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good. The answer was. not ~ per cont.
President Buckham then asked President
! Arms what per cent of the butter made in
| Vermont to-day could be called GOOD The
answer was fully 30 per cent. much of which
might he considered gilt-cdgcd. President
Buckham said that the experiment station
was at work for the interests of
the farmers and it claims some
share in the improvements that had
hal been brought about. The foundation
of all improvement rests in scientific work
The labora tory ON the one side for scientific
experiments and the farm on the other side
for practical application of the results of
these experiments have done much for the
farmers of Vermont. Providence seldom
gives to the same man inventive genius and
executive power. Practical men have
learned to respect these new ideas and we
no longer see the scientific man looking
down on those who put these ideas into eff
feet The great achievement of the agri-
cultural experiment stations up to this day
is that they have at last secured the conf
dcnce of the practical man and ON the
other hand, the practical man has been put
in alliance with the scientific man
President Buckham then touched upon
several changes which the experiment sta
tons have brought about. First was the
subject of fertilization and the speaker cited
instances to prove how scientific research
had aided the farmers One of the hardest
problems in farming i, how to get the
cheapest nitrogen. Another interesting line
of work in experiment stations is that Of IA
tions for stock. The University of Vermont
was one Of the first colleges in the country
to make scientific experiments in this direc-
ton. Farmers of Vermont seem thoroughly
in earnest in their efforts to improve the OPP
portmiiies given them by the Agricultural
college and experiment station. The subject
of potato rot has been and is being carefully
considered at the station. Another service
which the experiment station render,
is the showing mp of frauds, by
proving the falsty of many claims made
The station is also making experiments with
bees
Referring to the Agricultural college
President Buckham said that the education
there received enabled those engaged in
farm work to better grasp the problem, of
everyday life. He believed that the days
of prejudice against the Agricultural college
were fast disappearing. that all We're recug
ni2ing their value
Singing by the qu0rtette and a recitation
by Miss Grace Goodhue followed. Mrs. Car
RE j. Nelson of Ryegatc read an essay on
'What can women do>' \ reading 10y
Miss Mary Russell, and another song 10y the
quartette followed Two welI-rendered sc-
lections 10y Miss Pottle brought the session
and the annual meeting of the association to
Il close
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work. The uneducated farmer is the one
who cannot give away his butter: can find
no market for it. There is no bet
ter means of attaining this necessary
education than by attending these agricul.
tural meetings and by becoming a member
oil the grange | am proud to count myself
II granger Notwithstanding the fact that
our secretary of agriculture has stepped on
Us, the grange will live and flourish long
after Secretary Morton is dead and forgot
ten.
We can swell our profits by looking after
the little things on cur farms. First. we
must take proper care of our farm ma
chinery; again, we may look after our fer
tllZcrs more carefully, and these are but
examples Of the many trifes which. attend
ed to, make the successful farmer The
farmer needs TO put his work on a sounder
business basis needs, III short. that business
and educational training without which he
cannot hope to attain to posts of public
trust and honor.
POTATOES AND THE BORDEAUX MIXTURE.
President Arms here announced that
Prof Jones by request. would answer II
few questions submitted. concerning potato
rust and the use of the Bordeaux mixture
lrof. Jones said that on the experiment
farm the yield of potatoes had been nearly
doubled by the use of this mixture. The
proper formula for its preparation is five
pounds of lime and five pounds of blue Wit
riol this dissolved in 80 gallons of water.
This proportion is not arbitrary but in
general gives the best results. Two barrels
of this mixture will generally cover an acre
of potatoes Late in the season more than
this may be used Add to the mixture one
pound of paris green for every 100 gallons
Fresh lime is 10 be highly recommended as
an addition to paris green to prevent
searching the foliage. Thi, lime will not
destroy the poisonous properties of the
green.
THE DAIRY Cow-HoN. Y. 4. GILBERT.
President Arms expressed his great pleasure
in being able to introduce Hon. H. f.. Gil
bert of Maine, who would speak on the dairy
COW. The COW, began Mr.. Gilbert. may be
an inferior topic, but the Vermont farmer
has no business to board the inferior cow
Dr. Collyer of the New York station saws
that the million cows of that State on the
average yield only 1000 pounds of milk per
annum. But | have no faith whatever in
such low estimates. The dairy interest of
Vermont and New York hourishing as they
are are not hourishing on such inferior
yields. Aside from the matter of quality
OF product, the great problem of the dairy
man to-day is 10 gain the high figures.
How shall no attain 10 them. Breeding has
been the great factor considered heretofore.
but bloal is not enough. Much depends on
feeding, but oven Il : is secondary to care.
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II. NJ. Adams, j. a. Miller, Joseph Mil
J., f. T. Taplin, u, Il. Wood, \. NJ. Eos
r. a. j. CROFT, T.. l.. Bass. 4, Messcr, w.
!. Grout. (. Z. Marsh Il. G. Chase. f.
arris. W r. Dean, Wolch Bros Maple
npauy, Vermont Maple Sugar Exchange,
lies q McMahon, j. NJ Beeman a. Son
s. Annis, CIV Olmstead, a. +. knowl-
q, P Chase.
on SYRUP.
j. Il. Fa.wu, j. Miller, H. T.. Vaughn.
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r \. q W. W. Holbroob. j. b. johnson,
{. O. Thurber Il Son. W. Whitman. \. l..
libbey, l.. H. Abbott, L. \ Thurbcr. J.
A. Waller, p. W. Strong, b. \. Bowen. V
l. Spear, +. Harris, Forest and STREAM
cub, W. r Dean, Miles q McMahon. o.
O. Ware, y. NJ. Foster, 4, &. Chase, B.
Il. Bancroft, +. B. Locke X Co.. Welcl
Bros Maple company, Vermont Maple Su
gar exchange, II. :. Annis, George VII
liams, Charles LaPagc. G.. W Flagg. b.
VI. Rallou. \. r. knowton. d. Il. Woo
and j. = Northrop.
Mrs, Henry Walker of Woolstocl, read q
poem ON Sugar Making AMI after little
discussion the meeting adjourned.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
President Keniield again raped for order
and opened the annual business meeting
The following officers were elected:
Prrsidcnt-Capt. Frank Keniiold of Nor
risyillo,
Vice presidents. zone for each county,
Addison. &. T.. Childs of Weybridge: Ben
nington, W. r, Dean of Manchester: Gale
donna {. j. Bell of Hardwick Chittanden.
Alnry Stone of Westford; Essex. -:
Franklin, Rodney Sturtevant of East Fair
field; Grand Isle, Y. w. Fisk of Isle La
Motle; Iamoille, II, ID. Cook of Elmore:
Orange, l.. l.. Bass of Randolph: Orleans.
Josiah Circuit of Derby: Rutland, Rollin :.
Smith of Fittsford: Washington. \. NJ.
Foster of Cabot: Windham. f. A Fitch of
Wilmington; Windsor, Henry Walker of
Noodstock
Socrotory-A. j. Croft of Eno,burgl
Falls
Treasurcr-N. |. Spear of Bramtree.
Auditor-C. l.. McMahon of Stowe.
The matter of having II trade mark or
label was discussed and was left to the dis
erection Of the executive committee. 1t wa,
voted to instruct the executive committee Ia
petition the next Legislature to grant them
u charter Of incorporation
DAIRYMEN's AFTERNOON SESSION.
President Arms opened the afternoon
meeting by expressing regret that he was
Obliged to announce the sickness Of DIR r
\. Rich, who was to have lectured on th,
''Philosopy Of the Secretion of Milk. " and
introduced a a substitute the newly elected
secretary OF the association, G.. W. Pierce
of Bratteboro, who spoke on What can the
Now England farmer do to improve his con.
dition In opening Mr. Pierce expressed
his appreciation of the honor conferred upou
him 10y his election To the office of secretary
of the association. The first and Ipn,t inn
portant thing, Mr. Pierce said, 10 better ON
condition is a more thorough education
Only few years ago the farmer who at
tempted TO gain this was sneered at. Lu,
time, have changed. Farming has comet h,
"A science; and We need, not only hool; learn
inS, but education in our particular field OF
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j. l.. III. nlt, j. Miller, Il. T.. Vaughn,
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Capt, kcnlicld introduced W. H. Parker
Cambridge, who wa, on the committee of
wards at Chicago. He spoke Of the import
zee OF the agricultural exhibit and explain
his work there This was not compcti-
re exhibit, but each sample stood on its
IN merits and was awarded accordingly.
e. urged the producers to combine and have
business representative in the markets
lie then announced the Nernonters who
reiyed award, at the Columbian exposition
follows:
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TIE MAPLE SUGAR AWARDS.

In announcing the prize winners on maple
sugar and syrup, {. L. Mcmahon, meIaber
of the Maple Sugar Makers association.
said in behalf of the committee on awards
that it was not decided by the association to
offer any prizes until IA short time before
this meeting, or before the programmes were
printed, and the arrangements and classified
ton were not as complete as they should have
been, or will be at the future meetings of
the association. as more money will be on
hand. The prizes and winners are as fol
lows;
Special cash prize offered by the associa-
ton for best sample maple sugar not less
than 10 pounds, first. \. \. Leland John
son, -: second. W, Tracy Smith, st. Al
bans S3; third, ii. d. Cook, Elmore, 81.
Syrup-First John Seymour, West Ran
dolph, 81: second, \. Sykes, Hiucsburgh.
So: third, Cyrus Hawley, Fairfax, -.
Cake-F'irst A. \. Leland, Johnson So
second, James Patch, East Fletcher, third.
S3; w. $. Shepardson, Fletcher, 50
Special prize, offered by the G. Ii, Grimm
Manufacturing company, for best sample
sugar made by Champion evaporator-A
A, Leland, johnson, $3.50; for best sam
piles syrup, divided between IT. W Walker,
South Woodstock. and HAL Chase. East
Fletcher, 81 p each
Special prize offered hy the Vermont
Farm Machine company for best maple
syrup and best maple sugar made by the
Vermont Farm Machine company's evap1l-
ator, divided between W. Tracy Smith, st
Adams, 81; Cyrus ilawley, Fairfax,
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NO MORE THEORY.
DlSBAND FOR ANOTHER
YEAR OF PRACTICE.

Vermont sugar Makers Meet for Discus.
sion and Election of Ofiiccrs--Hon. u. u.
Gilbert of Maine Treats the Dairy Cow
Among other Interesting Addresses One
by President Buckham- sugar Awards.
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duces 2JO pounds of butter at 20 cents per
pound is worth keeping. Ordinarily her
support costs some SD leaving balance
on the right side. 4 common error in our
estimates is that we figure ON market values
instead of ON cost values. In the above esti-
mate, the products of The farm have been
sold to the COW at full market value and She
has returned a margin. Any farmer who
can support his dairy from year to year
without purchasing manures for subsequent
crops is doing profitable business.
Let us look at II better COW. The COW
that produces $50 pounds Of butter, counting
her cost Of support at $50, nets a profit of
$50, while one that yields 400 pounds per
annum, reckoning market value at the price
have secured the past year. returns profit
of 100 per cent on capital invested.
DISCUSSION.
At the conclusion of his paper Mr.. Gilbert
answered fully numerous questions from the
audience.
What does it cost per annum to care for
COW?
Men enough will care for all the diaries
you please for the by-products
If the dairy is properly cared for. is there
any danger of tuberculosis
In this extreme case above described. we
have unqucstionablv got far from nature.
anu lalu the COW hablc 10 danger from nu-
inerous prevailing diseases DalrNing Is del
Icate WORN Inc IOV-po"nd COW Is most
'ci'ca'e cnorR'' Inc NluiltY OF thc animal
Is paramount CONSIDERATION. In our eN-
u,ihG care III breeding II IS question
WnG'nPr We, we nave NOT son' TOO lar iroin nat
VI II! Coi''"'i,nS' Many uer''s are supported
III s'"o'VS WIN Almost summer teinpcra-
'uir' W." h''ure mas PROVIDED the ANIMAL
Ni''i means % "l'hs'ah'l"S certain degree
49, anu we cNei''9r "i t"IS haUuraI
iunC,,on " nature provision shouI' NOT be
',i''i ,.i''i WIN i'op'. exercise Is aI'o II
u'Speh'aoie' Nor are these CONSIDERATIONS
III contradiction win our l"" Tor the most
'upulo"s care lHo"4"' anu alleh'ioh
9Houiu ne given 10 'hIN lla'leT'
nan you describe III" conditions under
"i'i'n liiiiN ieNe "''acA> 'H' cow ana now
W. may P'V,cHt tueui
ne 70" Hnouiu no, AT Vil' ppIlod Oh par
'ull'ioii oe ieu lor Nv" pounds OF butter per
annuiil, ne amman power "i endurance
Nv '"i' 'i"i''l'ioh 'Ihe S"'"Iu NOT hi over
'"4Tu
ioM ionH are COWS Ill Vermont ihllkeu
ruIy ~ il'ol''hs'
- iio' NV iio6en, % tn' n'T" h'l' al
- 1u',t 'I7 pom. vi '''' P'""tN NtoriS DC
,i'i W. ~ heeP au 'ia' SHi'ie POINT 'hah the
ii'i ~ :, i.a,ii
u'oi I'i'""S' NO. ""' '"' NlIall'y OF
~, ~. ~ w, Hr''
W. ''"", i'9o"u III ''c Nos' are just
'niS "il'cuI'N ot mix leNer
'"'''N we "'''h Uui ''"' 700 IoA5' Nlne
i''" HI Is Plen'S iohg enough:
W, ID oii9oi III 'i'o iast SlA years nave
loav ""' o"o co" rom hH'k FEVER. thlhk
d" eS'ioii VI 'oir"sI'c Supiiilial'' one part
~ ,n' ,tious''ilo' a mos cA''Iieh' specific
W. VI II Young man were 10
9'ai "i'n a ''t'u producing '"o pounds per
90" s'lou'u He attempt 10 increase that
Etu
,uci ie.'' ailoro' Il luxurious lroflt and
any attempt 10 increase 1t would he dan
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PRESIDENT BrcKHAM'S REMARKS.

President NJ. II. Buckham of tho Iniver-
sitY of Vermont was then introduced and
spoke ON agricultural colleges and expert
ment stations; their needs and their future
President Buckham said that II years ago
ne asked the then president of the State
Dairymen's association what per cent of the
butter made in Vermont could he called
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GUT OF The GRAVE!
Life's Battle Against
Death
Aided and Made Victory by
Aliens Sarsapariha.

Read the Following Testimonials Care
fully, and learn what Aliens Sarsa-
parilla is Doing for Others. Health
is well Worth Obtaining when it can
be Gained so Easily.
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ENENING SESSION.

The last session of the meeting of the
Darymcn' : association was called to order at
$50 o'clock by President Arms The re-
port of the committee on resolutions was
read by Hon. Victor |. Spear of Braintree.
The resolutions thanked the citizens of Bur
lington for quarters provided and for mu-
sic; the students of the Agricultural col
lege for decorating the hall; the ladies
OF Burlington for their assistance III the
literary exercises; the )tels for favors and
concessions: the railroads for reduced rates
and the speakers of the meetings. y second
resolution paid tribute TO the memory of
NJ. W. Davis of Westminster
Hon. Cloud Harvey of Barnet announced
that the Sharpe', prize of $50 for the best
essay on butter making. was awarded to j.
W. Newton of Stove. Five essays We're sub
mitted in the competition.
Secretary Pierce announced that "A mum
Der OF dairymen present at the meeting had
subscribed enough money to send delegate
to the national convention of Dairymen :
associations, to be held at Cleveland. Ohio.
February :. l.. $. Drew. II. W. Vail and
j. * Curtis also favored the idea and
President Arms was elected. Mr. Ashburn
of Nebraska thanked the association for irs
action in the interest of the dairymen of the
country. and Mr. Arms extended his person
al thanks.
The college quartettc sang and were twice
encored.
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i Wou's association was given up to the Ma
/ We Sugar Makers association, and Prcsi-
) lent Frank keniicld of Morrisville took the
/ hair Prayer was offered by Rev. W. =.
Roberts Of this city.
In his Introductory remarks President
|Nrniield said: One years existence of this
association has gone and we are to decide to-
Hay if its continuance is assured. Our mot
b. should be Improvement in quaHity
1luallty and purity Every sugar maker
Should strive for these results. aud this as
IDociation should become such an important
| pill to him that he cannot afford to say out
lof it.
"REMINISCENCES OF THE SUGAR BUSH.
This was the subject considered by f. p
INudgett of Cambridge who treated it in a
Historical manner from III to 1898 in
lusive, interviewer with family and personal
3ncidcnts. The earliest reference to sugar
making is in Ihompsou's Gazetteer and is
connected with the history of Corinth. In
e., three men started out from Newbury,
'arryiug Il five pail kettle and tools on their
| laclt and, guided by the pocket compass.
went , miles through the woods IL cstab-
lsh sugar camp.
He then spoke of his ancestors and their
party efforts at sugar making. On the desk
)yorc a howell and gouges which had been
preserved in the family for five generations
hese. with their pots, kettles gathering
buckets snow shoes and hand sled, were
heir only tools At that time they made
''nly 10 or 81 pounds per season and the
boiling place was the kettle hung
lcar n rock with piece of pork
inc sailing about to quiet its surging seas
ic made reference to- a visit when his an
r>tore received from Gov. Chittenden of
Niii,tou while at work in the bush and af-
er Il visit they sat down and ate dinner out
a tim pail.
The sap pan and arch were introduced
bout the middle of the century and the
cnsu~ of f. Ia show, there were IS towns in
he Stgtc which produced over - tons each
sutton being the leading town The cen
Us of 80 shows that Vermont now pro
uccN Il por cent of all the maple sugar
lado
In closing Mr. Mudgett expressed his ap-
probation of the unity which existed be-
Heen the dairYmcn and sugar makers and
pol,o of the sad death of 4. b. Chase. who
as one Of the leading sugar producers Of
Pr state and the only man in Vermont who
deceived an award ON maple sugar at the
aris exposition.
MIR. rITcU'S PAPER
Owing TO sickness Mr. Z. \. Fitch Of
ihungtou, who was to speak on Modern
recess of manufacturing maple sugar and
lup. was absent. hut he had sent his
manuscript and the article was read by Sec.
taIy \. j. CROFT Mr.. Croft first read a
tier from \. VI. Foster of Cabot in which
o urged cooperation in securing quicker
transportation.
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THE BEGGAR PULLMAN.

The American Railway Union in
lends to boycott the Pullman company.
This is good news to most travellers who
have been boycotted by Pullman. The
sympathies of the public will not be
with Poor George" OF all the corpo-
sations, public or private, made men
sion of in history, the Pullman outfit is
the worst.
One feature of the company's business
alone is enough to forever condemn the
Pullman company, and that is its sys-
tenn of paying its employees Il trifle, not
enough to pay their board, and making
them look to the public for their pay in
Gps. With millions of dollars gathered
nom the travelling public, Pullman
still carries on this system of beggary.
He does it because he knows that the
public understands the situation, and
that most travellers being gentlemen,
shey cannot accept services from the
porters without paying for them, be-
cause they know the poor devils get
nothing for their services from Pullman
There are beggars and beggars, but
Pullman's company is more kinds of
swine at once than any other on earth.
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LocUsTs IN MOROCCO.

So Numerous at Times to Form a
Dense Brown Fog.
The British consul at Mogador men
tions, in his last report, that while Oh
an excursion inland, about days jour
ney from Mogador, he met flights OF
locusts. He says it was an astonishing
and interesting though painful sight,
the air being in some parts so thick
with them that they formed a dense
living brown fog, through which he
could hardly find his way, while they so
completely covered the ground that the
utmost caution was necessary in walk
ing, as he could not tell whether he was
treading on soft sand, hard, slippery
rock or what. Many birds feasted on
the insects, including large flights OF
gulls from the sea, and beasts evidently
enjoyed their share, for in the middle of
the densest swarm, he saw, says the
Scientific American, fine red fox
dancing about in the most frantic man.
ner, leaping up and swapping dozens OF
the locusts in the air, until, seeing the
stranger, he suddenly dropped on all
fours, and quickly vanished in the live
fog. Not only did the barbel get their
share of the novel food (the consul used
the locusts successfully as bait for
thcm), but some of the fish of the At
lantic were found gorged with locusts
which had been blown off the land
by easterly winds. AS usual, they
were eaten by the native population,
both Mahometan and jewish
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MEADOWS IN ENGLAND.
They Are Probably the Oldest ana Best
in the World.

They Are Probably the Oldest and Best
in the World.
How and when men first learned to
make hay will probably never be known.
For haymaking is 4 process" and the
product'is not simply sun dried grass,
but grass which has been partly fer
mented, and is as much the work
of mems hands as flour OF cider.
Probably its discovery was due to acc1-
dent, but possibly man learned it from
the pilzas, the calling hares" of the
steppes which cut and stack hay for the
winter. That idea would fit in nicely
with the theory that central Asia was
the ''home of the Aryan race" If we
were still allowed to believe it, and
hay making is certainly an art mainly
practiced in cold countries for winter
forage.
Probably there are no meadows in the
world, says the Spectator. so good as
those in England. or SO old. Yet from
the early Anglo-SaXon times old
meadow has been distinguished from
pastures" and has always been scarce.
Two-thirds of what is now established
meadow land still shows the marks of
ridge and furrow; and from the great
time required to make a meadow-ten
years at least on the best land a hun
dred on the worst-men have ALWAYS
been reluctant to break up old pasture.
The ancient meadows, with their great
trees and close, rich turf, are the sole
portion of the earth'S surface which
modern agriculture respects and leaves
in peace. Hence the excellence of the
meadows of England and the envy OF
the American.
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The worlds fair industry is coming
rapidly to a point. From Chicago to
San Francisco was a large sized reduc-
tion, but from that city to Tacoma is a
yet more rapid taper. When Tacoma
fizzles out, we suggest that the remnants
of the side show, the bearded lady and
the snake at least be brought over to
Cello, and there let the tapering process
cease. There is nothing left of the mat
ter now, except some gaudy advertise
ment, cheap chromos and newspaper
coupons, and the Lord knows, a long
suffering public is tired, weary, surfeited
with the whole business.