, 1875-06-29
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
Colleges and tho
Newspapers.
Bntter.P Packages.-.Northwestern Dairy
Products at tho Centennial.
Tho American Pomologlcal Soclety's scs
sion In Chicago Next Fall.
Illinois cfop.prospaets -.0id.Fashtoned cult1yat
ors...Bee:. iugar...1aalh Of Prom
incnt ABrlcul|urlst.

ors."Bse.- 3ugar...naaih Of Prom
inent hBr'cuFurlst
Frtrarti for The Chteaao 7ri5nns.
Tic ARTICLES relating 10 b.lttor.mak!ng and
bnttor-packhges. given In TIE TRIBUNE, hare
awakened tie interest which tie importance OF
tho subject demands. Though itshould not have
boon no II no may bclievo the Reverend Regent
Of the 1.noia Industrial University, who, ii,
Ills speech before tho D,p,iet Minis terial 1nsti
tuto .. Dcs s1oines, 1a., did not want hia hearers
to read tho duly pnpora. 1t ia the fact that No
man Of onltnro or literary ambition. or who de-
sired to improve h!H mind. would do t., I" twill
account for tho lack Of common-senao
knowledge among tloso Professors and
osllora wlio follow the spcakas'a
adyicc. II, a. statea, ho would hs soon Ask bis
servant to emptT pail OF Blop On Its head every
day from tho chambor-wlndov "A TO road tho
daily papers, "tLo penapco OF submitting to even
thin soc1atian aud olorous bath Of classical an
tlquty would 10 well repaid II thereby Or.
Gregory might DO lod to itud that molcsu, uvo,
practical literature Which only tho newspaper
press can supply. Wo recollect aomo years
ago hearing him explain IL III aftcr.dnner
speech, to Convention Of Illinois editors At
Champaign, how ho waa going to institute 4
school ut tho University from which ilcdgo!lng
ctlitutB vcro to be scattered broadcast uves tho
land. uas no found out tint editors orc born.
not made aud Ia that what haa disgustna him
witt, newspapers Fortunately tho Trustees Of
tho University aso now running tlht institution
tilcnEovcs, thaalis to the prcns he condemns;
and tho lsto appointment Of Dr. Milos, for,ne11.
Of Tho 3l;chigan Agricultural College, as Profess
Aor OF Agriculture n: CthfnnaiBn, will bo i,nilod
by Ito people Of the State, not only as a stop
forward. but IT. tho right direction. Tho Irus-
tees do read tho papers, and propose to give tho
pcoplo something luaidea stones Hllon tacy nsk
Of bread. Dnt to return 10
THE nu1TEn qyrnT1os.
corrosrondcnt, Mr., Barber, Of CanIoh N.
Y.,--in relation to packages. says tho following
arc among sotuo Of tho moro prominent ad-
vantsSes:
Tlcy hold wha,cver Is put into them without ateorp-
t.on or Boaiagc q xaTng Ct from to pounds per
\ .av,ne Of nearly c.ath ths, freight urcr wood,
and nurll oyer cat llltn Or stone.
II :.voi~ all disputes about tara or ehort-wcglts
ro.s,ceTs ran demand MI fract!onsl Weights.
Tlctc rarkaKts require no stfapfng or mailing ia
tccrro lie ceretr flint, in tho end, thry lilo
| cheapest lactaGh III usc.
w1lrTE-prnucE TuHs.
I,airrman." McIlsn1 Centre, Wis, writes !:
| "parles hcso aro recommending white-Hprico
| packages for bustor;" and assa II "1ho Fa1n
! aud Gasdou counidors them safe to slac, and
w!lcller tho pitch [rosin) Of the wood will not
cauao tho butter to taato thereof.
We havo always advocated eoutd, licsstwood
uh!tc-oals tuba Or firiius as tho best
yet. Butter will imbibo tho taate OF
any package in which it IL p!acod. Honco
tho necessity Of thoroughly soaking tho now
frkina, OF Whatsoever kind; whether Of oak,
| preferably, or Of aBt1, as tho next best wooden
material. We baye mover used spruce packaSos,
| and therefore, cannot Rpeak from experience !;
but should taho no mans word for their exco-
lencc, except that Of practical dalryn,cn, What
say you, gcpLlemen,-aro spruce iubs superior
| fer bnttcr7
NORTHWESTERN pA,uy-rnopucTa AT TUE CBSTrx-
| NAL.
| AZ tts last BeBston tho Northeastern Da'ry-
mcl.'s Ahsociation appointed Committee cou-
siatiug OF c. G. buell.. Nocls Falls; IL. IT..
Thompson, Elglu. III. d; II. Smith. s1iotoySan
| Falls; II. q. Ju,,es, Fort Atkinson, Wis.,; and
L. H. Cl,nmhorlin OF Kirkvil!e, Ia, to Cooperate
with tho Centennial ConMitten Of the American
Dairymcna Association, OF which J. Y. II. Sco-
yiIl, Paris, N. J., IL Chairman, and g. Z. Nor
row, Of tho Western Hurat is member for tho
Northwest.
h1r. borrow. to whom communications mar bo
addressed, announces that in,euding exhibitors
may rely OIL tho assurnnco TINT their goods will
be propory carod for, aud lispoacd Of at tue
closo Of tho exhibition for their benefit. As tho
| Expohitlon upcns May III, 1t will bo necessary
that cheese, and, To como Axtc,t. hutte OF tha
yoarB make, shall bo exhibited. ut tho trat at
least; Louco eumc cheese made With special
! nfA n liza khrnfrr rUnfit{eN rhrnL1 hN
manufactured this ecnscn by intending d.
htMt0ra.
It IL hoped stato and other Dairy Aesocia-
ttons, Boards OF Traie. etc., will dlecuda thte
matter aud n3tieavur to Houure 1aneral recognt-
ton aud appreciation Of tho inrortance OF ihose
Interested tn dalrylng in the Northwest making
Gocd uBe of this favorable opportunity for at
srnctng intention to what Inns all eady boen done
and to tho capabilities OF tho Northwest aa a
T1lE AuEl,1cAN roMoIoo1cA1 soc1Ery's SESSION.
A iolat letter OF o. l.. 0nluoha, Secretary Of
tho Illinois horticultural Bocletv, and ". G,
FlRFg. Secretary Of tho American Physiological
Bocoty. announces that, ut tho session to 90 lod
in Chicago Hopt. g. ., and H. tho Society vii
hold its meetings for discussions in tlo Metho.
d,Bt Episcopal Church, Routheant corner oi
Washington and CLARK srests. Theso vail be ~.
tolod, As heretofore, by leading loitic,1lturiatE
from a!i parts Of tho country:
Under tho auspices Of tho Illinois State Tlortt'
cultural Society, thero will alao DO hold. in TIC
Interstate 1uduetrial Exposition building, a
na.oual exhibition OF tho fruits and othor lorti.
cultural products Of North America. 6eyes
sl,oueAnl square feet OF Hpacs in the Bonth enc
| Of tho main floor and gallery Of tho groat Expo
s,tlun building will bo assigned to tho yationt
States, Iolrlt0ries, and Provinces; and. In the
space aesianel to each State. Territory 0,
Province, N1ll be arranged the State, county
society, or individual collections. contributed
therofrotn. 10 this end. the rorsonal ctIottt
and influence OF hnIticulturistB, 1t Ia hoped, vii
10 used to secure complete representation o'
trukprodaoss.
Upon the Bame day, aud In tho same building
dust.ies vii brgin its four wecka' exhibition
Ffea ttcaots, admitting them to all phrts OF thu
E1posiston du,tog tha Convention, will be lssuet
to all members OF tho American pomo!ogtcal 30