The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-01-20
Vermont Dairymen's Association.

The twenty-second annual meeting of the
Vermont Dairymen's Association began at
Brattleboro last week Tuesday. About four
hundred dairymen we're present. After the
annual address by President Arms of
Springfield, Hon. William A.. Chaplin of
Middlesex spoke upon the " Needs Of Yer
mont farmers" which he declared to be
lower taxes, better quality of stock, fairer
political education, better common schools
and special convention in which the poll
ticians shall not predominant. Professor
Cooke of the State Experiment Station
spoke at length on the Variations in milk
and its product" He recommended the
cold, deep setting for ripening cream. DR..
Sholes OF Dummerston made a strong APP
peal for an increased membership At the
evening session Colonel T. d. Curtis of the
Manchester Mirror read paper on "Some
points on cheese-making. James w. Rob
ertson, Canadian commissioners of agricul.
ture, gave practical and interesting talk
on " The manufacture of cheese" He said
that Canada handled about 81 ,000,00 worth
of the cheese made in the United States,
exclusive of the Canadian product and
could easily handle $1,000, 900 worth, il the
product here were only equal to that of
Canada, where there are about | 500 cheese
factories. W. II. Bowker of Boston read
an interesting paper on Sanitation of farms
and farm buildings" The session closed
with a vigorous talk by Ex-Governor Hoard
of Wisconsin, on Sanitation"
beOTge AlDken, manager OF the Billings
farm at Woodstock, opened the second days
meeting with talk on Breeding of
the dairy cow" He advised inbreedng
Henry w. Walker of South Woodstock read
a paper on Home dairyng," and John
Gould of Ohio talked of The art Of butter
making" In his opinion, the best butter
in the world is that which has the least
done to it. Josiah w. Grout of Derby
opened the afternoon session with an ad-
dress, in which he spoke of the natural adj
vantages of Vermont, and urged the farmer
to make more OF natural products. The
cheese industry Should be increased by ten
fold, while more attention should be given
to the breeding of horses. Ex-Governor
Hoard spoke eloquently and earnestly on
the subject of " The man who produces
milk" A man, said he, who handles the
COW successfully is more wise than the
banker. Ex-Governor Fuller spoke on " The
advantages of farm life,' and said that con-
tentment is the God-given gift. He sug-
gested that everything the Vermont dairy
men produced be properly labeled to distin-
guish the product. AT the business meet
ing in the afternoon H. NJ. Arms of SPRING
field was reelected president, with Cloud
Harvey of Barnet and l.. III. Sheldon Of
Fair Haven, vice presidents James K. Cur
tis of ST. Adams, secretary; Homer W.
Vail of Pomfret, treasurer; George Aitken
of Woodstock, auditor. President Arms was
chosen to meet the state commissioners
and arrange for representation of the asso-
citation at the w orld 3 Fair.
On Friday G. NJ. Winslow of Brandon de-
livered an address on " The best kind of dairy
cow" He considered the Ayrshire the
best for Vermont dairymen After paper
on Tuberculosis" by Dr. Austin Peters of
Boston, Alpha Messer of Rochester closed
the session with paper on Industrial
education"
Following is the list of premiums awarded:
DAIRY.-Class mo. s. first premium, III.
A. Sowles, st. Adams No. II, second pre-
MUM, f. l.. Davis North Pomfret No l.
third premium, l. I. Beeman, st. Adams.
Glass 2-No. &c, first premium dairy sweep
stakes and b. B. Browns prize of five dozen
FIVE pound boxes, NJ. Bigelow, Stowe No
80, second premium and 100 pounds Peel's
Food, Mrs j. G. Barnard, South London
derry; No. % third premium, A. P. Paine,
South Randolph. Glass 3-No 20, first pre-
MUM and Stoddard churn, Mrs. Carrie j.
Nelson, Ryegate; No. 4, second premium,
G. s. Paine, South Randolph; No. As, third
premium, B. R. Smith, Passumpsic.
CREAMERY.-Pro rata, class No. l, scoring
50 and above: No. 16, H. E. Vaughn, Wood
stock; No. 10, A. A. Gilman, Randolph; No
IA, 7. H. Lyster, st. Johnsbury; No T. f.
r. Tonye. Waterbury; No. 4, o. T. Ware,
Brattleboro; No. 10, l.. n. Talcott, Willis
ton. Pro rata, class No. ., scoring 80 and
above: No. a. d. S. Willard, North Hart
land No q, Hiram Batchelder, Plainfield;
No. 2S, j. g. Sherburne, North Pomfret;
No 90, j. G. Sherburne, North Pomfret;
No. 81, J. r. Walker, Springfield; No. 26,
f. II. Wheeler, Proctorsville. Pro rata,
class No 3, scoring 80 and above: No. 80,
Truman Gibson. Sharon; No. As, c. F.
Smith, Morrisvile; No. IS, r. w. Whitney,
Springfield; No 36, NJ. r. Robbins, Brattle-
boro; No. 40, j. A. Alexander, Guilford;
No. as, S. j. Hastings, Passumpsic; No. 43,
j. Nelson, Ryegate; No IL, j. NJ, McQuade,
Bratteboro.
CHEEsE.-Sweepstake premium
p. McDonough, Hinesburgh. Glass A
First premium, c. p. Whitney, Marlboro.
Glass C-First premium, p. McDonough,
Hinesburgh; second premium, G. II. E. Da-
Wis, Mt. Holly; third premium, II. L. Gran
dali, Brownsville.