Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-01-24
THE CLOSING DAY.


The Vermont Dairymen Finish Success
ful Session.
RUTLAND, Jan. 1.-THE third and last
day of the Goth annual meeting of the YER
mont Dairymen's association and dairy ex-
hibit opened clear and cold and was the only
pleasant day of the session. The butter extrac-
tor finally got to running and turned
out limited quantity of butter of a quality
not the best. At 1890 o'clock Vice Presi-
dent Aney Stone called tho meetngsto or
der ana II. II. Arms for the committee on
resolutions presented the following, which
were unanimously adopted:
BE il resolved
i. The thanks of this association are due
and are hereby rendered to the several mem
beers of the committee who were appointed by
the association, at its meeting in 1887, to present
the claiu.s of the dairylnen of Vermont to the
Legisia' ure and who performed their duties so
faithfully as to insure the passage of an mp
preparation bill for the benefit of the dairy in
tereSis of the state.
> This association extends its thanks to the
different railroad companies who have kindly
extended their courtesies to the members i'll
coming o and returning from the meeting.
3 This association extends its thanks to
the different hotels whose courteses we have
enjoyed during our stay with them.
4. The association desires to express its
sense of gratitude to the citizens of Rutland
whose cordial welcome, we have had extend
ed TO us and whose courte>es we have en-
iUyed.
). Our warmest thanks are due and are
hereby extended to the officers of this associa-
tOn for the very able manner in which they
have performed their different and very DIM
cult duties, thereby increasing he interest and
value of this meeting to the dairymcn Of the
State.
g. This association desires to express its
! thanks to the different manufacturing inter
ests which have aided Us and added 10 the in
terc,t OF the meeting with their eXhibitian Of
machinery and utensils and especially to the
different interests whose kindly contributions
in prizes for the benefit of exhibitors have
been so liberal.
!. This association Joins in klndest sym
pathy with our secretary in his deep sorrow
caused by his recent bereavement and We com
mend him to the Source of all Comfort for his
only consolation.
Respectfully submitted,
H. ~ n 5AhMS' Committee.
The report of the dairy exhibit was then
read by Mr.. NJ. II. Miller. The report and
awards were announced in Yesterdays FREE
PRESS.
Mr.. II. X. Slayton of Manchester the
judge on butter and cheese, stated that tho
butter presented for premiums was Of an
exceptionally high order. He favored CO.
operation in butter making. The abandoned
farms of Vermont are not the dairy farms.
Among the things which work against the
dairyman are olco and butterine. When
all the States pass a law as stringent as the
| New Hampshire law the maker and the
consumer will be protected By that law,
oleo must be colored pink and as result
none has been offered for sale. The large
production of butter during the past few
years has kept the market overstocked and
consequently the price has been kept down.
Speaking of practical butter making Mr..
Slayton said that buttertub covers ought
to be seasoned in some way by tho manu-
facturer before the hoop is put around them,
as the butter maker cannot steam them af-
ter they reach him in order to get the
woody taste out; no butter should be kept
in cellars, but in a refrigerator at "A tenn
perature of from $40 to 3So. 1t must not
he frozen. The creamery system is the best
because the average farmer cannot have all
the appliances for making butter that will
command the highest price. How can we
gain proportion of the foreign trade The
! English are our best customers To increase
our exports make the best butter and then
send agents to England to find just what is
wanted, Send it in n refrigerator COM
partment on a fast steamer that will lay the
butter down in England in the same condi-
ton as when made. Farming has been de
pressed of late years by many causes such
as the building of 100 many railroads before
there was any real need of them. We are
near oue turning PolhI III uho Piloe vi iai ms
and the value of farm products, Re-
plying to questions Mr. Suayton
did not think that butter could be kept
fresh under any conditions for six months,
but believed that it could be sent abroad in
perfectly fresh condition if properly cared
for. There is no reason why we should not
sell the English $50, 900, 900 pounds of but
ter annually, for they are well disposed to-
wards us and require at least that amount.
1t being suggested that il would be of ad
vantage to appoint committee to look into
the matter of cheaper transportation, Sec
rotary Bass spoke in favor of the suggestion
and on motion of DR.. Hoskns the following
legislative committee was appointed by the
chair: T.. l.. Bass of West Randolph, H. NJ
Arms Of Springfield, William Chaplin OF