Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-01-12
OA|RYMEN HAVE
SUCCESSFUL DAY
Crowds See Exhibit and Attend
Sessions of Annual Meet
ing in Armory.
| ELECTION OF OFFICERS TO-DAY
Many Able Addresses on Dairy
ing by Prominent Men
Meeting Concludes with
Banquet Tonight.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS TO-DAY


The 4lst annual meeting of the Yer
mont Dair, mems association opened yes
terday morning in the armcry with
every mark Of success. The Vermont
Sugar Makers. who held their annual
meeting Tuesday, completed their bus-
ness yesterday morning by electing Off
GERS and made way for the dairymen.
The morning session opened shortly
after ten O'Clock with an invocation by
the Rev. c. J. Staples Of the Unitarian
Church and Mayor J. z. Burke followed
with the address OF welcome. The ad-
dress was brief as the mayor was OBJ
liged to leave on the 1857 train for
Montpelier. He called attention to the
| importance Of the agriculture interests
to Vermont and said that being Yer
monier he was therefore interested in
the Dairyrnen's society He also con-
graduated the society upon his line of
exhibits and the auspicious opening
which assured success to the conven-
ton.
Upon the close Of the address. the
secretary. F H. Bickford, made a mo-
|
coined the society to the city five times,
be made an honorary member and the
motion was carried unanimously.
! Tht Hon II. ". Vail of Randolph
made the response to the address of
welcome and pleased the audience with
some apt remarks. Mr. Vail said that
not only mad Mayor Burke welcomed
the society to Burlington many times.
/ .l,,.I
a cordial welcome until It had come TO
mean more than mere formality and
took on kindly and friendly quality
| In speaking of the agricultural interests,
he said that the bulwark OF liberty and
! the hope for the future would rest upon
the rural districts and spoke Of the con-
trtbutions OF men from the hills" which
had made captains of industry and had
been prominent in all OF the affairs Of
the country Tie society had beon or
ganized for 40 years and its history was
the history of progress in agricultural
pursuits for at its organization progress
was a standstill and farmers We're
pursuing the tactics Of hundred years
before 1t was the pioneer of the or
CARNATIONS which had reached such an
advanced stage during the past ten years
of great things by organization in the
future not only IN II rnancia1 way, but
in the greater cause of the advance
ment Of the rotherhood of man.
TREAsURER'S REPORT.
The report OF the secretary and treas
urer came next, 1t showed the cash or
hand December !, 1909, 10 have beer
s50.35.
Received from State appropriation 81, 900 o.
Membership fees ................... l3i D
From Secretary Bicktord for ad-
vertising .......... ......... ........ 30S.u
Total receipts ....... ......., ...... J, 400. z
Total expenses ....... ............... 337 q
- Balance on hand .......... canaan. 153. n
The reports OF NJ. A. Adams Of Derby
the treasurer. and Of Mr. Bickford wcr,
com bined in one.
The address OF the president of the as
sociation, f. L. Davis of Hartford, fol
, lowed the financial statement 1t was II
. substance as follows:
. PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
Y Our meeting to-day marks the 4lst an
nual convention OF the Vermont Dairy
\ mems association. at once the Oldest an
Y | believe the largest State Dairymen'
@ | ASSOCIATION IN tNe lnltcQ states. Gu
I | membership now stands at $50 Then w
re- have our Ladies' Auxiliary, composed q
c our wivos and sisters, which orgaai2atio
d s unique IN that do not know OF a sin,
e liar one in the United States. am a fri
= believer that their work has been heir
v full and an incentive TO our member.
:. Their public meetings, held In conjunc
ton with those OF the association proper
e have been Instructive and elevatlng
II is sincerely to be hoped the interest /
3. this branch of the work will he malr
n tanned. and that more OF our member
s will bring their wives with them to mi
q years convention and thereby pave tn
g way 10 their Joining the Auxiliary
Statistics and prices current show tina
e sine the year 1921 farm products have II
% creased in value By 72 per cent. while Il
q articles required for the farmers US
NJ have increased hut u per cent. in II
same length Of time This showing
4 favorable 10 the farming community.
as is an old saying that when agricultm
y is in prosperous condition an lines ,
A. business will be succcsefuI." We repr,
ut sent 100000 families and have more cas-
or than any other 100000 families in Ame
lea, Vermont has proved there is none
III IN potato raising for last year a 900 acr,
10 gave an average yield Of l24 bushel
n making total Of $4,000 bushels
these had all been sold at ZOE per bush
er the returns would have aggregated 81, ass
r. COO ! mention this merely because SON
he people have not regarded It as a prof.
Id able part Of farming in this state
l. ADDISON COUNTY LOOKS GOOD.
Several times during the last fe
months it has been my privilege to pa'
through different portions or Addis'
county, and ! have been much inipresSt
~ with the possibilities of this part OF u
'e state
" The land Is practically level ana u
% soll appears to be OF the best anu l III"
- lY believe that If II was pfope,''
tivated it would produce III 'a'"e -
equivalent OF two-thirds the cost VI 'u
III porting the State. And yet In the 'asN U
'c years this section has actually oecreaS'
ne In population, In my opinion, AZ won
be bsttsr II the farms over 'hefs e"o