The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-31
KENosHA WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 81 1873


world that it was the most human
izing field Of agricultural la Dor that
was cultivated, and also that it had q
strong tendency to develop the moral
in a man as well. He paid a merited
tribute to thepioneer, but still live and
faithful band of workers who organ
lied the Association and have given it
character and prestige by their speech
es, and publications; saying it was the
most potent educating instrumentality
in the higher branch of agriculture in
the State.
President Phelps Of the Whitewater
State Normal School followed with an
excellently written paper, which was
well delivered on the subject Of Indus
trial Education, one of the best
thoughts of which, was that children
and men should be taught to exercise
all the senses so as to form correct
judgements of material things, and
that education should, in part consist
in how to Understandings handle and
use the tools and instruments Of the
profession or business they made life
work. This was education in higher
and better sense than the theoretical
conceptions of the brain alone. No
brief newspaper report could do such
paper justice. So it is we'll that pub
locations Of the Association will put
such valuable essays within the reach
of the public.
Editor e. d. Coe Of the Whitewater
Register gave an excellent address on
the somewhat unique topic, Chow
much money can a man afford to
make" Though he may not have
many practical disciples Of his doc
trine, at least in their aspirations, yet
it must be confessed that he gave CO.
gent reasons why it had a tendency to
shrivel man rather than enlarge him
in the best sense, if he made too much.
His philosophy was to make the "Good
Time Coming" Of which we heard Sc
much said s~1 sung, begin right off,
with each individual. He held that
those who put the day too far ahead
widened, instead of narrowed the dis
lance to reach it, and more often fail
ed of it reaching altogether.
Upon the subject of "butter-making
in Wisconsin, MI. G. r. Beach of
Whitewater, a plain, practical and
well-posted farmer gave paper that
in addition to a thorough discussion OF
the subject in hand gave evidence that
successful butter-making had not kept
him from culling flowers Of literature
and storing up gems of thought all
along his pathway. He had some
quaint expressions, but there was pith
and point in it all, and occasionally
keen thrusts of wit and satire that
were rapturously enjoyed. Feed was
with him the one thing needful to make
good butter.
This point in the discussion was clos
ed by MI. Asa Foster, of Elkhorn, also
practical farmer who took great
pride in his profession. One import
ant fact he stated was that a party in
North Vermont,-his old home-had
quite recently written him that he
must throw up the sponge" to Wis
consin butter-makers, for Boston was
paying two cents per pound more for
fresh Western Creamery butter, than
Vermont dairymen could get; and
what was worse, the exactions Of Local
freighting made it cost more to ship
butter 1870 miles into Boston, than com
petition made it cost from Wisconsin
to Boston. Probably one Of the rea-
sons for this is that corn and granted
COWS in the west give better milk par
ticularly in the fall and winter, than
hay fed COWS of the east. where they
think grain too costly to feed.
Jan. "a, 1878.
SECOND DAY.
The morning session opened with a