St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24

hbbSIL DSlCil.
Horace Ewell, Peacham.
A. r. MattesOn, North Bennington.
Daniel Kellogg, Westminster
G. ID. Perkins, North Clarendon.
w. j. Simonds, Roxbury.
Edwin Allen, East Barnard.
Heman Bugbee, North Pomfret.
p. II. Strong, North Pomfret.
II. II. Wheeler, st. JOhnsbury.
AmOry Allen, Barre.
j. c. Little, Barre.
G. II. Kingsburyn, East Barnet.
h. Miller, Westminster West.
j. b. Parker, Waterbury.
S. l.. Burnap, HuttO, Texas.
NJ. H. Miller, Pomfret.
6. Ii. Vaughan, Woodstock.
J. n. Balestier, BrattlebOrO.
E. S. Wood, POmfret.
c. S. Davis, Bethel.
j. Haynes & Son, Wilmington.
p C. House, East Bethel.
ID. G. Cox, Walden.
Cook & Wiley, st. Johnsbury Ctr.
Julius C. Morse, Cambridge.
A. d. Evarts, Vergennes.
George Fl. Wright, Middlebury.
II. C. Hill, Isle La Motto.
f. W. Clark, South Peacham.
L. Strobridge, Peacham.
S. E. Hartman & Son, Peacham.
Hiram Weeks, st. Johnsbury.
j. A. Humphrey, East Burke.
j. II. Kilby, Lyndonville.
S. Owen, East st. JOhnsbury.
A. Loveland, Norwich.
+. X. Harris, st. JOhnsbury.
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Dana Burbank, North POmtret.
William Roy, West Barnet.
c. n. Skinner, Plainfield.
E. Skinner, Plaintield.
NJ. Z. Blake, Plaintield.
n. Skinner, Plainfeld.
A. Cole & Sons, Danville.
Ira G.. Smith, East St. Johnsbury.
F. Z. Lamberton, North POmfret.
V. ID. Moulton, Peacham.
"Wonderful Churn," Westtield, Mass
Mrs. Thomas Mason, Passumpsic.
H. H. Chase, East Hardwick.
NJ. H. Gibson, Ryegate.
The butter judge, E. A. Harris o
Boston, declared the exhibit to be the
finest he ever saw. He found 20 pc
CtHi vi IllC sam pics w. w III VII ttpph
40 cents pound to sell at retail il
Boston. Twenty per cent was put il
class No. ,, some of it because it wa
not quite new enough. This butte
would sell for nearly as much as thu
best. Then there was 5 per cent. no
quite so good, and per cent. common
The number of samples classcd in Nos
=, and ! being so small, it wa
thought best not to give the makers
names. This was the only report
read by Secretary Tinkham this morn
ing.
PRESIDENT MEAD's OPENING.
Col. John b. Mead's high collar
cleaned with it's old time luslge, rs h,
walked down the aisle. In openin!
the meeting, he made short speech
He began by sketching the association
history, comparing dairy products ant
prices of to-day with those of tifteel
years ago. A little eulOgy was givel
on chat noble animal, called the COW
one of the greatest blessings to man
kind" He complimented this as
dairy district, although he thought !
larger crowd would have been attract
ed at Rutland, St. Adams, or Esse7
Junction. Speaking of breeds of cattle
he favored the Jersey. But, if til,
average per COW was only $50 pounds
Vermonters were still living at poor
dying rate.
TINKHAM's ENSILAGE TALK.
After NJ. w. Davis had spoken few
words for the board of agriculture
Secretary o. NJ. Tinkham said he woult
talk awhile about ensilage, because h.
knew nothing about it. But hearing
that ensilage hurt the butter, he wen
to Boston to find out. He interviewed
thirty firms, whose opinions differed
materially. One found difficulty il
selling ensilage butter for 25 cents
when good grass butter brought 81 OF
40. Several found that ensilage butte
lacked character. One said ensilag'
milk couldn't be kept sweet twenty
four hours. Others had no trou BILE
and saw no difference.
Col. Mead said George F. Nuttinl
of Rutland fed ensilage and had no
watered his cows for eight weeks
They were looking well and thei
owner said the butter was good a
ever.
FARMER SAYS A WORD.
w. |. Simonds, pleasant-faced
witty farmer from Roxbury, then tool
the platform. He had never made les
than 200 pounds per COW, and built ;
silo in 80. From October of that yea
to October, 's3, he sold over 300
pounds of butter from nine cows, aftel
supplying the family. His wife whC
was opposed to the silO at first and wa
a good deal smarter than himself, &C
knowledged that they never made 81
good butter in the winter. 1t sold al
we'll as ever, bringing few cents more
than creamery quotations. His cOwi
were native and Jersey mixed. The
milk was kept in pans of his Owl
invention, at the right temperature.
"What is the right temperature y
queried the secretary.
"Oh, my wife knows all about that.