Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-17
OA|RYMEN END
MEETING TO-DAY
Banquet This Evening the Star
Feature of 48th Annual
Convention.
YESTERDAYS ADDRESSES.
welcomed TO City by Secretary Taylor
- r....s~s vrr,,,ont AssoUlm<0Ou-
YESTERDAYS ADDRESSES.
welcomed TO City by Secretary Taylor
Of C;rcntcr Vermont AssOcintlOn-
Response by Pres. Brooks.

mems association. mere Will pc du-
dresses this morning and afternoon,
closing with business session and the
election of officers. and a monster ban
auet, in which the dairymen and men,
bers of the Woman's Auxiliary will
join, at the Hotel Vermont this eve
ning. Tho speakers at the banquet
will include Governor Horace +. Gra-
ham; Congressman Porter Fl. Dale of
the second district of Vermont; Presi-
dent John NJ. Thomas of Middlebury
College and Joseph II. Lowerby. official
representative of the Hoover admins
tration from Washington. d. C. Judge
Frank l.. Fish of Vergennes will act
as toastmaster.
Much speculation is rife among the
dairymen as to the outcome OF the
election coming off this afternoon. and
q complete change in the officers per-
sonnel is predicted There is strong
rumor that Secretary +. II. Bickford
of Bradford IS TO succeed II. X. Brooks
Of St. Albans as president of the asso-
citation and that Orlando l.. Martin Of
Plainfield, now vice-president. is to
succeed Secretary Bickford as keeper
of records and reports.
Last night there was two addresses.
both in regard to the dairy interests.
given by Charles T.. North of New
York. who also spoke at the afternoon
session. Mr.. North's evening address
was on 1.-The Future of the Dairy In
dustry."- In part, he said: '"The dairy
industry is one of great uncertainty
to-day. with prices of grains. trans
portation and general expenses increas-
ing daily, sometimes over night, the
future Of the dairy interests hangs In
the air. / was appointed chairman or
a special commission by former Mayor
Mitchell of New York city to inves-
tigate the conditions under which that
city got It's milk supply and to report
whether the increase which occurred
October 1 was fair. reasonable. justi-
fed, and to determine If possible
the exact cost of production Of
one quart of milk. The commit
tee found out a great many things
but did not find out definitely how much
it cost to produce a quart Of milk. Figures
secured from more than 100 dairymen in
New York and Pennsylvania all averaged
different prices per quart owing to dif-
ferent sections, breeds and feeds used
No man living can exactly quote the cost
o. pesAka0iAg 2 s.dsuayt- Of milk Vermont
dairymen supply to the city of New
York, daily, 5000 quarts of milk and for
this milk within the 150-mile zone they
received 1852 per hundred weight. That
was the average price for 1917. The
commission found no way to reduce the
price of milk at this time. Collective
buying of grain was advocated for the
farmers Of New York. The commission
was alarmed at the prospect of the sur
plus Of milk which will flood the markets
between April and May. This surplus
may prove the runation of the dairy
industry. In New York city, alone in 1917
there was a surplus of 582, 100000 cans
This milk. sent in by producers. had to be
used to make butter and cheese by the
large wholesale plants. and they lost
hundreds Of thousands of dollars last
year in that way, for the butter and
cheese do not command the prices that
they had to pay the producers for the
milk. One plant went into the hands Of
a receiver, four lost from $50. 900 to $124,OOO
as the result of the surplus. These facts
and figures have not yet been made pub
lie. but will come from the printers in
about ten days. The commission went
out Of Office before their investigation
was completed when the Mitchell regime
recent date"
F. z. Durfee Of West Hartford, Conn.,,
himself a wholesale milk producer, gave
an address on VERY Fine Management, !"
which concluded the program of the eve
ming. He said, in part: II was formerly
New York school teacher and got the
farm craze. l went into the dairy b"si-
ness and for five years l continually lost
money, but gained lots Of knowledge.
Now ] am conducting fairly profitable
dairy establishment supplying the city
of Hartford, Conn.,. having a farm of 81
acres and between 60 and 6s Jersey milch
cows I believe In fair treatment to the
wives and sons of dairymen and farmers.
Give them their due from the profits and
make them home-loving ~ giving them
the modern conveniences. SO far as you are
able. that the city affords. and then they
won't banker for the city Your help
should be your own people If possible. for
YOU will never find anybody like your
own blood for cooperation. intelligence
and loyalty. II not possible to secure
them. get good loyal workmen and pay
them wages enough to keep them and
you will never regret 1t. Never give out
secrets Of your workmen's faults and
failures while he is still in your employ
for sooner or later he will get wind Of 1t
and 1t breaks your smooth-running estab-
lishment Your barns should be modern
in every way. lighted well and also ven-
tilated. Keep your stock In proper form
and never add or drop in feed rations
hastily unless for some special reason.
Never let your stock get thin. In Connect
icut I am getting nine cents fiat per
quart for my milk what We style there
"B" grade) and the retail price is Is cents
per quart. To avoid surplus OF our dairy
products the members of the Connecticut
Dairymen's association each spring sell
some of our milch cows. II is the duty
of every dariyman in the country to keep
at least one pig and that will take care of
some of his surplus milk and help win the
war. Dairymen should plant corn, for
that In the best ration for milch cows in
the world. The dairymen has got to
ada nt himself to "win-the-war- methods, -
| no matter what the cost in time. labor and
money to him.
President Brooks named as the resolu-
t,on committee Messrs. Hill, Il. A. Curtis
nd Dean ]. l.. Hills. They will report to-
day.
MORNING.
Yesterday morning at nine o'clock the
| ,oruaI onening exercises of the 4Sth an
,,,,ai convention OF the Vermont Dairy
nan,, association were conducted in the
armory hall.
| lanes p. Taylor. secretary OF the Great
49, Varmont association. In behalf of
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