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Vermont Dairymen's Association
sEooxD ANNUAL MEETING.

The second annual meeting Of he VeTno
DI.rynsa's Association net Jan. 18th, ct Il
II, ct the Court House in the city Of Burlin
ton, and was called to order by the Presiieu
H1n. E D. Mason Of Richmond, vino spoke
follows
Gsaflemsa: The interest felt in Il
greet and growing branch Of State iniu
try which this Association represents, has sgs
brought u together for consultation and discu
sioa. What plans shoali be attempted in Il
future, contemplating new objects and invol
ing new responsibilities. will probably be SCI
iects Of discussion al this meeting
We live il progressive age the woli
Is teeming With new discoveries the arts an
sciences are advancing in rapid strides Ii
march Of improvement is onward toward Ii
goal CT perfection and - man hath sought on
many inventions to benefit his fellow mar
There probably has never been period within
the history OF the world il which so much hll
been done to benefit and ameliorate the condi
ton of the humsn family, as is being done a
he present age. Every year gives birth to neT
associations, the objects Of which are the pro
motion Of human happiness. This Association
was formed to give to the markets Of the world
better dairy products and better prices TO the
producer DAirymen Of Vermont, let US all as
sociate il the brosdest and best sense Of the
word not simply to control prices but to get a
first rate reputation for Vermont Dairy products.
Let Us al strive TO make the very best quality Ct
goods in the markets; let US at this meeting re-
solve that the leading interest Of our State
shall be put 10 better standing in the markets Of
the country. There Is no danger Of over doing
the business or over stocking the markets with
frs: class article. The supply Of good cheese
aud butter is far behind the demand The
great cry Of our city consumers is for better
class Of goods. they hunger and thirst after the
good things Of the dairy. In the name Of the
good people Of this Association let it try to sup
ply them with good cheese and butter when
they are willing to pay prices that seem fabu-
lous n comparison with the prices that we have
been Obtaining Twenty-Five cents per. pound for
cheese and seventy-fve cents or one dollar
pound for butter are prices that sound strange
to most Of the members Of this association, and
yet there are daiTynen that obtain the
above prices Cor all they can make
and ! veature to say that il costs them no more
to produce a pound Of butter or cheese than il
does the dairymgu In Vermont L does seem
that there is something wrong about the manu-
featuring q butter and cheese in this community
Couieussi milk hss not yet been considered
one OF the common products Of our diaries or
factories when il shall become such one O. the
ccmmlnest objections 10 our factory system
will be o5viated, which If, that they DO not use
the milk for cheese making. either al the be
ginning OF towards the close Of the milking sea
son. If our factories would learn the method.
acquire the right, and obtein the necessary an
paratus for couceusing milk, and adopt the
practice earlier or later than cheese making
would be profitable, it would probably prove
remuneratlve 20 the factories aud great coave- I
nience TO patrons Butter factories in connec- /
ton with cheese factories have no doubt would
BE- al the most r7-0ff+a h1a or~a-rsr,er-g
manufacture the milk Of a town or neighborh1od. I
What 8 rich reward would the dairymen Of 4
Vermont reap if they could obtain the prices Just
named for i1eir dairy products; and | can see
nothing to proven, them # they VIII avail them
selves Of The means that are a. hand There is
no secret about the manufacturing Of this high
priced butter and cheese Every dairyman that
msses these fancy goods Is willing and anxious
70 give his method Of manufacturing % any one ]
that viii take the time to inquire, which is in
short the right temperature, great care aud per
feet neataess in all the operations This subject.
l trust, viii be fally discussed at this meeting
by those thsJ are better qualified than I sm.
Here Il vide field f0r earnest, energetic work
ers land that flows with milk, if not with
honey field that Is white for the harvest
Here the Lucy Stones, the Susan B An,honys.
the Liverm0res, HoFes AID Dickins0ns can have
their just rights with no male tvran;s - %
lord 1t over them. VIII they enter upon this
grest and good work. where all their Just rights
Will be secured TO them fear not For forty Z
years have not been an iuliientive observer Of
the rise and progress OF the great dairy interest
Of the State. ! well remember the time when l
butter was worth only from FIX to ten cents per
pound in q store goods and Of cheese so little
was made there was 10 established market price 7
FOR IT. Most Of the farmers were in debt for /
;helr farms they went u meeting and market {
IL OK carts aud lumber wagons The changes I
that have taken place are wonderful Your J
lumber wagons are still on the farm, but when C
you take your wives and daughters to church or f
the market, they ride IN comfortable carriages a
You are generally out Of debt Tor ought 10 BEL. C
AID many Of you have money g; interest ]
lr what IS better, have some Of those q
pictured promises Of Uncle SAN. called v
national bonds Most Of your sons re- C
,eive classical, OF at least a high school eiu- s.
;stion, while many Of your daughters graduate q
i some Of our excellent female seminaries q
y hat i the Alal1ins lamp tuat has produced 20
III these changes A the head stands the q
larry, aided BY the production Of our other ST
agricultural interests. These branches Of in {.
iustry would have been much less remuuera- OF
i've but for the construction Of railroads the O.
work Of the last quarter Of a century. These al
,reat works have opened up for you the msr- 81
eis Of the world and doubled the value Of T
our farms. The prosperity of the farmer has to
his popularity, it implies aad carries with it in
be prosperity Of the whole country Tnis Is r
LOT true TO the same extent Of any other woes
ion the man who carves out his fortune and ca
wins competence for HE declining years by sd
ne culture OF the soil has thereby made him al
elf the bensf4ctor Of his race. Nobody is the III
'orse for his career, while many are improved
nd spurrei onward BY bis practical wisdom. n
nd by the healthy c9n;agioa Of his example. an
The President then introduced President Or
ngsll Of the University Of Vermont a.
NR. AyGELL's ADDRESS. II,
r.. President end Ge1Hemca. iu
We read that in old tine 1t was the custom 20 "a,
ring on the older and better vine at the end Of
lie feast II must be in carrying out this idea m,
ID 10 start with skim-milk, THAI You have as W.
gned me the first place and I spplaui your --
isiom in so doing. | should not presume 10 h.,
tempt giving any instruction to 3 body Of men
mach better yerssi than myself IN the sub ~.
cts that are u come under Discussion. ButI h.,
o glad TO c5ngTatulate you on the success Of
ur Efforts last year in starting your Associa- az,
N. Il required pluck. foresight aid wisdom. -,,
seeuei 10 ue the most successful Agricultural -
eeting J hsve attended in this part OF the 10
lntry.
We lesrn tha; the entire dairy product Of the pr
Intry is eslimated at three hundred million -
liars and Of this Vermont has contributed
re than her share, for in 1850 she was 9Th in -
'duction Of butter, and "a in that Of cheese
is reasonable estimate to put the production 4
butter IN 1870 at twenty-five million pounds les
thst Of cheese gt fourteen millions. w3.th. AZ
and "A cents respectively, over nine Gad
{ millions Of dollars Why this is nearly prJT
90 TINES the gross earnings Of the three great ever
roads OF the State the dairymen could buy c7n,
N all out-snd hope then make them pay
idents. daughter Considering what a ='
At sum the increase Of only two cents pound able
these dairy products would amount to, the Il
ct aimed 81 by this Association becomes very oval,
ortart, and the organization Of it is evidently
fled. pa
have been ready to despair at hearing young prac
SO frequently say there is no field ID this .;.,r
e for the exercise Of their tslents. wherefore
will 90 elsewhere and rise in this or that com'
essicn, for farming requires 10 special abi- to tn
There II no greater fallscy in the world ovna,
questions Of pasturage, Of soiling of cattle, :
rest lands and meadows, and other such. de-
investigation by rlint of the highest order jet
the greatest learning, and practical expert other
~ heAds q me greatest talents There are that
sucb tssts W. have 70 rsiss ,- - o U-s. Esq
that can do it. The results Of experiments ures
her countries are not conclusive here, where
oudiuons are 50 very different The Ger ~
E. - ;.... nue. money neces.
gu' .-lei' tx not
- = a nv ".I nol supply Of Il
alone, employs at this time the best talent - -.
5 country sud IL Europe, to determine how sI..-5.
e the TEST breeds and how 20 keep them -
and when | hesr young men say there Is
~ worthy Of their genius to be done in n
ont, | an inclined u doubt their common e g
There are in this one branch alone CUES les
whose solution promises the highest results lure
TO tie scientific man AID the practices oeg1
eT. o. N