Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-01-30
Vermont Dairymen's Association.
ELEVENTH ANNUAL WINTER MEETING.
MInNESnAN HONEYMOON.

Vermont Dairymen's Association.
ELEVENTH ANIMAL WINTER MEETING.
CONDENSED from the HcrAld's reportl
WEDNESDAY FORENOON.
The eleventh annual winter meeting Of
the Vermont Dairymen's Association
opened on Wednesday. Jan 2lst, IN Bran
don, in the large, convenient and elegant
hall Of the beautiful Spraguc Library
Building. At 10 o'clock IL. H., the
president, Hon. f. ID. Mason, called
the meeting to order, when prayer
was offered by Rev. c. A. Thomas,
ID. d., of Brandon. The address
of welcome was delivered by Col
II. II. Merritt He regarded dairyinS as
one of the most important features Of
American agriculture. though it has beer
too largely conducted without regard tC
scientific principles. The farmers 81
Vermont are real benefactors Of mankind
Brandons guests are New England's rep
rcsentative sons.
President Mason responded III an eX-
tended address in which he went over the
ground of dairy fairs and our present
methods on cheese and butter making.
lie vi NhF tiN'h 'i''tN''.
President-Hon. f. ID. Mason, Rich
mond
Vice Presidents n. 7. Sprague
Brandon f. s. Wood, North Pomfret
~ lister, Enosburgh.
l!1'fst ary-O. 5. Bliss, Georgia.
treasurer y. Vail, North Pom
fret
Trustees Three from each county.
A committee of three. consisting o
ex-Gov. Smith. Col Spraguc, and Treas
urer Vail, were appointed to report reso
lutions ON the death Of the late ex-Gov
Peck, an honored member OF this associa
ton.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
The session opened at o'clock with :
paper by Mr. Whitney, Of Williston. II wa
not an extended one, but covered thu
ground most admirably. As one resul
Of Mr.. Whitney's excellent paper on thu
question of marketing Vermont dair,
products there WIS rambling and some
what prolonged, but interesting discus
sion. in which Il large number of gentle
men partook.
Mr.. Bliss went INTO an elaborate expo
sition OF the method of making NJ
market reports" i'll Boston especially
He said the commission houses lind 1t To-
their interest to keep down the prices.
Col. Whitaker, of the Boston Cuttird
tor, urged the farmers of town or 10
cality to combine, grade their butter, an'
let it 90 into the market branded n
Brandon Butter" Richmond Butter,
and sold in lump. 1t is the selling o
butter in small lots, in detail, that result:
in the defeat of small sellers.
Mr.. Tinkham said it was the quality o
the butter that cuts down the price
Messrs. Mead, Talcott, Douglass, Vail
Wood and others never find fault with tn,
prices ut which their butter sells.
Col. b. p. Baker, of New York, salt
the market reports were correct. In
trouble is not with the reports, but IL
the products sent to market In Canad'
| they had sent n man to instruct the PEG
pie i'll the manufacture of dairy products
with the best Of results. One great al
vantage of the creamery system Is III tins
the genaral standard of excellence VA
raised, the quality of the poor Is raise'
To the standard of the best, for the meth
DDS adopted i'll creamery are the meth
ods of the best butter makers Of th'
section represented.
Various persons were called on To CIV
their experience respecting Their stock
methods and results. Stephen W. Men'
of Rutland now milks III cows, most q
them new milch cows, which he f'ed'
bran. and meal, and Stops uses the 'col'
setting" plan for raising the cream; has
an oscillnting churn, and sends his but
. D..,-i.l.n..,. ut IN f.entG DDI.llu
the price received for several months.
EB. Douglass, Of Shorcham, whose
butter at the recent international Dair,
Fair took the prize against the Who'll,
world" AS Mr.. Bliss said i'll the genera
exhibit, uses the cold setting, salts hi'
butter Ia suit the taste of his customers
cuts his grass early in the milk, hegIns
81 ns to get through haylnS before tht
seed il hard has IL large mixture "f ''crse,
blood
l.. II. Tnlcott Of Williston, who keeps
200 cows, and now makes - pounds "l
butter daily, sends 1t to II commission
house and receives from - To Is cents
per pound.
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