The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-01-17


make them lay.
At ha)fpast four the election of off,
GERS for the year ensuing took place,
resulting as follows:
President, II. NJ. Arms of Springfield;
first vice-president, Cloud Harvey of Bar
net; second vice-president, l.. II Sheldon
of Fair Haven; secretary, g. w. Pierce of
Brattleboro; treasurer, Fl. w. Vail of Pom
fret; auditor, George Aitkin of Woodstock
In the old dining-room of the Van
Ness House, several butter makers
gathered after adjournment for the pur-
pose of discussing the advisahiity of
forming a separate butler-makers' as
ISOLATION O. NJ Tinkham was elected
chairman, and after discussion of the
mat er it was not thought best 10 form
separate organization. The chairman
was instructed to request the Dairy
mans Association to devote one day
exclusively to the subject of butter
making at future annual meetings.
E. A. Harris and Orrin Douglass of
Boston, judges in the dairy exhibits,
read their report at the opening of the
evening session. The awards were as
follows:
CLASS ONE-Dairy .-Ten-pound
TUBE b. Town, Milton, first "a III. w.
Walker South Woodstock, second, "a; II.
S. Eldred, Sheldon, third, 90. Pro rata,
Henry Walker, Brandon 80; II. s. ROBBIE,
Franklin, 90; A. NJ. Peck, st. Johnsbury,
92.5; A. N Terrill, Morrsville, 50; Hill
side Farm, st. Adams, $50; l.. W Pitkin,
Marshfeld, ST; A. A. Gilman, Randolph,
800; Hiram Batchelder. Plainheld, So;
Frank Kenheld, Morrisville, So; III w. Col
burn, North Pomfret, SO; p. w. Strong,
North Pomfret SO q; G. II. Markham, Wood.
/ = Do, fact
80; T. H. Lyster, st. Johnsbury, 800; WILL
lam Chaplin, Middlesex, SO ..
CLASS Two.-Five-pound box-O NJ
Tinkham, North Pomfret, first, "a; j. c..
Sherburne, North Pomfret, second, $50; j..
| H. Loveland Norwich, and r. w. Whitney,
! Springfield, divide the third prize, each
scoring SO. Pro rata, S. Hewitt, North
Pomfret, so; G. Peck, Brooktield, 81 3; f.
J. Parker, East Montpelier, 81 3; G: F.
Smith, Morrisville, $50; G. l.. Short, East
Montpelier, 81; f. II. Wheeler, Proctors-
Vile, "a; N. Bigelow, Stowe, 81; G. II; Ter
rill, Morrisville, IS; E. Y. Dana. North
Pomfret, 9O f. L. Davis North Pomfret,
905; F. S. Bliss, st. Adams, S6 g..
H. Cobb, Westford, 80; Smith Brothers,
Stowe, 81; II. ID. Cook Gilmore, 500; b. ID.
Martin, Milton, 800; III. Eddy, Water
bury, 500.
prints-Pine Ridge Dairy Farm, West Hart
land, first, 95 G. S. Paine, South Randolph,
second, 81 .; L. NJ. Cameron, Middlesex
third, "a. Pro rata, George Davis, East
Montpelier, 935; p r. Gale, Stowe, % 3; T.
G. Bronson, East Hardwick, SO; j. A.
Alexander, Guilford, $50; G. w. Somers
West Barnet, 90; Leroy Southworth, Mid
dleton Springs, Sc; f. j. Hubbard, East
Hardwick, SO; Mrs G. j. Nelson, Ryegate
80; S. j. Hastings, Passumpsic, 90.
CLASS FoUR.-Creamery butter.-twenty-
pound tub-Wells River Creamery, first
$40; c. A. Hastings, Springfield. second,
81 Windham County Creamery Associa-
ton, third, % g. Pro rata, Danville Cream
cry 90; Williston Cooperative. 92 o. b
Landon, johnson, 91.5 A. A. Storrs, Eas
Bethel, 92.5; front Brook, Waterford, 90
Cabot Creamery, 80; Mt Mansfield, Stowe
80; South Peacham Creamery, SO; d. j. Tai
colt, Williston S95; Newbury Villag,
Creamery, So; East Ryegate Creamery, 80
G. G. Peck, Hinesburgh, 91.5; e. II. Rug
giles, Brookside, 81.
CLASS FIvE.-Ten pounds or more il
printsR. f. Jaynes of Ryegate made the
only entry and took not only the first prize
but the creamery sweepstakes, grane
sweepstakes and the Vermont Dairyman'
Associations gold medal, with scor
of 95.5.
Hon. U. A. Woodbury. offered
special prize of Baldwin refrigerato
tor the best large exhibit of five .poun,
boxes, which was awarded TO l.. II
e Talcott of Willstop. o. NJ. Tinkt ar
+ was awarded the special prize of tiv
siXty-pound crates Of parchment line
/ butter boxes, given by the Colbyvill
= Manufacturing Company of Waterbur
= for the best butter in tivc-pound boxes
r The prize for the best twenty-poun
, tub of butter went to Harrison Dodg
: of Morrisville, and the Worcester sa
= prizes Of $40 each, for the best dair
. and creamery butter sailed with Wol
cester salt, went to Harrison DOdg
f ard r. F. Jaynes of Ryegate. Th
n prize Of S25 for the best butter mad
d by the Cooley process, given by tn
e Vermont Farm Machine Compau,
!. went to the Pine Ridge dairy farm {
s North Hartland. The highest scorin
e was 95 8, and the lowest 76. Thel
o were seventy six exhibits of butter.
There were thirte en- exhibits
cheese, and the awards were as follow
Glass A, dairy, plain II. NJ Rice, Yves
IS ford, frst 49, j. II Riley, Sheldon, secon
e SO.
h Glass B, dairy sage-H. NJ. Rice, Yves
# ford, first, 81; j. III. Riley, Sheldon, secon'
= So.
u Glass G, factory, plain - G. G.. Pee
g Hinesburgh, first 95; Gleason & Pierc
& hrewsbury, second SO; third prize was
q vided between Q. III. e. Davis of Mt. Hol
h and IL. G. Gleason of Shrewsbury, eaC
II scoring So.
S Glass d. factory, sage-H. G. Gleaso
n Shrewsbury, first, 81; Edward Bssonett
It Addison, so.
3 Sweepstakes went to G. G. Peck of Hine
~ burgh.
J There were thirteen exhibits of chez
and the scale of points for Judging was
d follows Flavor 80, texture 80, color 10, sa
10 ing 10; total, 100.
A D. p. Ashburn, superintendent
f. the dairy exhibit for Nebraska at Il
h Worlds Fair, then spoke on ct
3, Needs of the Dairy" Mrs. w.
5, Walker of South Woodstock read
y paper on " The Home Life of the Ne
England Farmer" 1t was a peasa
)r transition from the mateiialsm of d
< general run of the addresses to t
Of spiritual and moral phase of farm
a. life. The paper was good in diction,
y livery and sentiment, and was warm
n, applauded.
y Governor Fuller was then introduce
I'd aud was cordially received. He spo
c. of the meeting OF the Sons and Daug
d. tiers of Vermont that he had attend
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