Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-01-21
DAIRYMEN AND sUGARMAKERs
Held Important Meeting in Burlington
Last Week


Last Week
The annual convention of the COM
bined Vermont Dairyman and sugar
makers associations was held IN Bur-
lington three days last week.
Many important speakers ADDRESS
ed the convention. One lmporIaho
fact developed and that is the yer
mont cow is falling behind IN her mix
production and now ranks lar peIoW
| that of some other states. President
F H Bickford of the Dairyman's as
ISOLATION said in part, vermont
farms are best adapted to dalrylng
! and whatever our personal feelings
are in the matter, / believe the SNIP
ping of whole milk is to continue to
! increase until the greater part OF the
milk produced in the state will be
sold as whole milk. Certainly the
milk made nearest the railroads VIII
be shipped and the creamerles fartne[
/ back will be used as feeders or Tor
the manufacture of commercial sweet
cream. The time will come when
Vermont will be an importer of but
! ter. This will be determined some
what by the amount of oleomargerlne
the farmers use in their own taml-
lies"
Governor Clement in his addr IS
urged the necessity of the strictest
economy III the conduct Of the states
affairs il m of the smaller places
would not be actually BANKRUPT. He
said that the slogan Something to
Tax had been used to the limit and
Something to do without" should be
substituted.
"'Take the town of Belvidere, for
instance, with grand list of about
| $4,000 and 105' taxable polls. The
tax rate of $500 will be insufficient.
! This also applies to Wardsboro, with
grand Hist of less-than $4,000 and
liz polls and a present tax rate of
! 81 go; and Concord, with grand list
of less than $4,000, and % polls will
probably find its enormous tax of
S4.35 Insufficient to dc business On.
/ There are scores OF examples, which
/ might cite, from the records CT the
tax commissioner, but in a general
way / cannot impress upon you too
strongly the necessity: First, of
honest grand lists, setting the value
Of property at its lawful figure; sec
ond, the need of absolute economy in
the conduct of not only the town af-
fairs but all state affairs.
"Y GU should impress upon your rep
llecent; tiTes in the Legislature of 1921
lIlO 1dCG llic1I p1ODc1D4S iii VI
the towns in the state will be in fl
nancial difficulties before the end of
/ the year, and that the state revenue
from known sources will probably be
| less rather than greater. Absolute
economy must be observed if our
towns are to continue as solvent units
| of a great corporation"
The new officers of the Dairyrlan's
association are: President, S. L.
Harris of Proctor; first vice presi-
dent, T. c. Hills of Worth Montpe-
lier; second vice president, George H.
/; Ferrill, of Morrisville; secretary,
Orlando E. Martin of Plainfield IRE
elected) treasurer, Walter II. Har-
-Ered L. Davis of Hartford
Among the resolutions is the fol-
lowing:
"Myron A. Adams of Derby, for
merly president of the Dairymen's as
ISOLATION, long time its treasurer,
senator from Orleans county, farmer,
creamery manager, a quiet, unobtru-
sive, kindly gentleman, died at his
home last summer. For more than a
score of years, he has been a constant
attendant at our cetIngs. He did
notable service 20 or more years ago
in harmt niZing an unhappy division
in our ranks which Tor some time
threatened to split the association as
| sunder. This episode has been for
gotten by many of us; indeed, the
younger generation hardly knows
about it. 1t was real service that
he rendered and the weld he then
made has stood the test of time"
The result of the butter scoring
was read by o. L. Martin The win
ner of the association gole medal and
creamery sweepstakes cup was the
Green Mountain Creamery of North
Eraftsbury with a score of SO and
the dairy sweepstakes cup went to H.
971z.
. The officers of the Sugar Makers
, are as follows: President c. A.
Barber of East Montpelier; first vice
t president, V. l Spear of Randolph;
} second vice president, G. +. Colon of
: Dandy; secretary, Merrill j. Corliss
) of Berlin; treasurer, L L. Story of
East airheld; executive committee.
II. n. Hopkinson of Cuttingsville and
/ s. ID. Strong of Fayston; auditor. P.
! Il. 3. Northrup OF Sheldon.
One Of the papers before the Sugar
Makers was by Frank Teer of Rut-
land, who gave an account of the use
! OF the direct piping system fer col
: Letting sap.
: Mr.. Teer said he had been using
the direct piping system since 1916.
Inc system consists ir running the
pipe. lines from the trees to the su-
! gar house, and the sap is made to run
easily by putting small holes in the
, pipe at intervals to let the ain in. The
pipe is made of tin, loaded over, and
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