Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-28
WARDSB0R0 WINS
FEDERATION CUP
Interesting Creamery Meeting in
Wilmington
Specialists Speak to Audience of 1875
Wilmington and Jacksonville Cream
cries Get Honorable Mention.

Wilmington and Jacksonville Cream
cries Get Honorable Mention.
The creamery field meeting held at
Wilmington Wednesday under the aus
,pices of the Windham County Creamery
federation, the Windham County Farm
bureau, and the Deerfeld Valley cream
cry was attended by about 1875 people
from many different towns in the coun-
ty. All of the six creameries in the
federation were represented.
The morning program consisted of
cream judging demonstration by V. r.
Jones, manufacturing specialist of the
U. s. department of agriculture. Twelve
samples of cream were sent in and Mr..
Jones scored each sample after making
acidity and fat tests. He also exhibited
gelatin plates showing the large in
crease in the bacteria contents of milk
due to the lack of sterilization of uten-
sils and to not keeping the milk iced,
etc. He provided a high powered mi.
croscope through which many of the
minute organisms common to ordinary
milk could be seen.
At noon the basket lunch was enjoyed
on the lawn of Frank H. Fitch. The peo-
pie of the town provided seats and
other conveniences and the ladies served
hot coffee.
The afternoon program was opened
by Chairman Clark Chandler, president
of the Deerfeld Valley creamery, Sew
eral patriotic songs were rendered by
choir in charge of Porter Fitch. Horton
d. Walker, president of the Brattleboro
board of trade, explained the condi-
tions of the creamery improvement
contest and gave many interesting and
valuable suggestions as to how the
creameries in Windham County Cream
cry federation might advertise their
products to good advantage. In behalf
of the committee Mr.. Walker presented
the board of trade creamery improve
ment cup to the Wardsboro creamery
of Wardsboro, as having the neatest
and most attractive plant of any of the
creameries. He also gave honorable
mention to the Deerfeld Valley cream
cry of Wilmington, where q large
amount of improvement has been made
in the exterior and interior of the
plant; also to the North River cream
cry at Jacksonville, where much i'm
provement has been made on the inte-
rior of the plant. He warned the
| Clcuincly tudb tHcy WOuHt
have to go some if they held the cup
another year. j. Z. Gleason of the
Wardsboro creamery responded and
stated that the credit was due to their
buttermaker, Miss Hanna Halonen. He
also stated that if any of the other
lcreameries won the cup away another
year they would have to 90 some.
State Commissioner of Agriculture E.
q RrinbQm on nycoIlant oH1racc
Towering the dairy industry of the state
Iof Vermont. He urged the improving
of the dairy herds and the conserving
of every particle of the fertilizing
products He urged the raising of bet
ter and more corn silage and clover so
as to reduce the amount of expensive
concentrates necessary to produce dairy
products. To emphasize the Importance
of the dairy industry in the state he
gave figures which showed that the
products Of this business amounted to
more than $20,000,000 year, which is
considerably more than the combined
valuation of all the marble and granite
produced in the state. He discussed the
great change from home butter max
ing to the manufacturing of butter by
the many creamery plants which can
produce better product and market it
to much better advantage. He empha
sized the fact that the individual re-
sponsibility in the care of milk and
cream was none the less than formerly
because no creamery buttermaker
could produce the very best favored but
ter unless he had a clean, wholesome
product to manufacture it from. Mr..
Brigham drew very striking compari-
son between creamery plant owned
by the farmers in the. community and
the milk car operated by city milk CON
tractors. He brought out many points
to show that the cooperative creamery
plan Of marketing dairy products was
by far the better one, and urged the
creamery patrons to support their
,, creameries in every way possible. He
spoke of the opportunity for improving
! the creameries and stated that if all
of the creameries in the state should
, run their plant and business so effici.
emily as the average of the best 10
; creameries the value of the product now
produced would be increased over a
million dollars q year, which is more
= than the total valuation of the maple
sugar and syrup produced in the state
of Vermont. He complimented the fed
. GRAFTON on the work which they had
!, started and hoped that these field meet,
ing would be continued.
The chairman then called on C. L.
Stickney, of Brattleboro, treasurer of
q the Windham County Farm bureau
;. who explained briefly the arrangements
q necessary in order to have woman
. county agent or home demonstration in
"a Windham county. He stated that il
q Windham county could raise 5000 il
n could have the services of such 6
# demonstration until July l., 1913. The
d United States department pays all Other
# expenses in connection with this work
Il The work of such an agent would in
% clude canning demonstrations and sim
/ liar work in connection as sewing, the
n selection of foods, meat substitutes, new
ID uses of dairy products, etc. This worl
: being taken up at meetings and through
"A personal visits. We hope that this mon