Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-01-29

the grass, rake the hay, reap and thresh
the grain and winnow it, saw the wooo
and churn the butter. Every day adds new
machinery to the farmers stock. and super
cedes the clumsy implements OF hity years
ago. which bound him to his hard ana never
ending toll. When the farmer and dalry-
man begin TO use machinery, and TO STUDY
| the ways of other men, and 10 Apply Ms
mind to the dairy and the farm so lar as ne
can make II take the place of muscle, then
he Eliminates his occupation with new
light. and raises himself into the dignity OF
a man. When mind gets the upper bandit
will - rye itself and see that the body Is
well cared for. Intelligent farming is Dig
nified living. For farmer who thinks and
reads and studies and applies. nature Will
open the storehouse other secrets. and point
the way to life full of dignity and beauty
Hon. p. Walton, of Montpelier, then
briefly and very cordially welcomed the As
ISOLATION to Montpelier and Washington
county. He said that the town OF Montpe-
lier is not largely an agricultural town,and
for that reason the number in attendance Is
not so large as it would have been, perhaps,
in other places We are, however, largely
interested in agricultural products, and so
he, in behalf of the citizens of Montpelier,
extended "A cordial greeting to the pro-
ducers Of the milk, butter and cheese CT the
State, and trusted that they would have an
interesting aud profitable session. And he
| hoped that the people of Montpelier would
| be induced to come in and give the Dairy
mems Association the encouragement of
their presence, aud gain from them the val
liable information that he trusted would be
| elected in the discussions of the various
topics that would come before them for con-
sheraton. lie believed that after the
opening session the attendance would be
very much increased
Ex-Lieu; Governor Hyde of Connecticut,
next read paper, giving valuable COM
pilation Of statistics Of the dairy products Of
the country. and taer value for food in
comparison with other articles of food, as
| follows
GOV. HDE's PAPER.
| Mr.. President and Gentlemen Of The Yer
! mont Ddrymen's Association
! Ii affords me sincere pleasure 10 revisit
| tins beautiful capital. and exchange greet
/ ings with the members of The large and hon
urable Association now in session | aim
| at no idle compliment when ! say that some
1 of the leading agricultural interests OF the
/ noble State are well represented here to-
| day. FOR see before ne men, who Tor care
/ tal experiment, ripe experience, and rich
| results, have wen fair fame beyond their
/ own borders, and given rev and profounder
0 -. hot ltff l. inn
| brain Is the one potent alembic in which all
| things, even the soil. and the grasses. and
/ pebbles ander our feet, are Transmitted
/ INTO gold. The time may come when these
4 silent and secret hills shall give up their
( hidden treasures; but till that day shall
/ come, you, gentlemen, will continue 10 be
/ with ever increasing success, the true gold
/ producers OF this northern cline, and your
stamped coin, fresh from farm house minis,
/ snail. a. now, pass current, and above par
! in the markets of the world.
As have iourneyed in summer tine by
| rail up and down your green and pleasant
valleys, sheltered between the massive
walls of the everlasting hills. | have said 10
myself. surely the tiller of the soil, and
/ above all the dairymen, can find IN all the
wide land no better spot than this, 80
/ varied ard picturesque and grand for home
and farm, Tor sweet heritage and cooling
streams.
/ Your hills are many AID rugged. The
/ Green Mountain range. like q mighty back
/ bone, colossal symbol perhaps, OF the YER
/ teb;;e of the sturdy sons IN the wales below,
/ parts You right and left. ; and your winters
are rather long and cpli. bat none the less.
/ | cling T. iuy impression. II the hills and
the mountains crowd y1u they give in re-
I turn ;he fertile mead. she SAMMY slope, the
>htl Herd uruk, The rAr- ar. ami the cry>-
tai waters.
Indeed. G,ulemeH, addressing You a
/ dsisym.ii. | ilrIutain lhat hilly. broken
country Ike thi- y nh base lines clothed
with fragrant heritage and many basins to
catch and hold the uuccusiny wash Of
the upiani-, while il affords fewer
available acres, makes ample redress
IL ;he concentration and harmonious
I combination OF desirable 81 smcnts and points
/ the analogy between itself and the choice
/ COW, WHOSE neagre pan turns out its royal
pound. Although have owned herds OF
cattle, aui not strictly speaking, dairy
man II hold any positive position, II Is
I THAI OF u breeder. Still, as a natural clnse-
quent. have had somewhat large incl
dental experience in dairy matters Ny
long and Intimate connection. also. with
many agricultural societies and associations,
has been such Is 70 bring me into close
communion with many of tie NEST enlight-
ened and Successful dairymen in the country.
| nave listened to and shared in their dis
cu>sionS, and have read, presume, pretty
much al! that they have written. There
fore while cannot claim TO be known e.
pecially a. dairy man, | may lay claim to
some knowledge and personal experience in
the matter. | have in my library many
volumes OF the annual reports of the United
States Commissioner Of Agriculture. Very
properly they present many facts in relation
10 the dairy vi the country. They give
carefully prepared statistics. and the result
of manifold experiments in the production
of milk, cheese and butter.
synopsis prepared from these reports
would be of great interest. In fact in view
of my anticipated presence at this meeting,
| contemplated such paper, with the addi
ton OF abstracts, tacIs and statements
gathered from other sources but my mo-
desty got the better of my desire. ana now
| have the calm satisfaction of thinking
that ! shall neither waste much OF your
time, nor tire your patience. But l may
state the collective impression made upon
my mind by reading these reports, and
other kindred matter III connection. The
figures that give the amount of capital rep
resented by the Dairy OF the country. and
the returns, together with the increase, are |
simply amazing The capital at that present
time exceeds Isl ,00O, 000, 000) one thousand
millions. The cheese product for 1870
brought $50. 900 600, and the butter 5000
eco goo. According 70 the Official returns
Ut the Custom House. our exports of cheese
from Jan. lsr. to December 2ith, 1871,
amounted to (67, 500, COO sixty-seyen mil
lions four hundred and thirty thousand
pounds. and Tor the same time in 1870, Gl,-
45l 800 pounds, showing an increase in one
year pi COS 800 pounds ln 1870, our ex-
ports OF butter amounted only TO ,39i 200 |
pounds; in 1871. : SO 700 pounds, an in
crease OF G.l25 BOB The report of the |
American Dairymen's Association for 1871 |
gives | Is; cheese and butter factories in the |
United States, against ,23i in 1870, and |
,0Gt in 1869. More than half Of these fac |
tories show an average of AIS cows for each |
establishment.
The whole consumed the milk of half 4 |
million OF cows The following were the |
averages OF the States leading IN dairy |
manufactures III 1870: for each factory in |
New York, Il9 cows; Ohio, $40 cows; llli- |
nuiS. Massachusetts. Vermont, Michigan. |
collectively, $50 cows Wisconsin, 27o |
cow, Pennsylvania, lS2 cows The mum
her of dairy factories IN these States arc re- |
ported as follows New York, 963: Ohio, |
rs; Illinois. 4G; Massachusetts, 30 Yer |
mont, 30; Michigan. ri; Wisconsin, &c;
Pennsy -. In the single county of |
Oswego. n. Y. u capital of $1,000 COO is
invested in dairy agriculture alone.
Gov. Seymour of New York, in an ad-
dress at the Wisconsin state fair few years
since, asserted that cheese is the cheapest
food in the world. give his words ''If YOU
take the nutrimcnt of pound of cheese
and compare it with other food, you will
see that it exceeds In nutrition any other
Article of food. Therefore it is OF great
value 10 the population, as an article of
food. not only nutritious, but already pre-
pared for use; and poor mechanical people
Will regard this consideration very highly"
The Inspector OF milk at Providence, K. l.,
alter thoroughly testing the matter, asserts
and maintains Inv