The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-15
SEPTEMBER BUTTER SCORING.
Deerfeld Valley of Wilmington Scored
the Highest.

The sixth educational butter scoring
of the year was held Sept. 20 at tae
North Montpelier Cooperative cream
cry, North Montpelier. Many creamery
men from surrounding creameries at
tended as well as several local patrons.
In all more than go people were pres
ent. A general appetizing lunch was
served by the management after when
meeting was held in the hall. very
interesting chart summarizing the BUS
mess Of this creamery from the time u
was founded, 25 years ago, was exhip-
tied This showed the pounds of butter
made, the price paid for butterfat, the
total money paid patrons and the cost
of making a pound of butter for each
year. The first butter made only
brought Is l-3 cents per pound, while
last year the average price paid Tor
b,,tterfat was n cents per pound.
This creamery has had steady ami
ia pid growth from the beginning which
is due in no small measure to f. Z.
Hills, who has been buttermaker and
manager ever since its organization III
| 1895. He has been very successful In
producing a uniform grade OF butter
which has earned reputation and has,
therefore, been able TO hold tne same
| market for 25 years
| Professor Ellenberger announced the
results of the scoring and emphasized
the Importance of making butter OF
high quality and above all of uniform
| ty. He advocated grading and paying
| for cream according to quality Mr.
Mulholland, state marketing agent
spoke regarding the great difference y
| market values between butter OF medi'
nm and high grade and the constant
demand for the best butter County
Agent Briggs showed the ineffective,
4 ness of attempts at local price fXing o.
commodities such as dairy product:
and potatoes which are produced ovel
such great areas.
Other speakers were II. T. BeiknaI
and A. G.. Mackay, both Boston marke'
dealers. who stated that Boston wa
coming to look more and more TO Yer
mont for strictly high-class butter 10
the fancy trade. They emphasized tn
market demand for uniform produc
and advocated more even production
throughout the year. just now there y
j decided shortage of high quality Yer
mont butter.
The Butter Scored.
/ Twenty-Five creameries entered sam
ples which averaged better than for tn
past few months. A few showed
| curdy flavor doubtless due TO infre
ouent delivery Of poorly cared 10
cream BY some patrons. Some entire
were a little underworked and one
two were oily. The judging was don
bv Professor II. b. Ellenberger OF tn
| College of Agriculture al Burlington, I
II. Marble OF Lewis. Mears Co. OF Dos
ton. H. p. Belknap of George A. faie
h Co. OF Boston and A. G. Mackay OF 7
[. r Deering Co. Of Boston.
| Charles Gilbert of George a. Fale
i Co. was also present. These men eN
nressed themselves as well please'
with the general quality OF the entire
and stated that Boston could handl
much more Of such butter than II
now getting.
Three samples were high in moisture
!. Scores of the other nineteen are liste
below. The average commercial scor
was OLAF and the average composltio
score was 1857. The composition
these nineteen samples averaged, sl.9
PEI cent fat, l4.66 per cent water, 2.3
per cent salt, one per cent curd.