Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-15


farmer. We hear constantly about the
to investigate the farmers price of milk.
with the idea in mind that he s profiteer-
ing and K is unnecessary TO maintain the
present price Of his products. Have any
onr OF you known Cf a committee being
appointed with tho idea of reducing the
prices OF those things the farmer il
obliged 20 buy? Everyone is striking but
the farmer and | am inclined to think
son.e cf Us are striking y to continue In
the unarprcciated business Of farming;
nevertheless l an firm believer in the
ultimate success of the farmer especial
ly of the Vermont dairy farmer.
If you will pardon me ] would like to
quote from a speech of Mr. Mum. pres
idant of the American Jersey Cattle club.
delivered in New England short time
ago. Mr. Mum said
This nation was born from an inspir-
a;!on by the freaide OF farm and coun-
try home. The midnight ride. OF Paul
Revere was an inspiration born where the
shadows from the tireside danced on the
walls in a country home. There has new
er been national crisis when that pa
tiiotic spirit engcndcred back there by
the Preside of thc home in the country
has not come forward with its might and
saved the country. It is by that freside
where there are gathered in the evening
the father. mother and children. that the
real substantial character is built, and
where the real love of country and re-
spect for good are born, far more than in
cities"
Before closing ! must pay a tribute to
my fellow Ia borcr. Mr. Myron Adams. at
ono time president and for great many
years treasurer Of this association, who
was called from us during the past year.
man among men. friend well worth
having and of great worth We shall
miss him. but the mantle of his faithful
service in this organization must fall on
some worthy member.
In closing let me say. am convinced
, that this Dairymens association started
20 years ago. has before il now a long
useful life. ] thank you all for the loyal
support and help have received during
the many years I have been one Of your
officers. and wonld ask for the ncom-
ing officers the same support. and please
! remember that tho success of this asso-
citation does not depend as much on tho
efficiency Of its officers az upon the 10y
atty of its members. Again 7 thank
you.
II. NJ. Walsh. graduate of the Uni
versity of Vermont and now United States
food and drug inspector of Boston, spoke
on legal packages and labels Mr.. Walsh
said that it was to the credit of the
maple sugar makers that in the history
of prosecution for violation of the pure
food, not one case could be found against
! the Vermont farmer. This was remark
able in a product in such demand as Ver-
mont maple sugar when adulteration
could be practced with such profits. He
could say almost the same of the butter
packages. There have been some slight
deficiencies in the weights but no gross
violation.
Mr.. Walsh then took up the subject of
labels. The final packages must . be
labelled and the department prefers an
educational campaign to prosecutions. for
/ 1t realizes, in the case of the farmer,
when laws are almost too numerous to
mention, that many violations are due to
ignorance However If this is persisted
in, the day will come when the law will
take its course. The big packers are
!obeying the law, for they know what it
is. The trouble is with the smaller man.
The speaker believed that it was almost
impossible to get every farmer to label
the dairymens to take hold of the matter
and have the manufacturers of cans and
other containers mark the contents on
the can. Labels fail off and it difficult
for the farmer to do this There are few
manufacturers of cans and the proposi
tlon seer'ed an easy one. He also war; ed
against too much moisture in butter This
was one or the causes of short weigh.
ana also tended toward the violation OF
the butter fat requirements He advised
IN" creaTertes to purchase moisture
fosters. Mr.. Walsh also spoke Of the cheese
now being made from skim milk This
Ishould be marked, if only a part of the
icontents were made Of skim milk The
vermont laws are nearly Identical with
tho federal laws. If the packages average
all light there is no question Of prosecu.
lion where the shipper apparently intends
20 ne hohcst. There have been cases OF
prosecutions for overweight but these are
IN the cases OF where man would at.
tempt to make the labelling ridiculous b,
perhaps marking two ounces on a pount
can and thus make the mark of no value
In these times the marking of yackaue.
must be observed, for in commodities lil,
spices the price has gone up tremendousl,
and the shippers try to get around tn,
customer by putting small amounts into
packages OF The same size as before
PURE BRED sIREs
~. f.. Burton of the bureau of anina
industry, Washington. D. c., was the mex
speaker Pure bred sires determine tn.
Fundamental capacity of an animal to b,
prohtable.' said Mr.. Burton He deter
mined The amount Of revenue which woult
De derived from the investment In grain
lie likened the old dairy COW to the frs
threshing machine he had seen when
look two days to do the work of few
hours The present COW should be i'm
proved Just as was the machine OF cours
IL taxes more power to operate 1t, but th
results are so much greater. If on
Oh the old cows produced 200 pounds o
putter Fat on G,200 pounds of grain an,
the new COW produced 400 pounds of but
Ter rat on $500 pounds of grain. the farm
er was saving 300 pounds of grain. III
predicted closer competition In the futur
with foreign couneries. In Australia but
ter rat is selling for 2S and 80 cents. II
denmark, the dairy industry is as goo
: as ever but business has not been ad