and Ayreshires than our native breeds, and the cows are more liable to lose the use of a portion of the udder. The trouble arising from milking hard may be readily obviated, and not as risky an operation as cutting deeper on account of stoppages in milk passage. Cows frequently receive injuries to udder from being hooked by other cows, bruised in some way, as when a cow is lying down in stable, the cow standing next may move enough to step upon the one lying alongside. Such injuries inflame the udder and are often mistaken for garget. Have followed the practice of raising my cows with good results, yet have been pleased with cows that I have had occasion to purchase.
Club adjourned to April 28th to meet in their rooms in Union Hall block at 2 P. M. "The Cultivation of Potatoes" will be taken up by R. Purvis and followed by Dewitt Carpenter and R. C. Shearer, of Homer.
A general attendance of all interested is desired, to take part in discussing this at present important branch of farming in this section, and specimens of desirable varieties are solicited.
WM. A. BEAN, Sec'y pro tem.
Regulations of the Board of Health Regarding Diphtheria
and Scarlet Fever.
1. No
person who is suffering from diphtheria or scarlet fever shall be permitted to
attend any of the schools of Cortland.
2. No person who is a member of the family or who boards or rooms in the house wherein is a case of diphtheria or scarlet fever, shall be permitted to attend any of the schools, churches, Sunday-schools or other public gatherings.
3. No person who has been excluded from the schools under either of the above regulations shall be permitted to re-enter the schools except upon the certificate of the health officer.
4. No person who is living, boarding, rooming or visiting in a house when a case of diphtheria or scarlet fever makes its first appearance in said house, shall be permitted to enter school until one week after the appearance of the disease. At the expiration of said week, upon the certificate of the Health Officer, the person excluded by this regulation may be permitted to re-enter the schools.
5. No person, who has been suffering from Diphtheria or Scarlet Fever, shall be permitted to enter the schools within five weeks after convalescence begins.
6. The Health Officer is hereby ordered to placard all houses, where Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever may be reported by attending physician.
The law governing the Board of Health in regard to infectious diseases, provides that the duty of said Board shall be as follows:
To guard against the introduction of contagious and infections disease by the exercise of proper and vigilant medical inspection and control of all persons and things arriving in such city, village or town from infected places, or which for any cause are liable to communicate contagion; to require the isolation of all persons and things infected with or exposed the contagious or infective disease, and to provide suitable places for the reception of the same and, if necessary, to furnish medical treatment and care of sick persons, who cannot otherwise be provided for, to prohibit and prevent all intercourse and communication with or use of infected premises, places and things, and to require and, if necessary, to provide the means for the thorough purification and cleansing of the same before general inter course therewith or use thereof shall be allowed.
J. F. WHEELER, President,
E. F. JENNINGS, Sec.,
D. W. BIERCE,
SAMUEL FREEMAN.
2. No person who is a member of the family or who boards or rooms in the house wherein is a case of diphtheria or scarlet fever, shall be permitted to attend any of the schools, churches, Sunday-schools or other public gatherings.
3. No person who has been excluded from the schools under either of the above regulations shall be permitted to re-enter the schools except upon the certificate of the health officer.
4. No person who is living, boarding, rooming or visiting in a house when a case of diphtheria or scarlet fever makes its first appearance in said house, shall be permitted to enter school until one week after the appearance of the disease. At the expiration of said week, upon the certificate of the Health Officer, the person excluded by this regulation may be permitted to re-enter the schools.
5. No person, who has been suffering from Diphtheria or Scarlet Fever, shall be permitted to enter the schools within five weeks after convalescence begins.
6. The Health Officer is hereby ordered to placard all houses, where Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever may be reported by attending physician.
The law governing the Board of Health in regard to infectious diseases, provides that the duty of said Board shall be as follows:
To guard against the introduction of contagious and infections disease by the exercise of proper and vigilant medical inspection and control of all persons and things arriving in such city, village or town from infected places, or which for any cause are liable to communicate contagion; to require the isolation of all persons and things infected with or exposed the contagious or infective disease, and to provide suitable places for the reception of the same and, if necessary, to furnish medical treatment and care of sick persons, who cannot otherwise be provided for, to prohibit and prevent all intercourse and communication with or use of infected premises, places and things, and to require and, if necessary, to provide the means for the thorough purification and cleansing of the same before general inter course therewith or use thereof shall be allowed.
J. F. WHEELER, President,
E. F. JENNINGS, Sec.,
D. W. BIERCE,
SAMUEL FREEMAN.
Eight Wonder–admission, 10 cents.
The Great Clock—go see the wonderful mechanism.
The Homer Wagon Co. are distributing a handsome lithograph hanger by way of advertising.
"Milk Shake," the latest popular drink in the large cities, will be on draught at Beaudry's next week.
The Grand Central block is receiving its finishing touches of paint at the hands of Crossman & Bloomer.
Messrs. Nichols & Antisdel have purchased the Mansion House in Homer, and will take possession of the same, May 1st.
W. H. Morgan has rented the store No. 11, Grand Central block, and will open soon with a full line of trunks, valises, harness, etc.
The citizens meeting, called for last Monday night at Firemen's Hall to consider the new charter, proved a failure owing to lack of attendance.
The blouses ordered for the 45th [volunteer company], from Kern and Miller of Syracuse, have been finished and will be distributed among the members on Monday evening next.
Ed. Harrington, of Homer, went down the river as far as Binghamton recently, on a hunting expedition, and succeeded in capturing 35 muskrats and one duck.
Messrs. Fayette Reynolds and H. C. Beebe left for Troy, Albany and New York, last Wednesday, to procure a new fire bell and make further arrangements for the Electric Fire Alarm system.
Dr. F. L. Hoag has removed his office from over the National Bank to the Standard building, where he has secured rooms which will enable him to meet the demands of his large and increasing practice.
Mr. L. S. Lewis, of Bennington, Vermont, has purchased the Monitor, and will assume the management May 3d. Mr. Lewis is said to have had a wide experience as a newspaper man, and will doubtless be a valuable acquisition to the journalistic ranks of this village.
Leroy Wheeler, who lives at No 11 Elm street, last Saturday morning ordered his wife out of doors, and when she attempted to remove the household furniture, which she claimed to own, locked the doors and fastened the windows. She secured a writ of replevin, however, and took the goods to a house on Fitz avenue, where she and her son are now living.
The road to Taylor, near James Andress', has been washed out by the water from the melting snows on the adjoining hills, leaving a chasm some 15 or 16 feet deep and 30 feet wide. The soil is a sort of quicksand, and the water coming in too large a flume to be discharged through the small sluices made to receive it, soon undermined the road with a result that looks disastrous to tax-payers.—Cincinnatus Register.
The village Board of Trustees have adopted the present grade of the streets of this village as the established grade. According to a recent decision of the Court of Appeals of this State, where a grade is thus established, no damages can be collected for accidents which occur on the streets, provided said streets conform to the established grade. That is, if one piece of walk is higher than an adjoining piece, but this is in accordance with the established grade, the courts hold that the adoption of said grade is sufficient notice to the public and will take judicial notice of it, and any injury received by reason of the difference in grades, is deemed to be due to the negligence of the person so injured.—Homer Republican.
The funeral of Joseph Burns, who died last week at Curtin's boarding house on Owego street, was held from St. Mary's church, Tuesday, Father McLoughlin officiating.
Beaudry has just purchased a large and complete outfit for making ice cream, which he will have in operation in a few days. Families supplied on short notice. Mr. Beaudry will also fit up elegant parlors in his store, where ice cream will be served at all hours of the day and evening.
The Great Clock—go see the wonderful mechanism.
The Homer Wagon Co. are distributing a handsome lithograph hanger by way of advertising.
"Milk Shake," the latest popular drink in the large cities, will be on draught at Beaudry's next week.
The Grand Central block is receiving its finishing touches of paint at the hands of Crossman & Bloomer.
Messrs. Nichols & Antisdel have purchased the Mansion House in Homer, and will take possession of the same, May 1st.
W. H. Morgan has rented the store No. 11, Grand Central block, and will open soon with a full line of trunks, valises, harness, etc.
The citizens meeting, called for last Monday night at Firemen's Hall to consider the new charter, proved a failure owing to lack of attendance.
The blouses ordered for the 45th [volunteer company], from Kern and Miller of Syracuse, have been finished and will be distributed among the members on Monday evening next.
Ed. Harrington, of Homer, went down the river as far as Binghamton recently, on a hunting expedition, and succeeded in capturing 35 muskrats and one duck.
Messrs. Fayette Reynolds and H. C. Beebe left for Troy, Albany and New York, last Wednesday, to procure a new fire bell and make further arrangements for the Electric Fire Alarm system.
Dr. F. L. Hoag has removed his office from over the National Bank to the Standard building, where he has secured rooms which will enable him to meet the demands of his large and increasing practice.
Mr. L. S. Lewis, of Bennington, Vermont, has purchased the Monitor, and will assume the management May 3d. Mr. Lewis is said to have had a wide experience as a newspaper man, and will doubtless be a valuable acquisition to the journalistic ranks of this village.
Leroy Wheeler, who lives at No 11 Elm street, last Saturday morning ordered his wife out of doors, and when she attempted to remove the household furniture, which she claimed to own, locked the doors and fastened the windows. She secured a writ of replevin, however, and took the goods to a house on Fitz avenue, where she and her son are now living.
The road to Taylor, near James Andress', has been washed out by the water from the melting snows on the adjoining hills, leaving a chasm some 15 or 16 feet deep and 30 feet wide. The soil is a sort of quicksand, and the water coming in too large a flume to be discharged through the small sluices made to receive it, soon undermined the road with a result that looks disastrous to tax-payers.—Cincinnatus Register.
The village Board of Trustees have adopted the present grade of the streets of this village as the established grade. According to a recent decision of the Court of Appeals of this State, where a grade is thus established, no damages can be collected for accidents which occur on the streets, provided said streets conform to the established grade. That is, if one piece of walk is higher than an adjoining piece, but this is in accordance with the established grade, the courts hold that the adoption of said grade is sufficient notice to the public and will take judicial notice of it, and any injury received by reason of the difference in grades, is deemed to be due to the negligence of the person so injured.—Homer Republican.
The funeral of Joseph Burns, who died last week at Curtin's boarding house on Owego street, was held from St. Mary's church, Tuesday, Father McLoughlin officiating.
Beaudry has just purchased a large and complete outfit for making ice cream, which he will have in operation in a few days. Families supplied on short notice. Mr. Beaudry will also fit up elegant parlors in his store, where ice cream will be served at all hours of the day and evening.
The
Celebrated Engle Clock.
will be
on exhibition in the Samson block, Cortland, N. Y., commencing Friday, April 20th.
It comes to our town for the second time, and comes well recommended by all. No
one can afford to miss seeing the greatest clock in the world.
Glen Haven Land Suit.
In October
last, at Auburn, before Judge Rumsey and a jury, was tried the case of James R.
and Abram M. Schermerhorn against John H. Mourin and William C. Thomas,
an action brought by the plaintiff to recover possession of a strip of land
between the highway at Glen Haven and low water mark of the lake, along in
front of what is known as the pavilion lot on which the old hotel stood and the
"office lot" on a part of which the new hotel building stands. The
presiding judge holding on the trial that the controversy involved only a
question of law, took the case from the jury and last week rendered his
decision to the effect that the plaintiffs were entitled to judgment against
the defendants for possession of two-thirds of said strip of land and for the
costs of the action.— Homer Republican.
From Everywhere.
Natural
gas has been struck at Canandaigua at a depth of 300 feet.
Cornelius Vanderbilt has promised to give $50,000 to the New York Museum of Natural History.
The Governor has signed the bill appropriating $69,000 for completing the Oneonta Normal and Training school.
President Cleveland is to lay the corner stone of the new library building at Cornell University in June.
The Drexel cottage, where Gen. Grant died, has been lost to the Grand Army through the negligence of the Legislature.
A census just taken shows that in New York city 1,016,335 people live in tenement houses. The average is thirty-two persons to a house.
The poor in Chemung county have increased so rapidly that there is no longer room for them at the Alms house. The supervisors will be called upon to make provision for them.
The new agricultural experiment station at Cornell University will soon be in operation. An appropriation of $15,000 a year has been granted. The following officers will be chosen. A director, three assistants in experimental agriculture, two in chemistry, one in horticulture, botany, entomology and veterinary science.
The Cornell University trustees yesterday announced the following appointments: Prof. I. P. Roberts, to be director of the agricultural experiment station; Prof. L. H. Bailey of the Michigan State Agricultural College, to be professor of practical and experimental horticulture; Prof. E. Benjamin Andrews of Brown University, to the chair of political economy and finances.
Cornelius Vanderbilt has promised to give $50,000 to the New York Museum of Natural History.
The Governor has signed the bill appropriating $69,000 for completing the Oneonta Normal and Training school.
President Cleveland is to lay the corner stone of the new library building at Cornell University in June.
The Drexel cottage, where Gen. Grant died, has been lost to the Grand Army through the negligence of the Legislature.
A census just taken shows that in New York city 1,016,335 people live in tenement houses. The average is thirty-two persons to a house.
The poor in Chemung county have increased so rapidly that there is no longer room for them at the Alms house. The supervisors will be called upon to make provision for them.
The new agricultural experiment station at Cornell University will soon be in operation. An appropriation of $15,000 a year has been granted. The following officers will be chosen. A director, three assistants in experimental agriculture, two in chemistry, one in horticulture, botany, entomology and veterinary science.
The Cornell University trustees yesterday announced the following appointments: Prof. I. P. Roberts, to be director of the agricultural experiment station; Prof. L. H. Bailey of the Michigan State Agricultural College, to be professor of practical and experimental horticulture; Prof. E. Benjamin Andrews of Brown University, to the chair of political economy and finances.
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