Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13

Secretary Babbitt, of the State
Agricultural Society, has completed
the programme for the winter meeting
which will be held at the society s
rooms in the Assembly chamber,
Madison, February /, 2, 8, 4 and 8.
The business meeting of the Agrlcult-
ural board will be held Monday, Feb,
ruary l, and the premium list revised
on Tuesday, on the evening of WHICH
day the convention will be opened by
an address by President Arnold, OF
Galesville; a paper on Farmers In
stitutes," by the Hon. Hiram smith,
Sheboygan; Separate School for Far
mers,' by Prof. w. D. Parker. Black
River Falls.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3.-"What a venerable
Farmer Learned from His First Short
Visit to Chicago A. f. North, Pewaukee;
Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Be-
FORE" Aaron Broughton, Albany; Dairy
ing" May Alvord, Houghton Farm
Mountainvile, N. Y; "Our Farming, It's
Changing Condition and Outlook" Prot q.
E. Morrow, College of Agriculture, Cham
paign, Ill; What Science has Done for the
Farmer" Prof. w. A. Henry, Madison;
s'Present and Future Advantages to the
Farmer of Grange Memberships" E. w.
Dwight, Brooklyn.
THURSDAY, Feb. III Educational Needs
of Farmers Sons in School and Out" R.
F. Roberts, Woodworth Farmers
Wives" DR.. Juliet Severance, Milwaukee;
s'The Why, What and How to Build" B.
S. Hoxie, Evansville; "Raising Seeding
Strawberries, T. W. Loudon, GAINESVILLE;
''Home Adornment Mrs. Ida E. Tison,
West Salem; Lecture, Prof. I. G. Burrill,
University of Illinois: trusts of the
Orchard" Prof A. B. Seymour, Madison;
'sShort-horns, /" John M. True, Baraboo.
FRIDAY, Feb. 5.-'Figures, Facts, ETC.,
Which Prove that Silk can be Raised Sue
cessfully in Wisconsin and as Cheaply as in
Foreign Countries, II. Fischer Oshkosh;
popular Bookkeeping" D. I'll. Manning,
Sibley, la.
The fourteenth annual meeting ofthe
Wisconsin Dairymen's Association Is
to be at Richland Center, January %,
27 and %, and is to be conducted &C
cording to the following programme:
TUESDAY, Jan. 26-9 A. M.-Entry of but
ter and cheese and articles of exhibition.
INSTRUMENTATION of convention; ad-
dress of welcome, by II. B. Allen, of Rich
land Center; response, by II. c. Adams, of
Madison; opening address, by President
Morrison; appointment of committees; re-
port of secretary and treasurer.
Topics for the Sessions-''The Three Rs
of Dairying," by Hiram Smith, of Sheboy
gan Fails; ''Dairying- State of the
Art" by Prof. L. B. Arnold, Rochester, n.
Y; 1.-THE Value of Cornstalks for Producing
Milk and Butter" by Prof. Henry, of the
State Farm; Whats a Cow For?" by w.
D. Hoard, of Fort Atkinson; why We
Churn and How" by Maj. Il: E. Alvord
''Does Rich Food Enrich the Cows Milk?
by Prof. Armsby, of the State University
''Dairying in Hard Times" John Gouidy
ESQ.,, Aurora, O.; 1.-The Factory Necessity
of Good Milk" ]. A. Smith, Cedarburg;
''Dairying on the Farm" Geo. A. Austin,
Standpoint" Mrs. E. S. Robertson, Viro-
qua: 'Work," Mrs, L. V. Laton, Lone
Rock; "Amusements," Mrs. d. 6. James,
Richland Center; 1.-The Value of Red Clover
for Hogs and Cattle S. Faville, Delavan;
"How Shall We Improve Wisconsin
Cheese?" A. J; Decker, Fond du Lac; Dairy
Cows and Their Management" Fred. E.
Carswell, Bear Valley; 1.-The Feed and the
Cow" H. c. Adams Madison; "Dairying of
Yesterday and To-day" S. B. LOOMS,
Lone Rock; What is a Fair Annual Re-
turn for Good Cow, and Can We Al
ford to Keep any Other?" c. r. Beech,
Whitewater.
Special Prizes-Ten dollars for the best
essay of $50 words on the method Of max
ing granular butter.
Wednesday evening Grand dairy ban
.quet and sociable.
The premiums on butter and cheese are
classified as follows:
Class 1.-For the best tub or pail of but
ter, SO; for the second best, SIS.
Class Best specimen OF plate butter
made into fancy prints, SIS; for the second
best, So.
Glass 3.-Granulated butter-Best sam
ple,..S3; second best, So. May be exhibited
in jars.
Class 4.-For the best cheddar or fat,
SO; second best, SIS. The association will
exhibit two cheese from Ontario, Can, one
from New York, and some fine Wisconsin
cheese.
Class 5.-For the finest quality of full
cream cheese, a silver cup, valued at 500,
the gift of a New York firm. This prize is to be
retained by the winner for one year, when it
is to be returned for renewed competition
any maker receiving it three successive sea-
sons is to retain it permanently. Thus far
it has been held, A. II. Wheaton, Aurora,
vile; DIN & Clinton, Waukesha; W. A
Baker, Cold Spring: 81. A. Cougar & Son.
Whitewater; August BLESSING, Centerville;
MARI & Dyer, Whitewater; E. P. Ingalls,,
Milford; Fl. q. Fish, Richland Center.
Rules of the Exhibition. Entrance fee
SO cents each. 2. Butter made at any
time, and can be in 8-fb pals, or what is
preferable, 2O-fb tubs, except in classes 2
and 3. 3. Butter in stone jars not allowed
to compete for premiums. 4. No package
can comp etc for more than one premium.
s. Scale of points for Judging cheese: Fla
vor 80; quality, 80; texture, 20; sailing,
10; color, 10; total, 100. Scale of points
for Judging butter: Flavor, 40; grain, 80;
sailing, 10; color, Is; style of packing, s;
total, 100.