The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-01
N. w. DAIRYMEN's ASSOCIATION.
We clip the following from the ull'report
in the Chicago Fleming Journal, OF last Fri

| in the Chicago Evening Journal, OF last Fri
day: M @*4
| The Convention ofFthe Northwestern Dali
| rymen's Association met. as proposed, on
Tuesday morning, January 10th, at Elgin,
In. The President, Judge Wilcox, called
| the Convention to order. and after the open
ing prayer by Rev. Mr.. Edwards, it proceeded
Immediately to business The forenoon was
occupied by reports OF committees.
After calling the Convention TO order. the
President made few remarks, calling the
attention of all tothe Importance OF collect
ing statistics. He also reviewed the past
year very rapidly Much poor cheese haG
been made, and he hoped he members would
devise methods to improve The future pro-
ductlon of that article. The results of q ai@l
rying, he Thought, had proved 80 remnnera
tive as any other branch of farming. He
then announced the first subject for discus-
sion to be feed for, and management OF, the
dairy in summer.
Several gentlemen prominent in the dairy
interests spoke upon the question. and the
points brought out, by statistics and expert
ence, were, that there must be good pasture
and an abundance of clear, good water, not
too cold. Regular hours for feeding and
milking were also necessary, ana good shell
ter from storms. ~
Immediately following was the question,
feed for. and Management. of, the dairy in
winter. The points of this discussion were,
that cows required heavy FEEDING in winter,
at regular hours, good warm quarters, good
water twice day, and some exercise when
not too stormy.
The meeting was then adjourned until z
o'clock, when Mr. E. G.. Nor ow delivered
an address upon dairy interests.
A short discussion followed upon night
pasture for cows The Opinion seemed To be
very generally in favor of it
The next question was IN regard to the
value of cooked food rs affecting the flow of
oY.A 70 IN pIS in ard
omY. One speaker found that when his
ground feed was cooked, it only required
one half the amount when dry. Another
had steamed straw and corn sta ks aud
found cattle liked it, and seemed to thrive
upon it, but thought he could make hay
cheaper than he could steam food. 1t was
great job to cook straw, and grain, too.
must be cooked we'll. When grain was high :,
he thought it would be q good plan. Anoth,
er speaker had known an instance of cooked
food affecting the milk very materially, ma
king 1t thin and watery. @3Asl -
,~ SECOND DAY
Wednesday morning the Convention met
at hslf-past 9, and took up the size and
shape of cheese and best mode of manutac-
ture. Mr. Favill Of Wisconsin, read an es
say, in which he asserted the impractibiiity
| of manufacturing cheese IN q rectangular
| form. Cheeses ought to be made of smaller
sizes than they were now Tor The retail trade
| How to manufacture cheese in hot weather
was discussed, with littie result IN the way
OF information, except that chloride of cHc-
um might be used for keeping cheese houses
dry. t2+et 'h7Hi#4'o 2f t'Ae 15 , IA
In the afternoon some time was occupied
| In reading the Treasurer's report, and the
report OF the Committee on Nominate for
the following year. After the adoption OF
these, the Convention proceeded to talk upon
the manufacture and packing Of butte
Some experience was related, but the absO
LIT CD
milk make one of butter, aud that forty
pounds of milk make one OF butter and three
of cheese. -rt a s.sfsrq .t.-.s. ,,1t..l - ~.t9
This brought up the subject of marketing
dairy products The gentlemen whoeHgas ID
IN this were decidedly in earnest. The TACT
was stated that q large share OF tie cheese
made in Illinois, or even in the West, was
sold in Chicago under the name of New York
Icheese. People were humbugged aud made
to believe that no good cheese was made in
the West. Chicago commission merchants
Jared hard at the hands of the Convention.
Ia the evening Professor w. j Beat, OF the
Agricultural College of Michigan. gave an
Interesting address upon grasses4 In regard
to cutting grasses, he thought farmers did
not usually begin early enough; they were
governed by fashion as much as ladies
When 1t was about time to begin to NOW.
according TO convenience or habit, then they
did so, without reference to The best condi-
ton of the grass. i-E cd an e@".fa Ia-e. .d
Cattle should be fed that which they like
best: The best milk was not produced from
cattle fed on red clover. The subject OF
keeping pastures permanent was then refer,
red to. To do so 1T was necessary 10 ditch
them. For fall feed let the grass get well
started, and then top dress IT.; break up and
scatter the dropping put on the top dres.
sing harrow oyer and put seed on all the
bare places. Farmers ought to pay some at
tention to irrigation by means OF streams
and wells great profit would result from SO
doing.
The Professor closed by enjoining upon
farmers to cut their grass before il was IN the
Mower; then the roots would not be injured,
the weeds would have no chance for prOpa.
jgation by seed. and the hay would BE all the
Iswee er and better. stta g8E l4 3w6.4 ;,
BY request, the President, Judge Wilcox,
made seine excellent remarks interference 10
the branding OF goods by producers. A
gentleman Of the Convention, he said, had
related his experience in trying to sell his
cheese under his own name, and he could
not sell II. 4sa sHHGog flresife p eaIt EfsGag
Mr.. Boyce, q member of the Convention,
reiated his experience in branding butter,
ana found that certain parties, not long
after, had duplicated his brand.
Mr. Mclean, of the Egsn Butter Factory.
related that certain commission men in Chi
cag0, having taken a lot Of butter put mn In
: packages, marked in full. "Elgn Dairy But
ter" had made use of the packages for any
ou's0l Inoy coulu PICK up through the cOun
try, and were now selling what they call
i Eigin Dairy Butter,'' when there had been
no butter made at the factory for two months
He testified. that lhe' knew two honest corn.
mission men in Chicago. g
VI THIRD DAY.
4 Thursday morning the Convention was &c.
u cupled with q consideration OF the subject ~
cooling milk to make butter and cheese
Nearly all dairymen cool their milk some. nv
letting 1t stand until the air has cooled Il,
4 while large number arc in the habit OF i'm
mersing their cans of milk In cold water
from s,s "a 2 spring or well One or two present