The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-27

at AZ cents per hundred or one cent a
Quart.
The association is handled entirely by
the farmers; every officer Is a farmer.
The manager Mr.. Edwards, is a farmer
who runs a large farm and attends to
the management of the creamery besides.
All the officers serve without pay, Four
men are employed in the creamery itself
at IL total expense of 1925 month. II
is worth anyone's time to go and look
over this splendid plant and see this
monument to cooperation which the
farmers OF Richmond have erected The
same thing is possible in many of our
/ Vermont towns. All il requires is a lit
| tie open .mindedness on the part of the
farmer and Willingness to trust his asso.
cintes and the officers. as in all successful
| organiza tons the officers and directors
must be trustworthy and all of the time
| put into the work for which they receive
no pay except the satisfaction which can
be derived from it. More philosophical
ness, more regard for the neighboE more
regard for the success of the community
rather than for the individual will bring
about n condition in which one of these
60 operative organizations can thrive.
Let us all take lesson from this splen
did example and do our best TO hefp form
such organizations and so develop our
state that we shall still maintain our
position Isar the top of the list.
The celebration Tuesday at Richmond
was unique, one of the first of its kind
in the history of our state. The purpose
of the meeting was to acquaint others
with their success and their organization
workers with the conditions that sur
rounded the success of this institution,
and that they appreciated the opportu
nifty is shown by the tremendous interest
exhibited in what every one of the
speakers had to say. The meeting was
opened in the morning with an address
of welcome by President Edwards of the
association, who explained the organiza-
ton and said that the books were open
for everyones inspection. All were wei
come to analyze the situation. After
his encouraging talk everyone went home
with a more open mind and more en-
couragement in the possibilities of organ
ling such an institution in his own COM
muuity MIR. Edwards short talk was
followed by a lecture from Mogens r. I
Tolstrop, assistant to Commissioner f. S. +
Brigham, who explained in very clear
and lucid manner the purposes of milk
and its byproduets and how the farmer
should go to work to figure his produc-
tion costs and the price received on
basis OF butter fat content, which is the
only true measure of the value of the +
product of the COW.
In the afternoon Professor Story from .
the University of Vermont gave in his
terse and practical manner a splendid
talk ON the tremendous benefits which
can be derived from the breeding of
herds, whether they are pure breds or
grades. He illustrated in a striking
manner the results in the increase of pro-
duction that can be obtained by using
pure bred sires of meritorious ancestry.
He said that the quality of prepotency,
that is the ability of the sire to trans
NIT high production to the offspring was
the most important factor in building up
a herd of dairy cattle.
Commissioner +. S. Brigham followed
Professor Story with talk on the iinan-
,ial results to be obtained by the farmer
His text was Test of Profit" He spoke
IF the COW testing associa tions, OF which
there are 25 in the state of Vermont,
$4,000 cows, and illustrated
BY figures the tremendous increase which
.hese associa tions have meant to the
farmers who have joined them. He said
hat the producer should take opportu-
mites of studying the market so as to /.
Ne able to market his product in the
orm which netted the highest price. He
how valuable to the farmer d
: the keeping of accounts SO as to know '
Exactly where he stands He gave some Ic
interesting figures on the sale Of milk in
he state. There are listed PSI plants !
which handle milk in this state. One o
hundred and fifty-four of these are but o