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Show rr..t.ll... Xl Vr.l.,1. At tho Vermont Stnto Dairy convention conven-tion held recently MnJ Hinry K. Al-vord, Al-vord, chief ot tho Dairy division of tho department of agriculture, stated that tho experiment of shipping butter io foreign markets hnd begut tho confidence confi-dence of foreign merchants, by showing them that Americans could furnish an ixccllent quality of butter nnd place It on their markets In us good condition condi-tion ni other countries Partly as tho result of the department's work, thero wna moro demand for American butter and clieeio abroad than our merchants could supply Ho did not bollova In tha uso of preservatives In buttor. Great Urltalu waa tho best market to cultivate, and no preservative waa needed to send butter thero, Sweden and Denmark boasted that they could send butter there without prcsorva. tlvcs liven butter color was not needed need-ed for tho beat buttor market In all Unglnnd Manchester. In order to compete successfully with Sweden, Denmark and Canada, what waa needed on dairy exports was the official stamp ot approval by this government, guaranteeing guar-anteeing tho purity. It buttor Is ot excellent ex-cellent quality, It would sell abroad In any kind ot packago, but tastes and preferences should be studied. The English market holds to the old hundred-weight ot 112 lb , and wants package pack-age of 112 lb , EG lb and 28 lb. It a man had good clean, pure milk, bo would not recommend pastourlxatlon. It was a premium on slovenly dairying, and cooked milk wna not aa digestible a raw, |