Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-22
BEST AWARDS AT
 DEPARTMENTS CONVENTION.
Prizes Come to Lebanon and New
 London-Talk on Guernseys.

In the Wednesday session of the 33d annual convention of the Connecticut Dairymens aSsociatio, held at Hart ford, awards for butter were made, a total of $236 being distributed. The butter was judged by Prof H. F. Jud kins of the Connecticut Agricultural college
 Among the awards were $1012 to Lebanon creamery and $6.09 to New London Dairy company for creamery butter, and SIPS to New London creamery for unsalted butter.
 In the morning session a double quartette from the Connecticut Agri- cultural college, composed of Leigh Minor and Alfred Rogers, first tenors; Elmer F. Farnham and Harry Noble, Harold Skinner, first bass, and Hamtl- ton Stone and John Gellis, second bass, sang two selection, Alma Mater and My Louisiana Coon.
 Advanced Register Work.
 Robert Scoville, proprietor of Grass land farm, Chapinville, made an ad- dress on Advanced Register Work in the Guernsey Breed. There are three parties to the work in the advanced register, the owner, the experiment station and the Guernsey Cattle club. The owner makes application to the club, giving the name, age, time of last calVing, tracing of the COW and the fee of $5. The experiment station samples the butter fat and milk, from time to time, and if the amount of butter fat is large the station again examines the butter fat to detect pos sible error. The Guernsey Cattle club sends a man to spend a day or two, now and then, to check up the product of the COW.
 Up to Dec. 15 last 2,7OO cows had made records in the advanced register work of the Guernseys.
 There are now TYP Guernsey breed CTS, with 1929 cows, making records.
 About Island of Guernsey.
 Charles L. Hill. of Rosendale, Wis, president of the American Guernsey Cattle club, gave an illustrated lecture on the island of Guernsey and the Guernsey cattle. MT. Hill described the resources of the island. The di- mensions are about five miles by nine or about the size of the town of GIas- tonbury. The products of the island include tomatoes, grapes and flowers, which are raised in large quantities. The average net income per acre from the farms is $350. Many large farm houses were shown and many of the high grade cattle were seen in the pie lures.
 Afternoon
 In the afternoon session the double quartet sang. An address, Some Prob lens in Soil Fertility. was made by Ava Agee, director of the New Jer- sey Agricultural Experiment station.
 The annual meeting of the Ladies' auxiliary was held at o'clock. Mrs. Richard Pattee of Laconia, N. H., spoke on The Farm House. Mrs Fannie J. Cleary of Williamsburg, Mass, spoke on The Women's Part in Dairying.
 Value of Milk.
 The nutritive value of a quart of milk was illustrated in an exhibit on the stage. There is a pedestal sur mounted by quart jar of milk Rib bons connect with glass jars, covering articles of food. The quantity and cost of the article equivalent in food value to a quart of milk are: Sirloin steak (11 12 ounces), 22 1-2 cents f; round steak (16 2-S ounces). 30 cents: porterhouSe steak (10 ounces), 25 cents; short steak 10 ounces) 25 cents lamb chops c 1-2 ounces), 17 cents pork chops (12 1-2 ounces), IS cents oysters 6 pints), 52 cents; eggs (16 ounces, at 40 cents a dozen) 27 cents salt cod (21 ounces), 26 cents; bananas e pounds ounces), 15 cents; puffed rice G 3-4 ounces), Is cents; puffed wheat G 5-14 ounces). 10 cents.
 Milk Profits.
 One of the important addresses of the convention was made by Prof. G. c. White dairy husbandryman at the Connecticut Agricultural college. His subject was Increasing Profits in Milk Production. He said that a better pro- duct in milk will bring a better price A dairy COW in good condition should product not less than 1, 400 pounds oi milk yearly He gave figures of the fixed cost of keeping a COW one year.
 The expense incurred, as givetn by the charts, includes interest on cows value, interest in barn, insurance, feed l labor and bedding, a total of $146. .16 From this is deducted the value of ma ure, SIS. and calf, $2.67, giving the net cost of the COW for on eyear at $130.49 The above figures were compiled from statictics kept by the Storrs station al the Connecticut Agricultural college the Massachusetts station and the New Hampshire station.