Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-01-27
DISCUSSED AT THE ANNUAL MEET
ING OF THE v. M. S. B. A.

IreS1uenU =. l.. AUell OI 'TWel DelnS
absent, the meeting was called to order
at IL 10 o'clock by Vice President
Charles M. Remele of Middlebury, and
L. A. Skiff of Mlddlebury, the secretary,
read his report, which embodied state
ment of the financial transactions of the
year. 1t appearedifrom the report that
there had been - applications for men,
bership during the year. Of these, nine
had been accepted, four were rejected
and two had not yet been finally dis
posed of. The financial condition of the
association will be found in the follow
ing figures taken from the
sECRETARY's REPORT.
Cash Receipts.
Balance on hand Jan. |, 1898, sl68 81
Membership Fees, lst 90
Committee Fees, Il 30
Flock Records sold, 90
Registers sold, 4 90
Certificates of transfer, II s5
Stock rams record 30
Recording lambs, 1877 50
Recording sheep other than lambs, II 90
Flock Fees, 40 90
e. ii. Jewett on account, go
1854 Sc
Expenditures
Seven hundred and fifty postal cards. s. 80
Albert Chapman's estate interest, 10 30
on principal, 100 90
Repairs on office, 10 Sc
III. I. " orden, flock fee returned, 90
John James, Eagle Bridge. n. \, fee
not accepted 10
Horace James, Flock fee returned, > 90
d. w. Roberts, fees on lambs not ac.
cepted, 30
j. 6 Barker. fees on lambs, 90
j. ii. Mead, to balance of account, so
Register Co., stationery and printing, 81 Al
Postage, 81
Committee on pedigrees and auditor, 10 90
Secreta ry's salary, 800 %
s5l5 Oi
Cash on hand. S69 ~
Reoist stering fees due, 25 20
Membership fees due, 62 90
Sixteen Flock Records, l6 90
Safe and Office furniture, $50 90
Postage, 13
si23 81
Less amount due Albert Chapmans
estate, s2s9 SO
slsi 10
Secretary Skiff said that there were on
hand 727 copies of the second volume of
the associations Register. ~ of the third
volume and 81 of the fourth volume.
These it had been customary to count
among the assets at their full value, but
he thought they ought not to go in for
over half price. Some members thought
they might as well not be included in the
assets at ali.
The election of officers followed. Ira
l.. Hambln of Cornwall was elected
president and upon taking the chair made
brief remarks. He thanked the associa.
zion for rho honor of bic alaction n nd i'll
that he had always had an ambition to
be their president some time, and now
that ambition was realized He had, he
said, always been interested in sheep and
had made the Vermont merino a specially
and he would continue to do so for still
another year
The remaining officers were then
elected, all by acclammatiOn, as follows: /:
First vice-president, G.. NJ. Remele of
Middlebury; second vice president, II. f.
Sanford of West Cornwall; secretary
and treasurer. l. A. Skiff of Middlebury !;
directors, Cyrus H. Smith of Town Line,
j. T. Stickney of Shoreham, f. j. Car
penter of Addison and A. J. Field of
West Cornwall; committees on pedi-
grees, f. n. Bissell of East Shoreham,
c. p. Crane of Bridport and Charles A.
Chapman of Ferrisburg.
+. n. Bissell called attention to the
fact that many members failed TO comply
with the rules by keeping private flock
record. He said it was very important
that this should be done, aud that as a
member of the committee on pedigrees he
should insist that the rule be complied
with hereafter.
Mr.. Ray of HemlOck Lake, n. Y, was
then called upon and made a brief but
interesting address. He gave high
praise to Vermont and Vermonters all
around, and mention of Admiral Dewey
provoked hearty applause. He said that
in the sheep business Vermonters should
be careful, as our very wrinkly and
dense-feeced merinos did not seem to be
any longer wanted in the west, while
sheep men in other states were having
good sales for the western trade. He
instanced the case of man in his own
state who he personally knew had re-
Gently shipped five carloads of meTinos
to the west and had made $1,000 on each
carload. There had been a great change
In the sheep business since the boon
period from 1873 to 1888, and sheep mer
must realize the changed conditions
We had, he said, expected great things
from the Dingley bill, but these expecta
tions had never been realized. Mr.. Kay
concluded by reading an extract from al
address which he will deliver before tn,
coming meeting of his association, dis
cussing the demand for different kinds O
sheep for different purposes. Mr.. Ra.
was given vote of thanks for hi
address.