River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-02-23
DAIRYMEN.
Meeting OF the Northwestern Dairy
mems Association Mt Geneva Lake

The sixteenth annual convention of
The Northwestern Dsirymen's Associa-
lion met at Ford's Opera House, &C.
neva Lake, Wis, on the 14th inst. A
very large crowd was in attendance,
of the dairymen of Illinois
and the southern portion of this state.
The weather is so remarkably fine that
the local attendance is excellent and the
success of the convention is an assured
fact. The meeting was called to order
at s O'Clock by the Secretary, without
any remarks. A song by the Geneva
Lake Male Quartette was given, when
Gen. John w. Boyd, of Linn, made an
address of welcome to the assembled
Gen. Boyd is one of the early
settlers of Wisconsin having come here
in 1874, and he spoke of the vast chan
ges that had been made in dairying
since, he came to the state, and believ-
ing much of the improvement due to
the associations, he welcomed with all
his heart the advent of this great socie-
ty in our midst, because it would not
but turn to our advantage.
Mr.. r. p McGlincy, of Elgin, H.,
secretary of the Northwestern Dairy
mems Association, replied to the well
coming address neatly and briefly. He
thanked the people of Geneva for their
hearty welcome. He saw that they
had done much, indeed everything
possible, for the Association. He
dwelt on the fact that the State of Wis
consin appreciated the dairying indus
try as one of its most productive inter-
ests, and that its laws, its treasury and
its people were ready to aid the cause
in all ways. The value of the cheese
and butter products of Wisconsin will
amount to more than $60,000,000 an
ually, and it is right that 50 immense
an industry should be favored. The
brand OF WISCONSIN" ON a jar of butter
will cause that butter to sell for the
same or more money in Liverpool,
than that of the famous Orange County
product Of New York.
The meeting was called to order by
President Hoard. After the response
to the welcoming address. Prof Walter
Allen read paper on the Education
of Farmers Sons" The Association
after song by Abe Forester adj
journed.
SECOND DAY.
The association was called to order
at 10 o'clock this morning, and the ex-
ercises began with the delivery of Pres
ident Hoard's annual address.
The attendance at the morning meet
ing was small, beeing almost purely a
business meeting. The following com
mittees were on motion appointed by
the President:
On Finance-Stephen Favill, Della
van, Wis; E. ]. Oatman, Dundee, ILL.,.
G. B. McCanna, Springfield, ILL.,
On Nomination of Oficers-F. B.
Fargo Lake Mills, Wis; d. F. Barclay,
Egin; ]. g. Cherry, Cedar Rapids.
On Dairy Implements and Butter
and Cheese Exibits-Hiram Smith, She
boygan. Wis; d. E. Wood, Elgin, ILL.,;
G. G. Buell., Rock Falls, ILL.,; S. D. Howe,
Marshall, MINI.
On Resolutions-Geo. p Lord, Elgin,
H.; j. G. Hubbard, Chicago, ILL.,; Abe
Forester, Racine, Wis,
Committee on Banquet-W. HI.
HI. Hammersley, Geneva Wis; S. Fa-
viii, Delavan, Wis; r. P. McGlincy,
ClSiuN, LII
A paper was read by G. G. Buell., of
Rock Falls, ILL.,, on 'The Advantages of
the Cream Gathering System" The
first advantage which he mentioned of
this system was that it permits the as
ssciation of more diaries than by any
other scheme. A cream-gathering
wagon can travel twenty miles day
and so associate the small diaries with
with all the advantages which attends
the association of large diaries. Cream
can be transported much easier. cheap
er than milk. The system also improved
the dairy stock because it leads to
profitable discrimination in COWS, the
dairyman being careful to procure
cream producing cows. Another adj
vantage attending the system is that it
relieves the fatigue of butter-making
upon the old ways. Other advantages,
he said were derived from the process
es involved in
CREAM RAISING,
as more butter could be extracted than
by the old-fashioned system.
Mr.. Stephan Favill of Delavan, open
ed the afternoon session with paper
on ''Some Mistakes of Northwestern
Farmers on Preparing Winter Feed
for their Stock"
After some discussion on this subject,
Mr.. ]. Oatman, of Dundee, Ill was in
troduced and delivered an address on
"Ensilage and Silos."
His paper was replete with good
ideas on a subject he had devoted much
M n and OF IN
THIRD DAY.
A paper from E. H. Libby, of the
Farmers Re0ie10. of Chicago, entitled
ga Trip Among Foreign Diaries"
opened the proceedings of the morn
ing. The paper was mainly devoted to
taken by Mr.. Libby of
foreign diaries, and contained some
good hints as to how diaries in this
country may be improved.
Mr.. /. Boles, a prominent dairyman
of Geneva, ILL.,, sent paper to be read,
on g How to Make the Most Out of
Milk"
Hiram Smith, of Sheboygan Falls,
followed with paper on the "Value
of Cooperation" as regards marketing
and protection of dairymen from the
of patent-royalty men, the
economy of labor, that to quit it now
would be like going back to the stage
coach.
Next in order was the report of Com
The Committee on Nomina-
ton and
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
reported as follows:
President-W. D. Hoard, of Fort Atkinson,
Wis.
Vice Presidents Hiram Smith, Sheboygan,
Wis. Judge Burchard Marshall, MINI. r. L.
Redell. Chicago; 9. c. Buell., Rock Falls, III.
J. Boies, Genoa Ill.,. c. r.. Beach, Whitewater
Wis. C-l r. NJ. Littler, Davenport Ia; S.
Fayille, Delevan. Wis. g. C. Lawrence, Chicago;
J. G.. Lombard Chicago; A. II. Baker, Chicago.
Secretary-R p. McGlincy, Elgin III.
Treasured. g. Cheyer, Clinton, Wis.
The afternoon session was occupied
by Geo. P. Lord, of Elgin, ILL.,, iE
speaking of the importance and neces-
sity of improving our dairy products,
cheese, and the way this may
be accomplished. He was followed by
Col. Littler, of Davenport, Ia, in an
speech on the dairy
interests of Iowa, which he claimed
would soon become the most important
of the state.
After the reading of q paper on
9 How to Feed Stock for Market" by |
Dwight S. Allen, of Linn, Wis, the
adjourned. The annual
banquet was held in the Opera House |
n the evening, at which 800 plates were
aid. The following toasts were made |