The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-14
CENTRAL VERMONT
CATTLE CLUB FORMED
Organization Started in Barre II
Thought to Be the Only One in
the Country Where Pure Bred
Sires and Federal and State
Supervision for Tubercu-
losis Are Required.

A group of farmers representing
Washington and Orange counties met
at the Worthen block, Barre, Thursday
afternoon and organized cattle club,
to be called the Central Vermont Cat
tie Club. This is big step taken by
the dairymen of this section towards
improvement in the dairy industry by
promoting better and more breeding of
the highest type of dairy cattle. R, A.
Briggs, Washington oeinty agricultural
agent, was chosen chairman OF the
meeting and DIR. E. Fl. Bancroft of
Barre, temporary secretary. A commit
tee which had been chosen previously
at farmers meeting made up of DR..
f. H. Bancroft of Barre, Neil Smith of
Williamstown, and w. f. Tucker of
Orange submitted for adoption con
stitution and by laws.
Following the adoption of the con-
stitution, nine directors were elected TO
head the organization. The directors
are men coming from different sections
of the two counties and are owners OF
all the common breeds of dairy cattle.
The directors are: DIR. +. H. Bancroft
Of Barre, w. r. Tucker of Orange, j.
p. Davis of Chelsea. VI. II. Moody OF
Waterbury, o. J.. Dow of Cabot, Ar
thur White of West Topsham, Neil
Smith Of Williamstown, G. NJ Jones
of Waitsfield, and r. B. Catlin of Ran
dolph.
The object of this cattle club is to
promote the breeding of more and bet
ter dairy cattle, to properly advertise
in the buying states by centralizing
information regarding cattle for sale.
TO encourage selling. in carload lots,
thereby obtaining prices that will en-
courage raising of better dairy stock
for market, to promote community
ownership of pure bred bulls of the
best possible breeding, to wage un-
ceasing warfare upon bovine tusercn-
losis and contagious abortion, TO ban
ish the scrub sire. to do all that is pos
sible to make farm life attractive TO
the boys and girls and encourage them
TO remain on the farms, TO encourage
the spirit of good fellowship, unity and
cooperation among members of the
club and 10 promote the agricultural
and dairy interests Of the state,
Membership in this club WITH be
composed of dairymen who will use a
pure bred sire excluNvely in their
herds and whose herds shall be under
state and federal supervision for the
eradication of tuberculosis
A paid secretary will be employed,
whose duty IL will be to keep complete
information at hand Of all stock for
sale listed by members and will ad
vertise such stock locally and on the
down country markets. This will
serve az clearing house for dairymen
having first class stock for sale, and
offer splendid opportunities for secur-
ing the very best markets for their
surplus dairy cattle.
Provision will be .ade for an an
nusl field day each year, when boys
and girls will have an opportunity to
exhibit their stock for prizes.
The annual meeting of the club will
be held in Barre City on the last Tues
day In October,
As far as can he ascertained this Is
the first club Of its kind to be organ
lied in the country, where membership
requires the dsirymen to use pure
bred sire exclusively in his herd and
che herd 20 be under state and federal
supervision for tuberculosis.