Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-02-19
SUGAR PRIZES.
Vermont Maple Sugar Makers
Market Captured tie Grand
Sweepstakes.
PRODUCERS SW EEPSTAKES
Newbury-Many CIeditable Exhib-
its-Offlcers for Ensuing Year
Elected Convention Closes
with Real Sugar Party.

NOnlptilcf, tcn. lZ.-lne second ana last
day of the Maple Sugar Makers convcn-
ton has been II success from start to
finish The judges appointed Wednesday
evening commenced their difficult task of
awarding prizes at o'clock this morn
ing and it was nearly noon before the
work was completed.
w. G. Taylor of Enosburgh Falls. of the
Leader Evaporator company, had on cX-
hibitun an eVapOrator drawing tank and
galvanized buckets. w. $. Tcachuut of
Essex Junction explained the good points
of hauling tank and cVaporatOr, and
y. II. Cochran of George ID. Jarvis X
Co, Burlington, had many customers for
the Warner sap spout, which he had on
exhibition. G. II. Grimm OF Rutland gave
Il practical exhibition of the value of
the Grimm sap spout.
cabot took the lead in the number of
exhibitors of maple sugar and syrup of
all kinds and shapes. G. D. Foster, T..
l.. Walbridge, Frank Walbridgc Edgar
Peck III. $. Stone, Jack Foster. A. W.
Laird Fred Marsh, Ora Dow and Walter
Perry, all of that town. had crcditablc
exhibits and special mention should be
made of the first three named. They are
sons-in-law and "A son of \. NJ Foster
Of Cabot one of the pioneers in the
movement to improve the quality of
maple products, and one of the largest
sugar makers of Vermont. Dudley Garlic
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hibit' which included sugar house made
entirely of cakes. President Victor l.
smear had an interesting exhibit from the
Vermont maple sugar market at Ran
dolph and the cakes and syrup shown
by -. w. Walker of Woodstock at
tractcd no little attention. W. y. Giltllan
Of nvopntc and T. g Haehow Of stove
had crrditahln evhihits of svrun ana tnh
suoar
g /. N1cNahon Of tbo firm of Nilos
McMahon & Go. of stowe was
,ctive in trvinc ia co,,rncn tho formnre
,b,+ ,bov do ,boir euuor too how'd .,,1
in ca dninn loso , nnr,ion Of mo tr,'a
manic dawn ma, is co desirable Ar No
Nnha, hnd 49,, o>bibitinn ~ ,ilt o,,,,,1
s,,',,r 49, ho1t, ,,n his, eto,,,,,e,'t, -
c~,,,.ircnd ,hnso intorns,od Of ,bn ,.aI',a
-, III ,,,,',,,>s,ions w. WnNobo,, di.t ,,',,
,,.hi,i. 80 ..,,lra, e., ~ n,.a,,,i,,,, t,t
si,,,I,' a ",' a., ion, ,ossa, rpn ,otai
,,',,ir ~ ,.hihitor. 49, r,.o, % ~,
lau.,'er ~ chl,ur'otH M"' wv Wa % n
,,.'a1,..H"i ,,.t, 90, ,,,.',
NoouStorN was no, 90 oi'"rcu Ior Pre-,
l ,'!",, mT' 81 u,,, Win" i,''i
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ne prize winners were as lollowS'
'"9H - ","p' - W ~, - OH
"dH'' rast ruirII''u; Sco'' ~ - ScIonu'
~ ! W "INcI' ""uSt"Oh h, t",I"' Ft'
f. H. Ppp "'o"c' lou''" - il'er
iciiN' N'p''
'EsS - pam HuSdr-FrSt, - a W.
la'ru' aput, score ~; soc"ilH' 90 NJ
| Sh1tthck' fd"ii' tn!rd, ~ a. II. Soule'
| falrH'!d' l"urth' " Ora DOW. Cdpot
'ElSS [. tUp SuSar-fliSt' y, r. I.
! iashaW Stowe, score 81; second, 80, {.
/ +. Waloridse, 'anot.
| CLASS -. cake SuGar-fNSt. -. I. =.
! Stafford. Chlpponhooh, scor" 100; second,
| S. II. Il. IhaSc. East Fletcher, score
| fourth, s.. Edgar Peck, cabot.
Class f.. stirred suIar-First 81. II.
stone. Cabot score %: second, s. Fred
| Marsh, Cabot, score "a
Glass J.. maple candy and pastry cake
candy-FTst. Helen +. GrimnH Rutland.
! %: second. Nardine Walbridgc, Cabot. s.;
third. Jack Foster, Cabot, 81.
Pastry cake maple frosting-First.
Mrs. Ferry Chase. East Fairfield. So; sec
ond. AIvrtle Garfield Cabot 81
class G. nroducor's sweopstales-r First.
500 Dudl.v Carleton. West NrWhurv: sec
onM' %lo e j. roster CABOT
! Vermont Maple Sugar Market, Randolph,
Y. l. Spear. manager.
Class l. sugar utensils, award for
largest ANA best diaplaN-first. SO,
Leader ENdp"rator Enosburgh Fails; sec
Ond. s., w. :. TcachOut. Essex junction.
/ Favorable mention was also made of
Lyons patent sugar mould, shown 10y
\. Il. Becman Of Fairfax.
7,,p>,>,c c,,,oroX
The morning session was called to or
Ter ut II o'clock by President Spear The
attendance was much larg,r than on We'd
uoSday 4. q. Bronson of East HardWicl;
read "A paper ON The Maple Orchard a
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