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pense, brought to Greenfield, and there exhibited, a very- 

 large and valuable assortment of improved dairy imple- 

 ments. No premiums or pecuniary inducements were of- 

 fered ; but the responses to the invitations of the committee 

 were so numerous, that it became a serious matter to deter- 

 mine what should be done with all the apparatus arriving. 

 The display of butter assumed such dimensions, that the 

 original plan, of placing both butter and utensils in the 

 lower hall, had to be abandoned ; and it was finally decided 

 to locate the implements and their exhibiters in the passage- 

 ways and on the stair-landings between the butter show 

 and the upper hall, where the meetings were held. The 

 only alternative was a hall in a separate building, some 

 distance from the centre of interest. To this arrangement 

 the exhibiters very cordially assented, although the accom- 

 modations were far from what they had a right to expect, 

 and by no means did justice to the merits of their articles. 

 Making the best of the situation, these gentlemen occupied 

 the several locations assigned them, and for two days were 

 the centres of interested groups of visitors, to whom the 

 appliances were carefully shown, and minutely explained. 



Vermont took the lead in this department; the well- 

 known makers of dairy fixtures at Bellows Falls, Poultney, 

 Burlington, and Peacham, showing samples of their sev- 

 eral manufactures. The Vermont Farm Machine Company 

 exhibited the famous Cooley Creamer, the Davis Swinging- 

 Churn, and the Eureka Butter- Worker, several sizes of each. 

 The Cooley Creamer has, probably, a wider reputation than 

 any other single one of the modern American dairy appli- 

 ances ; and butter made by this process has been remarkably 

 successful at the various shows, taking more premiums dur- 

 ing the last two or three years than that made by any other 

 special process. This creamer in its latest patterns, includ 

 ing the cabinet form, one with cans which may be emptied 

 without removal from the tank, one with hoisting attach- 

 ment, and the new metallic valve and discharge-tube (a very 

 decided improvement), shows that the makers are not con- 

 tented to rest upon honors won, but aim at perfection in the 

 work. The Davis Churn of wood, excellent in shape, well 

 made, and- efficient in its work, received the first premium 

 at the International Dairy Fair ; and in the official report of 



