The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-30
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 in 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
CTedmeTieS III tue sthtos n ilbb
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 plants con-
corning plans and remodeling Of
creamery buildings.
Creamery Inspection - Sixty
creameries, cheese factories and
shipping stations and SO farms yisi-
ted. Five hundred and sixty sam
pies OF milk and cream tested for
butter fat, 404 acid tests, 906 sedi-
ment tests and 36 moisture tests,
made.
Cow Testing Work: Cow testing
associations were visited and ad-
dresses were given at 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 1915 head Of cattle, tuber-
culin tested by state and federal
veterinarians; total of 56 head con-
demned, of which % head were
killed and Is 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 IS 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 head
OF cattle reported tested for ship
ment out of Vermont, none con-
demned.
One hundred and thirty-nine head
of cattle admitted into the state on
permits as follows:
So head tuberculin tested
II head for immediate shipment
IA head on physical examination
2 head for breeding purposes
Five head cattle imported with
out permit were reshipped out of the
State.
Six hundred and fifty eight horses
were reported entering the State,
AS on physical examination, 204 on
maliein test and 6 for immediate
Forestry: Nine Of the working
DAYS of the month were devoted to !
work Three forest fires
were reported, costing total of
$3.50 for help to extinguish them
for normal fire season |
is practically completed. Three ad-
ditional lookout stations for use of
the department in the discovery OF
fires are being constructed and when
completed will be manned at fed
eral expense.
The forest planting work was COM
pleted early in May, The three
largest jobs undertaken by the de-
partment wora the additions to the