The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-05
The Convention then adjourned till
o'clock in the afternoon.


o'clock in the afternoon.
Afternoon Session.
The Secretary read an invitation from
Cburchman d Jackson to visit Beech Grove
Farm OF Jersey cattle, at 2 o'clock p. m. to.
day; free transportation will be afforded
At this point j. B. Conner read the follow
ing essay:
THE DAIRY RESOURCES OF INDIANA.
II we turn TO what has been accomplished
in Indiana in the dairy industry, the facts are
soon related; for we are yet only at the thres-
hold OF our magnihcc ut resources In the produc
tion OF butter and cheese. Ii is conceded on
all hands that no grazing is com parable with
the blue grass pastures for the economic pro-
0uction OF the very best butter and cheese
Ia this latitude IL affords the richest and
cheapest food Tor the production of meat, but
ter and cheese, for about eight months in
the ye6r.
Indiana is the native home of this grass.
II is frequently called Kentucky bluegrass,
out SO fsr as Is known, not "A spear of it ever
grew In Kentucky, till the seed was carried
there by The citizen soldiers OF General Harri-
son s army in the fall oflSlI. In the eveutful
nat with the battle of Tippecauoe the horses
OF the little army almost persisted for the want
OF sub .istence on the march northward, but
when the vicinity of Terre Haute, and the
rel tOn of the Counties north of IL, were
reached, In September and October, 1911, i'm
mense tracts of blue grass were found In its
iamished horses were grazed and fatfened.
Six hundred acres of this nutritious grass were
found at the mouth of the Vermillion River,
in tue Western part OF this State. This grass
was also found in the region of the Tip
pecanOe battle-ground, and the grazing was
fought The Kentucky farmers who formed
rart OF General HarTisons army, when the
campaign was over, never having seen The
grass before, and delighted with lis nutri i've
proper les, gathered seed end carr led il home
with them, TO the heart OF that State now
known as the blue grass region. For few
years they found difficulty In growing 1t, bnt
soon became abundanty successful in doing
by sowing it with grain crops, and thus
shading il rom the hot sun. Our Kentucky
neighbors priced IL highly. and being an older
community, realized its advantages sooner for
| as kentucky blue grass"
In this connection the late Colonel Bowling,
of TerTe Haute, this State. related a story more
| true than poetical. He was a great admirer of
| henry Clay, the great CommOner. He visited
| him at his Ashland arm home TO see his fine
| stock and his splendid blue grass fields When
about returning to his home at Terre Baute,
| he said to Mr.. Clay that he must have n SOU
venir to bring home, aud it must be some seed
| OF the famous "RentucKy blue grass" Mr..
Clay replied: "Tom don't make a fool of your
self; yOu can find blue grass in every fence
| corner of your County"
| Professor Il I. Brown, of this city, also
| found this grass growing luxuriant!y IN
the unsettled ana uneultivated Miami
| Reserve in 1910, where he secured blades
/ of il five feet IN length. 1t is well
settled fact that Indiana is the home of this
| grass, and what Is m re, the very heart OF IT.
| The blue grass region of the West of the
| Union, it may be said-is a strip of country be-
/ ginning in Eastern Ohio and extending ives
| $50 ,mlles. IL is narrow strip In Ohio until it
| reachss well toward the Western border of
| that state, when II wldeus, and moth OF the
! OHIO River IL attains its greatest breadth
4 some eighty miies-about the center OF Indi-
| ana. From this point iJ gently diminishes in
width TIL IL almost ceases near the center or
| Illinois. There are small tracts here and there
| outside OF this belt, but IL il exceptional.
| This state has many thousands more acres
of natural blue grass land than any
| OIL i'm he
| adapted TO It's growth. we have within the
state about 1890 square miles, or near 10 O00.-
600 of acres. In all this region there is the
! greatest abundance of pure flowing water,
| either on the surface, or under the clay sub
surface by means OF the Wind engine. These
l00W,000 OF acres of land are the natural
homes of the diaries of America The other
produced here 10 per centage per acre equal
with that OF any State in the Union. In the
Northern sections of the State red top takes
Counties orchard grass is indigenous to The sol
Clover and timothy grow luxIuiianty In all
flourish here. but IL has been demonstrated by
experience THAT Indian meal is more
economic winter food here, where sixty
bushels of corn can be produced per acre. In
Sweden, the home of some of best feeding
roots, corn grown here in Indiana is i'm
ported, and at the diaries is fed most econom
ically with the root crops. TheSs incOmpara-
BILE natural resources invite the diaries, and
VIII command them In the order o.
shall be demanded in the States East where
they can not compete, in the mining
regions Of the West, or In the countries OF
| Europe, where there will ever be demand
| all the great highways which penetrate the
Nation 10 the seaboard, cross and lead from
Indiana. The great lakes on the north. and
the river and mountain spurs on the south
have compelled their lo' alton here. 30 we
have not only the natural, bnt commercial
facilities to invite this great industry. And IL
| will come. The impetus which such assem-
blsges as this will give IL in the matter OF de
TOLL
| ces which will easily be learned by a little %
servstion by those who ale skilled, will brins
about this r, suit.
DR. r. T. Brown spoke in answer to ths
question why is it That Indiana. With
Such Splendid Resources, Is Entirely Def
cient in the Butter and Cheese Interest?
saying:
When the country was settled the means OF
transportation Were limited TO the Ohio Rive
on the south and the lakes on the north, and
! they used to feed their corn and bay TO hogs
cattle aud borses. but to day Indiana has the
best internal commercial advantages Of any
State in the Union, and that there are but tive
or three Counties in Indiana that have no
railroad facilities running through them, ant
them by their natural MISUNDERSTANDING gra 4
pasture and railroad facilities.
The Secretary read an invitation EXTENDED
by the State Dairymen's Association ant
the Secretary of the State Board of Agricul
ture, Mr.. Heron, TO meet with the Stat
DalfvmeD n ASs0cietlOD, AT tneir rooms
the State Board of Agriculture.
oLEoMARGARINE.
The Committee on Oleomargarine mad
the following report:
Whereas, The manufacture and sale of cleo
margarine or butterine as butter has affect
ed, and is seriously affecting the dairy inter
ests of the country; therefore be IL
Resolved. That We, as an association forme
| for the purpose of protecting those Interests
do recon mend the passage OF a National la,
| prohibiting the sale of the same other than a
| oleomargarine, we also further recommen
| the inn position OF q stamp tax Of ten cents pc
pound upon It as protection to leeitimat
| dairying: and.
} Resolved, that this Convention indorse tn