The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-17
DAIRYMEN'S CONVENTION ENDS.
Awards Made, E. A, Darling of East
Burke Getting Sweepstakes.

buIke 1ettlng sweepstakes.
Burlington, Jan. II. - The three .day
convention OF dairymen and maple sugar
makers In this city closed last night
with join banquet Of the two organ.
zations, at which Frank II Brooks, food
administrator was POSTMASTER Yes
terday forenoon Ebert 5. Brigham spoke
on THE Dairy Outlook" o. NJ. Cambrun
of Burlington, professor of animal nus.
bandry, spoke on "Eyhy Use Pure Bred
Sire 2" and Charles S. Bird secretary If
the New England Confectioners' associa.
ton, had a timely paper on "CUnfection
ers' Requirements in Maple Products
In the afternoon the COW test associa.
tion had n meeting and the woman 5
auxiliary gathered in the roof garden Of
the Hotel Vermont. A program was Civ.
en- there, with an address by Mrs. Nav
l. Wood of New Hampshire, chairman
% the woman's committee of national
Hse,
= recognition of the faithful and eff
sient service performed for the Yer
mont Dairymen's association for the last
six years, Rev. Charles j. Staples, pas
tor of the Unitarian church of this city,
has been presented an honorary life
membership in the association. The pres
entatiOn was made by President Rick.
ford. Rev. Mr.. Staples has offered pray
er at the opening session for many years
To f. A. Darling Of East Burke goes
the annual sweepstakes and the gold
medal award Of the Vermont Dairymen's
association for the best samples of dairy
butter entered in the competitive con
test, the sample having scored OF points
The sweepstake honors for butter Of the
creamery class went to C.. W. Lilley of
Marshtield, the sample scoring 06h
points,
There were 3S entries in the contest.
10 for the dairy and 10 for the creamery
class. The highest award scored was
% and the lowest was 50 points, while
the average score was o. The Judging
was done by Orrin Bent, veteran but
ter scorer, who for many years has been
employed by the firm Of /. H. Ballou &
Co. Of Boston. The exhibitors and the
score of each sample are shown below
Dairy class--E A. Darling, East
Burke, OF; G, J. Nelson Shackford, East
Ryegate, 96; S. n. Warner, North Pom.
fret, &c; c. n Leonard North Pomfret,
0G; W. II. Harrington, North Hartland,
sc; George Gebbie, Groton, 951s; A. T.
Sherburn North Pomfret, 05; Rowland
F. Robinson, Ferrisburg, %; II. NJ. Lee
Windsor, 95; Charles Gates & Sons
North Hartland, %; The Point farms, St
Adams, %; Myron G, Eastman, Lyndon
vile, "a; Frank Teer, West Rutland, %
Mrs Morton J. Bromley, Dandy, 90; D.
A. Blair, Barnet, %; John r. Caniow,
Pittsford, 81; Mrs. Roswell Tyson, Brat
tleboro, 30; Mrs. Arthine Delano, East
Shoreham, 80.
Creamery class-C. w Lilley, Marsh
field, 96h; H. L. Lister, Wells River, 96;
c. B. Vincent, West Hartford, 90; W. c.
Porter, Sharon, 05; J. f. Donahue, Yer
gennes, %; G.. NJ. Hayward, Middeburv,
05; F. G. Rist, Wilmington, 95; F. r.
Hayward West Fairlee, %; +. G. Hills,
North Montpelier, 9j; L. A. Ring, East
Corinth, 95; Mount Mansfield creamery,
Stowe, 95; W. p. Stone, South Straf-
ford, 95; T. T. Donahue, Burlington, 03;
J. B. Lucas, jr,, Middlebury, %; w II.
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East Montpelier, 03; G. M, Storey, North
Montpelier, 90; s, l.. Harris, Proctor, 92;
w. c. Donahue, Monkton, %.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
State Jersey Cattle club was held on
the roof garden of the Hotel Vermont
Tuesday evening The meeting was
largely attended by Jersey breeders from
all parts of the state and much inter
est and enthusiasm was shown. Off
GERS for the following year were elected
as follows; President, II. NJ. Lee of
Windsor; vice-president, w. G. Fassett
of Enosburg Falls; secretary, G. L. Tiff
fanny of East Berkshire; treasurer, Wal
ter Harrington of West Hartford; direc-
tors, NJ A. Adams of Derby, George
Bliss of St. Adams, f. l.. Davis of White
River Junction, F, H. Bickford of Brad.
ford.
A business meeting Of the Holstein-
Fresian club of Vermont was held, at
which routine business was transacted
The annual election does not come until
next August. President G. +. Gregory
of Dummerstou was in the chair with A.
P. Bigelow of Middlesex, secretary treas
urer, also attending
Treasurer NJ. A. Adams of Derby, in
his annual report, reported receipts for
the year of 81 ,622.39 and expenditures Of
Sl,l7696, which leaves a balance on
hand of $445.43.
Next year there viii be five special
money prizes offered by the Vermont
Maple Sugarmakers' association for the
best exhibit offered at the annual meet
ing of home made maple confections
This contest is open to any member of
the association whether he or she makes
sugar or not, for, if not, some sugar may
be bought for the purpose of entering
the contest. The prizes will be 500,
$50, 1926, SIS and $40, and further infor-
nation coE1erning the coming contest
may be had upon applying to the secre-