Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-02-14

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The Wisconsin Agricultural and
Horticultural Societies met In conven-
ton at Madison on the 7th inst. a pa
per on "Mulching Plants and Fruit
Trees" was read to the horticulturists
by Hon. 3. f. Adams, of Madison.
. Experience IN Strawberry Culture, )"
was the subject of paper by George j.
Kellogg, Of GAINESVILLE. The ordinary
mode of setting out plants was dis
cussed, and list of about dozen
plants for this climate was presented.
''The Raising of All Kinds of Small
Fruit was the subject of an address de-
livered by [. n. Stone, of Fort Atkin-
son. Conditions of Success in Fruit
Culture in the ST. Croix Valley" was the
subject of q paper by E. g. Partridge,
of Warren. The principal point he
made was that trees should be grated
where they are to stand. and ought not
to be transplauted after they have been
grated. j. @. Plumb, of Milton, in
terested the assemblage with paper on
"Seeds, Seeding and Culture" A
paper on Economy and Savings
Banks" by Hon. S. 7. Merrill, of Be
lott, was read by Gen. D. Atwood. of
Madison. A paper on Tariff and Its
Effect on Agriculture" by Hon. Matt
Anderson, Of Cross Plains, Dane
County, brought out a spirited and al
most heated discussion, professors,
lawyers, and farmers taking a hand. In
the evening the principal paper read
was that by ex-Speaker of assembly A.
A. Arnold. of Trempealeau County, on
" Labor Prerequisite to Mental De
velopment.
The revision of the premium list for
the next state fair occupied the attention
OF the Agricultural Society nearly all
day. Superintendent for the various
departments we're elected as follows:
Horse Departmental. B. Ogilvie. of Madi-
Cattle Departmental. \. Arnold, of Trem-
peaeau.
Sheep and S1clne-Edgar Stilisou, Of Oshkosh
POuH'y-W. II. MoTrison, OF ElkhOrn.
Field Gitd GGrde2l-Dr. c. /. Martin, of
GAINESVILLE
F,etsts o,ed Floecers- d. S. Pilgrim, of West
Granville,
Macline,,y-T L. Newton, OF Beaver BAN.
FO1cls-J. $. Stickney, Of Wauwatosa.
F0rdgP-S. L. Mason. of NasoDvlile.
G0tes-J. O. Eaton, of Lodi
John s. Dore, Of Neillsville, was
elected marshal It was decided to offer
s., 900 IN premiums for trOtting horses
at the next fair, the society deeming this
feature to be very important one. The
time of holding the next state fair was
decided upon as the first week In Sep
TENDER, and q committee is to be APP
pointed by tie president to select the
location.
In the evening the joint convention
of the two societies was held. and the
room was crowded with interested peo-
pie. The opening address was delivered
by Hon. n. D. Frat, Of Racine, presi-
dent of the State Agricultural Society,
and absorbed the entire attention Of
those present.
On the Sth inst. there was large
gathering in the agricultural rooms in
the capitol to hear Pref. Henry's lectura
on ensllage. After a gener&l description
of ensilage, the professor explained the
construction of a cheap bilo on the
university farm by which he was ena-
bled to carry on an experiment In feed
ing ensilage. The sIlO was built on the
face Of an embankment ABOUT seven feet
high. 1t was constructed wholly Of old
lumber. and had a board roof, with
earth floor. 1t was ten feet deep, fifteen
feet long and five and q half feet vide
The cost of labor of construction was
S7.05. Into this silo 81, go barrels OF
green fodder corn, cut three-fourths Of
an inch long, was placed. At the same
time an equal quantity of similar fodder
corn was cut. shocked and allowed TO
cure in the field IN the ordinary way.
1t will be seen that the same amount of
food material was cured by the two pro-
cesses. During, the feeding trial, In which
four COWS were used, each animal re-
ceived the same amount of concentrated
food, VIZ: one pound Of corn meal, one
pound OF bran, and one and one-half
pounds of oil-meal, at feed, morning
and night. The COWS were MIXED, fed,
weighed and watered, with perfect regu-
larity nearly the whole time, two persons
being required to attend to the four ami
mails and their wants, together with the
milk and butter they produced. Two of
the COWS received ensilage and two fod-
der. After q trial Of three weeks, the
food OF each lot of COWS was changed to
that Of the other, and a second trial of
three weeks followed The Summary of
these two trials is as follows: The fod-
der corn fed In the bundle, lasted AZ
days, and in Il days produced ], 1922 lbs
% or. OF milk and So lbs. 4 OF. of but
ter; while the ensilage lasted two COWS
20 days and IN y days produced ], 1856
lbs. or. OF milk and SO lbs. s OF.
of butter. Thus in six weeks,
the COWS fed on ensiIage pro-
duced ten per cent. more milk and
eleven per cent. more butter than those
fed on fodder. About forty per cent. of
the fodder was never eaten, but was
wasted in coarse stalks. The two COWS
fed on fodder IN six weeks drank 6,841
TBS of water, while the ensilage COWS
drank only 1,061 Tbs. The trial, as a
whole, resulted favorably to ensilage.
This highly interesting paper, after il
received favorable remarks from several
prominent gentlemen present, was fol-
lowed by one treating on the subject of
tobacco culture in Wisconsin, by DIR. s.
IL. Lord, OF Edgerton. Discussion fol-
lowed.
In the afternoon of the 9Th a joint
session OF the agriculturists and horti-