, 1877-12-20
A Series Of interesting and
Profitable Discus.
siors.
Tie Extent and Importance Of the
Foreign Cheese. and Butter
Trade,
papcrs Rend on breeds OF Cattle,
Manufacture OF Dul.
Ter, Etc.
An Unanimous Vote fer tho Repeal Of
tho Duty on salt---Frank houl~
toms Speech.
MORNING SESSION.


Hiram Smith urGstlcsi, and there was vcrY good
attendance. The urst subject was ''stock ios
tic Dairy. and How 10 Produce It," snd Mr. 1aruel
Io!cs. nf nyrnn, ILL.,. whs called upon to speak.
Nj. I'oies said that thcru were four breeds Of
doiry stock In thtH cunnlfy,-thc Durham, llOl.
a,cin. Jcrscy. and Ayrshire. lie beloved tint by
1nalcous breeding tho best Qanlitcs Of each bfecd
eoN}d br retained. II he were to undertake
10 breed milking stock he wonf1 begin with
Durham COW md Jcracy 1,ult. From this stuck he
would hope TO Ect hnc animals, and wnuld Try to
keep Tho bntanee OF EACH breed about eaHn1. The
l!olstesn cows wero vury enc. oul hc knew noshing
abont the quality Of lhcit milk. lie would nlslte
anybody breeding Dufhams nut 20 use the Short
Horns, but to 70 back 10 tile 1.1ns.liotn r,ock.
Of milk tngsattcd on tho Durham quanti,y mid
tntcasc. .-.- -. 80
hans md ic.scys ffon batter makefs dfandrotnt:
il knew nothing whatever about cheese. nor bud
be made anJ nnatyRs Of tho milk obtained from the
cross. bred cows spoken OF.
rltOF. FRANK II. HALL,
of the Industrial school snrht nross, ILL.,. open.
man ~ wEo lid not beiieye il short.llorn. sas m.
atted for daityma1. Ths belicf @ IT, !Io!d:tc'ns ~
xsfsre, r or tis M t,ie scrnwny. cat.isc Jers~y
vas much greater l!cscsy. st!l tho hssc.s Of 10.
day might bccomo the orthodoxy Of Tomorrow,
sea. e9a a g IL .Snr. Wss S s
farmer to caresully se!eet from the eowa WHICH so
has ns.o1 asy@en. 10 pa .' ="
spsasy s,as Z @ S III II. s se9 s..:. ill.,
y: ~ = X Sssa3.;y 3 ,seas r. ssitss p!@s"@siss "a @
liz syy.ns ss,se,sa sse sows hy III. .s:s ssesee
necessary for tho breeder 10 select . built. II bis
interest WIS to prMtuco beef 1nly. hc might Try
ence 70 T. qualify, was wanted, a. Ayrshire
sns nE nn'wer WILL s %a! aa9
The Jersey hrccd mu*t be taken. Tue spsaker hs,l
Jerseys, and ho now aaw in tie Convention .
ecors Of Jersey breeders. lie sars statistic. show-
n ta ,n s nps ;hs ans ,
Esd esporimsmtet. the milk Of tile latter proGacsd
more butler. More Than that, tic Jerseys lad tic
Eakinr ,be aIsmpje Of Two cows, one Of which
raro i've OUNCES OF butter per day more
than tbs osbor, tbs speaker, e.tinaslns
days in ycnr, declared that IL
ths poorer cow was worth $40, The better ono was
pesnas o5s battsr Tin liz other Valued
Which ii 10 per cent was thc interest on sso0
lApp!su.e.1 by tho selection Of largo ann,ala.
s1ss. ss .a .as s l. s sfs @ saoasd &c e. ss s
Nj, o,ote. E, ooo;s 'Spss;; Chairman Of u. so,.,.
ton Committee, suImi.teu Tue following iii Of
judges: '''A1 '''' -
II on tnm otfam y Ghfe-hi III Tmrner MsE xorkt
e. 81 II y f,sns t'nins nDbrst - t,sEy iIyt1m{
On Sttn, Chtts,@ Ffant nu.i,y. bisfyisuI. w, r,
outi, d. i. Macdonald. Cansda.
Nsw YneE. il tsj.nsrJa i1It,ni,i Ii A. E..iI. Jo@
il. MeKetn, MAJuEi.
On Dairy nuH<y-tteo.ge Andersnn renhsy1vanta,
L y: i!oYt Ssx hofSt II: II. nayir: WI4evasni J.
~ 7sy' tsy.nsrMns sav I; + Y xn1s1ry' wn rn
lIes. WnsiipasUn. j. G j. il. iIsjIriSr IA. - Yn1E
Charles in!ti lnois Il. K. bartholomew Ijlinots
~oa Dnfw E!fastts ftc. 5tnbn s,ewsrt. lows, j, -.
Ttsh9It9 ana L. ltarley )!Ints Joseph a. smith,
"1.eonslns T. D. LAMBERT canafa'
Upon nc question o. tue eeEt SAMPLE OF dairy
SAT- On txhlhtion tho committee Considered lhai
1nit md practical decsion could mol be Eiytn al
ihH neet1n4, en4 suggested that three Judges.
'xik. Col. i. 81 Ltt!e. Of Iowa; Hiram Smith, o!
Wisconsin; aud ", Teat, Of ltstnnlE he instructed
70 mako practical tcet as tho salt INV OH extDl
ton, and report 10 tho Association by June /,
1k7h: the report to bs Printed and furnished 10 The
oflcers Of the two Associatluns Tho report OF tls
COMMITTEES was adopted unantmously.
Mr.. J.. ~. eA:TA,
of Green hay, Wis:. followed with a paper On
A'80.lagc and Feed for tho Dairy" tIu hat til a
tAs question was whal!ef the !an1s couia b. hatls
to keep more dairy stock. and to keep lhvm e..cr.
cost that would untlfy dAlrymcn in making isa at.