Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-01-14
KEEP QUALITY HIGH
That Was the Keynote Of Maple
Sugar Makers Meeting
Charge for Labels After This Year -
Distributing House in Chicago Ad
vised by Boston Speaker.

vised by Boston Speaker.
The Vermont Maple Sugar Makers
association closed Friday night its 23d /
annual meeting, which was held in the
Brooks House. 1t was meeting of
much interest, and some valuable points
were brought out by the speakers
which will result in much practical ben
eft in the effort to raise the standard
OF the product and secure wider
market for Vermont maple sugar and
syrup.
The morning meeting Friday began at
10 O'Clock President A. A. Carleton
of West Newbury delivered his annual
address.
lie urged that every maker of pure
Vermont maple sugar should use the
Sugar Makers association label. Sixty
per cent of the maple sugar of Vermont
is below the standard because the max
err does not take proper care in the
manufacture. There is no other branch
of agriculture so profitable as the ma
pie sugar branch, and it is the one the
farmer knows the least about. The as
ISOLATION is trying to improve the
standard and quality of the goods and
to teach better methods.
secured who could suggest new and i'm
proved methods and teach better ways
of making the purest product. The
product must be graded properly and
standardized. Many people believe that
to have pure maple sugar or syrup it
must be dark colored. The public must
be educated regarding the grades of the
product. He urged that every member
of the association work for an increase
in membership and for law on the
statute books prohibiting the use of
the word "mapIe' on any other than
genuine goods.
The report of Secretary II. B. Chaplin
followed. He said that 90 years ago
citizen of this town, C. d. Whit
man, at meeting Of the Vermont
Dairymen s association in Morrisville,
proposed the organization Of a Vermont
Maple Sugar Makers association. The
suggestion was warmly approved by
several of the best sugar makers pres
emit. 1t seemed fitting to come to the
home town of him who may be regard
ed properly as the father of the asso-
citation.
The membership has shown good
growth during the year, there being
341 paid members during the year 1918,
more than double the number two years
ago and almost double the number one
wear ago. This increase has come about
| largely through the efforts of members
of the association who have sent in the
names of many new members One en-
terprising member in the northern part
of the state has been the means of
adding over 70 to the membership roll.
Secretary j. II. Lefebvre of the Pure
Maple Sugar and Syrup - operative
association Of Quebec waV introduced
and read a very interesting paper on
the success which has attended the as
ISOLATION he represents I'M its three
years of existence. Thro gh the eff
passed nsa l. prohibiting the use f the word
',"maPle on anything but Il pure 1, Prod re d.
succeeded in getting from the govern
ment funds by which three sugar max
ing schools are conducted and these
are very successful.
f. S. Brigham, commissioner OF ag-
riculture, was much interested III Mr..
Lefebvre IS reference to the schools and
asked numerous questions as to the
methods adopted by the Canadian gov
eminent in establishing and conduct
ing them Mr.. Lefebvre explained that
the young men and boys attend the
schools from eight to 10 days each and
experts teach them the proper method
of making the pure product. The gov
ernmcnt pays the board of those who
attend the schools. There were be
tween 300 and l 400 visitors at one OF
the schools last season. The govern
ment leases a sugar bush and furnishes
teacher.
State Forester Halves suggested thai
the association appoint committee t'
confer with the commissioner of agr
culture and the state forestry depart
ment and look over the state forests
with the idea that the state may be
able to furnish sugar bush in one o.
its forests.
L. f. Cook of Cambridge read
paper on Raising the Quality, Lowering
the Cost of Production and Increasing
the Total Output of Maple Goods. III
was followed by James P. Taylor, sec
rotary of the Greater Vermont assocla
, ton, who urged that samples OF INT
different grades of syrup be place.
: in the public schools, that the hotels
the state advertise one of the creates
. Of Vermont S products by using onl'
. the best on the tables ana that lhe SUE
e ar makers advertise their product b,
folders and booklets.
> In the Friday afternoon meetin'
President Carleton announced that Il
o had received that noon telcphon
message from Guy w. Bailey, secrs
l. tary Of state, to the effect that h
$ would like to have the officers OF IN
association meet with him at Mon
n pelier, Jan. IS, for tho purpose OF di
cussing methods by which the stat
could aid the sugar making industr!
Hon. V. l. Spear of Randolp
le started discussion by saying that b
considered the association was givin
'e too much for the membership fee
=, 81 when it gave 100 free labels and a
~ the reports that are printed.
}" Commissioner Brigham said that
seemed to him that the state was d
ing considerable for an organization
nc only a few hundred members when
turned over to aid the associate
= over 1000 in year. He had talk'
with some sugar makers who kne