Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-09-26
THE DAIRY DEPARTMENT.
Sweepstakes Went to Brattleboro
Creamery Association and c. n. Bet
terly of Newfane, Each Scoring SO.

While there were five less entries
in the dairy department this year it
is the opinion of the superintendent
that the quality of the exhibit right
through was better than that of any
previous exhibition. The Brattleboro
Creamery association won the sweep
stakes in creamery butter and G.. II.
Betterley OF Newfane in dairy butter,
each scoring SO points out of a pos
sible 100 The score of each com
petitor scoring 80 or over is given in
the regular premium list, together with
the prize won.
AS usual there were but a few en-
tries in the competitive test of dairy
COWS, and the interest which it ar
reused was confined to too small a
number to be of special value to the
fair. In the single COW test there
were eight entries. a grade Jersey
owned by A. "A. Dunklee of South
Vernon making PIG pounds of butter
in "a hours. Mr.. Dunklee and +. H.
Akley of Vernon We're the only com
petitors in the siX-cow test. and the
outcome was not satisfactory. I'm
fortunately some of the milk from Mr.
Dunklee's COWS was poured into a
leaky can and when the mistake was
discovered two quarts or more had fill
tered into the ground. The test made
Mr.. Dunklee's herd fraction of a
pound behind that of Mr.. Akley, but an
estimate of what the record would
have been If no milk had been lost
brought the two herds so close to-
gether that it was decided to divide
both the first and second prizes equal
ly between the two competitors.
The scores of the single cows, desig-
mated by their owners, was as follows
A. a. Dunklee, pounds of milk, 36.5;
per cent. of butter fat, 5.07; pounds of
butter, PIG. Il. II. Akley, pounds
of milk. 2S.5; per cent. of butter fat,
5.44; pounds of butter, Isl. John
Wright of Vernon, pounds of milk 29.5
per cent. of butter fat, 5.l4; pounds of
butter, LII. l.. II. Akley. pounds
of milk. 1925; per cent. of butter fat,
4.5l; pounds of butter, LIS. Slough
ton & Durham of Montague, Mass,
pounds of milk. as; per cent. of but
ter fat. i27; pounds of butter, 1.57.
Stoughton & Burnham, pounds of milk.
500; per cent. of butter fat, 3.SS;
pounds of butter, 1.3S Guilford
Stock farm, pounds of milk, 25.5; per
cent. of butter fat. 4.3S; pounds of
butter. 1.3l. Guilford Stock farm,
pounds of milk, %; per cent. OF but
ter fat, AIS; pounds of butter 1.2S.
In the six-cow test the score was as
follows: e. II. Akley, pounds OF milk.
1925; per cent. of butter fat sol;
pounds of butter, 1854; A. A. Dunklee,
pounds of milk. 1925: per cent. of
butter fat, 505; pounds of butter,
1882; r. II. Cushman of Bernardston.
pounds of milk, 1875; per cent. of
butter fat. 4.5S; pounds of butter, 1902
The awards were made on the re-
suit of the Babcock test by Prof ]. L.
Hills, of the Vermont Agricultural
Experiment Station. who also tested
all samples of milk brought to him
during the fair.
Exhibits were made as follows:
United States Improved separator, by
the Vermont Farm Machine company
of Bellows Falls; De Laval separators.
by Moseley & Stoddard of Rutland:
Empire cream separator. by d. C.
Slater of Essex Junction; Superior
cream separator. by Ora Knapp of
East Dummerston.