The Somerset reporter., 1902-11-13
Animal State Dairy Meeting.

Annual State Dairy Meeting.
The annual State Dairy meeting will
be held under the control of the Maine
state Dairymen's Association and De-
partment of Agriculture at Opera House,
Watervile, Maine, December 8, and
5, 1902.
Reduced rates will be given over the
Maine Central, Bangor and Aroostook,
Grand Trunk and Somerset railways.
Headdurters of the board will be at the
Elmwood hotel. Rates at the hotels,
81 so per Gay, two in room.
All sessions are public and everybody
is invited
Wednesday evening-Reception at
Opera House by Wateryille Board OF
Trade and citizens. President j. +. Hill
of the Board of Trade to preside. Ad-
dress of welcome by Hon. w. &. Phil
brook to be followed by Hon. w. T.
Haines, Hon. c. F. johnson and others.
Responses for the association, Commits
sioner of Agriculture, Hon. A. w. Gil
man and others. There will be meet
ings in the morning, afternoon and even
ing with an attractive list of speakers.
Gov. Hill will preside in the evening and
Gov Elect Bachelor of New Hampshire
will be one of the speakers.
Friday Dec. 5, there will be examina
tons of dairy machinery appliances, ex.
hibition of dairy products, addresses and
discussions.
All articles intended for this exhibit
ton will 90 as freight for one charge the
round trip, If freight charges are pre-
paid at time of shipment. The Ameri-
can Express Company will return free
all packages not exceeding % pounds
each, upon same conditions as those
required for freight.
All exhibits of butter and cheese must
be delivered at City Hall, Waterviile, on
or before 8 80 D. m, Wednesday. Ex-
press must be prepaid In every case.
Exhibits will be released Friday noon.
All entries of butter and cheese must
be accompanied by the regular state
ment of manufacture, blanks OF which
accompany every program, and program
will be mailed to every applicant. These
conditions must be observed by every
exhibitor:
Class l.
First Second. Third.
Dairy Tub, ten pounds, $500 $500 s4.OO
Class ii.
Dairy Prints, five lbs. $500 $500 s4.Oo
Class III.
Granular Butter. $500 $500 $500
Class ".
Creamery Tub, ten lbs., $500 1900 s4OO
lass V.
m
Creamery Prints, lbs, $500 $500 s4.oO
Class VI,
Fancy Display, to consist of special artistic
designs. g., ,,,,.a
5000 1900 $500
No award will be made unless the exhibit is
meritorious.
Class VII.
Pro Rate, $4,000. To be divided among the
/ SAMPLES scoring 90 points and over, entered
above but not winning premium
Glass VIII.
Butter thirty days old, or over, to determine
keeping qualities &c.,,
$500 $500
Cheese Exhibit, dairy, plain, $500 $500
Class x.
Cheese Exhibit. factory, plain. $500 $500
Premiums offered by the A. L. * E
F. Goss Company, Lewiston, Me.-TC
the party securing the highest score on
butter made from cream raised in oul
new Special Goss Can, set in one of oul
Cooley Creamers, manufactured by US
S25 in gold. Persons competing for thii
prize must own the above utensils.
Premium offered by the Vermont Farm
Machine Co Bellows Falls, Vt To thu
party exhibiting butter made from cream
separated by the United States Cream
Separator securing the highest score, {
fine 112 piece dinner set. To the part,
securing next highest score, nice Nor
ris chair.
Special premiums offered by the
Worcester Salt Company, New York
To the exhibitor of creamery butter
securing the highest score, II Worcester
salt is used, gold watch, value 1926. TIC
the party securing second highest score
if Worcester salt is used, gold watch
value SIS.
Special premiums offered by the Stod
dard Manufacturing ompany Rutland
Vt. For the butter receiving the high
est award in the dairy class, If made
from cream separated by De Lava
Cream Separator, $40. IL churned in I
Stoddard Barrel churn and worked with
a Waters butter worker, S2 additional
or $12 total For the butter receiving
the highest award in the creamery class
If made from cream separated by De
Laval cream Separator, $40 For thu
butter receiving the highest award, i
COWS were fed ensilage from Greer
Mountain silo, 800
Prizes are to be offered by the Water
Vile Board of Trade and others