Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-12-02

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Vermont Dairynen's Associates
Editor Rutland Herald, This Associa
ton was organized Oct 18th, 1859, con
stitution adopted, and the following
named officers elected: Z. d. Mason o
Richmond, President; Middleton ca
smith Of Rutland, N. B. Stafford Of Hart
ford, and r. J. SAKE of Sheldon, Vice
Presidents; o. s. Bliss Of Georgia, Secre
tary; g. @. Chandler of Moutpslier
Treasurer; and w. p. Nash Of New
Haven, A. B. Armstrong Of Dorest, H. n
Hall of Burke, E. Barnum Of Milton, E
8. Freeman of Guildhall, A. A. Moore O,
Berkshire; A. r. Manning Of Alburgh, b
r. Wait of Stowe. E. F. Darling of Derby
A. N. King Of. Tunbridge, A. d. Smith o.
Dandy, G. G. Chandler Of Montpelier, G
Horace Hubbard of Springfield and Pelse
Winslow of Putney, Trustees.
The constitution defines the object OF
the Association to be the improvement Of
the dairy interests of Vermont and ali
subsidiary interests.
The conditions of membership are the
payment of two dollars for annual, and
five dollars for life members; without 70
strictions in regard to residence or occupa-
ton.
The influences that impelled to the for
nation Of the Association are a felt need
for information on sundry subjects con.
nected with the production and sale Of
butter and cheese. Among these may be
named,-a want of information in regard
to the characteristics of a model COW for
the butter dairy or the cheese dairy, and
in what respects they are or are not
identical Are these characteristics SUBJ
ject to intelligent control or are they
simply accidental? If subject to control
as the few rather than the many practical
dairymen believe, Judging them by their
practices, what measures may be pur-
sued to make our dairy herds approximate
more nearly to that standard Are the
grasses Of Vermont inferior TO those of
other sections Of the country as is claimed
by dealers in butter and cheese and others,
and if 80, in what respect and to what ex-
tent may they be improved upon? In
what respect and to what extent may, or
rather must, the dairymen Of Vermont
depart from the practice Of believers in
the natural pabuIum" theory and cult.
vate and prepare the food for cows with
direct reference to the production Of
butter and cheese? How shall our farms
be made TO carry the greatest number Of
cowsr What Is the law of compensation
as applicable to dairy farming9 or in
other words what are the resources Of the
dairyman for keeping his farm in .
healthful condition. What Is the remedy
for the hundreds of farms that already
exhibit most unmistakable sign. of ex-
haustion
The whole subject Of the manufacture,
packing and marketing Of butter and
cheese, from the time the milk is drawn
to the time it reaches the table of the
demands the most thorough
and searching investigation. OF course
there are exceptions to most general rules,
but il is entirely safe to say that those
dairy establishments in Vermont that are
strictly first-class in every particular may
be counted on ones fingers 1t il not in
a spirit Of captious criticism that we
make this statement, but on the other
hand We reluctantly confess that these
are the inevitable conclusions of extend
I'd investigation and the most careful
scrutiny of proofs found to be irrefrsg-
able.
The tine has been when Vermont dairy
products stood very near the head of the
market, but they do not maintain their
relative position In that respect. We
would not charge the fault upon Vermont
iairymen, but we must credit their Com
petitors with having made very great pro-
yress in the few years last past. Much,
very much Of their progress is due 30 the
patient and persistent investigations that
have. been made at home and abroad un.
Ter the auspices Of their dairymen's as,o
stations by such men as X. A. Willard
md his associates.
An especially faulty feature Of the
lrafiic in dairy products, as at present con-
iucted, is that the lower grades are cold mt
very nearly the prices Of the better, and
here il an actual loss 10 the middle man,
which be makes up from the profit ON tbs
better grade. = portion Of which should
De paid 10 tbs producer on the original
purchase.
II is the province u our association 10
'licit and disseminate rir needed infor-
nation.
The method proposed Is 10 secure sd-
iresses with details II experience from
ueh men as have given earnest attention
o come one or more Of these. subjects,
Which viii bring them before tbs as.ocia-
ion in a manner TO draw cut, durisg the
nbsequent discussion, tho facts ia the
'ossession Of Che members In attendance
o detail committees Of the members 70
make Investigations and experiments In
sses that have not been solved, and
inally TO give tho individual members
for comparing experiences, &c.
Associations Of q like nature in other
states are accomplishing very much for
he improvement Of tho products and In
reasing tho profits in their respective
and there is every reason to
'ops that ike results may follow from