Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-01-15
$1,152.27

$1,152.27
The report of Secretary J. G. Moore
was in substance as follows:
March 8, 1905, when the books and
papers of the association were
turned over to me by the former sec
rotary there was a balance in the
treasury of $61762. The policy pur-
sued by your officers the past year
has been that publicity would be
helpful in increasing the attendance,
the membership, and the exhibits OF
butter at this convention. In pursu-
ance of this policy thousand extra
copies of the report Of the proceed
Ings of the last convention were or
dered printed A copy of this re-
port, with a circular letter explaining
the reasons for its being sent, was
mailed to every buttemnalIer n this
state who was not already Il member.
| feel warranted in saying that | do
not believe there were very many
buttermakers who did not get a re-
port, unless through change Of adj
dress which may have occurred since
| tho inspection was made. Following
this up, we mailed to all the creamer-
les a copy of our program, and later
large postal card giving the salient
points of the program, and calling on
The bnttermakers to drop the ladla
and attend the convention. The
mailing of these several pieces has
cost the association considerable
money in postage, but we think the
results will justify this expenditure.
From the time of the last convention
until today the expenses have
| amounted to the sum of $S16-06. In
cluded in this is the item of $2S8.73
for printing the proceedings of the
last convention. This association
receives state aid to the amount of
$500 annually. The state Cheese
makers association receives state aid
to the extent Of $500 and their print
ing; a bill was introduced at the last
session of the legislature asking that
the amount of state aid to this asso-
citation be increased to $1,000 Need
less to say it failed of passage. l
believe, however, if we had asked to
be put on the same basis as the
Cheesemakers' association our re-
quest would readily have been grant
ed. 1t is for you to say what shall
be done.
Address by President.
President NJ. Miche1s spoke in part
as follows:
Assembled in this our fifth annual
convention 1 feel proud of the fact
that this meeting is in this magnifi-
cent agricultural building and only a
stones throw from the home of that
center of buttermaking and dairy
knowledge, the Wisconsin dairy
school. 1t gives me pleasure to see
SO many of the old as we'll as new
faces in this audience, and l hope
that our former membership will be
doubled before the close of this con-
ventiOn. The purpose Of this associa-
ton as stated in our articles of incor-
pOratiOn shall be the education of it's
members for a better practical knOwl-
EIDE of creamery operation, promoting
progress in the art of buttermaking,
in the care and management of cream
cries, the sale, transportation and
storage of butter, and in the wedding
out of incompetency in the business
of butter making.
Our meetings have been very sue
cessfuI in the past and the scoring of
butter in the presence of the makers,
an idea started by Mr.. Fullmer, our
former president and secretary, has
given every exhibitor an opportunity
to compare the different exhibits with
their respective scores. From this,
believe, the maker has derived very
much benefit in being shown what is
wanted by the judges What We want
next is scoring contest in this state
and | hope the members here assem-
bled in this convention will discuss
this matter and help formulate plans
whereby we may enable ourselves to
get a scoring contest in the near flu
ture. I believe the reason we have
not had a scoring contest the past
season is that we have not all worked
together for the common good. I am
informed that our neighbOrs of Min
nesota have adopted uniform cream
cry dividend statement and I feel that
we must come to something of the
kind in this state.
In promoting progress in the art,
and wedding out of incompetency in
the business of buttermaking, / be-
lieve there is nothing that we could
name that could give us stronger
arm than the licensing of the makers
and the factories. In our articles Of
incorporation is mentioned the sale
of butter, and l firmly believe that
there is money lost from mismanage-
ment in this branch of the business
than from any other source and caused
mainly by shipping to INSCRIPTIONS
BUYERS. Through the efforts of our
worthy secretary the association has
been able to offer a larger premium
fund than ever before and one that
has not been approached by any other
state organization, and the program