River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-21

I'm Friday. the association listened to the re-
Iort Of the secretary, Gel T. I. Mctflincy.
An Interesting and practical paper on the
subject Of Feeding for Profit in Minnesota,
was then read by IL G. Howard of Lake Crys-
tai He said; sIienty of grass is the fouiiee-
ton Of successful dairying,N is a motto which
every dairynian should remember and con-
stantly bear in mind. hate net seen any bet
IN Southern Minnesota and Northern
Iowa. No other part ct the
country can raise grass and hay with as little
expense as this section. While our wild grass.
es, make good sweet butter, land very good
hay If cat eariy,) they are not the best for
dairy purposes, owing 70 the fact that
they begin to dry up about the lst Of August
and after that time they are poor milk pro
ducing food compared with blue grass, timo-
thy and clover We can grow these tame grass
Is TO perfection here, and dairymen should
turn under their prairie sod pasture and set
tame grasses growing at the earliest possible
moment to insure greater profits
With good clover and timothy pasture
your COWS will make as much butter in October
and November as they viii make in June on
wild grass Cows relish variety Of food. q
change Of diet sharpens their appetite. A feed
of roots given TO a COW viii make her relish her
grain ration better, and every dairyman should
raise good supply Of them Mangel-wurzels
are splendid food for milch cows and calves.
You can grow Imongel-wurzels at a cost of onlY
pounds; 81 per ton. What other food OF equal
value caa be purchased for five times that
amount
The report Of Treasurer 0atman showed:
Receipts for past year, Sl,ul6,50i expenses,
S945. I'd. balance 81 hand S10SA
The committee ON nominations reported:
For president w ~ Hoard; for secretary,
L. z, MeGlipcy; for treasurer II b. 6iurley.
Vice Presidents Minnesota; IL NJ. Blanchard,
Marshall; IL G. Huntington. Window; g. IL,
Marvin, Rochester; A 2. Mekinstry, Winnie
bago City, Wisconsin; Hon. IL Smith, Sheboy-
gan Falls, G. IL Beach, Whitewater; John
Mhellep Summer; s. G. Flack Elkhorn; Iowa
Col h. NJ Iittler. Davenport; Hon. T. S
Sampson. Storm Lake. S W johnson. Osca-
loosa; C. A. Huston Cedar Rapids, Illinois
C. O. Brull, Rock Falls; L. j Johnson, Still
man Valley; J. J. White, Aurora; e. S. Oatman,
Dundee, Nebraska-N, ) Whitman, Valley; >
W, Dye, Nemahee tltYs bakota-N, n. hub-
bard, Fargo; t. NJ. FELTON,, Huron,
The committee on ways and means recon-
mend an appropriation Of $500 to publish the
annual report Sle0 to President Hoard, and
$3.50 to Secretary BcGlincy for labor. also that
creamery and dairymen make special efforts to
buy and read the report The price of tho
forthcoming report was fixed at 30 cents per
copy, or four for 81.
Gen j. ii. Baker thought the Durham sup
Piled all the qualifications needed IN stock.
Reports of English stock men confirm tins
testimony.
The afternoon session opened with the read
ING ~ q paper an ssThe Breed of Cattle Best
Adapted to the Wants Of Northwestern Dairy
men, by S NJ Emery, Lake City, MINI, Civ
ing most decided preference to the Holsteins or
Dutch Fresians:
W. b. Cromwell Of Storm Lake, Iowa, read
paper which was discussed az length, on
Mistakes Under the Cream Gathering System
Mr.. Anderson, a prominent New York commits
sion man, stated that he found the Storm Lake
butter good grain. clean and free from i'm
purities on the trier The fact that the trier
comes out greasy and not clean on the
back shows butter to DO ovcrworked Mr.
Cromwell did not think second working neces-
sary on account of buttermilk, but to add solid
lily. Buttermilk can be gotten out on first
working Think the majority of creameries
work bnt once.
'sButter, and Butterine' is the title Of paper
read by Joseph Iampson Of Storm Lake, Iowa.
He said the imitation Of creamery butter il SO
very perfect that even experts arc puzzled in
deciding as to what is butter and what is but
terine When samples are placed before Them
IN my Judgment three things ought to be done
by us with q view Of meeting and
combating not only thls evil, but
all others OF a kindred nature.