Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-01-18
)A|RYMEN DONE,
sing Session of the Annual
Meeting Of the State
Association.
| RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
)ute Paid TO Former officials, Now
deceased and Reorganization OF
Agricultural Fairs of the state,
with an Appropriation,
Favored.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED

hat proved to be the closing session
he Seth annual meeting Of the Yer
4 Dairymen's association was held in
.ory hall Thursday morning with II
attendance. During the session the
read and accepted, addresses were
n by Prof. j. l.. Hills of the State
criment Station and by Prof. Il. II.
stcr, chief of the dairy division, Uni
States department of agriculture. and
pn was taken to encourage the forma-
OF COW test associations by the farm
throughout the state.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
e Vermont Dairymen's association
nd its hearty thanks to the people OF
ington and all others who have aided
baking this one of the most successful
he annual meetings of the association.
particular we desire to place on rec
our appreciation of the generosity of
Hon. l.. a. Woodbury. in placing at
disposal of the meeting the free use
building we'll adapted to our needs.
Is Honor. Mayor Burke. we express our
Iitude for his cordial welcome and his
ring efforts in our behalf.
e record our satisfaction in the
resting and instructive addresses,
he speakers provided by the cxccu-
officers and to the POSTMASTER
made our banquet long to be re-
hbercd. We have learned with
regret the past year of the death
10. NJ. Tinkham of pomfret. As
sident and secretary he long served
association with devotion and effic-
yy. AS a private member his in
st continued until his death. Other
hbers have passed away during the
Their great loss to the assoc
ion we regret, and desire to express
sincere sympathy of the associa-
to the surviving families and
nds of the deceased
uring the year just closed also the
i. j. o. Sanford mas passed to his
lard. As president of this associa-
as II member of the State board
Horticulture anH--as State highway
missioner he rendered most val
lie services to the state; of high
ractcr, of unusual ability and deep
kerity. he has left behind him an
hence that will be long remcm-
I'd.
e express also the appreciation of
association of the careful and
scientious work of the judges who
scored the dairy products. For
Is Mossrs Bent and Cushman have
.ormed this difficult task to the great
lsfaction of the competitors and the
ety We recognize the fact that agri-
hIral fairs have proven an important
or in the farmers education and as
hing is the leading industry of the
G VIC as farmers organization favor
determination of the agricultural fairs
he State upon a firm, and wcll-dcllncd
ness basis. We favor the appropria-
of a moderate sum of money by the
Q under rigid rules and supervision
,rning the expenditure of the same
ewing that the experiment stations OF
country as Il whole established with
raj funds, have furthcrcd the inter
We represent, VIC cordially commend
our senators and representatives in
gress. House bill 3i5, introduced bS
gressman Adams of Wisconsin, in
sing the stipend of the institutions
their power for good.
G heartily commend the efficient work
c by the Vermont delegation in Con.
IS, both in the House and Senate, il
ing had placed upon our statute book
oleomargarine law which protects tn,
Hymen from dishonest competition ant
express the earnest hope that no eff
to impair the efficiency of that law
direct or indirect means shall prov,
cessful
ROF. HILLS ON COW CENSUS.
following the reading of the resolu
rs Professor Hills gave an interest
and instructive estimate of the ben
s derived from n census of the COW
the State taken some years ago b,
representative of a national dairy pub
ion. lie defined cow census a