Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-31
agricultural,
Condensed from the Rutland Herald.
Vermont DaiTymrn> Association

On Wednesday morning II WIS ca
70 order BY Hon. Edwin D. Mason. Of u
mond, President Of the association. S
delivered the following address.
PRESIDENT Sac. IS sruaEs-
GenHtmsn Of ne g.rm9ut Dal,ua1.
Assoriots0n
We nted cunHct with our fellow mta f.
quicken our blood and stimulate our brain
IL il beneficial I'd men 81 any oee4rarisa
n uch mole so OF ours, 70 be brought fle1
face where We can Interchange op MONS ST.
experiments. lie fundamental ldea in e.
institution OF associations like ta.S
Is to better the condition Of our cIa-
BY Introduc ng such improvements .H
manufacturing rs will secure the hest
turns Tor the outlay Of labor and ctuitaI. tt
bringing out papers and discussions ~ IF
subjects innected with our calling ana /,
cup ttion, from scientific and practical ~
Before us y an imnsn Gel az l7 p. ~ En-
with harvest and needs ellncst. aIdlu
energetic workers Our ass iciati1p or -ag..z
Tor TIE purpose named, and this Is the taIf
annual meeting. Althou II we have se
dark days and financial en4b r~as-ment- lro..
which we have been tStri dted 5Y the gca
erOus AID OF our Sttte Agricultural > ici tv.
We kOpo 10 the long future % run "a rae o
usefulness 70 ours Ives and p,s5.rity.
We dairymen are stubborn class To learn
We do not accept facts without a good ! q
OF proof and persuasion, and ia to- Iuau,
cases, work out our own injury through f.
fear Of being too easily deceived. This + =
progressive age, and those who allow them
selves = fall 10 the re'T in the march of l!n
prOTement, must BE- content t. occupy sec0r o.
rate positions and be satisfied with sua.
pecunIary rewards.
It is something surp- isin that. n0twitb
standing the imprOyem. MS m dairy lartufnl
SO little has been tHected towards iujucgn,
dairynen to perform their operations in l.
more systematic manner, and keep a regu
lar record and account of their DAIRY husfre-
generally and spec Hca'ly. For one VIM
practices such method. ninetv-niue s5eI
all their accounts - in their heads. as fl !.
termed. and are l-btlully called guess dairy
men, Tor they never know anytninz. 0uN
gu IS it - 80 and so. They don't know
whether tbs, that or the other mode % dairy
ing pays the htst whether they can gGJu
90 sell their pro luce az a given price VI not
they cannot tel! whether 10 Is for their In
terest to continue IN the dairy business b
not, Tor even at the end Of the wear are ths1
sure wis Their their names should be on th
loss or profit side OF the ledger DAWN
kept no record Of their doIngs, they az
almost wholly IN the dark They can 0ull
guess e 10 about Cd and SO Is is hizh tia,
tor all such % take % new departure alb.
commence a thorough reform. Of c8ur-,
keeping such records occupies some slime
but how can il BE- better spent than iu thu
obtaining better knowledge IL our pr5fe-
sion. and the workings in that special nrauc
in which we may DO eng ld Broth,
daIrymen, think Of this matter. ana ag- uu8I
1t. Don t be careless and stubborn, and con
tinue to drive on n tire old RUS, -impi
because your fathers have done sJ before d
but accep5 change, when il il for your al
vantage ID Do %, il not TOR y.ur own 50 80
for tie good Of your oys aud p1st,r.ty.
They should keep an Exact ac cunt
everything connected with their dairy, +
that at the end Of the year they can sum
up and know all abOu, il, ami not nave an
guess work about it, 80 that they ear ten lu
what il costs TO make hundred pounds
cheese AMI butter then, and not uuti Jhe
can they tell whether il pays 10 coutiut
dalrying They should also keep n slmli.
account in all other farm operations, al
then there would be an end 81 n c1ntinu
que sing and thinking, and ignorance in r
9 I'd to those things We sdOu d know a3ou
In contemplating The eat DAIRY Inter,s
OF the State AMI its va Is. questi Us ,slrch
cannot answer, and ref ctious which %
not keep back. crowd upon me. o
pressed with their weight and tLc m+gu
tude Of the task before me 1 Jurn slowly al
sadly away, secretly lanenting my ov
want Of ability an sIuceriy rezrefiIug rh
the duty before me has not been assigned
older and better hands
TIE President mkt intro iucsd Hen
Clark of Rutland. who welcomed the ssjci
tion AMI proceeded to speak upln sever
topics Of interest. Hs said among 9th
things:
There is no branch Of sgricul uro that b
made such rapid strides as t5at rcia *.
tie dairy. | think tlefe j. more m viii
you Will find minds more Intellist ut or mo
TiIe Tor Investigation or none who profit mo
by experience This fact Is fully iudicit
by the prOgr, Sc Of this ASSOCIATION and q
Influences that have been gathered. IN d
better production, aud the increased zaI
the producers.
Tho advance of this interest is ais, show
IN the increased exportsot A ,neri an cheese ]
butter. Toe Official returns show that il S.
the export of cheese was D .U7S $40 noun
more { an In 1870. The same Is true Ot. IN
ter 5.5OS. pour d. more being exporJ4
IN IS7l than in 1870. Tn, sc are fAc-s III
should stimulate tie Americ n producer
greater Efforts. 60 on then in the york
enlightenment and elevate of vourselyri
encourage and sustain this ASSOCIATION ar
JUS IdlLnIui ara PEI sVeTlng executive IflccI
who organized It and have stood BY it tbrols
all It's struggles. You selected at the first
your presiding off er ore Of the larcr 50 or
ducers, and right manfuIly has he lab irei
promote ITS interests, and by so doins II
Iepu alton AMI welfare Of the commonwealth
Your Secretary who, from his position Is tf
active executive off ;er, has Iahored earnest
and faithfully in your beh4 lE The dun
devolved upon him are varied and ar5uou
and OfteDtimes he may have been disco1r,s..
bus he has still labOred on 70 1D
ohstac es that lay in his path Second b
eff t., and persevere in the dissemination
useful Information among those engaged
q common CAUSE, and your l4bors VIII e
long be appreciated, and your association
placed in the foremost rank Of the agricult
raj influences Of nnr State.
AFTERNOON.
An address on - Associat ID Cheese Ma
ing" was d, livered by 7. D. Curtis. of Il
Utica Herald lie said:
TIE first cheese factory was established
Rome, N. Y, by jesse Williams and his ~
SONS IN Ter the following circumstance
Jesse commenced to make cheese In *.
or 1888, and received for it seven cents n
pound on account of its excellence. while h
neighbors only received five cents He !
not have better water or facilitiee, bat on
improved from the results OF his exoerien
and observation. At this time his son Georl
had been married and makug cheese for
year and only obtained i've cents a poul