The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23

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The report was accepted and ordered on
file.
Mr., Hammond also submitted his report
az secretary which, on motion of [ w. Ma
son of Vergennes, was accepted aud adopt
ed, The report was as follows;
sECgETARY's REPORT.
Mr. President and Gentlemen Of the Ciub:-I
have little to report or to say, ana snail conhne
myself to matters connected with the Re-lstcr
and its workings. Since our lat meeting but
lew changes in the club have come under my mo-
tice At our annual meeting one year ago we
had I42 members. Two, who were going out OF
the sheep business, have since withdrawn. Ihir-
teen have made application to become members,
nine of whom have been admitted, making the
present membership lly
The owners of about 90 flocks have not yet
maize returns of lambs for the past year. \ few
of tue returns are held for correction before they
can be recorded. / might say here that cry lit
| tie, if any, attention Is paid by some OF the mem
beers to correspondence upon this subject. |
suppose they generally conclude that the secrc
tIy has maize the mistakes and that 1t Will come
all right In time, aud so let the matter rest till
they get another letter, and sometimes two or
| three, before replying. presume ali understand
that If their lambs are not returned on or before
the first Of September of the year in which they
are y,aned 1t Will cost the owner - extra besides
| the regular recording fee.
If every member would keep = record book,
such AS is furnished 10y the CLUB. and enter in 1t
| all data concerning his llock instead of keeping
| the record ON the barn door or scraps of paper,
there would be far fewer mistakes than we have
now. Many members are not careful and partic.
ulai enough in stating the exact name!and initial
| ON each label. In h large majority of cases the
secretary could perha :, refer TO his books and
! make the correctlons but this co Id not be done
| with any degree OF certainty when man has in
his nOck different labels with the same numb r..
| during the past season some have duplicated
their labels by beginning at one and
| running up again. rule was made in April,
s}, prohibiting the use # duplicate labels, AS 1t
leads to confusion ON the part or the secretary as
well as the breeder. To prevent thisRu'e ID was
| enacted. 1t reads "Members shall order their
labels through tine secretary and receive them at
| cost" The Ouj ct of the rule was to avoid such
| mistakes as have occurred and to save the breed
er trouble. The secretary would not have order
I ed duplicate labels, but when request to order
Them would have notified the breeder of mis- error
and then the latter could have done he thought
best and take the consequences OF using the du-
| plicates.
| one of the greatest sources Of annoyance to the
secretary ana to purchasers (and find 1t so with
all Reglsters) Is caused by the failure of the sel-
Ter TO report his sales IN compliance with rule 1,
| which saws, "lf the owner of any sheep record.
| ed IN the Register shall sell the same he shall
Live notice TO the secretary giving the numbers
of the sheep sold and the name and postoilce
Of the purchaser. within ten days alter the date
| of such SALE,
Another rule requires the seller to give ch
| buyer certificate OF SALE on blanks VIII Oh are
| furnished by the secretary, upon application,
Tree OF cost. Many think when they send in "a
certificate of sale, TO be signed and forwarded to
| to transfer the sheep upon; but such is not The
| case. The transfers must he Ike 4 ON file in the
| sccretary's office and ne cannot transfer from the
| certificates Of sale. Always accompany the GER
| uhcate Of sale with transfer card, which are
also furnished by the secro arv.
The evils coming from these negfects shoul q
! be remeuled in some way aud would Impress
upon the executive board t"e importance OF re-.
| vlslng our rules, TO rake them AS few, simple
| aud easy 10 be understood AS possible, and to
have only such AS are absolutely necessary to
| Then,
| there are those that do not wish TO live up t.
them, and Will not, the sooner they are out OF the
CLUB the better. The more strictly and rIgidly
the WORK Is cOnduc ed, the more popular and sue
! cesslul. think, the club will become.
| The tlmes we know, are dun aud sales of
sheep SLOW, but can see no reason why we
! should abandon the business or give il mo
menps less thought and care Than IN times past.
! Many Of You have seen the outlook worse thaa ii
is TO day. IL lies Ia the uds OF the sto k men
| of the country to make II better. | think | am
safe in saying that tn, re is no industry upon the
face OF the globe that represents SO large an
amount oil capital, and can weld so great .sn in
huence, as the stock industry OF our nation. But
those who carry IL ON must be united, as are
those engaged IN other pursuits who seem to con.
troll Congressman AMI then our power would be
felt ana congressman compelled 10 respect ouI
rights and q. Us uur just dues.
You are all waiting, persume, to hear whe1
the Register Will De printed | have been pug
| zllng my brain the past week to know what SORT
| of an excuse could give that you would accept
have failed TO find one. Up to tn m'ddle OF
March, when left home, had an assistant and
the work was pushed forward quite rapidly. You
all know that was away the greater p IT OF IL
J summer Since my return have done but little
except the regular office work, till lately, when
l have been hurrylng 1t on. Had | remained al
home could have had the book out in j une, and
! could have gotten II out alter my return; bu
after being absent SO long there was much to dc
and so had to let 1t rest till this winter. | set
no reason why the work cannot he ready for In,
printer in 80 days, and do not think It can be IN
any less time.
President Smith stated that the executive
board had appointed committee to revise
the rules, in accordance with the recon-