Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-16

of God.
DR.. ]. ". Vance being absent, Hon. H.
G. Adams addressed the meeting. He
gave them some figures showing the rela-
tive value of the dairy produce in Wis
ccnsin for the past forty years.
He said that 20 get good rich milk, and
lots of it, required good feeding and
warm shelter. He advised them to warm
the water they gave 10 their COWS. The
reason for this was TO increase the 6ow
Of milk; for If the COWS are given ice cold
water, it requires heat to n lake that ice
water Of the same temperament as the
blood Of the animal and it therefore takes
animal heat and Vitality and
lessons the flow of milk. He advised
cold wsgther; there is no nesd Of letting
q COW out to hump her back on the shady
side Of barb wire fence TO make her
hardy. Il has been proven that iho'best
results from the dairy have been where
the COWS are kept il the barn IN cold
weather and given warm water.
Considerable discussion followed on
the value Of the Thoroughbred dairy COW
ans was ably conducted By those inter
ested.
The convention adjourned until Thurs
day morning at 8 O'clock.
THURSDAYS SESSION.
On Thursday morning at 8 o'clock the
state tanners convention reassembied in
the capitol lin the assembly ckamber),
and the first paper delivered was that of
Mrs. NJ. &. Warner, OF Fox Lake. Her
theme was Farmers and Farmers Wives"
She presented very interesting land
many said) a true picture of the two
along down through life.
Then followed Hon. w. Il. Morrison,
perintendent of farm institutes, on
'The Status of Wisconsin Agriculture
This lecture was full OF interest, and IL
showed that the uperintendent had made
q complete study Of the labor he had
taken hold Of
The next paper was from Hon Geo. B.
Burrows, on Forestry" Mr.. B. said:
81 have always contended that there was
no better place in the great northwest for
q man to settle in, for the purpose of
farming, than iG the southern part OF our
own state, particularly young men and
emtgrants with limited means. No
whore can you find a richer grain growing
region or one tn = promises greater dur
ability,
In wheat crops northern Wisconsin ex-
cGlled, and where is The average yield
more abundant? In tame grasses it
scarcely has . rival in the west either in
Quality Or nutritiOusnes That this is
TO be the future butter ans cheese region
of the n0rthwest-the very seat OF dairy
ing enterprise, as much so as Vermont
and the celebrated districts Of New York
and Ohio, is already we'll established.
"The most heartie5s and cruel feature
of recent immigration is the blind, IN
ceasing rush of multitudes out upon the
bleak and barren plains of the west,
where not only is every comfort sacri-
feed, bat health and life positively put
in peril. In what more horrible
condition could humanity be placed
than on those trackless wastes, with no
better shelter than cabins of sod or holes
burr0Wed in the earth; no fuel but hay
twisted into rope, With winter extremes
of cold often from 500 to 60o, and
summer extremes of 1909 to 112o in the
shade. 1t is from such sections of flood
swept valleys and cyclone-desolated hills,
where the mantle of winter SHOWS draw
veil over human suffering, that wall of
anguish and despair is yearly heard, that
hand OF charity to the uttermost even to
preserve life.
"The papers of to-day contain blood
curdIing accounts OF the recent blizzard.
Never did death send more terrible
avant courier than the binding, freezing
blizzard, against which Dakota stands
with her her treeless plains, defenceless
Without a note of warning, the familiar
cc LAron
are transformed into a trackless waste.
Many poor victim has crossed the river
OF Death IN attempting to reach his own
door from some immediate point around
his home.
"The late terrible blizzard in Dakota
has taught our Wisconsin farmers living
in the timber portion Of the state good
lesson-"to keepa good thing when they
have got it," and ''to let well enough
alone" No settler OF our northern forest
need ever suffer from cold or hunger.
It is true the cold has been nearly as in
tense, but being timbered country, the
wind is shorn of its deadly power; and of
course fuel is abundant; consequently the
people have been spared the suffering
and loss of life which have Overtaken the
settlers on the great treeless plains far
Their west"
The senator has on exhibition a grand
display Of the best woods of the northern
forests OF Wisconsin.
In the afternoon session, the most in
teresting topic was that in regard to the
dehorning of cattle by Mr.. IL. D. Haaf, of
Chicago. He launched right out on his
system, and in a few minutes he seemed
to have carried the vast gathering with
him. At the close of the address the
question OF the dehorn1ng of cattle was
pretty freely; and it appeared
that nine-tenths of those present favored
the operation.
EVENING SESSION.
The con gention was called to order by
the chairman, at half-past seven O'Clock.
As the assembly chamber was but slowly
filling by the members, G discussion was
had for half an hour. Mr.. Phillips, of
La Crosse county, addressed the audience
on Draft Horses. He advised the farmers
not to use immature sIres for breeding
purposes. Get the best horse the
neighborhood afoI DIS and breed good,
strong, healthy horses. He eaid that the
western horse breeders could not com
pete with the breeders of Wisconsin, for
they produce al inferior animal and one
which is not suited for common use.
The chairman then introduced Hon. J.
Il. Foster, assistant railroad commission
err, his subject being, Practical Expert
ments in Drainage. Mr.. Foster said he
vas farmer from Winnebago county,
and he would speak from the experience
he had had in under drainage. Part of
his farm, he said, had been marsh
which he had successfully drained, hav-
ing on his farm about ten miles of under
drains. He said that there was
much marsh land in Wisconsin
which, If under drained, would