Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-01-21

The eighth annual meeting of the
Wisconsin Dairymen's association con-
vened at Elkhorn, at 10 o'clock Wednes-
day morning, January IA.
Early on the morning of the meeting
the trains dropped off numbers of dairy
men to swell the crowds already on hand
to take part in the meeting.
Delegates from Sheboygau, Cedar
Grove, Port Washington, Fl. Atkinson,
Fond du Lac, and the central part of
the state were here in numbers.
The meetings of the association were
held in the court room, and the dairy
products were exhibited in the sheriff
room below. From the walls of the
court room were suspended notices and
inscriptions, the practice of which is
the foundation on which is built the
superstructure of successful dairy farm
ing. The cow is the headpiece of the
dairyman's coat of arms. The legends
inscribed on the walls were true and of
interest to the general reader; for
instance, What is Worth Good Breed
ing is Worth Good Feeding" Speak to
q Cow as You Would to Lady," Do
Your Cows Give More Milk for that
Cupola on Your Barn? Perhaps not, but
They Give Better Milk" -" Improvement
in Quality is the Best Guaranty of
Future Profits" "The Word Wisconsin
applied to Butter Should be but Another
Name for ALI that is Excellent"
The motto over the presidents desk is
symbolical of the spirit that seemed TO
pervade the meeting, Forward"
THE MEETING OF WEDNESDAY.
AS is usual on OCCASIONS like this.
actual work and business showed up q
little behind time on Wednesday morn
ing. After the call to order by the
president, W. w. Field addressed the
association on general topics, and the
address was followed by discussions at
length on the chances of the state for
retaining her well earned first place in
the United States as producer of the
best butter and cheese.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
The meeting after dinner was little
brisker as the cow fanciers realized the
fact that there was lots of business to be
gotten through with in day and half.
An address of welcome was delivered by
s. G. West, of Elkhorn, followed by ga
Response" by Hon. Hiram Smith, of
Sheboygan Falls.
The "Opening address" by Vice
President Chester Hazen, was next de-
ivered, followed by general discussion
on the subject, elias darying been
profitable during the season of 1879, and
is it advisable to continue in the bust
ness"
"The feeding of cows" was dilated on
at length by Mr.. Seymour Brooks. GA
talk on sundry Subjects" led by W. W.
Daniels of the State University. A
resolution to request reduction of
freight tariffs was next offered by E. 81
Jones, of Fond du Lac. A talk, in his
usual happy manner, by w. d. Heard,
of the Jefferson County Union, sent the
delegates home for supper in hilarious
mood.
STILL AT 1T.
The farmers broke the good old rule
of "early to bed, etc." all to pieces at
the evening session of Wednesday. GA
Paper on Horticulture, by Hon. J. M.
Smith, of Green Bay, with the discus
sion following it took up the time of the
evening. At the closing of the meeting
the dairymen focked into the hotel, and
that inimitable, homely Yankee, W. d.
Hoard, kept the Office in a roar with
yarn after yarn that fell like bubbles
from his lips till Glow twelve" when