The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-28
Commissioner Of Agriculture

Farms for Sale Census: Lists
were received from town clerks from
145 towns reporting 1349 farms for
sale. Blanks were mailed to names
in the report requesting data regard
ing individual farms for publica-
ton in book provided for sin No. 10
of the acts of 1919
Marketing: Visited Is creamer-
les and advised with butter makers
and managers about markets. Stud
led conditions in city markets and
secured new outlets for cream, milk
and eggs. Dealers in butter have
begun to store small quantities of
goods, but jobbers in the retail mar
ket complain about high prices for
butter for storage.
Dairy Manufacturing: Regulations
were drafted covering methods for
sampling milk and cream and sent in
mimeographed form to all the
creameries in the state. A hearing
was held at Montpelier to give
creamery operators an opportunity
TO present objections to the regula-
tons as made Fifteen operators at
tended the hearing. Twenty-Five
creameries were visited and given
assistance with creamery problems.
Advice was given at pisnts con-
corning plans and remodeling of
| creamery buildings.
Creamery Inspection Sixty
creameries, cheese factories and
shipping stations and SO farms visi-
/ ted. Five hundred and sixty sam
pies of milk and cream tested for
butter fat. 4o4 acid tests, goo sedi-
ment tests and So moisture tests,
made.
Cow Testing Work: Cow testing
/ associations were visited and adj
dresses were given at 4 dairy meet
! ings. Three associations have COM
pleted the year and are temporarily
discontinued until testers can be
found. One tester has been replaced
and one new. association formed in
Rutland county, which leaves ten &C
tive associations at present.
Live Stock: Sixty eight lots, con-
tanning 1,645 head of cattle, tober-
culin tested by state and federal
veterinarians; total of Sc head con-
| demned, Of which % head We're
killed and % head held in quaran-
tine for breeding purposes.
/ Two hundred and ninety three
head of cattle reported tested at
private tests; 35 head condemned OF
which 10. head were held in quaran-
tine. Twenty-Five head killed and
claims held pending submission OF
entire herds for test.
One hundred and sixty-four hea6
of cattle reported tested for ship
ment out of Vermont, none con
demned
One hundred and thirty-nine heat
of cattle admitted into the state OF
permits as follows:
} 50 head tuberculin tested
Al head for immediate shipment
! IA head on physical examination
: head for breeding purposes
Five head cattle imported with
out permit were reshipped out of Thu
State.
) Six hundred and ffty-eight horse
T were reported entering the State
/ 44S on physical examination, 2o4 o.
i mallein test and for immediate
shipment. 2
Il Forestry: Nine of the workint
days of the, month were devoted t
University work. Three forest fire
were reported, costing total Of
$3.50 for help to extinguish then
Preparation for a normal fire seaso
: is practically completed. Three ad
4 ditional lookout stations for use c
Y, the department in the discovery c
u fires are being constructed and whe
completed will be manned at fed
. eral expense.
e The forest planting work was com
N pleted early in May, The tire
Largest jobs undertaken by the dc
partment were the additionssto tn
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