Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-09-29
THE BUTTER AND CHEESE, AND
THE MILK TEST.

The exhibition of butter and cheese v,,
not only the largest ever seen at fair in
Brattleboro, but it was displayed with gooi
effect, and to the comfort and satisfaction
of everybody, in its commodious nAv
quarters in the Floral hall building There
we're about 100 entries of butter. and Il oi
cheese. 1t is a question among the ey.
perts whether so large display as this Ia,
been seen before this year at any fair IN
New England. The Brattleboro. Deerfej
Valley of Wilmington, Windham County
Of Newfane, Putney, and Montagui
Mass, creameries were exhibitors of cream.
cry prints. In the department of dajr7
prints J. a. Alexander and Mrs. Giber
Mcclure of Guilford, c. X. Childs Of Con.
way, Mass, Mrs. Herbert Nichols OF Green
River, Mrs. c. c. Betterly of West Brat.
tleboro, c. H. Betterly of Dummer,,os
Hill, G. c. Wriabt of the Pinnacle farm.
Walpole, n. H., and Mrs. f. A. Fitch Of
Wilmington were among the leading ez.
hibitors. In the box butter class the Gull.
ford Springs farm, o. 7. Ware. Milton
Powers of Halifax, W. II. Tyler and John
Z. Gale of Guilford, j. c. Sherburne Of
North Pomfret, S. Z. Severance Of Leyden,
Mass, Mrs. r. II. Cushman of Shelburne.
Mass, II. c. Haskell of East Deerhed.
Geo. A. Spafford and H. G. Cobur Of
Chesterfield, Henry Walker of Brandon.
and j. w. Thurber were among the larges,
exhibitors.
These names and residences are giyeng
showing the wide territory from which ez.
hibits were drawn by the good reputation Of
the Valley fair. Henry Rice of Westford,
this state, and Mrs. c. o. Thurber Of IVES.
Halifax showed dairy plain cheese, and
Mrs. j. II. Richmond and r. B. Thoma,
of Guilford, and c. p. Whitney Of Mar.
boro dairy sage. Cottage sage and plain
cheese was shown by Miss Louisa Green
and Mrs. J. p. Goodenough. There were
other exhibitors in both butter and cheese.
For the quality reference must be made to
the premium list.
The Vermont Farm Machine COMPANY
made an instructive exhibit of their dairy
apparatus, in charge of H. F. Weather
head, their local agent. This included
United States separator, Cooley creamerL
and BabcOck tester This company also
furnished all the machinery for making the
special tests. II. c. Haskell of East Deer.
field, Mass, showed the DeLaval separator
was the Acme steam engine, made by the
Columbia Cream Separator company Of
Avon, n. Y, for general dairy and farm
purposes. The engine feeds itself with oil
"A spray of kerosene oil-and gets up
two horse power without making any fuss
about it. The Brattleboro Jelly COMPANY
are the local agents.
Conspicuous in the dairying department
was the display of Worcester salt, made by
Nash, Wilton Il Co., the manufacturers
with E. Crosby & Co. as wholesale agents
1t is noteworthy fact that, while this salt
came into the market less than three years
ago, it is now almost universally used as
dairy and table salt, and it has reduced the
importation of English salt by - per cent
The excellence of the Worcester salt con-
sists in the method of manufacture, which
produces pure salt crystals, just as refined
or granulated sugar consists of pure sugar
crystals, free from all impurities.