Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-24
THE VERMONT pa MEET

ING.
At the annual meeting of the Yer
mont Dairymen's Association, held al
Burlington, Jan. 18th, Mr.. james
Cheesman, secretary of the New Eng
land Creamery Association read pa
per on 'sWastes of the dairy for pigs
and calves" advocating feeding skin
milk to calves, ard buttermilk TO pigs,
+. L. Bowditch of birmingham
Mass. was to speak on ''Why | chose
Guernseys," but was unable to be pres
ent and will speak on Friday. w. H.
Bowker of Boston spoke on ''Fertiliz-
ers from the Manufacturers stand
point" which was followed by an In
ieresting and profitable discussion, par
ticipated in by many. In the evening
an address of welcome to the state as
ISOLATION was delivered by Lieut.. Gov.
u. A. Woodbury. of this city, and
President o. NJ. Tinkham responded
Mr.. John Gould of Aurora, o., de-
J livered an address on 1.-The Adyanta-
ges of the Dairy Conference" which
could be run two days for $50. All
farmers should be interested and
should seek legislation in their aid.
Farmers should use improved machin-
cry and dairy utensils. o. NJ. link
ham said prizes were frequently won
by dairy products made in the old way.
At the dairymens meeting Thursday
AN address ON "Root Culture was deliy-
cred by George Aitken of Woodstock.
He advocated the raising of roots for
feeding purposes as cheaper than corn.
An explanation OF milk tests was made
by John Gould of Aurora, o., and Prof.
Cooke of Burlington. An exhibition of
a milk aer;.tor was made by ID. NJ. Mac
Pherson OF Lancaster, Ont. John Gould
OF Aurora read u valuablepaper on "Ihe
Kind of Dairying Demanded by the
Times" and the report OF the judge of
dairy products, Il. A. Harris of boston
spoke of the character of the exhibits.
The election of officers resulted as fol-
lows: President, +. ID. douglass of
Whiting; vice presidents, Olney Stone
of Westford, }. q. Oliver of Charleston;
secretary, Il. l.. Bass of West Randolph:
treasurer, II. w. Vail of Pomfret; au-
ditor, NJ. o. Stoddard Of Poultney.
AT the evening session, L. 5. Gould,
secretiry of the Connecticut Board of
Agriculture spoke on education for farm
err sons and A. w. Cheever OF the New
England Farmer read valuable address
on the same subject. W. K. Sessions of
the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture,
also spoke. The award OF premiums
was announced at the close of the ses-
sion as follows:
Dairy butter, class /, 10-pound tub,
first premium, Henry Walker, South
Woodstock, $40; second, L. X. Tow ne,
Waterbury, So; third, +. l.. Davis, No.
Pomfret, 81.
Class =, five-pound box, first, f. T..
Lamberton, North Pomfret, $40; second,
Stephen Hewitt, Pomfret, So; third, l..
W. Pitkin, Marshfield, 81.
Class 3, tiye-pOund print, first, George
Aitken, manager OF the Billings farm,
$40; second, +. ID. Douglass
Whiting, Sc; third, Z. ). Paine, South
Randolph, 81.
Dairy sweepstakes, George Aitken,
Woodstock, $40
Creamery butter, class 4, twenty
pound tub, first, A. ID. Evarts, YER
gennes, $40; second, Vim. v. Beach,
Essex, So; third, IL. NJ. Arms, Spring
field, 81.
Glass 8, five-pound print, first, New
ION q Hazen, Hartford, $40; second,
A. a. Storrs, South Randolph, So;
third, J. 5. Reynolds, Essex Junction,
81.
Creamery sweepstakes, A. d. Evarts,
$40.
Grand sweepstakes, George Aitken,
$40.
Glass 6, $50 TO be divided among the
exhibits scoring above So points, not
taking any other premiums, was divided
among 20 competitors, 5. H. Warren,
North Pomfret; }. Gregory smith, st.
Adams; }. 5. Sherburne, North Pom
fret Nv. S. Hale, keene, n H.; G. S.
Short, East Montpelier; Aaron Love-
land Norwich; Ezra Stevens, Jonesyille;
exhibit from Poultney, James X. Curtis,
Georgia; James STANLEY, Pleasant Val
ley; 5. l.. Hastings, Passumpsic; J. X.
kinnerson and Sons, Peaeham; Il. j.
West Randolph; j. ID. Wells,
West Randolph; ID. A. Clark, J. o.
Stanford; j. IL. Brickford,
Lebanon, n. H.; Glens Falls Creamery,
5lens Falls, N. Y; Newton q Hazen,