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

| satisfied with his success, that he Is not dis-
nosed To change. This method makes better
! butter in winter. lie had not tried 1t IN sum
mer. After heating it he let's the milk take us
natural course. the temperature OF his NILE
( room being from 500 10 TO-. lie sald ne
colored his butter in the winter lie pre-
ferred the English carrots for coloring, Dul
Annatto was much cheaper and he used tina
both on account Of convenience and cost
lie said be would save time in churning oY
heating his milk.
Further discussion was elected from
questions asked by various persons IN the
audience, but the lateneSs of The hour pre-
vents an abstract.
Adjourned to Friday morning.
THIRD DAY.
FRIDAY MORNING.
Prof. T.. ). Wickson. for the committee
on Butter and Cheese, presented their re-
port, as follows
To fAs Prssilsnf ofts lsFni9at Dsi-ymes's A'so-
chiffon
Your committee appointed to pass Judgment
upon the butter and cheese entered n competition
fsr the special premiums offered by Col. SPrag
President OF the Brandon Manufacturing Company
be- leave 70 report as follows
The entries were delivered 70 the committee des
grated by numbers. the exhibitors name being
withheld. There were seven entries OF butter and
one OF cheese. The cheese exhibited by Hon r D.
Mason i = -oOd well made product Of good flavor,
and well adapted 20 the wants OF the market. The
cheese was made from partially skinned milk, and
is Of unusual excellence, considering the material
employed.
Your committee devoted much time 70 careful
exam na;ion Of the seven specimens OF butter pre-
sented. The quality was generally credltaoIe TO
the lEers. There we're, however, three samples
which we're noticeably superior TO the four remain
inz. In all Of the three the manufacture was hne
and the grain OF the butter admirably preserved.
They were numbered }. ) and :. Between these
three your committee were obliged 20 use careful
discrni nati0n. The grain N the three was closely
alike and was very satisfactory In color there
was al ght ference n which No. = excelled Nos
3 and .. The point o. decision finally estao-
lshei upon the favor. and n this No. was su-
petior in a richer, finer flavor and delicate aroma.
Your committee therefore unanimously decide n
favor % NJ. and recommend il .or the award 0i
Mr.. spra- cues premium
In compliance with cond tons the makers Of the
butter submitted outlines o. their processes. The
following IS the process which resulted in butter
The butter was made October y, IS-4. from
dairy OF twenty cows, native and grade Devon, the
feed was grass in the pasture, the milk was set N
Jewett pans and churned in the Blanchard churn,
the butter vas sal.ei one ounce % the po9nd,
worked by hand after standing over sht. TAe
butter was not washed and was uncolored.
While your committee il much Interested IN find
in- an unwashed butter exhibiting such enduring
quality we DO not believe that 10 this point but
rather 10 the feed is due the peculiar fneness o.
flavor which was the main superiority Of No. = nor
not washing would generally result in mprov-
ed favor IN the butter product. This expression o.
opinion your committee deems called .or, lest IN
due Importance 4 giving hlFor should he attrihgt-
et e. not washing
F. J. ElcEsoS'
L Il. ARNOLD. { mn ttac-
Ut. ELLsWoETn.S
No. :, which took tho premium, was
made by Hon. AlneY Stone. Of WestloFd,
Vt.
No. ,. mentioned in the report, was made
by Geo. W. Lawson, of Barre
No. ;. mentioned in the report was made
by Mr.. d. c. Brown, Of Montpelier.
Mr.. o. VI. Tinkham, said he would take
the responsibility in behalf of Col. Sprague,
to offer premium OF another double beam,
double platform scales for the best samples
of p lbs of butter and 90 lbs of cheese pre-
scented for the premium next year.
Mr.. j. I. Ellsworth. of Barre, Mass, Of
ferred premium of a BGllard's Oscillating
Churn for the best 25 lbs. of butter. with
the method of its manufacture.
Mr.. Curtis, of Wisconsin, offered No
- Whipple's Rectangular Churn'' for the
best 10 lbs. OF butter exhibited for C. pre-
MUM.
Mr.. Hawley. Of Syracuse. y. Y, said he
would present 10 barrels of the best factory
filed salt to the Association 70 be offered as
a prize for the best butter.
So many prizes being offered. it was
voted that the various pixies be placed in
the hands of the Executive Committee of
the Association to be awarded as premiums
ior the better samples of butter exhibited,
and all the dairymen in Vermont were IL
yited 10 compete for the prizes
Alr. II. W. Vail, of POmfret, Vt, for the
Committee on Dairy implements, presented
their report, as follows
The Committee appointed TO examine dairy in,-
PIGMENTS exhibited ct this meeting Of the Asslcla-
ton report the following. They found nine TX
pans and coolers OF different patents, namely.
The Cowles Patent; the Compartment Pan; the
Ia j. Roberts Pan; the Arctic Pan; the Worthwhile
Pan; the Washington County Pan: the Smiths
Patent Conducting Pipe Pan; the Spunky LaInoil1e
the Challenge Milk Pan. Each Of these pans claim
to possess and probably do possess some advaH-
trial,
The committee in stating their preferences desire
10 call attention 10 the limited time afforded them
u making the most critical examination.
They name the first three IN the f1Ilolyiu- order.
lst Smiths Patent Conducting Pipe Pan.
q. spunky Lamoille, by y. K Bailey
81 Washington County, by Cecil Graves < Co.,
and on caurn.
lst; Billiards oscilla;lng Cha-n, by l. 7. Els
%. Whipples Rectangular Chrrn.
"a. Barrel Churn, by A X. Bliice
lAe committee would call attention 10 tae eicaia
SuoAeT eAhlh-tcu nS j. NJ. Jdcklndn. rs POSSESSING
merit. CHAs. s. McALLAsrsR)
II. A. SoULE, Gem
II. w. VAIi.,
Nc. .. ). Bliss then called upon Governor
Hyde, of Conn, to give the Association
some account Of the Devon stock. to which
call he responded, that the Devons are not
regarded as desirable breed for beef lie
said that each and all the different breeds
OF cattle had their merits. and farmers must
adapt their stock to their land. lie had
tried the Ayrshire. and did not succeed. as
he believed. from the fact that his soil was
not adapted to that breed OF ec.,le lie vas
eonaeile4 20 sceo peyons. because they
we're best adapted TO his 5oiI and feed lie
could not give statistics in regard to any of
the different breeds, as he had none with
Nun. The Deyons with him, gave more milk
and iully % per cent. more butter from the
same feed. He said that offers had been
made to put the Devons in competition with
other breeds, without finding any one 20
take the offer lie had made two and
quarter pounds of butter per day from some
OF his cows they bsing fed two quarts OF
corn meal per day, in connection with the
ordinary pasture feed. While the Devons
are small. they have a rotundity and beauty
that certainly excels and when put upon
the scales, they always disnppoiat in the
tight direction. lie said that animals
should be bred ior especial pgrpo Is. and he |
had bred the Dey0ns particularly for milk
ers and dairy purposes. An animal that
had been bred with view to its value for
beef, would prove a failure when the AT
tempt is made to make mixers of them.
The executive committee, by Mr.. o. 5.
Bliss, presented the following report and
.osolC.icrs, which were unanimously |
adopted by the'Assooiat.on
1t having pleased Divine Providence IN renova |
by death. since our last meeting, Hon Carlos Ray
tor, OF Burlington, and David Fish, OF south bur
lnSton, Two OF the Oldest life members and rncst
steadisst friends OF the Association therefore il Il
Resotsa, Ihat we learn with profound SORROW OF |
tne ueath OF these, our late associates and patrons
Resohed, That we extend our 81 mpathy and con !
dolence TO the bereayed family, ana that the Score
tary be Instructed 20 furnish them cory OF these
tesolstle1s md th.t e saue he puhl,sted in ma
" a"sA'"o"s'" t.. - /
John w. Brown. Of Milton, being called |
upon. gaze some facts and statistics in re- |
gard to farm drainage. He believed it had |
not received the attention it deserved, from /
iermers. There il too much cold water in 1
much OF the land in the State and there il 4
no way to make such land available for agri- |
cultural purposes but to drain ii. For dairy |
purposes, he regarded it as almost indispen-
sable that the tfilage and pasture lands |
should be thoroughly drained. As to the |
various systems ot draining the An, -.