The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-15

/ FARMERS ASSOCIATION AT Mr.. WM.
I MUNsoN's, SALEM
/ The extremely rough and frozen
condition of the roads last Saturday
prevented many from attending this
meeting. None Of the officers were
Ipresent.
The time previous to dinner was
spent in social ch;t-chat, looking at the
pictures, and by the ard of the stereo-
scope travelling among the quiet
scenes of England-the grand and
rugged scenes of New England the
beautiful and picturesque scenes of
our own state, and the sublime scenes
of the Yosemite.
The dinner hour found the table
bountifully laden with viands pleasant
to the eyes and good to the taste.
There were present at dinner the host
and hostess, MI. and Mrs. VIM. Mum
son; Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Munson.
| Mr.. and Mrs. L. Booth. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ira Helms, Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Booth,
| Mr.. r.. F. Roberts.
! Samples of buJter made by Mr.. VIM.
Mnnson and Mr. Booth were on the
table.
hebutter question was quite length
| lily discussed during the dinner hour.
How to quickly and thoroughly sepa
rate the buttermilk from the butter
without injuring the grain, SO that
when placed on the table it would be
| firm and Waxy, was considered point
Of great importance. Some of the but
ter makers present m lde statements of
their methods Mr.. VIM. Manson is
making q trial Of the Coo'ey system of
Dreaming milk deep can submerged,
but has not decided yet as to it, supe-
riority over the shallow pan system.
At this stage of the proceedings a
large addition was made to the com
pany by the appearance Of Capt. Tut
tie. As the Captain had tucked his
dinner under his vest before leaving
home he and the ladies who accom-
panied him left the company at the
dinner table and pas ed on to the par
Tor. After adjourning from the dinner
table the meeting organized by elect |
ing Mr.. VIM. Munson president pro
tenn and r. T. Roberts secretary pro
tenn.
The amendment offered at the last
meeting to change the place of holding |
the annual meeting from Kenosha to
kellogg's Hall, Bristol, WAS taken up.
ind, after some discussion, was
adopted.
The amendment to change the mem.
'ership fee from so to 25 cents was
lso taken up and adopted.
The question assigned for discussion
it THIS meeting How to feed and care
for dairy COWS to produce the largest
profits WAS then taken UP.
Mr.. Roberts suggested that each give
statement of their way Of fepdinc
md quantity fed, so that we might
oinpare notes.
Mr. VIM. Munson, IN addition to ha,
md other fodder, fed oats and corn
n und, one-third being oats. lie fed
proportion to the milk given, lessen
ing the amount fed as the time of
drying up approached.
lfr. A. J. Booth fed 10 lbs of bran
and corn meal to each COW per day.
given at two feeds. The bran and
meal were kept separate, so that a lar
GER proportion Of meal could be fed to
those cows giving large flow Of milk.
Timothy and clover hay were fed alter
nately. The cost of the ground feed
fed per day to each cow averaged seven
cents. The average product per day
for each cow during December was |
Iii lbs, which sold for "a cents per
tb, net.
Mr Edwin Munson said it did not
pay him to feed his cows purchased
food.
Capt. Tuttle said it didn't pay any
body to feed cows grain. Our large
dairymen were not making money
His grade Jerseys gave good mess Of
milk and kept in good flesh on nothing
out good, fine, early cut timothy hay.
Mr. Helms said it did not pay not to
feed.
| Mr. Roberts said he always depended
on buying ground feed for his cows.
rand WAS Surp If maid He wae faadino