Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-14
|rty-fourth Annual Session of
State Association at an
End.
HILLARY ELECTS OFFICERS.
|ncrs' Legislative Organization De.
arcs for n State Dairy School in
This City, nm Increased Tax for
Better Roads and n state
Senl for Farm Products.

10 3ith annual meeting of the Vermont
fymen's association. which has been
progress in this city since Tuesday,
Ied thursday afternoon. The gather
has been most successful one from
~ point OF view and the farmers carry
e with them many practical ideas that
liowed out cannot fail to benefit them.
pc morning session opened at about
o'clock and the first speaker was
|rge NJ. Whitaker of Boston, who spoke
he Dairy Department at Washington.
r. He referred to the wonderful ad-
cement made by farmers In dairying
ng the past few years and said that
progress was due in Il large measure
he experiments conducted at the eX-
ment farms and by students. He said
In n form of government similar to
there was room for a national diary
rs department as we'll as for State
limitations and that such a department
been established This department
faid, acts as "A clearing house for the
. brent states and by the issuance Of
.cdns can tell farmers in Vermont
] [ farmers in Wisconsin are doing and
scatter food for thought throughout
country.
spoke of the tests of butter that had
| made and of the work done in con-
lion with securing better butter for the
3y and navy. In closing he referred to
Grout oleomargarine bill and said that
hers throughout the country would
! Representative Grout in grateful
|nory.
representatives II. C. Adams of Madison,
=, was the last speaker of the morn
his subject being Dairy and Food
u.s." lie spoke at length of the strug-
| in Congress for the passage Of laws
inst the adulteration of certain pro-
rs, speaking in particular of cheese
flour. Legislation touching the latter
tcct, he said, had been of marked
seht in the export trade.
was the olcomargarine bill. however.
occupied most of his time and his
frirtion Of the congressional fight over
| bill was most interesting. He referred
1.-THE effort of the manufa cturcrs to
kde the law after its passage and said
several cases had already been
5lght and that manufacturers had al
ply paid fines varying from $1,000 to
POO for violations Several cases are
fady before the United States Supreme
Frt.
G said that previous to the pass &c
Pie bill It's opponents claimed it would
b the oleonargarinc trade but in con-
Fiction OF those claims he gave figures
wing that az present there We're 81 fac
es in twelve states and that the
folored product last year amounted
81 SECS pounds while the colorcd pro
t. which is taxed ten cents per pound,
|ounted to 5,7l2,257 pounGs
AFTERNOON SESSION.
he last session of the convention was
\ In the afternoon. The attendance was
y good and the short programme vas
full Of interest to farmers. The
fkers were Henry Van Dresser and
Iernor Mccullough.
|r. Van Dresser was one of the favor:tn
|akers of the convention ana his talk
the Selection and Confirmation Of
Dairy Cow was up to the high
hdard of his other addresses. The dairy
is mortgage litter and public
private bencfactOr, To give the COW
best of care is a duty that the farmer
fs to her and to himself. II over one
T Of the cows in this section were sent
the slaughter house and the rest Of
Pm better kept the farmers would be
nitely better off. What the farmers need
TO exercise their muscles less and their
ms moro. The speaker went into de-
Is in the description Of a perfect dairy
1 anu saw many |dIuHDl points IN
selection and care. He thinks that
lairymcn should weed out the scrubs
Y keep the better grades
Governor Mccullough was called upon
address the gathering and did so in
usual breezy way. Agrirulturists. said
vernon Mccullough, are the kings of
herica. From one-third to two-ffths of
people Of the country are in some
" connected with the soil ana from
soil is drawn the wealth of the 1ation
e corn and the hay crop OF the last
pr would buy all the steel securities
par and twice over. The farmers ar.
political and Industrial sovereigns Of
country and so long as they are loyal
country is rafe, so long AZ they ere
altnv the country will be y 'osperou'
IT the close Of the governor remarks
college boys gave hearty cheer, az
by did at the termination ~: Mr.. Var
.ssor's talk, AID the meeting broke up
lny Of those IN attendance wishing Il
lch the afternoon trans.
OMAN'S AUXILIARY ELECTS OF.
FICERS.
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