Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1915-12-31
PROGRAM AND PREMIUM LIST.
Vermont Maple Sugar Makers to Meet
in Brattleboro Jan. 6-7 - Business
Sessions in Brooks House.

The official program and premium
list for the 23d annual meeting and
exhibition of the Vermont Maple Sug-
ar Makers association, to be held in
Festival hall and the Brooks House,
Brattleboro, Jan. and 7, is being
sent out by Secretary Carl S. Hopkins
of the Brattlboro board of trade. The
exhibits of maple sugar, syrup and
sugar making utensils will be in Fes-
tival hall and the business sessions OF
the association, at which numerous in
teresting addresses will be made, will
be held in the parlors of the Brooks
House. The meetings will be public
and all are invited to attend them. The
following is the program:
Thursday Evening, O'clock.
Invocation, Rev. D. E. Trout, Brattle-
boro.
Address of Welcome, Horton D. Walk
err President Brattleboro board of
trade.
Response, George w. Soule, Fairfield
Building up q Market for Vermont s
Maple Products, +. S. Brigham
commissioner of agriculture, St
Adams.
Address, illustrated with lantern slides
Vermont State Forests, Utilization
of Species Therein, Especially the
Sugar Maple, Austin F. Halves
state forester, Burlington.
Friday Morning, o clock.
Presidents annual address, A. A
Carleton, West Newbury.
Report of secretary, II. B. Chaplin
Report of treasurer, II. w. Vail
Cooperative Marketing of Maple Pro
ducts, Hon. " 1. Spear, Randolph
Raising the Quality, Lowering the Co.'S
of Production and Increasing the
Total Output of Maple Goods
L. E. Cook, Cambridge.
Friday Afternoon, O'clock.
The Maple Sugar Orchard, its Growth
and Preservation, Prof John w
Stephen, New York college fores
try, Syracuse, n. Y.
Marketing Maple Goods to the West
ern Consumer, c. o. Ormsbee
Montpelier.
Report of judges on exhibits.
Friday Evening, O'clock.
| Music.
Ways Of Living, Distribution and Con
sumption of Farm Products, Espec
tally Referring to Maple Sugar anC
| Maple Syrup, John G.. Orcutt. sec
rotary Of committee of agriculture
| Boston chamber of commerce.
Election of officers.
| PrnJris- y,fa JI pa'u OF the follow
ing collective exhibits:
Glass A--Largest ard best display o
maple sugar and syrup by producer
LIST, $25; I'd, SIS; Sd, S10;.4th, s.; 18th
Glass B-Best artistic display of ma
pie goods, 1st, $25; I'd, SIS; Sd, so
4th, So; 5th, SO.
Single Entries.
Glass C-Best maple sugar cakes no
less than five pounds, LIST, $4; I'd, So
Sd, So; 4th, 81.
Glass D-Maple syrup, single gallo
in tin or glass. Premium paid pro rat
per point on all samples scoring 81 c
over.
Glass E-Maple sugar, 10 pound pa
or tub. Premium paid pro rata pc
point on all samples scoring 81 or Owe
Maple Sugar and Syrup Exhibit Rule
Exhibits in the two classes. A an
B must contain not less than 80 poun
of maple sugar, and five gallons of mi
pie syrup, some of which must be
glass. Sugar must show cakes, brick
pail and dry stirred sugar Glass
maple sugar cakes may be any size {
shape cakes not less than five pound
Every exhibitor must be a membC
of the association and pay the annui
membership fee of 81.
Scale of points for judging map
sugar; Flavor, so; color, 10; grain, i
package, 10.
Scale of points for judging map
syrup: Flavor, so; color, Is; body, p
package, 5. Syrup must weight
pounds to the gallon net, Expe
judges will pass on every sample
maple sugar and syrup.