Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-01-06
THE PRIZE
Makers of Best Sugar and Butter Get
Their Rewards.

The afternoon session opened with the
reading Of the butter and sugar scores,
The winners in the sugar contest were as
follows: Producers display. f. p. Wal
bridge of Cabot. sugar 90, syrup. 81
artistic display, n. E. Colvin Of Danny,
sugar 81, syrup, "a; individual display OF
syrup. John c. Holden Of North Claren-
don, 80; individual display Of sugar. L. G..
Hayes of Stafford. 30, NJ. Prindle Of St.
Adams, %.
The winner. this year. Of the V. D.. A.
gold medal prize. which is offered for the
best exhibits. both Of creamery and
dairy butter. was awarded to NJ. X. Bruce
Of Passumpsic. who scored 81 ga. He also
carried off the silver cup offered for the
best creamery butter. II. NJ. Lee OF
Windsor was the winner of the silver cup
offered for the best exhibit OF dairy but
ter, his score being 81 -.
The winners Of the cups made short
remarks in answer to the presenta-
ton speeches. President Eddy offered
a ticket to the banquet this evening
to every dairyman scoring 81 or over
on his exhibit and 16 received the tic
kets. The first address OF the after
noon was delivered by F. w. Wisgin
of Quechee.
SUCCESSFUL
Mr.. Wiggin said that he wished to
dwell upon three factors in the MAX
ing of butter. the imam. the barn and
the COW Each Of these is a factor Of
the greatest importance. A man in
the dairy business must stay with it
seven days in the week and 365 days
in the year II he hopes to make it
successful. There is no place for a
loafer.
"Spsak to hi row rs you would a
lady" said Mr.. wigetn. There is q
great knack In handling cows, Kind
ness and cleanliness are TWO OF the
first rules of dairyinE. Cleanliness Is
next to godliness and also next to a
full pocket. Tho greatest attention
must be given to detail IN the dairy
business, there arc no cross cuts to
success.
a man should have a certain definite
Ideal before him in hts business life
ne should not work merely to got a liv-
ing. The successful dalrynan must first
be a successful business man, h must
be able TO keep hts accounts in good
shape and he must also be able t. sell
his goods to advantage. In marketing
cream he greatest discretion Il required.
NJ, Wiggin concluded his address by
giving "A list OF interesting statistics a
10 the methods of conducting business At
the Quechee FEELS farms Of which he "a
the manager.
REPORTS FROM MILWAUKEE.
J. b. Candon OF Pttsford gave some
"Glennings from the Milwaukee Meet
ing" He said that the dairy show bea,
the Vermont State fair ''all hollow" and
tina II was one Of the most interesting
and Instructive exhibis that he had evel
seen. To him tho cows were tho prtnc'
pal attraction and to the study Of then
nc devoted most OF his attention.
THE CREAMERY.
N. p. Hull of Dimondale. the Mich
igan president of the American Dairy
Farmers association, was the mex
speaker. and his subject was thu
"Work OF the Creamery As ! Find IT,
Mr.. Hull said hat there are far toe
many farmers who DO not weed on
he poor cows from their herds.
Mr. Hull said that he did not be
licve q man ought to give all OF hi
time to making money. but what he
did spend thai way should be put into
the best advantage. and the dairymaI
should, therefore. raise his equipmen
to the highest standard OF efficiency
The offers the principa
method Of disposinL Of dairy products
Each farmer wants to get as mucl
profit as possible from his farming
and at the Same time keep up the fer
tillty Of his land. He must handle hi
land well In order to persuade h:
children that farming is worth while
Ind also to have something to leav'
them. The dairy Is the best thing 70
he farm.
The creamery Is the place to make tn
dairy product into butter. 1t pays bette
there and it saves the women OF the farr
much drudgery. The success OF tn
creamery depends upon the quality OF tn
cream, tho buttermaker and the patron
Mr.. Hull went on to say that Vernon
ought to have dairy inspection. the goo
farmers want 1t and the poor ones ougi
40 lave It whether they want IT or no