The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-13

butter, best five-pound box, E. ID.
Sawin of Brownsville, score ninety
seven and one fourth; G. E. Martin of
Rochester, ninety-seven; Frank p.
Wi lard of East Montpelier, ninety-six
and thre, -fouiths. Class three, dairy
butter, best prints, five pounds or
more, Charles +. Stafford of Chippen-
hook, score, ninety.seven and one-half;
George W. Adams of Stowe, ninety
seven and ne-!ourth; M. II. Sherman
of Clarendon, ninety-seven. Glass four,
creamery butter, best twenty-pound
tub, STAFFORD creamery, score ninety
eight; j. j. Jackson of South Newbury,
ninety seven; d. M Robinson of West
ford, ninety six and three-fourths.
Glass five, creamery butter, ten pounds
or more in prints, E. E. Symes of Rye
gate, score ninely.fve; Cloverdale
creamery of North Underhill, ninety
four and one -balf; F. l.. Smith of
Fletcher, nineiy-three.
Each of the foregoing first prizes was
ten dollars; each second, six dollars;
third, four dollars.
The STAFFORD creamery in getting the
highest score at the exhibition, won the
creamery sweepstakes, the grand sweep
stakes and the Vermont Dairymen's
Associations geld medal, and also the
Baldwin refrigerator offered by Ex-
Governor Woodbury.. The premium
for the best displayed package in the
entire exhibition went 10 j. r.. Miller
OF Ryegate.
The Worcester Salt Companys prizes
were won as follows: Best creamery,
| d. M. Robinson of Westford, first; A.
A. Storrs of East Bethel, second; best
dairy butter, Charles F. Stafford of
Chippenhook, first, while the second
was divided between E. d. Sawin of
Brownsville and George w. Adams of
Stowe. The winners of the other special
prizes were, Wells, Richardson & Com
pany's prizes, Stafford Creamery, for
creamery butter, and Charles F. Stat
ford of Chippenhook for dairy butter.
Charles +. Stafford. Genesee Salt
Company's prize, Stafford Creamery.
Cheese premiums: Glass A, dairy
plain, Levi Swift of Middlesex; j. S.
Northrop of Fairfield; d. r. Smith of
Pawlet. Class B, dairy sage, Levi
Swift of Middlesex; Clark Simonds of
Berlin; j. S. Northrup of Fairfield.
Class c, factory plain, P. McDonough
of Hinesburgh; G. H. E. Davis of Mt.
Holly; Edward Bissette of Addison.
Glass d, factory sage, Edward Bissnet
of Addison; Il. L. Warren of East
Poultney; G. H. E. Davis of Mt. Holly.
The amount of the cheese prizes was
the came as those offered in the butter
exhibition. The winners of the sweep
stakes prize in the cheese show was
Levi Swift of Middlesex, whose prod
uct scored ninety.two and one-half out
of possible one hundred.
NOTES.
The second day was "CreameIy
Day." Every creamery man in the
state ought to have been there.
Mr.. Gurler is both dairyman and a
creamery manager, hence very well
fitted to discuss creamery management.
Machinery Hall was sort of school
for the dairymen. The big sheep run
ming separator was center of attrac-
ton.
One of the humors of dairy conven-
ton is the talk of the rival separator
men. OF course every machine is by
far the best.
The convention was sort of reunion
of the leading dairymen of the state.
Old friends met and visited between
the sessions.
The place of holding the next an
nual meeting was left open. A very
cordial invitation has been received
from st. Albans.
The well-known form of Hon. William
Chaplin of Middlesex, the father of the
| nto Aocnn;otinn W q nnnapia.
uous figure among the groups in the
hall.
1t was worth long journey for any
dai1yman to visit that room and see
that exhibit, the "best ever shown in
New England" as Major Alvord we'll
said.
Professor Alvord's plea for cheese
was hint to city people. 1t will be a
surprise TO many to learn that cheese is
cheaper than beef and superior to it in
many ways.
Did you study those charts which
hung around the room? In them the
Experiment Station has condensed
whole libraries of agricultural writings
and research.
1t came out that want of confidence
on the part OF patrons has we'll
grounded cause. Creamery manage
ment is not uniform and is certainly
deserving of criticism.
1t was pleasure to look into the
faces of 80 many bright-looking, clean
intelligent young farmers. The pale
faced, cigarette. smoking young city
fellows suffer in comparison.
Who says the Association is not
helping the farmers? If anyone does,
a visit to the butter exhibit would have
showed him his error. Just think of
one hundred and ten entries scoring
over ninety!
The whole number of cheese entries
!, was twenty-five; highest score ninety
two; lowest score, eighty'fve; average
eighty-nine and twenty-three twenty
fifths; average last year, ninety-one
and one-seventh.
Professor Sanborn gave one of the
most instructive addresses of the meet