Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-21

mat the dairymen would come again. He
thought the dairymen should have
larger membership. considering the fact
mat there are 10000 farms In Vermont,
whose owners should enjoy the adj
Vahtages Of such an excellent organiza-
ton.
Mason s. Stone, State superintendent of
euucat1on. spoke of Cooperation" He
MADE point of the apparent fact that
was the cooperation of the organized
vermont farmers which had made re-
spectacle vocation a desirable profession.
Inc dairy business has been placed on
nlgh plano and that Is always tho first
step towards successful cooperation. Re-
suits are shown in the establishment of
an agricultural school at Randolph and
eight agricultural courses in the high
schools OF the State, eight county agents
VINO are working for the betterment of
agricultural conditions and the excellent
extension service OF the university. With
cooperation comes an increase in
EFFICIENCY and knowledge. as well as an
increase of farm products and wealth.
he said there we're some things yet to
there was twilight zone" between
three and a half cents quart for milk
paid the producer and eight cents a
quart paid by the consumer. 1t has been
shown In the cases Of other foodstuffs
That II costs more to get the product
from the producer to the mouth of the
consumer than II costs to produce.
Therefore It is still farmers problem
to learn how to produce and how to
market
The next speaker was Governor Gates
OF Franklin. to which town all roads led
recently said Judge Fish In introducing
MIN. Governor Gates observed that he
wns a. charter member OF the Dairymen g
association and he had felt under obliga-
tons to be present from that fact and
OF seven invitations extended him for
attendance at as many functions this
week. he had decided to accept only this
one. He said he he'd earned in his ten
years eSpcticncc as a road builder the
value Of each of tho 2tf towns as units
in this state. Vermont is no, so much
noted for Its scenery, as many are in
clined to think She Is, rather. noted
for tho people who have decided to make
their homes hero. It is not the 70 ct
that We havo the greatest rrnnite quar-
! r1e1. or that we car produce record
breaking COWS that gives US prestige sc
mach az tho fact that We have the mer
of brains and resolution who bring abou
those things. OF all occupations, Gov
e-nor Gates said, that Of dairytng stands
at the head in this State. The mar
OF WOMAN who has been brought ND OF
the farm where dairy operations are &
part Of the lee gets Fundamental
knowledge of work and system that |:
unknown to any other vocation. TIL,
so-caled drudgerv should not be consid
cred as such, but should be recognized
as n valuable experience Citizenship il
really the backbone of the State.
Congressman Dale responded b
the toast "Nernonts Future Agricul
ture." II would he presumptuous 70
him. he said, to speak in technical term
Of such subject for it would he like
child talking to a father In the pres
ience OF such company. But. he re
marked. he would say that that agricul
ture represents the strong and fundamen
tai principles Of good character and gov
eminent. For a long time there has bee
a tendency to get back to the soil, n de
sire inherited, no doubt. from the fac
that our ancestors were all farmers W
all realize that it is a place OF heaut
and peace on the farm, and We all hav
our ideas of what We want. Our agri
cultural future Is the brightest that
has ever been and that statement Is no
based on the knowledge of the conditio
Of the soil. The speaker referred to IN
fact Of the reclamation Of the desert /
, the West and pointed out that the earl
Vermonter had struggled against grea
odds in preparing the ground for his fu
ture crops, all of which came about a
, the work Of brain Drawn. determinatio
, and character. Another favorable ONE
; of the future was the fact that Of tn
So,onn farms in Vermont, 5000 are owne
; by the people who work them.
The ladies' was the subject Of tn
: final toast assigned TO the Rev. c. '
, Grsmer but he was not present and tn
POSTMASTER asked if somebody woul
, not volunteer. o. l.. Martin of Plair
> field refused to accept the task an
others declined, also, so Judge Fish sal
be would be obliged to entertain tn
people present. He did this by recitin
"Batees the Lucky Man. ny Dr. Drum
mond, and the recitation made such
hit that another was demanded and
responded with Little Batees'" by II
same author. This also proved a h
and brought to an end the most eati
: factory dairymen's meeting in Vernon
I history