The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-20
Evening Sc. sion.

| Evening Sc. sion.
BY invitation Francis D. Moulton. of New
| York, spoke in the criminal court room last
evening, on subjects connected with the
objects of the association. A very large
| audience assembled, and on motion OF Msior
| Gordon organized by calling Governor Will
| Jams to the chair, who spoke few words on
| the Importance OF the interests TO be con.
sidered and then introduced the orator
of the evening. Mr.. Moulton then stepped
forward and at once began his address.
| His manner at first was hesitating, as though
in awe of his audience, but after a few SEN
fences this all passed away. He spoke IS fol-
lows:
Mr.. PRESIDENT AND LADIES AND GENTLE
NEN-As | look around this audience see
men who have been conspicuous in service TO
their country; whose names will stand high
on the roll of fame, before whom am almost
appalled,. They have been actors and orators.
am no oratOr-Only simple business man,
comforted by your courtesy for the utterance
| OF a few iacts and the expression of a few
thoughts In me there is no touch of great
ness save that far off touch to
know well am not great. My
heart is in my mouth, but it does not taste
| in erests which YOU represent a degree
| of re- possibility l can hardly express. /
feel like the artist VINO, entering
one of the galleries of Europe TO paint pic
| ture of the Madonna the mother OF Christ,
| the author of civilization and the ben diclion
| of Christianity-fell upon his knees, ssking the
father In heaven TO fiji his whole souI before
| his work with the lesson of the picture. Turn
| ing TO you. Mr.. Chairman, am not unmindful
| OF the honor cOnfrrrrd upon me through your
| introduction, for you are an honored IN of
mother earth. The purity of your purpose,
the simplicity OF your lie, ginning % Years
| ago and more as farmer, has saved you from
the frost that deadens impulse, and gives you
at three score years and Ten
ence that distinguish the enthusiasm
of manhood's prime. honor you, and when 1
Para lei you, remembering.my own state, with
in far ofnta
and governor, do You no Injustice, and only
add anotaer iaurul to the wreath which covers
his brow, dignlfylng him as your lsurels dig
Nifty you. on account of his Identification with
the agricultural re ources this country, that
ultimately. yea, even now, must be and are
the foundation of our soivency, prosperity nd
advancement, morally intel ectually and pecu-
niarily. have been travr ling for good while
through the agricultural districts of the east
and west. have visited Little Falls and Utica,
the leading interior IN srkets Tor butter and
cheese In the east; Meadville, Cleveland, White
Water, + gin and Oh cago, and all of the dairy
Ing distric S of the ca and the west subSrdi
nate o these points, and although have Come
in contact with the rep esentative men OF
Various and important industries, have
neve found one represented professionally
and from a business point OF view by men of
greater int lligence and enterprise than those
idenIifie1 with the Industry of which am
talking now. / feel perfec ly sure that THE
tendency of their enterprise l. to DIVIDE up the
of the west, into small farms
owned by their occupants. Here, now,
in Indians may justly invite attention to the
knowledge and information i'm parted by such
men Professor Stewart, Arnold, Harris,
Lewis, dwiu, Reale ana others. II you will
consult, from the report of the proceedings of
the Amer lean dalrymen s convention at CIeve-
land, what Professor Stewart said about the
economy OF labor on the farm, what Bald win
the best Judge, probably, of STOCK In the world
expressed concerning the breeding of cows
what Arnold said o. milk and Its care, what
Lewis gave with reference to the general
interests of the trade, what Rea said with
reference to the commerce resulting from
the manu- acture of butter and cheese.you will
certainly discover for your own state the rea-
son and points of guidance in and for an in
dustry that will aud To your wealth greatly
like wheat and corn, that deplete your soil, IN
favor of another, the tendency of which Will
be to enrich II through the stock kept on it,
and To relieve the drudgery which makes the
formers life uninviuDg. Improbable and
mono, OnuS, dlScOuraglng and depressing. Let
me give you few facts to indicate The pros
perity and profit that may result from
care in the dairying industry. A few
evenings ago, sir, met Mr.. Israel Boies, of
Davis Junction, Illinois, who, although he has
not been honored ike you. has been id ntIfied
with the soil from childhood, and who at 30
with his vigor, enthusiasm and man hood Is a
standing iebuke to lethargy and idlenesS. In
1865 and 1870 he told me that in the district
embracing Elgin, Marengo, Belvedere, Rock
ford anu Rochelle the were only two cream
eries-one operated by j.. IL. Wanzer, Esq,
another by bimself-and that now there We're
40. Mr.. Boies said that when he lett Cort-
land county, New York, a leading dairying
district OF the east, the highest reporter
yield of butter was two hundred pounds
a COW, per an um, and the average only l20
pounds anu that in 1874 he had by care made
the yield from his dairy of l0J COWS, BAY
pounds per COW, which he sold at an average
net price of 3s cents per pound, making the
average money yield of eacn cow $40, with an
addition of $40 per cow for the sour milk. He
had not placed his mark high enough, and that
his next standard would be 400 pounds per
COW. Mr.. Boies localed at his present
place less than a year ago, in
district which was new TO the dairy business,
and has raised the production of his butter TO
the highest GLASS; He was the princi al orig
inator of meal feeding, which is now practiced
entirely in the great dairy district of Illinois.
i mention these facts to show That Indiana
state, aud Furthermore off, them to you be-
cause they furnish an incentive to profitable
industry which, as you, sir, have borne witness
me to-day, has been neglected in favor of
depict ng crops, beef cattle anu fast horses, and
as another has toll me your butter product is so
poor that he would pit the state OF Indiana
Tor poor butter against any three sta tes in the
Union. Your own Mr.. Churchman, within a
few miles of this citv, can give you the knOwl-
edge out of his own experience on his own
dairy farm that II fol owed will lead you to
profit that you have not dreamed of IN the
ordinary cultivation of the land that has re-
tarded your grow In for years. He is constantly
adding TO his stock OF five cows, carefully
caring them RToau of 9,, AN and hna1T
and raising stock that finds no market at
home, but commands good aud lucrative
prices in the. western and southern
states near and adjoining yours.
The industry that advocate for you is easy,
on account of the natu. al resources OF your
state. You can raise toe best grasses and
grain, and you have abundant pure water, and
all that is needed is tithe o the attention that
has mad You conspicuous amongst the great
grain aud st SEX prod ucing states of the Union.
Or course, do not believe that this dairylng
indu stry is "A panacea for all woes but do be
lieVe that It's development after the financial
problems Which are now Ia course of settle
ment, are settled Will lead or help to cad to a
prosperity that will make this country
rich and Independent. You need not
be afraid of over production II the best quality
of butter and chees- is made. When you re-
fleet that one DO nd OF full cream cheese is
equal in nourisnment to tnTee pounds OF beef,
you can SCI that you make "a plea for the con-
sumption of il that will be heard by the slmost
deaf pocket OF the people, amid the manuiac
ture of ease for butter and SKINNED mink