Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-25

wall the association proceeded TO The cleo
ion of president for the ensuing wear
Col Sprague renominated ME- Nj 1son;
Mr.. F. ID Douglass of Whiting. nominated
Col. John B. Mead Of Randolph. Mr.. "
" Whiting of WilliStnn nominated Col
Sprague. Mr.. James II Walker Of Spring
field nominated Gen George F. Davis oil
Cavendish.
The ballot resulted "a follows: Whole |
number of votes. SIS; necessary to cnolcs'
%; Col. Mead hal Is. Col. Sprhgne ~
Lawrence Brainerd Of 81. Adams, D; MI
Mason 4. and there was no choice.
Col. Mead, who had come into the ha'l
while the balloling was going on, dechneu
10 ne n tnditlate. upon the ground ihN MS
other englgrman.s preclu ied ms gisilS
he time winch the position deintnIeh
Fie assaciIliIn refused Ia receive ms dec-
lin,ton, and, on IN IliOn nf Col. Sprague'
who wuh.lrew in his favor. elected MN
unanimously. lie came upon the stand,
vas introduced by Mr.. MeAllister amid
loud applause and accepted The OH 80 In
SURFING speech. in which he urged Inc
dairymen present 10 unite 10 restoring the
, a.>oJi ,tIon TO its pristine vigOr, and init
| m ,ted that unless they took hold with a
will no should serve only one year
IC,l. Sprague having declined to serve,
after being elected, Mr.. +. ID ID Iuglass oil
ShOrehan was chosen To be vice president
| rom the first congress iOnal district; MIR.
| aaron l. Iveland of Norwich, vice president
from the second district. and Mr.. Il. ii.
rnlcott of Willi,rOn tthu largest dtiryman
n the sta e), from The third
For secretary Mr. o. VI. Tinkh1m. OF
Poniret, and Mr.. e W. Whitney. OF VIII
uston, were nominated. A hallnl'InS re-
snlled In Mr. rlnkhtm getting rs votes,
Lr. Whitney 81. ami Mr.. Bliss | ; ard Mr.
rinkham was declared elected. lie accept
d the OIL o in II b'ief speech, in VIII CHI
no cNhursed the Suggestions OF the pres'
LEM in regard to the urgent NJ ceSslty Of
reinvIgnrlting the association AMI putting
It on solid financial basis. lie Was loudly
tpplauded.
Mr. II w. Vail of Pomfret was unani-
mously reelected treasurer.
On motion of Mr.. Bliss the constitution
vas amended by striking out :hc article
providing for the offices OF county trustees
On motion of Mr.. Henry Ltne of Corn
vail. the convention thanked The retiring
Ulcers for their services.
Pending the consideration of the best
manner OF bettGrlnI tho finances. the
business meeting was adjourned. subject
% the call Of the president
AFTERNOON MEETING.
Mr.. Albert Ltnlon of Rutland read a
paper upon The uses Of salt in dnirying
lie said that most butter was spoiled, in.
stead of being preserved, by salt, and thus
was owing to thu impurities contained in
he salt. Unless the salt had the strongest
lntlspptic powers, it was useless as a pre-
Seryative of hutler He said he had Il salt,
which was rpa ly for exhibition, nine times
a effec i've us the best salt now in use.
DR.. +. B. Hathaway of Milton spoke or
silos. He described how they could hi
quilt the best and ut the least expense. He
u would build a better silo than Governor
Smiths, at ST. Adams, which cost 50, O0t
or $500, aud this by combination OF san'
u md cement applied to the walls whcl
u nardens into concrete. He had learned thu
; rick years ago when he WAS building cls
u terms with Il pltent cement. There wa
u no need of brick Most any farmer cnul
,uild silos in tins wav Tor 300, and tn
ir could be excluded perfectly.
Mr.. Duugliss wanted to know why
) lilo couldn't he IN ,,le of the barn bays b.
making them air tight and securing then
against tree zing.
Dr. II uhaway said there would be
crack somewhere and then the ensilag
would sour
Mr.. II. G Root of Bennington describe
MS silo. his was five feet under ground
y fifteen above, and made air tight by CT
= uent. lie was able to keep four horse
u md two COWS out of an acre and ha
"nsilnge lie WAS s,tIStiBd that sIiOs cOul
be adj ed 10 any means. They need nj
:, b. expensive. You could preserve the en-
" Stage IN wood ~ well as you could i
: prick. Silus were not new. They wer
SIMPLY coming into practice again. III
lid not believe it was necessary TO exclud
- all the air.
= Col. Mead asked ifa farmer could bull
-" slo ont of one OF the yS of his htrn.
u Mr.. Roo said the dlffi -ully would be /
Getting The en>ilagr in AT the TOP.
The DISGUST WIS continued by Co
' Sprague, NJ IT AIvord. Secretary TINS
=, hIm, e G Perez OF Clarendon and Others
~ The asSuclatiun votel that Vice Pres
= lent Douglass, Henry Clark and Nj
VI Williams Of WalpDle. n. Ii he appointe
u | committee t. consider and outline til
~ work Of the association and put II upon
permanent financial b,siS.
?. THURSDAY EVENING.
= Mr.. George Gregory Smith Of ST. Albar
r read paper on Italian farming. which W
ii. intend 10 give enlite ~ no abstract can d
al It Justice. After Mr. Smiths ptper + |
tor Cheever rral paper on the utillz .tiu
e. # SKINNED milk rs - fool. lie claimed tn
Il it was valuable rs human TODD ns well :
$ tor the hruie creation. 1t hnurished youn
#. md growing animals and breeding SOW
n A discussion enSuel, in which Nj
10 Alvord took the srme ground ~ NJ
Is UnrpVpr and said that he b ,lrved the r.
cent decision of the bbari OF health of Ne
o York, that SKINNED milk WAS unwho
H. some, to he erroneous.
tn Vice President F. b. Douglass describe
zr The profit of feeding skinned milk
20 breeding Sows.
Ih Mr. IngoIisby and Mr.. Tinkham spoh
he on the same subject and the latter 81
IN that two thirds water and one.hird skin
Ilr med mix mixed were very stimulating
al house plants.