, 1880-02-28

the most untdy men, who used tobacco over tas ae
yats persptred freely and never t1one1f oe 1her G
hands, The floors Were dirty, the boots OF the
men were dirty,~and this was the kind OF place
in. Creamery butter looked very fine when It
first came out, and in order to know the 1ull ea
tent Of the filth therein conunnGu ot,G agban r.
keep the article two or three weeks, Waen ~
would become fairly apparent AL me cren ,at,,
cries had cheese factories IN connecLon W. ~
them, and the cheese was maae Us n''ns I'D ''1o
Mr.. Todd Benjamin spoke IN favor OF corn-
stalk fodder, and illustrated the manner IL
which he cut up and shoekeat % y IN e1 anrn r. into
his barn, and he thought the expense OF do1g ~, III
the work connected with 1t was about 81 az
corn corn on the stalk into bis barn at s., would #
pay to raise hay? He considered that ne conid
get as much return from an acre OF corn Ireated
in this way as he could from an acre OF cofH auo
an acre Of grass in the old way.
Mr. Mclean, IN res11rd to
BurrEK-MAKINa,
said he believed that their wives and mothers
dom, with all their pet theories thrown in. He
maintained that anybody who had dairy OF
forty or fifty cows, If he used the proper means;
could make just as good butter as any that could
be mnde by machinery or rote. In fnct. The DesE
butter he had ever eateu was made on private
, In the afternoon, Mr. Israel Boies related his
experience in feeding thirty-fiye head Of; cattle
ut one time He fed them boiled oil-meal,
aoTn os wh Dasey ana
Of this feeding, with careful attention, caused
the cattle to gain five pounds apiece for sixty
days, at tho end Of which time they made prime
Mr: Larkin thought there was question as to
whether
FINE OR COARSE GROUND FEED
was preferable. and called on Prof. Morrow, Of
Champaign, who arrived to-day, for bis opinion
in regard to the nlutter. :; ~
Prof Morrow hmse qha4 10 ~
corn-1neal fed dry, was not as good as 1t would
be were it mixed with bran, or even were it
Of feeding corn whole to grinding it all. He
would rather mix sawdust, straw, or anything
that would not do any harm,'wit the meal II
made 1t sit lighter on the animal stomach. :.
bir: Hiram Norris was in favor Of coarse meal
or feed. He had fed cattle all his life. He
after o1e haa 1 hefnr + teGphg a 1
time. He did not believe that marblcd beef
could be produced by feeding TN animal which
had arrived At years Of maturity a He esso wGmta
would keep feed before him all the time,-lf ne
did not get coyed ut tirst,-and he would sell
him or Kill him after he had arrived ut the age
Of aM or 3 years at the outside. He thought
steer would not be half MS apt to cloy on coarse
feed rs be would on fine feed;
'"What Is Claimed for the Different Breeds OF
Cattle" was the topic next discussed, and was
taken part in by Messrs. E. ": Thompson, breed
or Of shorthorns; Hiram Norris, breeder Of
shires. ares George rye Wrenn. Of Highland Park. Who
sent an elaborate paper on 1.-THE Jersey as
Tue subject, "How Can We Make Butter in
the Private Diaries That VIII Bring Creamery
Prices ?" was the Inst on the program A. for 4a3 tue
Bristol. D. ". Eldridge, $. 1: Judd, Mrs Samuel
Northern illinois was called up for discussion,
but it went slow, as all we're impatient I to listen