The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-02-18
The Dairymen's Convention.

The Dairymen's Convention.
We give below condensed account of
the proceedings of the Illinois and Wis
consin Dairymen's Convention, held at Ell
gin, last week. We have elsewhere not
iced in this paper, that the next annual
meeting will be held in this city. The
meeting last week, appears to have met
the sanguine expectations of it's friends.
1t was we'll represented by the. dairymen
of northern Illinois and southern Wiscon
sin, and several dairymen of distinction,
were in attendance from other states.
The convention, came to order at II
o'clock in the forenoon; Mr.. King, of
Rockford, President for the past year, as
lsuming the duties of Chairman, and call
ing the meeting to order. an W IE
The Chairman then introduced Judge
Wilcox. of Elgin, who delivered an adj
dress to the convention, welcoming the
delegates present, in the name of the peo7.
lple of Elgin.
Judge Mcconnell, of McHenry county,
| followed in brief address, in which be
severely criticised the hight tariff policy of
our railroads in dealing with farming,
and more especially with the dairy inter
| ests
1t was then resolved that Mr.. j. III. Will
lard, of the Rural Ne,c Yorker, deliver
an address, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon,
iwhen the Convention adjourned till the
hour named. ti1&< Ga
4 AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the afternoon session. the Methodist
| Episcopal Church was completely filled.
| Dairymen were present, and taking deep
Interest in the proceedings, not alone from
Illinois and Wisconsin, but also from Ohio
land other neighboring states.
j Quite number of ladies occupied the
front seats in the church, an6 by their
4 presence and seeming interest IN the pro-
iceedings very naturally added to the en-
i thusiasm Of the creme de la creme of the
milky interest who were present
/ The hour of o'clock having arrived,
the President, Mr.. King, introduced to the
4 Convention the Hon. j. HI. Willard, of
Little Falls, Herkimer county, N. Y, who
had been selected to deliver the annual
laddress on this occasion. Mr.. Willard
ispOl1e for three hours, in most able and
eloquent mrnner. SID 4a4k93
4 The Convention then adjourned to Z
lo'clock in the evening. The Convention
will be entertained by the Elgin Milk
Company tomorrow afternoon.
EVENING SESSION. dt.3 t0
The evening session of the Dairyman's
Convention, was largely attended q
The following report, including the
Questions for discussion, was presented
and adopted;
"First- What is the best method of cool
| ing and preparing milk? 81 81. !.
"Second-The cause, prevention and
Treatment of fermented milk.
"Third-What is the best method of
preparing and using rennet? 81
j "Fourth-W hat is the best method OF
treating the curd, pressing and curing the
lcheese? @@
"Fifth-ls it practicable for western
dairyman to color their cheese :? 81
sSixth--What is the best method of
making and packing butter either for the
table or for the market? r4.A
i "Seyenth-The best breed of stock for
the dairy, and the best method of keeping
and treating the same. -
1 "Eigth-Diseases of COWS, and the best
manner of treating them" r. Sci
Resolutions were also adopted recon-
Intending the Legislatures of Illinois and
Wisconsin, to pass needful laws for the
protection of the dalrymen of those states
lagainst the abuse now practiccd, of sell
ling our dairy products under assumed
brands, or the brands of other states.
A long and interesting dicusslon was
had in reference to the practice of color.
ling cheese. The following resolution was
adopted, not without considerable oppo-
sition:
ResolUed: That this convention, believ-
| ing that the coloring of cheese is of no
benefit, but hurtful to cheese, we will use
our best end eavors to educate the people
to disuse of coloring
BUTTER MANUFACTURING. rsr 3.
The President; Mr.. King, delivered a.
very interesting address on the subject of
butter manufacturing, in which he submit
ted several very important considerations
on butter making to the Convention.
| A resolution was offered by Mr. Nor
row, of the Western Rural, the following
eff3t
"ResoIUed. That the interests Of the
cheese and butter makers are Identical;
! and this Convention would heartily APP
prove of the establishment of western but
ter factories"
STOCK FOR THE DAIRY.
Mr.. White, of Kenosha, advocated feed
ing oil-cake while feeding hay to cattle,
even when feeding meal The speaker
feeds l-cake, also feeds corn promiscu-
ously, to his COWS. it always pays to feed
heavily while cows are milking He
made 654 pounds of cheese to cow, some |