Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16

The 49th annual meeting Of the Yer
mont Dairymen's association and the 18th
annual meeting of the Vermont Sugar
Makers association, held Jointly at Arm
DRY hall in this city, began Tuesday.
The convention opened at 10 o'clock
with a prayer by the Rev. Charles J.
Staples, pastor of the Unitarian Church
Of this city, followed by an address of
welcome given by Secretary James =.
Taylor of the Burlington Merchants as
ISOLATION and Chamber Of Commerce in
behalf of Mayor ]. Holmes jackson The
response for the s~ugarnakers was given
by c. o. Ormsbee of Montpelier. the sec
rotary, as C. f. Martin of Rochester
was absent, and the response for the
dairymen was made by F. c. Adams for
S. L. Harris of Proctor. who also was
absent.
SUGARMAKERS' IMPORT
Following the official opening, the re-
port of the secretary and treasurer Of
the Sugarmakers' association was given
by the secretary-treasurer, G. o. Orms-
bee of Montpelier. The report showed
that 25 new members Joined during 1918
and so former members returned. The
total membership, however. represents
only 1-5oth part of the actual number of
i - % ~ IN ph'NS ehS oeo
makers in general. 1918 was the most
profitable year. In 1892. when the asso-
| citation was first formed, farm labor was
worth 500 per month and maple sugar
sold for five cents per pound. and 1t was
uphill work to make a profit at the sugar
business then. Yet the farmers did It.
The total amount Of maple sugar made in
Vermont in 1918 was 10, 900, 900 pounds.
The average price received by the farmer
was 20 cents per pound, totalling about
So, 100000 Were the maple sugar industry
developed to it's fullest extent each sugar
town would get about $4,000 more an
nually.
THE MATTER WITH VERMONT
SUGAR"
Secretary c. o. Ormsbee Of Montpelier
then read a paper on What is the Mat
ter with Vermont Maple Sugar." In
brief, he said: Vermont maple sugar Is
all right, but the Vermont maple sugar.
maker Is a long way from being on his
job. The man who produces the Vermont
maple sugar should receive a higher price
for his product. Vermont maple sugar
is recognized the world over as the best
made. but the Vermonter who makes it
gets less per pound and gallon than any
other maker of the same kind of goods
AL hhy ctiiS SthtC. III oNiiS oShtCo a
large trees in more than one place. Why
not Vermont?
Prof. II. B.. Ellenberger of the Uni
versity of Vermont and State Agricul-
tuarl College opened the afternoon pro-
gram with an address on DAIRY Products
in the Natural Diet Prof. Ellenberger
gave a long and most interesting adj
dress. containing many facts and figures
which bore out his statements.
More ~'Sheep-More WOOL was the
subject of the address and demonstra-
ton given by A. c. Bigelow of Philadel-
phia. Mr.. Bigelow urged that the farm
ers take to sheep raising and that they
band together against the ravages of
dogs and for the enforcement of the dog
laws now in existence. He had bags of
various kinds of wool and demonstrated
the kind of wool to produce.
c.. E. Badger of East Montpelier, a
sugarmaker, CAV an address on "Or-
ganization and Cooperation which was
brief but to the point. He urged that the
sugarmakers make the best Of their or
ganiZation and cooperate to secure bet
ter results, more members and better
advantages in general. His address
closed the afternoon session,
HOLsTEIN-FRIEsIAN NIGHT
=. OBSERVED.
= Tuesday night was duly observed as
Observation-Disclosures night and thai
= breed of cattle became a watch word with
l every dairyman in attendance. They
talked 1t, they heard 1t and possibly
in the wee sma' hours they dreamed 1t
However, all agreed that the Holstein'
Friesian association has something tc
t boast of in Tilly Alcartra, the world:
champion cow. This cow, only 6 year,
l old, has produced in that six years
| S15,677.61 worth OF milk at the presen
New York market price. She has pro
duced enough milk which in a singl,
stream would reach from Boston L
a Francisco.
8 J. NJ. Kelley Of williston. Chicago
s and several other places about tn
o country told the dairymen la wa
the trouble with them as only a dairy
man knows, for he was brought Vi
on a farm and now operates two II
q Williston. He started off with a sor
of a air-gun Commandment of tn
/ methods or rather the lack of method
of the daiyrmen and wound up witt
a verbal barrage of the BUSY Bertha
r. type. For range and accuracy he ha,
them all wondering where his mex
y spoken she'll would land. He said, il
part:
~ " III has ROt
unless 1t is a slight mixture of agricul
ture. There Is a new era to-day. Tha
new condition mani moro milk
more production and hotter grade O
II milk. Dairy herds of Europe are shat
tered to pieces. h government de
mands more and more dairy product
from the States to send abroad.
THE dairymen Of to-day are not organ
lied sufficiently. They hide their ligh
70 under a bushel instead of letting tn
world know their grievances. The
must organize. They must have Stat
. and federal aid. There should be n de
partment of dairying in the President
a, cabinet. There should be a system q
public education to tell the world tn
value of the dairy products.
"Money for this public education shoul
come out of the consumer and not tn
dairymen. That Is an overhead charg
> and should be paid by the public. A su
Of clothes has It's sale price. In ths
IN sale price is a sufficient profit to pa
Nv for advertising. light, rents, sa'
IN aries, etc. Those are overhead charge
and the public pays for them. why M
" for the advertising Of dairy products
ha The dairyman has IN nav overhea