Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-05-22
Dairymen's Meeting at Barton

The Vermont Dairymen's Association
h, Id a one days meeting Mt Barton on
THURSDAY, the 9Th inst, which was called
to order by President Mason, who though
showing the results of his recent severe
Illness, bids fair to hold good for many
meetings to come.
Mr.. Mason in opening the meeting made
few well timed remarks, saying the OBJ
iect of the meeting was to increase the
Interest in Orleans county in agriculture
as reforms must originate with the people
One reform which was needed, was a
better system of keeping farm accounts.
A great reform was needed in the saving of
manure, of when he believed nearly one
half was wasted. In ride from Cam
bridge to Bakersfield, eleven miles, he
saw only three farms here the manure
was protected from the wasting effects Of
the weather. Manure should be housed
and ab>orbrntS added to hold all the
liqnii portions.
Some say farming does not pay; it
should wy, and those who find most fault
are generally those who SIP nj most Iimr
nj the VILLAGE store or saloons brwriling
the. har shp> Of The farmer
L'tolr business he attended to rs well
As other kinds of brS ness "" by those
carrying them On. and we should hear less
of trouble
MIR. Thomas Baker of B rton followed
with paper on general dairying. He
commended good stock, good feed, good
care for the stock, cleanliness and care
for The product. tie thought if the milk
room could be held ut II temperature OF
about 600, ii WAS better than any artificial
cooling of the milk. He Recommended
the immediate marketing Of the product
H. +. Jameson said the tlairymen in his
section were exercised on the question o.
over production; they are fearful the
market will be over stocked, and in hi:
ion they will hold over their products
till later in the season.
IF any light can he thrown on the sub
ject here, as to whether it will be wiser tt
sell or holt, it would be of interest Thu
we shall be able to decide whether tn,
dairy business is ovtrlone.
Mr.. Bliss followed MIR Baker criticisms
his remarks on the artificial cooling o
milk. and discussed pretty fully the princi
plies of cream raising which he had deler
mined and settled by extensive and long
continued research. This had shown tn,
modes in use to be unsound in theory an,
imperfect in practice.
DR.. Hoskns thought farmers shoul,
keep more full and accurate accounts
We want the figures, and facts they demon
strate. 1t appeared to him that farmer
were prone TO bear" the market, an
lower prices. A great many men do nc
make any profit in dairying; in man
cases from The poor character of the pro
duct, and if these cases could be reduced
we could get better price for the rest
the products.
Mr.. Bliss believed that it was mistak
to hold butter over, and the daryman VIII
marketed his butter weekly would do tn
hest. The market demands fresh mad
butter. 1t is difficult TO get men out of rut
and many were asking "can make m
butter keep" The question should be- Ca
make it sellp The advanced dairyma
gets the best education he can, puts tt
butter into market in best stalls and
the best shape.
Many farmers in the western part of Il
state made Il great mistake in keepin
their butter over and lost by it, The tin
has gone by when old butter sells at f.
price. Mr.. Mason said butter was almo
as low one year ago as it was now chez
is selling well, and did not think il tin
when farmers should get blue.
Mr. Bliss in reply to an idea of owe
production, thought there would always
u good market for first rate article, b.
there was always an over. production of i
ferior goods Some claim there is no ne,
3 ,f hn
milk, but we must remember that Il
products of the creameries are selling
much higher prices than ours, and il
reason is that they are making their bu
ter in patent apparatus, or in mprov,
methods and instruments. Mr.. Baker b
leved in keeping his milk in roo
whore he can keep the temperature at 60
OF AS near that as possible.