Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-02
CHANGERS IN COUNCIL.
ANNUAL MEETING OF 1HE STATE
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
Interesting Address by Prof. Porter Of
the State University-An Interesting In
ter-chanse of Agricultural, Dairy,
Sock and Horticultural Notes and
Ideas-The Election of officers for
SS2-MiscelIaneous Business.

Col. Clark w. Thompson in the chair. Tn
morning session was chiefly devoted to al
interchange of opinion between the members
of the Society. A committee on credentials
was appointed to report at the afternoon SEES
sion. VIM. Fowler, Esq, of Newport, Wash
ington county, representative of Minnesota
dairy interests in the Ohio State Dairymen' ;:
Association, gave an interesting account Of
his stewardship He said that there was five
or six hundred specimens of butter on exhibit
ton, all of very fine quality. That the but
ter is all packed in fifty or sixty pound tubs
i'll that State. lie found the creamery system
of setting in deep cans, submerged, in general
practice. There was twenty-seven premiums
awarded, of which number Ohio dairymen re-
csived twenty-three. The committee on awards
was selected from dairymen in attendance from
other States, no member being selected from
Ohio. The butter exhibited was sold by the
officers of the Society, and brought from
forty to sixty cents a pound. Mr.. Fowler's
address was listened to with marked attention
by the members Of the Association, and was
followed by Col. Thompson in a very interest
ing statement of the benefits and profits of
creameres. The Colonel referred to cream
cry at Spring Valley which takes the milk of
one thousand COWS, giving checks to the
farmers to be redeemed on the basis of the
market value of the butter at the time the
cream is bought He considered the system
of great advantage to farmers, and very
profitable to the owners of the creameries-
the profit of the latter, in his opinion, being
ten cents q pound on the butter made.
Col. Thompson was followed by Prof. Porter
in very able and interesting address, in which
he gave the reasons fer postponing
the State University farmers lec-
ture course until the 2Sth inst.
HI Il
enabled to attend the National Agricultural
Congress called to meet in Washington by the
Commissioner Of Agriculture. That there
was thirty-four States and Territories repre-
sentcd in the Congress, and about two hun
dred delegates in attendance. The first and
second days were devoted to the consideration
of agricultural colleges and agricultural edu-
cation; the third and fourth 10 stock and dairy
interests the fifth and sixth 10 cereals, produce
and transportation, and seventh and eighth to
orchards, vineyards and forestry and their
products. He believed that the results of the
Congress will be beneficial to the agricultural
and industrial interests of the country. The
Professor SAID that many representative men
who attended the Congress at Washington
would be able to attend our State university
farmers lecture course, owing to the post
ponement of the time to the 2Sth inst,; that
the American Agricultural Association meets
this and next week in the city of New York;
that a large number of prominent ag-
rieuturists and scientists who will attend that
meeting will, by the postponement of ours,
be able to be with us. Referring to the meet
ing of the State University Farmers lecture
course on the 2Sth inst, the Professor said
that DR.. Loring, the Commissioner of Agri-
culture, would deliver an address on the first
day; that, if the attendance warranted It, the
dairy, cereal. stock and bee interests would be
then taken up and considered in their order;
that the last day will be devoted to practical
lectures on veterinary surgery, and the dissec-
ton of animals before the audience. That
Prof. Riley, the eminent entomologist, Mr..
Saunders, of the Chicago Stock Breeders Ga
Gette, Gov. Coleman, editor of the st. Louis
Rural World, Willis P. Hazard well
known author on Jersey stock and dairy farm
ing, Mr.. Harris, President of the Wisconsin
State Horticultural Society, and Prof. s. F.
Cleveland, of Chicago, would be present and
take part in the exercises. At the conclusion
of the Professors remarks, the Association
adjourned 10 meet at o'clock p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Col. Thompson called the Association to or
der at o'clock. Col. Samuel E. Adams asked
further time for the committee on credentials,
which was granted, with the view of enabling
members to pay their annual dues before tax
ing further part in the proceedings. Quite a
number responded to the hint, and then Col.
Adams made the following report of members
being entitled to take part IN the proceedings
of the Association:
Becker, George w. Taylor; Chippeway, L.
K Stone; Dakota, S. V. R. Hendryx; Good
hue, NJ. b. Anderson; Faribault, M. j. Myers;
Fillmore, W. W. Braden; Lyon. c. Fl. Whit.
ney; Meeker, Aug. Foerner, H. s. Branham
and Evern Evenson; Murray, G. H. Whitney;
tod N nfnl-a 1rd o,d
Burns; Ramsey, Lorenzo Hoyt, Samuel Deer
ing and Adam Bohland; Renville. J.. NJ. Bow
Ter; ST. Louis, Charles Chambers; Watonwan,
j. n. Cheney; Wright, s. E. Adams; Waseca,
H. G. Woodbury., A. W. Brandt; Yellow Med
1eine, Newton L. Landrau; Lincoln, G. 81.
Whitney; also George Giles, representing the
Western Union (Scott county, association; J.
F. Norrish, John Weber and J. B. Byers, the
Hastings Industrial union; John ]. Alexander,
John Riddell and Thomas Delaney, the North.
field Agricultural Industrial Association;
John s. Harris, j. T. Grimes, W. s Holliston,
]. Fl. Stevens, Ditus Day and Tru-
man NJ. Smith, the State Horticul.
tural Society; E. c. Pierce, the Lyon
County Horticultural Society; Peter Bohlan,
Aug. Gesmann, the Ramsey County German
Agricultural and horticultural Society; 8. F
johnson, A. W. Riddell, A. NJ. Olin and G.
Fl. Coon, the Rice County Agricultural So.
ciety; 81. Van Ness and J. G. Scofeld, the Hen
nepin County Agricultural Society; H. Lor'
ing, the Clay County Agricultural Society,"
Pref. Parker, the Cane Growers Association
VIM. Fowler the Washington County Agri
cultural Society. Messrs Van Ness, Scofeld
Lyman Loring, Prof. Porter and VIM. Fowler
were admitted as members Of the Society By
resolution, a. nd the report of the committee
on credentials was then received and adopted
Mr.. Wilcox reported for Treasurer Whitney
who was absent, the following receipts anG
disbursements for the year 1880:
Disbursements. ................... II, 437 z.
The Treasurer's report was received ant
adopted.
Secretary Judson made an interesting report
of the classes and entries at the last fair, an(
also comparative statement of the entries O
the last year over the year 1880, which showed
marked Increase in the business of the las
year over 1880.
Mr.. Harris, of the State Horticultural Society
reported that there was one-third more entries
during the last year than IN 1882.
An election by ballot for officers for 1882
resulted in the reelection of Col. Clark W
Thomson, as President of the Society
Numerous calls were made for speech on thu
announcement of the result. Col. Thompson
said, in response, that he was not an orator
but a worker In the cause; that he thanked
the Society for this renewed expression O
their confidence in him; that he would serv,
them to the best of his ability, and endeavo
10 prove himself worthy of the confidence tn
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