Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-01-16
THE ERMo DAlRYMEN.
An Attendance of 500 at the Session
al MontpeIier.

mont Dairymen's association, held al
the armory in Montpelier three days
last week, brought out a large attend
ance, over 500 being present at the
meetings Wednesday.
4 cordial address of welcome was
delivered by Mayor J.. G. Brown to
which II. w. Vail Of Randolph made
fitting response. The report Of +. h.
Davis OF North Pomtret, secretary, and
lP. W. Strong OF North Pomiret, treas
urer. showed the finances OF the asso'
citation to be in an excellent condition.
! The last hour of the morning session
was devoted to the annual address by
President NJ. A. Adams of Derby.
The afternoon session was opened
bv an address on marketing the Dai-
" Products by J. b. Candon OF Pitts
ford, followed by general discussion
II. III. Dean ofGuelph, Ont, spoke on
.'Cheese and Curing and +. w. Gull
berson of Benson had for his theme
Commercial Culture in Butter Max
ing
The evening was devoted to the an
nual meeting Of the Women's Auxiliary
to the Vermont Dairymen's association.
Music was furnished by Wilder's or
chestra. Miss A. Jennie Palmer, teach
er of ~elocution at Montpelier seminary,
read three selections Mrs. f. b. Lund
of Burlington gave an address on
Home Building and the principal
address of the evening was delivered
by Hon. w. +. Ranger, state superin-
tendent OF education, on Life OF the
Child
The new officers of the Women's
Auxiliary are president, Mrs. Bessie
II. Strong, North Pomfret vice-presi-
dent, r. b. Galusha, South Royalton
secretary, Mrs. Anna Nj. Dodge Of
Morrisville.
Wednesday W. r. Bracket OF Bos-
ton, who spoke that day on Packing
Butter for the Market, spoke Of the
increasing demand for sterilized but
ter. At the business session in the aft
ernoOn these officers were elected -
President. George Aiken, Woodstock
first vice president, T. G. Bronson,
Hardwick second vice president, Y.
G.. Nay, Underhill; secretary, +. l..
Davis, North Pomfret treasurer, Z.
w. Strong, North Pomfret; auditor,
George Terrill. Morrisville. President
NJ. A. Adams OF Derby was reelected
and was excused at his own request.
Mr.. Aitken, the new president, Is a
ager OF the Billings estate and a mem
Der OF the State Board of Agriculture.
Gen. w. w. Grout, who spoke on
"Oleomargarihe Legislation, said
"The output of imitation butter was
104, GOO, 900 pounds a year, made at a
cost of eight cents per pound if the
government tax is paid. This was put
on the market at rs to % cents a
pound, netting the manufacturers Sl5,-
600, 900 profit annually. The speaker
then explained the nature Of the bin
now before Congress and the advan-
tages TO have it become a law.
+. III. Kinds of Cambridge won the
grand and creamery sweepstakes
prizes for butter with a creamery tub
exhibit scoring % points. Both were
taken from him because he had enter
ed two samples OF butter from his
creamery under the names OF different
exhibitors, which is prohibited by the
rules. A stormy scene ensued when
Secretary Davis went TO the train Just
as Mr.. Kinds was leaving town, aud
took his prizes, amounting to some
sl25, from him. This gives these
prizes to w. G. Donahue OF Monkton,
who scored next to Mr.. Kinds.
All of the butter winning prizes
were marked from 90 upwards. There
were 2l0 exhibits in the dairy depart
ment, the largest in the history of the
association.
The annual banquet took place
Wednesday night at the Pavilion.
Plates were laid for 800 persons. +. a
Mutt, assistant editor of the Watch
man, was POSTMASTER. The speakers
and tOasts were :-"Our State, Secre-
Of State F. A. Rowland ''The
Oleo Situation Hon. W. W. Grout.
Barton poem, The Poetry of Life,
G. w. Scarf, Burlington THE La
dies, Rev. c. 0. Judkins, Montpelier
The Harvest, Miss Galusha Toast
Without Milk or Butter c. J. Bell,
Walden poem, THE Dairyingof John
Wood +. G. S%herburne, North Pom
fret Third House Legislation. II. ell
Madison, Wis; Forward
Movements in Canadian Agriculture. y
n. H. Dean, Guelph, ont. mo Pines
Like Ours, G. W. Gowell, Orono, Me.
The last day opened with a large at
,endance. Hon. II. C.. Adams Of Mad
Ison, Wis, was the first speaker, his
.heme being "The Children of the
G. +. Eddy Of Stowe spoke on
Creamery Management and Creamery
Work and the closing address was
made by the Hon. IL. G. Adams of
Madison, Wis, who spoke on BREAD
Butter and How to Earn it,
The next annual meeting of the as
ISOLATION will probably be held at Rut-
and.