The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-13
STATE BRAND FOR
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Address by State Commissioner of Ag
riculture e. S. Brigham Before
Vermont Dairymen.
Especial to The Reformer.)
BURLINGTON Jan.

Especial to The RefOrmer.1
BURLINGTON. Jan. -
Commissioner of Agriculture +. 5. Brig
ham of St Adams delivered the following r
address before the Vermont Dairymens
association here today:
The dairy cows of Vermont earn each
year from $1j0000O0 to $40. 900. 900 and
the money is distributed SO that all classes
of people are benefited thereby
while we may with profit develop
other lines of agricultural activity it is
highly important that the dairy industry |
be encouraged because it enables rs to |
keep up the fertility of our farms, TO oh |
tain profit from our rough pasture lands, |
and to provide productive employment |
during the winter months.
''The four milk hearings recently held |
in cooperation with the Boston chamber
of commerce show that our farmers feel
that prices are too low to afford a reason
able profit above cost of production We
should not think of going out of the dairy
business for this reason, but we should
take such wise and concerted action as
will make conditions better
I'VE may better conditions by decreas-
ing the cost of production and should look
to the state agricultural college and ex-
pertinent station to show us how to do
this
I'VE may also make daiIying more
profitable by improving marketing condi-
tons
| The shipment OF milk to large cities
! aud its distribution is a complicated prob
! lem, and while the Boston chamber of
commerce and the New England Milk
| Producers association may be able to as
sist US in getting better price for milk.
yet the price will probably be governed bv
supply and demand and contractors will
buy milk as cheaply as farmers are willing
to sell it.
+ For the purpose of giving the milk
contractors more competition and putting
the farmers in position where they can
have a voice i'll the price they will take
for milk, our creameries should be devel-
oped and strengthened, more butter made
and the skim milk be used to grow calves
land pigs.
. Our creamcries may be developed by
improving the quality Of butter made and
finding market for that butter which
Will pay the highest price. 1t il said that
I the quality of Vermont butter has deter
lorated under the present system Of using
farm separators There Is no doubt but
that carelessness in handling cream re
; suits in a loss to Vermont farmers an
nualy of sum which would make thu
= increase in state expense seem insignifi
cant in comparison. At very little ex
pense of time and money this could b.
obviated, but farmers say that it doe
: not pay them because under the presen
\ system Of creamery management goo,
l cream and poor cream are mixed togethe
: and bring the same price
= I'VE can only improve conditions by dc
: wishing a system whereby those who pan
. H. 4
ture Of butter both farmers and creamery
: men. may receive a reward for carefr
: work. As a solution of this problem w
7 should adopt brand. safeguarded b
II legislation and bearing the seal of tn
II state of Vermont, which creameries con
II plying with regulations prescribed by tn
II commissioner of agriculture will be a
II lowed to use.
II 'Denmark and Holland have given the
II dairy products a worldwide reputation b
U the adoption of government brand.
this country the state Of Minnesota ha
Iadopted a brand and the states Of low;
South Dakota are about To do So. III
requirements for the use OF the bran
are briefly AZ follows:
p 1. Score of butter to be ~ nine time
r out OF l. at a scoring conducted b
the state agricultural college.
:. Score of butter never to be below ..
u :. Factory to score 80 OF better
t. Farm dairics to score 60 points d
cording to score cards provided /
the commissioner OF agriculture
). Cream pasteurized i'll accordance wit
directions.
~ 6. Cream received must be sweet an
shall not test over > per cent acid
- Z. \eutrali1ers not allowed.
$. When license is granted list of pa
.. rons must be furnished with addl es
Y Q Factory must report numbers
pounds manufactured each month
10. Brand to be used only at factory
= II. \ representative OF the commission,
. of agriculture to be allowed access
f the creamery at any time for pu
II poses of inspection. supervision
testing of cream or milk samples. ,
, examination OF accounts
The compliance with these requir
ii ments by a number of our creameri
Il would raise the quality of Vermont butt
to the highest standard, would add to i
price in the market and would lead to ii
development of healthy competitic
. which milk contractors would have
=" meet and would, therefore. increase Il
prosperity OF all the dair1men 81 We
& mont.