Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-01-28

many hOFes for the success of the as5ocia-
ton and asserting that he had not intended
TO make speech. though it was most eN-
celleut one, the Governor sat down.
After the addresses the business meetas
was held at which the executive committee
rendered report of the expenses.
The Committee ON Nominations then ~
ported the following officers and they were
elected:
Presdent-HJn. T. ID. Mason.
Vice -Presdents-Hon. y. T SrIague G.
s McAllister, f. 8. Wood
Secretary-O. s. Bliss,
Treasurer-H. ". Vail.
The committee on oleomargiiine By Dr
iloskins, reported the following resolution
which were adopted.
E.i,'tsj. That the nam' ~Euftrt h. Tie lnI'.i.-
o.ial tfaie marx ri our 'iIiTymen. and ID We So.
mand from all legislative bodies. IA our lignt "a.
all Infringement upon ialf tfiile marx % ihihclf-
turcr5 Ol ulcoinlrgIriuc. suiHc, Atri9ne. OF ti+
manufacturers OF Fat for table ani culinary @ gee
shall b. utterly p.pub'ttt d-i t.h'1ei'.j So.
pressed.
Eesoi,,,, That with taose cheaper tai pr,lus-s.
sgch. and under their proper names, VI have ''
quarrel. We leave them u tdr judgment OF ia'
Consumer, who IS chiefly concerned. ami who il.'
Is adj, To decide the matter practically We r--G-
that the Manufacturers ct t'i4 class Ct gaHi '.
ans inuii he large purchasers oi Sgicul'Gtti .-
duets la The frin Of aniasi lat. la tilai EEIi
fur our interest 10 tr,ll them Justly. ami " ieS-
L. 10 But We a. ths same time demand ~ tiria
equal Justice IN al-trBt.ru from TjiliiE ii- u'
Of trade marks.
Es4Jlr.f That IN view Of t.l,. ciiuil.it.i-. "
necessarily arises between The lower grades %: hu'-
ter AMI those new forms 81 ipui IA, It n.r'nl'l
most urgent !uty ct all iar1nru 70 tE.t'lJ' D.
every means IN their power th-ir dairy nisaGLl'
tures. ant we suggest. - Uas,.i 20 tiat el.i,
greater care IN selecting. b,cc.ug ana feeding
dairy Stock aai every possible effort l'%Ifi- lic-
prOvement "a making, pirt.n. al fnl' AeiiIS dr.
products,
Prof Arnold submitted resolutions Gfp''-
ing all kinds Of adultefail0u which were
adopted and the meeting adjourned uuti
afternoon.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
There being no papers to he read, a e. g.
cussi1a upon the subject Of the forenoon
abortion in cows occupied little tine
Mr. Cheevcr made a few remarks upon the
subject and was followed Hy Mf. Tay'o5.
Superintendent oi Col. Caunoa'5 stac', farm
His herd Of 90 head was visited hv .h.5
disease two wears ago. Some i've tT SIX
cattle were affected Thought it was pro-
duccd Ir fungi in the grasses, but, after
diliernt search, failed to lind any such in lh..
feed Ills hay had hcen Of rapid growth
and was not shade blue as It should have
been. 1t heated the cattle. Their normal
temperature is 10l hul this hay ran it up 70
IO.. lie tiled tnrtHe Cf nudan;iIi
morning and evening, but found that
the use Of clear bright oat straw Wa
more advantage geOus, ard in tLis way carried
his cows safely over. Authors hold that B;
is contagious disease, but found that 1t IS
not. The surcst remedy is to keep the AMI
mails dGIin. the period 81 CESSATION in
constipate,i condition and So keep the h!"'i
from the bowels, which draws It of, from the
fu.us. lie thinks that ensillec is not tit foot
for cows with calf suitable tor iarrnw cow
and calves but not for mich COWS in rcriri
of CESSATION
would help cows but thought that this
would only assist when animals wart in .
weak condition.
! MIR. Whitaker was ca'le,i up. He has 81
bright view of the future Of New England
agriculture Thinks that the agriculture
| Of the past exhausted the siil and gave moth
| ing 10 it in return. \ wave of exhaustion
has swep, over the country and now We are
| beginning again making farming scientific
| and working all Our resources Mr. hit-
! aker rave statistics to prove that crmort
and New Eugard had gained within the
| last forty years Ptopr say farmers are not
progressive, but they are, and the reason
/ that they do not appear 10 b. 50 much 80 as
other trades is hcca,!>e they have questions
to deal with which require long tine and
much experiment to settle. Take the straw
berry culture Forty ycals aEo thcy were
not raised; now il Is m industry From wE.ch
millions ere annually mGd?. Corn has III
creased from six tO twelve inches in len III
and the nuia5er OF ears 0a the staih has Al
creased from one to twA Or three. Forty
years ago the manuiac,Irr Of special icy,!li-
zers was unknown. To.uay there are hun
dreds of manu.actorits. Then ro swee: com
was raised. but we esteem il a ncc.s ity tpf
| three months in the year and thr canning has
come to be great industry. Tomatoes weT-
not merchantalle commodity forty wear
ago. What is the use 0i saying we ATE 5iE' !,
in the mud. Politicians talk about tnrib
and specie payments as The salvation a.. ta-
country, hut the farmers maa' th' Specie
by which resumption was accom- li>hei
Products OF the soii a;r what have
brought about prosperity. We rSin.t ;0.g'
as IN uch wheat now as we false,! forty vt.-.;
ago. We are complaining because 1..r yol.a &
men 90 West. but It is natlIra, thai ti.'
should because the cry has been Go Wrai,
but Young men wcud make rs much in NcH
! England provided they wJ;:ld endure a3
many priyationa. Nr. Whil4hcr rNires- 81
his pleasure at being nteseni a; the meetings
and predicted that loaE after thls' present
were dead Vermont wGu!l be m agricultural
State in every respect superior t. what J.
is now. At the close OF his reHlrhs Tie
customary Tesnluti, ns OF tliatl,, vi' i'.7'e ,'
I after which the president adjourned u.
meeting siae de.