Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-17
OA|RYMEN END
MEETING TO-DAY

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Mayor ]. Holmes jackson. who was out
Of town, welcomed the association, saying
In part;
ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
On account Of his absence from the city
Mayor jackson has requested me to pre-
sent to you the freedom Of the Queen City
Of Vermont. This year we can extend to
you a special welcome, a very fraternal
for Burlington Is interested in
dairymen and the dairy business more
than ever before Since your meeting here
last year. a great industry has been To-
Gated In the city of Burlington, the YER
mont Milk Chocolate company 1t Is high
ly significant for the future that business
men in their moves to develop Vermont
industry should turn to the field Of manu-
featuring food products.
We welcome you also because 1t is an
honor for Vermont city to have within
It's gates so large, so historic an organiza-
ton notable among all Vermont organiza-
lions. You have shown what organixa-
ton can do in developing a dairy State.
AS a result of your work we hope that
soon Vermont scenery will not be disflg-
ured by a single herd Of miscellaneous cat
tie, ill-sorted Inflated scrubs. We hope
that our valley and mountain landscapes
will be beautifled everywhere by herds Of
pure bred stock. with a great ancestry and
a great promise of making Vermont the
market for the most productive and most
healthful purebred dairy cattle in the Uni
ted States. We hope that you will hasten
the tendency to assemble each breed In
the distinctive region best adapted to 1t.
SO that a buyer can make a pilgrimage
through Vermont and economically and
quickly provide himself with the best
stock in the world.
We welcome you because we feel that
this organization proves that Vermonters
can organize for the most effective team
play. The history of your COW testing
associations show that Vermont can CO.
operate and lead in the nation. Vermont
was the first State to introduce COW test
ing associations and according to popula-
ton still leads. These associations were
followed by cooperative creameries. The
first century of Vermont history has been
styled "a study in Independence" For the
| last % years your work has been to make
| It Inevitable that the second century OF
Vermont history shall be known as a cen
fury Of team play and cooperation.
We welcome you as war convention
for in these days every live organization
which wishes to Justify its own existenc'
must be a war convention. The great slo
gan Food will win the war;" and thu
facts that italy has suffered disaster ant
Russia has apparently withdrawn from
| the war because food problems were no
we'll handled puts you food producers Of
the firing line. You are each one of 20,
one of the hundred million which will viii
the victory.
Back in 1913 a German said Victory a
the next clash will belong to the natiol
the most exact. by which I. mean the on
| whose servants. from the highest to tn
lowest, are exact to fulfill their duty. b
1t the highest or the lowest" This is
great truth. The war is to be won by spe
cialists. Burlington welcomes you as
war convention Of specialists on food pro
duction and food conservation. and thi
should not be merely meeting Of Ver
monters in Vermont but war convention
Of American citizens in America and
lineup of soldiers of world freedom VIII
send an oath Of allegiance to Presiden
Wilson and our associates in the war an
a challenge to the Kaiser.
H. X. Brooks of st. Adams, president q
the Dairymen's association, In his re
Spouse said:
PRESIDENTS RESPONSE.
In his response to the address of we
come President Brooks said in part:
We convene to-day for our 4sth annua
convention. During the past year dair
products have risen in price almost b
leaps and bounds but SO has everythin
that goes into their production excep
perhaps, hay. Concentrates have been s
high that until recently few dairyme
were actually feeding their cows to tn
limit Of profitable production.
The propaganda poured forth upon U
last spring to increase production was
stimulus to do so but seasonable weathe
went against US and we must content oul
selves with lesser yields and hope for be
ter things this coming season. 1t Ia or
Of the phases of the great gamble we al
engaged in for our business seen
to be gamble from the tim
we sow until we reap. We ha,
floods and droughts and everything whic
has to do with a successful crop and the
, we do not know but what at the time {
harvest the price received will be belo
the cost of production. and that the ere
} should be held for a raise to insure prom
able production This holding process r.
Qu1TeS CdDltdl IOT DlllS lOIlOW DTOuuCtiN
; mighty close. SO now we must be on goC
terms with our bankers. However the e,
pertinent stations have made the arrang
ment Of farm accounts much easier ar
the county agent is always ready to Ter
. assistance.
In dairy products as in all crop produ
ton, there are lot Of very common see,
sold under high sounding names so I b
leve that only those dealers who a
known and whose varieties are know
.. to do we'll in the locality of the buy
should be patronized. In growing col
it Is we'll to use the varieties with I'll
most digestible matter and which gro
best in the given locality. as there
much difference in the corn that can
grown, for instance, In the Champla
valley and on our hillsides
The matter of successfully selling Of
farm and dairy products Is one of gre
concern to both producer and consume
1t often works out. that the producer
returns are smaller than they should
, and the consumer pays n go-between
high cost for his services We shou
:, not stop with production; we shou
process and standardize our dairy pro
, ucts and many other of our farm GRO
= right in our own local communities. v
= should have plants owned and controls
by ourselves and incorporated In SUI
, manner that outside control Is an II
q possibility. We are living in the tim
= of big business and we should be co
= INFANT of this and SO shape our busine
a that 1t will be big business to ,
= With these plants in our own hands i,
- can send just what Vermont milk Bost
= demands and manufacture or hold I
:. remainder or do what not with II tn
: we may find best to do