The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-27

vents an dDStTdCt
Third Day.
FRIDAY MORNING.
Prof L. J. Wickson, for the committee
on butter and cheese, presented their re-
port, as follows;
Your committee appointed to pass judg-
ment upon the butter and cheese entered in
competition for the special premiums offered
by Col. Sprague, president of the Brandon
manufacturing company, beg leave to re-
pert as follows.
The entries were delivered to the COM
mittee designated by numbers, the exhibit
tors name being withheld. There were
seven entries of butter and one of cheese.
The cheese exhibited by Hon. L. ID. Ma
son, is good well made product of good
flavor, aud well adapted to the wants of the
market. The cheese was made from par
TALLY SKINNED milk, and is of unusual cx-
celence, considering the material en-
ployed.
You committee devoted much time to n
| careful examination of the seven specimens
| of butter presented The quality was gen.
orally creditable to the makers. There
were, however, three samples which were
notceably superior to the four remaining.
In all of the three the manufacture was fine
|
served. They we're numbered 8, . and Z.
Between these three your committee were
obliged to use careful discrimination The
grain in the three was closely alike and was
very satisfactory. In color there was a
slight difference in which No. Z. excelled
Nos. 8 and D. The point of decision was
finally established upon the flavor, and in
this No. 8 was superior in richer, finer
flavor and delicate aroma. Your committee
therefore unanimously decide in favor Of
No. and recommend it for the award Of
Mr.. Sprague's premium.
In compliance with conditions the makers
of the butter submitted outlines of their pro-
cesses. The following is the process which
resulted in butter No. Z.
The butter was made October 81, 1874,
from dairy of twenty cows, native and
grade Devon, the feed was grass in the pas
turc, the milk was set in Jewett pans and
churned In the Blanchard churn. the butter
was sailed one ounce to the pound, worked
by hand after standing over night. The
butter was not washed and was uncolored.
While your committee is much interested
in finding an unwashed butter exhibiting
such enduring quality we do not believe
that to this point but rather to the food is
due the peculiar fneness of flavor which
, was the main superiority eff No. Z, nor does
your committee believe that the practice
of not washing would generally result in an
, improved flavor in the butter product. This
expression of opinion your committee deems
, called for, lest undue Importance in giving
flavor should be attributed to not wash
, ing.
: T. I: l. 5: X M'ss.Ss' ; Committee.
e j. 7. ELLSWORTH.
f No. 7, which took the premium, wa'
e made by Hon. Alney Stone, of Westford
4 VT.
No. 4, mentioned in the report, was made
: by Geo. w. Lawson, of Barre.
No. 8, mentioned in the report, was made
e by Mr.. ID. c. Brown, of Montpelier.
r Mr.. o. NJ. Tinkham, said he would TAXI
the responsibility, in behalf of Col
| Sprague, to offer premium of another
double beam, double platform scales for thu
5 best samples of % lbs of butter and 90 Id
of cheese presented for the premium mex
e year.
r Mr.. J. T. Ellsworth, of Barre, Mass of
ferrcd a premium of Billiards. Oscillatini
churn for the best 25 lbs. of butter, will
t the method of its manufacture.
Mr. Curtis, of Wisconsin, offered No
l 3"Whipple's rectangular churn" for thu
best 10 lbs of butter exhibited for pre-
MUM.
| Mr.. Hawley, of Syracuse, N. V, said HI
: would present 10 barrels of the best factor.
e filled salt to the association to be offered a
K u prize for the best butter.
Y SO many prizes being offered it wa
: voted that the various prizes be placed il
the hands of the executive committee of tn
: association to be awarded as premiums 70
r the butter samples of butter exhibited, an
e all the dairymen in Vermont were invite
d to compete for the prizes.
r Mr.. ii. w. Vail, of Pomfret, VT, for tn
committee on dairy implements, presente
n their report as follows
d The committee appointed TO examin
l. dairy implements exhibited at this meetn
C of the association report the following
= They found nine milk pans and coolers c
different patents, namely:
l. The Cowles Patent; the Compartmer
n Pan; the L. j. Roberts Pan; the Arcti
f. Pan; the Morrisvlle Pan the Washingto
IS county Pan the Smiths Patent conductin
Il pipe Pan the spuaky Lamoille; the cha
&c lenge milk pan. Each of these pans claiI
t, to possess and probably do possess som
% advantages over the others and an accurat
'e comparison of their value can only be as
d certained by actual trial.
:. The committee in stating their prefer
enCe ueSlIc 10 Chll htteHtlOh " tiic
d time afforded them of making the mo-
J. critical examination.
They name the first three in the follow
a. ing order.
Id lst Smiths patent conducting pipe pal
er I'd. Spunky Lamoille, by N. X, Bale.
3d. Washington county, by Cecil Grave
he & Co., and on churn.
G. 1st Billiards. oscillating churn, by !.
Ellsworth.
f. I'd. Whpple's rectangular churn.
e, 8. Barrel churn, by A. II. Bailey.
The committee would call attention
at the cream cooler exhibited by j. NJ. Jacl
ne man, as possessing merit.
y le CHAs. $. McALLAsrrH' c
~ II. A. SoULE, Com.
H. II. w. VAIL,
- Mr.. O. S. Bliss then called upon Go
vi ernor Hyde, of Conn, to give the Associ
''a ton some account of the Devon stock,
,,o which call he responded, that the Devo
r. are not regarded as desirable breed I
.or beef. He said that each and all the difle
% ent breeds of cattle had their merits, al
H. farmers must adapt their stock to their Ian
no He had tried the Ayrshire, and did not su
nJ coed, as he believed, from the fact that i
in was not adapted to that breed of cattl
al, lie was compelled to keep Devons becau
va they were best adapted to his soil and fee
,bt lie could uot give statistics in regard to al
A. of the different breeds, as he had none wi
III. him. The Devons, with him, gave mo
He milk and fully 90 per cent. more butt
Of from the same feed. He said that ofe
,vo had been made to put the Devons in col
,os petition with other breeds, without findi
any one to take the offer. He had ma
~, two and a quarter pounds of butter per
ar. from some OF his cows; they being fed t.
al" quarts OF corn meal per day, in connect
mt with the ordinary pasture feed. While
'as Devons are small, they have rotund
he and beauty that certainly excels; and VIII
we put upon the scales, they always dsappoi
in the right direction. He said that anim
he should be bred for especial purposes, a
~ hn hnI hrod tho nnxnns narficularlv