Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-11

planter TO bale his cotton without ginning and
Great as the progress Of dairy hushandry has
| been, there remains as in all branches Of animal
industry, ample room for Improvement. We are
keeping too many mich cows for their aggregate
product
The gain in this particular is not fast enough
But few years ago, friend Of mine who
was supplying mllk in New England town and
where the dairy stock OF the vicinity is good,
made standing offer Of Slo0 for every COW that
would give fifty pounds of milk daily for three
days on his farm This was almost double the
I price Of the best dairy cows, but meme OF those
| presented reached his standard. Recently | pc
riodically witnessed and verified the performance
OF COW, which with her second calf, produced
one hundred pounds of milk day for month,
and yearly records of 10000 to 10000 pounds are
| by no means rare. The average mich COW Of
] the United States, and by this | mean the COW
kept for her product does not yet give 400 gallons
! a year and In the special milk making regions
/ the average does not exceed soc gallons. Yet
there are numerous siugie herds OF ordinary
| breeding, but well selected, where the annual
yield is nom 500 to 800 gallons per COW, and others
OF pufe-bred dairy animals where the average
ranges from 1000 10 200 gallons per COW. These
Illustrations OF the possibility OF increasing our
milk supply, from a less number Of cows applies
as well TO butter and cheese. IL is certainly more
than possible 20 so improve our heards that in a
can be secured from half the number Of
cows we now feed The Improvement in
progress IN this direction. although slow is
very positive From 1890 until 1850, the increase
the population-91 cows TO 100 inhabitants was
the rate which did not vary one per cent, during
these seventy years. But this time production
increased SO the came to be surplus OF pro
ducts. Now, without % cows TO every 100 people,
our surplus is still greater Our dairy interests
will be better conserved 10y decrease IN the NUM-
Der OF our cows and gain In their quality, than
by any pcrease in number at least 10 the ratio to
population
The question of surplus in American dairy pro
ducts IS one of more or less uncertainty. a short
time ago IL seemed impossible for dairy produc-
ton TO be overdone for years TO come. But for
the introduction of authorizations and substitutes
for butter and cheese, there could yet be no sur
plus unfavoraby affecting our markets How
far this substitution has extended aud its real eff
feet upon the prosperity OF dairyins, It is impos
sible 10 determine The export trade has bee-
injured in some way and undoubtedly in part by
loss Of reputation resulting in frauds in dairy pro-
ducts. Aud we know but TOO well the vast guam
titi S of bogus butter and skim cheese With which
our domestic markets have been flooded
] put these two classes Of wares upon an equal
ity as frauds For the skim and haf-skim cheese
dairymen are themselves responsible and the
cheese trade has suffered from bogus butter in it's
various forms Ii our dairy market could be
freed once more from these cheap limitations Of
genuine butter and cheese, It is safe TO say that
our diaries could bot produce surplus for many
years. But as matters stand the case is very
different, and already perpieNing enough. What
shall be done the part OF our dairy interests TO
meet this insidlous attack has become "A very ser
ious problem II is an inSidious attack and not
open competition, because the mutations and sub
by the retailer, as pure bEtter and cheese
lately heard man declare in New York that
| with moderate capital, he was able with his
factory 20 put as mach butter on the market in
a month as thirty thousand dairymen. He called
| his product BUTTER and Just there lies the
worst feature Of the case. If the goods could
| always be made, sold and consumed with fui
knowledge OF their real character the evil woull
be mainly removed and little just ground for com
plant would remain
The Major proceeded with his in
teresting lecture at length, and wa
listened to with the deepest atten
ton.
Hiram Smith, OF Dodge county,
spoke in great favor Of the lecture of
the great dairyman just delivered;
and he hoped all who heard it would
reap benefit from it.
Others spoke in its favor, and eX-
pressed the opinion that it would have
tendency to encourage the farmer
who heard it.
The next paper of interest was the
one delivered by DR.. A. L. Chaplin,
president of Beloit college, on Under
consumption"
Then followed Prof. G. f, Morrow,
/ Of the college of agriculture, Cham
payne, Ill.-Suoject: "Our Farming,
its Changing Condition and Outlook. "
Brief discussion followed.
EVENING SESSION.
In the evening session OF the con
vention, which was largely attended,
the hog breeders who asd been hold
Tag session in the capitol, entered the
farmers convention and presented
two interesting papers
Then came q paper on House
drainage" by Prot r G. Smith, Of
Beloit
An interesting topic was that han
died by e. w, d wight, Of Brooklyn,
Dane county-"Present and Future
Advantage to the Farmer OF Grange
Membership
Major Henry Z. Alvord, of the
Houghton farm, Mountainville, n. Y,
having iDtiusted ia the afternoon,
t6at he favored the address of Prof.
Parker, delivered the evening before,
on the establishment Of an agricul-
tural college, was called for loudly.
He appeared amid applause, and
spoke at length on the subject
Hon. Matt. Anderson and Hos. III.
| @. Adams spoke in favor of the agri-
cultural college scheme-the latter
wished il understood that he was a
friend OF the Wisconsin university
He thought seperate college would
be q benefit to that institution, by
burying the strIie that now exists.
john Hinton took hand in-just
/ for the fun of the thing-and Ia a
minute or two there was fun all over
the chamber. John brought Presi-
dent Chaplin TO his feet, and the two
entered the arena together. John
made a certain statement and some
one called for proof 4 have it, SRI
cried John; and he took from his
pocket a 0accalaurease sermon and
turned TO it, to support him.
Some old gentleman in the rear Of
the chamber, sung out; I'D like to
know what that old fellow hain't got
with him"
The convention broke up in the best
of spirits. Everybody seemed glad to
have been there.