28 VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



Estimated by the returns that have been received, 18,000,000 

 pounds of butter was manufactured by about 150 creameries 

 which were in operation the full year at a cost of about 27 j 

 cents per pound to manufacture, paying to the patrons full 19 

 cents per pound net. This does not include the largest cream- 

 ery in the world, which manufactured 2 ,500,000 pounds of butter. 



About 5,000,000 pounds of cheese were made at the facto- 

 ries. Several factories furnish only cream which is expressed 

 daily to the markets and the amount of milk shipped is increas- 

 ing year by year. 



Maple sugar, one of our valuable products, has suffered 

 greatly during the past year. The crop the last season was 

 much below the usual amount, caused partly by the ravages of 

 the forest caterpillar, which defoliated many forests last year 

 and continued their work in new sections this year. 



AGRICULTURAL FAIR SOCIETIES AND ASSO- 

 CIATIONS. 



Following will be found a list that are working in the inter- 

 ests of agriculture. There are some Farmers' Clubs that meet 

 quarterly or annually, but I am unable to furnish any list. 



Cattle Commission — The work of the Board as Cattle Com- 

 missioners will be found under a separate head. 



C. J. BELL, 



East Hard wick. Secretary. 



ASSOCIATIONS. 



State Agricultural Society — President, George Aitken, 

 Woodstock ; Secretary, Henry Clark, Rutland (deceased); 

 Treasurer, J. Walter Parker, Quechee. 



Vermont Dairymen's Association — President, George W. 

 Pierce, Brattleboro Secretary, F. L. Davis, No. Pomfret ; 

 Treasurer, P. W. Strong, No. Pomfret. 



Vermont Maple Sugar Makers' Association — President, 

 Alpha Messer, Rochester; Secretary, A. J. Croft, Enosburgh 

 Falls; Treasurer, V. I. Spear, Randolph, 



Vermont Jersey Cattle Club — President, Homer W. Vail, 

 North Pomfret ; Secretary, T. G. Bronson, East Hardwick ; 

 Treasurer, N. L. Boyden, Randolph. 



The Vermont Merino Sheep Breeders' Association — Presi- 

 dent, Ira L. Hamblin, Middlebury ; Secretary, Lewis A. Skiff, 

 Middlebury ; Treasurer, Lewis A. Skiff, Middlebury. 



State Horticultural Society — President, T. L. Kinney, So. 

 Hero ; Secretary, F. A. Waugh, Burlington ; Treasurer, F. A. 

 Waugh, Burlington. 



