Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-12-24

III Illt i diil'I9 lHNlilhtt 1T t-i' NlJN !
Hall on last
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
Hon. James SpenSley presided
The exercises opened by the choir |
and audience singing the national an
them America"
Mayor Gilman then delivered |
neat and appropriate address Of wei
come in his usual courteous and i'm |
prcssivc manner.
Hon. J. w. Rewcy, who was to re-
spond to Mr. Gilman was present |
and after few words in response, said |
that as he had prepared no speech |
Of response, he would deliver an adj |
dress which he had prepared on - Why |
Boys Leave the Farm" In the course |
Of mis- remarks he gave his own exper- |
fence in this regard. lie had been a |
farmer boy, who grew to dislike the |
farm and therefore left il at the first |
opportunity, and staid away from the |
farm good many years, but had re
turned 10 il again and was well pleased |
with his last change Of occupation.
His address was quite interesting
and elected considerable discussion.
well prepared paper on the merits of
the Hereford Cattle Among his
points were the following: \ breeder
Is not entitled to encouragement I'M
less his efforts tend TO the improvement
Of beef cattle. He claimed that the
IlcrrfOrls possess the highest merits as
beef breed. Il. Tomkin, of Hereford,
founded the breed about l2O wears
ago The highest price ever paid was
for IN animal of this herd. The Here
ford cattle sell at penny pound
more than Short Horns. They can be
sold for beef at two years old. Pure
breeding for a long period is one of
their merits and enables them To stamp
their qualities when crossed with com
mon stock. No general effort was
made to introduce them in the L. :.
until about fourteen years ago They
have made a record during the past
six years of which their white faces
may lie proud. Referring to prizes tax
I'll AT tat stock shows MIR Van Matre
said that blood will tell 4 lively dis
tussjon followed npon the relative
merits of the different breeds between
II.
Mr.. Rewcy then read Il paper pre-
pared by j. G. kirkpatrick on The
Merits of The pollcd Angus Cattle"
This paper which is quito interesting
and instructive and which ably sets
forth the merits of the celebrated
breed of black hornlcss cattle of which
II treats, is given in full in another
column OF The Democrat.
W. :. Ross then followed with a |
paper on "Short Horns" As the
merits Of this popular breed are also
well known Mr. Ross did not go into
details but simply stated briefly the |
best qualities Of the breed. and making |
few forciblc points in regard to their |
popularity. We also publish this pa
per in full in another column.
THURSDAY EVENING.
J. w Rcwcy read Mrs Smiths pa |
per on Bcautifying Farm Houses"
DR. j. IT, Vivian then spoke on
Farmers Garden and called fourth !
an animated discussion
Mr. Mct'innis, who represented The
Farmer, the excellent new agricultural
journal published at st Paul. Mimi,
read IN interesting paper on The New
Northwest"
John could, late of Ohio, explained
the manner of building and filling the
Nilo, and urged farmers To adopt this
improved method of saving their fod-
der
FRIDAY MORNING..
Jane, Prdclty gave his experience
IN daIrying, which he regarded on the
whole as the most reliable and protita-
hle branch of farming He saws.
:, treat the COW we'll and she will pay
You we'll" lie said that hr had heard
that Nun could dry a COW by feeding
her com. but he thinks that there is
more danger of her driving for want of
Il llc praised milk as an article of
food: had used plenty OF il in his fam
lily. ANA they We're healthy. lie has
made rs high As thirty pounds of but
ter per week from two COWS. He said
that farmers could not afford to make
poor butter, rs it would come directly
III competition with hutterin2 and ole
omargerlnc, and severlv censured store
keepers who do not discriminate in
price between good and bad but
ter NIr pcdelty'S address brought |
ont an interesting discussion which was |
participated in by NcSsrs Gould, Rev |
ey. NanMatrr, Little. Prof Amsbv !
and others.
Hon. Francis Little gave an inter |
cstiug address upon The Best Grasses
for Pasture" He took the position
that the farmers of this region must
abandon grain and meat raising as
oh af
To- dairying. Extra fine butter would
always bring an advance of the high
est market quotations. He praised
thu tine pastures of Blue grass and
White clover 81 common in Southwes-
tern Wisconsin. Mr.. Little's paper
brought on very interesting discus
sion on pastures and winter feed for
dairy cows, in which MeSSrs. NanMa- |
tire. kirkpatrick, Vivian, Blot, Buck |
ngham and others participated The
means of discriminating Canada this
ties and "twitch -" grass We're also
discussed.
Prof. ArmSby gave an explanation
OF numerous charts which showed the
relative values of foods and manures.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
Atls ~NlHhSbN Si''Nt III ASNttIu 10 the
Course III Agriculture at the State
University and urged farmers to have
their sons to take advantage of it. He
also explained the work ut the Exper-
mental station and solicited sigma
lures to petition asking congress to
pass bill providing for national ex-
detrimental station.
DR. Byers, of Monroe. who was pres
ent, was called upon 10 preside. He
also made few pleasant remarks and
said that while the knights of labor
were opposed TO working more than
eight hours per day, the farmers had
long ago established the eight hour
rule by working eight hours in the
forenoon and eight in the afternoon.
Prof. Chamberlain delivered an able |
and comprehensive address on mixed
farming. He is a practical farmer rs |
well as q professor of agriculture, and
offered many practical suggestions
Hon. !. W. Rewev spoke upon AS