Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-11-04
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Alta business meeting Of this society held il
the State House, Wednesday. the following boar
$ of officers for the rear ensuing was elected
? Presdent-E D. Mason, Richmond
Vice Decentralization Goldsmith, NJ. d
Z Rutlsnd; y 8 Stafford, Hartford; C. ". Brown
, ell, Willistou.
Secretary aud lTeasurer-O. 5. Bliss, Geor-
gia.
Trusiees-Henry Lane, Cornwall 4 B. Arm
strong. Dorset /; Franklin Fairbanks, S. Johns
bury; F. Barnum, Milton; f. S. Freeman, Guild
hall c. s McAllis,er, Enosburgh \. K. Man
ming. Alburgh; l.. P. MIDGET, Cambridge; G.
+ Darling, Derby 5. 3. Carpenter, Randolph
A. b. Smith, Dandy A. X. Warren, Berlin
c. Horace Hubbard, Springfield ; Peleg Winslow,
Putney.
The following honorary members were elected ;
Honorable Samuel Campbell of New York Mills,
New FORK A. Vi. Wnslow, ESQ, Of Putney,
and Hon Thomas g. Alyord of Syracuse, " Y,
were elected honorary members and Richard
Goodman, Esq, of Lennox. Mass, correspond
Ing member Of the association.
ADDRESS OF HON. X. a. WILLARD
A large audience gathered at the Representa-
tiyas Hall, Wednesday evening, to listen to the
annual address, to the dairymen of Vermont
Hon. Z D Mason Of Richmond, presided, and
introduced Mr. Willard as the dairy editor Of the
R1ral .ltIr Yorker.
Nj Willard opened his address by rem4rking
that he had no splendid theories to advance, but
would speak upon simple subject Of the great
est practical Importance to the people Of Yer
mont When abroad he had looked upon no
place of greater interest than Runnymeie,
where the great charter Of our liberties WAS Oh
taiuel from King John by the sturdy barons.
who secured there the foundation Of all the civil
ani religious liberties which we all enjoy. How
little did they thing what immense results were
% follow from their action Few Of those who
have laid the corner stones Of great works have
known the results that follow So Jesse VIII
lisms did not imagine that such immense results
would follow his laIors, but there are now from
thousand TO FIVE hundred cheese factories in
the State Of New York alone. And 50 the great
problem of an economical supply Of food begins
TO be solved Few realize how much the supply
ot food has 10 DO with the preservation
Of order and good morals. But the populations
rapidly increasing in the country. Soon We shall
he unable to produce sufficient quantity o:
meats. animal fool must be obtained from the
dairy. lie illustrated the adyaatsTe Of food Oh
tanned from the dairy By showing that COW
viii produce through the dairy many times as
much nutritious food IS a steer used for meat
A good steer will weigh 1900 lbs at : years
Of age, and VIII give when butcherei 900 lbs Of
meat steers equal % twelve years. will give
5000 lbs. A COW for twelve yesrs, delucsi1g the
fret Two yesrs, will produce go los Of chess.
la nutrition pound Of cheese is equal % two Of
meat, 50 that the produce Of q COW for T. years
is 500 lGs cf food while tbs; Of a steer is 5000
los. The difference Of bone AMI cooking should
BE- charged against the meat.
The nutritious properties Of milk hayc been
greatly uuie- e-tmstsi. Steak he estimated as
dear At - cts. per pound as milk At il Cts. rss
lusrt. Mix ought 20 be much more generally
usei. Ire use w0uil be Of siv-assse both %
our hesltls and cur pc---,-. I, would be much
cheaper than NEE. Al the present prices, even
al % c. per quart Cheese factories have been
q .1huite aiysutsge IN spreading information.
b. them dsIry conventions have been created.
which have grestly increased the knowledge Of
the people. 10 New York and Canada dairy
meetings are nov cr1=i5i With men q great in
teIlgsuce and information. No portion Of farm
worE has shown such rapid improvement SIS the
larry. Il Vermont desires 70 keep up with
other states IL must 10 as other states are doing
10 this department, and its ablest sons must
scientifically examine the methods by which
dairy farming msy be improved. We live II az
age Of immense competitive industry. II
IS n1t strange that Old LANDMARKS ere
being removed one -.zsa Of this is the
instruction q s-ricglture il It's use of different
cliua ,es All soils So Vermont cannot compete
successfully with western States in growing
grains. The western farmer can put his surplus
gain into 0gr markets 80 price watch vii
o5ise Is 90 sell 81 meagre price. Other St2,es
have not soils that vii allow thea 60 compete
with Nermouters IN the day This is a special
90 ~-E.e oh 81 1 -.
fully Ias characteristics Of a good dairy coun-
ny sre uaiul4ting pastures filled with good
springs, soil capable Of retaining moisture
with low temperatures, mild climate an e zl.eet
AMI nutritious heritage. Iu IT, Jl-,.ntry. the
best portion fog ds,rT -.E--i2g lies between the
Ai,h sni s h parallels, and extends from tie
Atlantic u the Mississippi and possibly to the
Pseihc
y. speci-. department Ct agriculture sforis
60 many tilareut kinds Of products The dairy
department SLOWS the farmer 10 sci milk, cheese
cattle and beef. as vel IS TO breed animals
We cannot compete with the Wes. il -r.-.ss,
or with Australia in sheep. 4 rv0.,c'.y8 tariff
cannot be relied upon 20 sz-ist tha wool pro-
ducers Of New T-.,.s-i Statistics show thst
ds-rv r-5.-cts nave remained 81 about the same .
--ssz-. prices while other products have va-
ne1, often being depressed. and that ,he
dairy market is not Overstockei. The amouu-
Of piolucts IN this department hiss not yL-soi .
much from year 20 yesr. but bT Z. careful i'm .
pr0veme1t Of oar farms they 1-izHt be increased .
Experience sb0F7 -; u a thiczly populated
c51a-~--. --asamptoa Increases more rapidly
lisa production The amount Of butter nro-
dacei in this country mas nearly doubled in the
last ten years and yet prices have advanced.
The demand for il has increased ia0la rapidly.
There are no such butte ,Sters IN the world Is
Americans We -r0 sesinning to aiop, the tsste If
the L-E,s- u Fegsri 20 cheese. The production
~ aaeese IN America during the past tn years
has simost treblel
4 large dairy interest must always be employ
ed in producing milk for the cities Our great
problem If to properly e. uaiizs the yzo-i45tions
Of milk, butter and cheese IAo business in
condensed mls IS r. - 4lIaBcy. bu; 10 is "a
pdy i7c----s-s and IS destined 10 be very
--,e-. roT some purposes. condensed milk is
very much better than fresh milk for the in
ha1itsnts Of cities The wholesale price fo-
this milk i shout II - per qusrt psL-c;-
rag IL cts for manufacturing. 90 o.s. per
per 4usrt would be LEI ~ he farmer The
condensed r-ilE RAsn used for tes AMI coffee
/. 70. - ue distinguished from fresh country
milk.
The speaker spoke Of the advantages derived
from the association Of farmers in producing
butter and skinned cheese Under it the
farmer would realize from his milk a, the CO..
densei milk factory 10 cts. per Quart. :. the t
butter factory, cts, and p, - saesse fact a
CRY 1 ctr. He lsme-toi .aas farmers IS = class '
are not be.,r. educated as TO the amounts 70
~ name from different productions Fears
have been expressed that We have reached the /
limits Of overproiuction in manufacturing
cheese He believed the demand for cheese 80 r
be increasing in much grests- s-.io thsn
the production. kAil-Cs1 facilities have made
an quite; fer -us productions much preferable
- al ,tisnto ocean People now demand /
better articles in this line Of food than twenty
years ago. There is no profit to be made from 7
= poor article. There is great demand for
the f-ncy products Of the dairy. Five years
ago no one supposed thst butter could be gti-
Lied for food. But this has now good market
Five hundred gallons OF whey make twenty
pounds Of butter i thousand factories the
gain frop .-e manufacturing Of this ar /,
l4C.c Would &c 100000 dollars month. The
most common fault u American farmiug L.
day Ia lack Of concentration. Farmers At
tempt to do toe many things, and thus often fail I
70 do anything well. Every farmer should do At ,
least one thing well. There is so much cheating ,
done in the world that wise men will always psy
a large price for certainty. Great profits are
almost slWays male from good products Good :
butter aust have good color, Eno texture, and /
= Ii0u -a'OI' VI q. sJSt4Is Oh embarrassing, :
he preyerre.l tat OF Orange county The high /,
- priced butter in Europe is the NormAndy !
Cur factories skirn the cream while it is fresh.
attention must he paid first to the fool Of the !
COWS, second 70 the temperature, third to neat
ness at every stage Of the manufacturing ,
good grade Of hay must be fel to cows, and the I
pastures must be kept free from weeds. He coz :
siiered the feeling Of Indian meal essel AL The
temperature Of the milk should =. seDt al sixty Il
degrees The most scr,-p .lGss neatness must be
observed to .ro,s4ce the finest kind Of butter A
temperature Of seventy degrees is the best for
curing cheese. He thought this could be best .'
secured BY locating the dry house on hillssie.
and placing it 50 that the air psssins through
the ducts will be cooled sui toe temperature Of +
the dry house kent 9von. Hundreds Of thou ,