The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-01
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men Of the future will be inen Of brains.
This paper was followed by some very
pertinent and interesting remarks by
President Hoard bearing upon the
s;iine subject and the hercsies which
so generally prevail.
I General Baker heinz called upon, III
the course al some interesting and able
remarks. said that he was 81 the ori,
ION that farmers here should not CON
| line ourselves Ia one particular kind of
stock. We should keep besides cattle.
| horses, colts. hogs and sheep. He be-
I Geyed that the destination of every calf
! dropped was the butcher, and he there
! for objected To all small breeds. EX-
! pcricnce not only here but in England
now is that the best breed for the dairy |
and butcher combined is Il cross be-
tween the Slorthurn and the natives.
" hat are you going Ia do with the DER
| sey when You have done with her for
! milking purposes? She is tit for moth
| ing but soup. On the other hand, the
lor,ily Durham is as fit for beef IL for
milk. We want 10 adapt our aims 10
! the circumstances of our country and
surroundings, not To- what might be sui |
table for some other county: and this
/ iacr can not hc too strongly urged upon
! the farmers of Minnesota, who are now
/ IN Il transition state and working under |
different conditions To those men who |
are living in older and distant states.
The following reports of committees
were submi.tedand unanimously adopt |
! ed
COMMITTEE on NOMINATIONS.
PREsIDENT-W. ID. Hoard, Fort At
| kinsOn, Wis.
SHcRErARy-Col. K. p. McGlincy, FL
gin, Ill.
TREAsrREH-H. Il. Gurler, De kalb,
III.
VICE PRESIDENTS.
MiENEsorA-Judge II. ". Burcharl,
Marshall; T.. c. Huntington. Wiudon:
c. T.. Marvin. Rochester: A. p Nc
Ministry, Winnebago City.
WIsoNsiN--Iion. Hiram Smith She
boygm Fails; {. H. Beach, Whitewater;
John Whc.tct, Busseyvillc: }. Ct. Elack,
Elkhorn.
IowA--Col. r. VI. Iittler, Davenport;
Hon. &. Sampson, Storm Lake; j. ".
johnson, Oskaloosa; {. \. Huston, &C.
dar Rapids.
ILLINoI>-C. c. Buell., Rock Falls;
Loveioy Johnson, Stillnan Valley: J.
III. White, Aurora; T.. j. Oatman, Dun
dee.
NEBRA>KA--W. &. Whitmorc. --
Valley; J. W. Dye, Nemahee City
DAKorA-N. X. Hubbard, Fargo; +.
NJ. !icnton, Huron.
Butter and Cheese Committee award
ed prizes rs follows:
The Higgins Cup-(won last year. hv
VIM. Fowler, Of Newport, Mimi to
exhibit No. "a, by J. II. Harris, of FL
gin, ILL.,. which made IS points ont of
Il possible 80.
Mankato Board of Trade PRIZES
entries were examined, and award
made to No. -, exhibited by o. G..
Gregg, of Camden, Mimi, for IlS
points.
The Sl5 Prze-No. Is exhibited bv
Mrs. ellis Finnan. Bingham Lake, for
:iS1 points.
The Mcconnell Prizc-(A Velvet
Sha l)--22 entries were examined and
award made to No. ;, exhibited by F.
b. Holmes, of Altoona, Mimi, for HI
points.
The Gricbel Prize-tA pair of Kid
Shocs)-l2 entries were examined and
award made to No. II. exhibited by 4.
! Ar..o'd, Mann.i;o, miiln., making -
| points.
This committee strongly advised still
| further care in the manufacturing, col /
oring and packing of butter. 4
COMMITTEE on RESOLUTIONS.
Your colnlAittee on resolutions re-
pectfully submit the following:
RESOLVED, That the most sincere and /
| hearty thanks of this association be and .
are hereby rendered to the citizens of .
the city of Mankato for their exceed I
A J.. l.
cality throughout this the second visit
OF the Association.
! RESOLVED, That many thanks be cx-
! tended IL the speakers and eSsayists,
and others who so kindly contributed .
/ 10 the interests of the convention by T.
way OF both vocal and instrumental .
music,
! RESOLVED, That the hearty thanks of /
| this Association be extended to the
Chicago q Northwestern, Chicago, Mil
waukee d st. Paul, and Chicago, ST.
Paul, Minneapolis d Omaha railroads
for the cOurtesies and favors extended |
by them to the participants in this con-
vention and also for the general en-
couragement to advance the important |
interest which this association repre-
sents in the northwest.
RESOLVED, That the newspapers of |
the northwest have the sincere and |
hearty thanks of this Association, for
their valuable services and exertion of I
( influence to enlighten the farmers and .
Others and promote this great dairy in /
! dustry.
( RESOLVED, that the Northwestern /
/ Dairymen's Association i'm Convention /
assembled ut Mankato, Minnesota, Feb |
rl,ary II t. Is. 1854, does hereby en-
dorse and approve the bill now before .
the Committee of Agriculture i'm the /
! House of Representatives in Washing |
ton, introduced by Hon. \. J. Holmes ,
of Iowa and known as III. II. bill No. |
AL making an appropriation 10 each |
state Agricultural college to establish a
! L. ). Agriculture Experiment Station
at each college. and that it is urged up
on each member of this association that
he Use his influence with the Senators
and Representatives in Congress from
lis State To favor the passage Of said |
! bill. it being considered by this Con !
vention to be IA bill of great importance .
! 10 Ill branches OF agriculture.
RESOLVED by the Northwestern Dali I
! rymen'S Association. that
I WHEREAS, Ii appears by the prociama- /
I ton OF the President OF United States. /
dated Sept. 10, 1883. that provision has /
been made by the Board of Manage
ment OF. the Worlds Industrial and I
! Cotton Centennial Exposition for the i
erection OF suitable buildings for said /
exposition, and that the said exposition (
will be duly opened on the 4th day OF /
December, 1854. and continue till the
}lst day of May, 1855, and
WHEREAS, In many of the States there
are no sessions of the legislature in the
year 1854 and therefore no state funds
that can be used To- enable such States !
to participate in said exposition. there
fore, if il should be found upon inquiry
tha. by- III appropriation Of Il sum of
money To each of thesStates sufficient for
| Il proper representation of such State III
said exposition, the success of the eN-
position would thereby be assured as Il
Worlds Industrial Exposition accord
ing to the purpose set forth IN Its pub
lished plan and the act of Congress APP
proved Feb. TO- 1881, in that case i: is
the sense of this convention that such
an appropriation should be made ana
il is hereby recommended Ia the Dairy
mems Association of the several North
western States that they Use their inilu
ence in favor of it, and if granted that
they apply to their State authorities for
their proper share of the funds and
make full exhibit in behalf of the
Dairy interest in said exposition.
RESOLVED, That to the officers of this
Association be rendered the most sin
cere and hearty thanks for the very
efficient and successful manner i'll
which they have conducted this asso-
citation and brought it to its present
high standard as an educator in the
dairy interests.
A resolution was offered by II. G.
Howard, of Mankato, MIMI, and unan-
imously adnnted by the convention