The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-13
EAST MONTPELIER
MAN is CHAMPION
BUTTER MAKER
John Bond Won State Associations Gold
Medal and Creamery Cup-Important
Session Of Association Held at
Burlington.

Burlington, Jan. l3.--About 600 per
sons are attending the 46th annual con
vention of the Vermont Dairymen's as
sociation here. The exhibits of dairy
and creamery butter are pronounced by
0rrin Bent of Boston, the veteran judge,
to be fully up TO the standard of pre-,
vious years. John, Bond OF East Mont
peler won the association gold medal
and creamery cup with a score of 97h.
The dairy cup was won by r. II. Bristol
OF Waltham with score OF 97. There
were 80 samples submitted, the highest
score being 07H and tue lowest so, the
average being 94h.
The womens auxiliary elected officers
as follows: President, Mrs. Luella Bick
ford of Bradford; yice-prcsident, Mrs.
II. X. Brooks of st. Albans; secretary
treasurer, Mrs. II. NJ. Farnum of Mont
pelier.
The Vermo1sss 1tate .CSw Test associa
tion elected the following officers: Presi
dent, j. h. Candon Of Pittsford; vice
president, Ralph DEMO of Bristol sec
retary- treasurer, Il. II. Jones of Waits
field.
Commissioner of Agriculture +. $.
Brigham urged maintaining the high
standard of Vermont dairy butter which
had existed for 50 years, principally by
virtue OF our nearness to the great east.
ern markets.
"We must have better butter ii we are
TO compete with states like Wisconsin"
laid Commissioner Brigham, (which has
lately adopted a state brand" Mr..
Jones of Sudbury rose TO inquire what !
had been accomplished by the state bu
reau of markets to find better quality |
and price for Vermont butter. Mr. |
Brigham answered that an Improvement |
1f from one to two and one-half cents
rad resulted
Professor w. B. p. Lockwood of the
Agricultural college an
lounced securing the national dairy show
or Springfield Mass. "Ihis is the big
,est thing ever brought to the East" he
aid.
Professor G. r. Warren Of the New
FORK State College Of Agriculture ana
wed the distribution Of crops. livestock
airies. forage, etc. Grass il the most
aluable product we have" said Profess
or Warren. "but we don't sell much OF
t." He declared it was the duty of
astern farmers to sell hay in the big
astern market, otherwise, how shall
re feed the horse that draws the wag- K
n that carries the milk do the babies in !
he eitiesg 1t is the public duty Of New
ngIand farmers to sell hay but, some
them leave the land in hay crop just
little too long The reason why we
n hay and milk is because we can get
ore for it than We can for other crops !
Te can compete successfully with all =
.her products, but we cannot compete
ith the hogs of the corn belt, western
1rses and middle west wheat any more
ian we can compete with southern cot
M IS
AT the evening session Professor War
n was the principal speaker. He urged :
e operation OF large rather than small 2
Iiries, on the ground that dairy Of
IS than 20 cows and 100 acres, calling "
r the employment of two men, is not q
sufficient size to pay satisfactory 9
turn on the investment. He said that Z
poor cow is better than an empty z
anehion and that dairy of 30 poor y
imals Is better proposition than one 9
is higher grade animels. q
He submitted figures to show that the
orator of small dairy receives on an Z,
erage about 81 day He advocated '
nting land when there was a chance
expand dairy. Professor Warren
IS warmly applauded when he referred
the agitation against dirty milk. He S'
ID the agitation had been expected
e consumer had been lead to believe
1t milk was an unwholesome food.
Il. X. Brooks of st. Albans is likely :.
be elected president of the association
s afternoon.