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

w Ill M N OhOE h1 W., f0l Blue Hill
Ave, Boston, Mass.
the Experiment Station at Geneva,
New York, was first on the programme
Thursday morning, to speak n "Some
Cheese WI ys.' Prof. Van Slyke
said that up to ten years ago, the most
important question regarding cheese
manufacture and the diff, rent factors
that 90 to make up yield and quality of
cheese, had been but little considered.
The milk fat in butter is the same that
goes into the makeup of cheese. The
amount of cheese produced depe nds al
most solely upon the fat and casein in
the milk, the other ingredients pass off
in the whey and are lost. The reasons
why any lat is lost in the manufacture
of cheese were SCENT fically exl lsined.
Cutting curd very fine or handling it
roughly results in loss of milk fat.
When cheese maker says he cannot
make cheese from milk that contains
more than three per cent Of fat without
a loss of fat, he bran de himself as an in
competent man. The passage of casein
into the whey cannot be Who'll y avoided
but there is q great chance for improve.
cent along this line. Milk tainted
with bad odor is fatal to good cheese
making, although this does not neces-
salily decrease the amount of product.
No source of trouble in cheese making
is 30 frequent and 80 annoying as is
tainted milk.
The causes that produce tainted
milk are largely within our control. 1t
is safe to say that one can of tainted
milk will injure thousands of pounds of
good milk. 1t would be better to pay
for that can of milk and throw it away
than to mix it with a vat of good milk.
The factors that most influence quality
of cheese are the bacterial contents of
the milk, the intelligence of the maker,
flavor, taste, texture, body, color, and
the conditions of manufacture and
emphasized the thought that into
cheese making enters many details,
and in intelligent attention to these de-
ponds our success. A general discus
sion of the subject followed.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
President Smith bad charge of the
closing exercises Thursday afternoon.
Prof. j. w. Sanborn, agricultural edi-
tor of the New Hampshire Mirror and
Farmer, was first on the programme to
speak on " Fertility"
Previous to Prof. Sanborn's talk the
committee on resolutions reported. In
their report the thanks OF the Associa-
ton we're rendered to the people of
Montpelier for the use of Armory Hall g,
to Mrs. G. B. B. Denny for her able
paper, to the quartette, Montpelier Mill
tary Band, the railroads, and to the
Woman's Auxiliary for providing the
delightful cooking lecture on Tuesday
evening; also that the Vermont Dairy
mems Association deems it important
that the Dairy Division of the United
States department of agriculture should
be strengthened and its work given
ample facilities for development un-
der it's present chief, and that this sub
ject be respectfully referred to the Sen
ators and Representatives from Yer
mont in Congress. On motion of j. 0.
Sanford the officers of the Association
were instructed 10 confer with the eff
GERS of the Vermont Sugar Makers
Association, with a view to holding
joint meetings in future.
Professor Sanborn was at disadvan-
tage in being assigned on the pro-
gramme during the last afternoon of a
three days session. The butter and
cheese exhibitors were busy removing
their goods during the lecture, and
many of the audience were obliged to
leave on the afternoon trains. The
speaker named six sources of fertility
that will enable the farmers of New
England to secure the best results,
namely: tillage, rotation of crops, irri-
cation, use of muck, the use of chemi-
calls, and yard manure.
The discussion of the theme of the
afternoon was led by Professor j. l..
Hills of Burlington. An early adjourn
ment was made, after pleasant and
profitable three days. session.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The following officers were elected
at the morning session of Thursday
President, f. c. Smith of Worthwhile
Vice-P Presidents, Fl. w. Walker OF
South Woodstock, f. S. Collins OF
South Burlington; Secretary, George
w. Pierce of Bratlleboro; Treasurer
Homer w. Vail of North Pomfret
Auditor, George Aiken of Woodstock
PREMIUMS AWARDED.
The following premiums were
awarded: Butter premiums, class one
dairy butter, best ten-pound tub, first
George X. Sprague of Brook6eld
score, ninety-seven; second, j. G. Sher
burne of North POmfret, ninety six anC