, 1874-02-11
BUTTER AND CHEESE.
annual Meeting Of tho Northwestern
Onlrylnc1a3A AASOcfnttOn.

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Dnirylnc1l'H Association.
WoopsTooK, Fob. 10.-The ctghtl, untun, rcotng
Of tho Northwestern Dairytnons Association bcgan
day at ta place. ThH Association hns ntcad!1y
In 1auinbora and Importance, and now includes ia a
membership thu loading tlnrymcn of tho Northwest,
especially Of Illinois and Wisconsin.
Thcro wns MI Informal session this Afternoon, nt
Which the preliminary buBincaa afrairs wcro sotel
nna some interesting acattoring discussions hold.
Tho regular Bessions commenced tits evening ut Tie
Court-tlouhe. Tlo Convention VIVA welcomed to tho
hospitaioa Of Woodstock by ". II. Stowart, In nu
appropriate address, which waR responded 10 by tito
President, 8. Fhvi1l, Of I.ako Mills, Wis.
Tho lrcsident'a annual ad.lrcsa was then delivered
1Ic began with cotnpu,onng tho .'airyn,cn OF tho
complain of drought and sna1l product iu 1878. Wo
tairy products. THO panic atone prevented higher
nyerago prize than III lara It was shown TINT
Our clleeae atlA hcr has successfully :onpotcd With
a Ea9"rn na pra@nst n Msw xork nna nostnn The
soo has ee rSed Syo
Of butter Tho number who produce tirst-cass butter
overwhelming ho snarkot for sosno ,i,as to a conc,
although It u tho hutcr produced was ilrs-clasa tll
luice would certainty full.
r:rfactlon No SHOULD gve moro attention to butor
making IN The conventions.
the fertility Of tho no and lloipng supply mnnkind
with cten} food. THO food That viii produce polt,
Of a'eef wili produce ~ pon'dR of cheese md one
e eef ee'S' 'h' n''f''S0 '''e OF two pounds
Dairying rsqnires close attention md much labor
and hc Fhoull invest thls to tho best advantage ii
gra!n groWIE l.e Is lals dtin9 nearly haf tho year.
r. Sryng he employs bis lauor Throughout the year
nroaau,ctjon. When 1t sold III eents pound il WIS
Datrsing furnishes partial solution to tho vosed
Question of TRANSPORTATION. Farmers who complain Of
tue hgh ~ p'1soS to. s,p'ng corn ogat to think TINT
ahtp checso. 40 q rule, datryncn hayo complained
littls Of railroads aud nouopolics, they have ono
we'll
Awelcomo was given the patronB OF Husbandry, md
gooa results wcrc expected, but mainly from thoir
educational influence.
Among questions demanding attention is TINT Of
co1nliIed butter and cheesc.luak!ng-of skmtning
milk for el.ecau-n,aking Another Is tho alylsahll.
When they no iod besL Darymcn should rateo their
own COWS, rather than rely on buying them, All
yield Of product, md II this is tloo our dairy region
aucceed well financially,
Tho Secretary, q. i. Morrow, Of Madison, Wis.,,
presented Ids an1iua report. Tho hoanaociatlon relics
its nsenbership fees and aomo little ADVERTISING IN
Published Transactiona for funds. It docs not re-
ectvo State nd; ta sclfBrsaining. The value Of tho
annual reports is undcrestinatel. II full statistics
Every factoEyman nn maker of .cces and butter for
market Is npycd to sons hia name aud adrcas uu,,l-
Der Of cows and product Of butter aud cceso In 1873
to tho Secretnry.
Nothing would 10 more to insure Tho reputation Of
Norhwestern dairy products han to have full stas-
ttca published 10 tie world.
No oqua number Of tar1noEa in the sa1ne regions in
ILLINOIS aid Wisconsin hnvo done we'll in tho la4t
half dozen yeara as tho darycn. Tho profits III 1873
were satisfactory. The qualify of tho product wns
s much m, 1mprovSd. For mnny furmers bn,eE-nlakng
Dasrymen have done wisely in looking for foreign
narkes when ucclicd, but NO should LOOK Hrs Of all
to our home, Western. Southern, and Northern mar
kets. Building up thcAc will 10 the beat wo ran do
holding ourselves FREQ to ship whenever find best.
Our cheeao has s just reputation assigned It much
more frc1uo1!tly now than formerly, anl tho sans
Boards Of Trado ana e,to days in dairy centres
should 10 encouraged BY both buyers anu sellers. Tho
tino will soon come when tho ntry produce dealers Of
Tho prospects for dalrying III tho Northwest we're
mover brighter. There is n steady iucrcnao IN th1
number Of facorea and darics year by year. Special
interest Ia now felt In Central InoiB Iowa. aud Mil
nosota. In tho older regions buttcr-nalng IN taking
the pnco Of caccac-Muking to oxtent. Both can
DO widely extended. much larger Ia adapted to
in caitltul climate grass and other food for cows
can DO grown ut reasonable coHt taryiug can DO pr
sued with fair succegs.
Ths report referred to many Of tho yet unsettled
questions Of much Importance to airymD md urged
them.
Tho meeting promises to bo decidedly surcesaful
and more largely attended thnn any former QUO. Mr.
Stewards atesS Of welcome was exceedingly nppro-
PIRATE. President EoE3s nnnual address was received
VII the favor tts practical good aense deserved.
many important auggcstions Tomorrow The general
question OF the adaptation OF the Northwest to dairy
ting, Of tho profits Of the business and tho breeding,
To-orrow evening Trof burrti, Of the illinois 1n.
Growths."