Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-12-25

better than this industry when
was handled properly.

better than this industry when il
was handled properly.
Mr.. Erwin was the principal ont
of the awarding committee on dairy
products at our late fair. Las
night he referred to having seen in
the large collection on exhibition s
sample of butter made from bott
sweet and sour cream, produced BY
the same COW. He gave both sam
pies thorough attention and it was
his opinion that the sample made O
sweet cream was the best, because
it was the most marketable having
that peculiar nutty flavor SO largely
sought after by epicures. Butter
from sweet cream could be as easily
made as from sour if the producer
was prepared to handle the cream.
1t requires separator and ice tc
keep it sweet and the milk at Q
proper temperature for raising the
cream. 1t was almost the unanI.
nous opinion of those who took
part in the discussion that the
Jersey is the best paying dairy cow
She consumes less food and the
butter production is larger, as q
rule, than any other breed of cattle.
The samples of butter referred to
by Mr.. Erwin were made from the
cream of the Jersey cow Lady Judy
Frank 3rd 3751S, A. J. c. c.. who
tested last August nearly II lbs. oil
marketable butter in z days This
COW is the property of Mr.. Runkle
of the LEDGER.
PROF. C. P. FOX,
of Columbia, Assistant Chemist
Agricultural Experiment Station,
gave talk on Cooperating Appa
ratus for Determining the Amour,
of Butter fat in Milk" Prof. Fox
also gave test to show his hearers
how it was done, to the delight OF
all present. That Prof. Fox un.
derstands his business there is no,
the slightest doubt.
"Fruit Growing" was the sub
ject OF the paper read by
PROF. J. W. CLARK,
Horticulturist of Agricultural Sta
tion at Columbia. He gave an in
teresting talk on the subject and
answered all questions promptly
He is an Interesting talker and was
listened to by the audience with
the profoundest attention.
PROF. H. J. WATERS,
also of Columbia, discussed the
subject of "Stock Feeding" show.
ing what kinu of feed to give, and
how much to gam the best results
The discussion brought forth the
fact that the best way to feed corn
was not to grind it and make 8
chop Of it, but to soak it; it would
give more beneficial result. Prof
Waters has given this question
deep thought and discussed the sub
ject with intelligence and ease.
ED. PORTER,
Dean of the Agricultural College, %
Columbia, gave a long and inter
esting address relative to the Agri
cultural Colleges and the effects
they have on the farming element
of the country; also, the relative
position an agricultural colleg'
holds to other colleges or industrla
schools. He is a fluent, eloquen
talker and is enthusiastic Oh th'
question of bettering the condition
| of the farmers and raising them t,
a higher and better standard. 4
lengthy discussion followed thi
subject which brought up and re
newed old points as we'll as nev
ones. The discussion was inter
esting throughout.
THos. LAFoN,
OF Columbia, read a paper on eth
Trotting Horse" He said, "Dur
ing the past five years the in
dustry Of producing fine horses ha
received a great impetus, and th'
country's demand for fine trottini
horses is very much on the in
crease. The variety OF sizes amoni
trotting horses is an index of tn
versatility of their capability AM
endurance. Mr.. Lafon dwelt a
some length upon this question
and added that 1.-THE time is not ia
distant when the trotting hors
will be recognized by hcrse-breed
ers as the best medium of Success.
J. A. POTTS,
of Mexico, President of the Stat
Board of Agriculture, read pape
on "The Saddle Horse" Tina
gentleman said the horse was th
animal that took his eye. He mad
some pointed remarks regardin
the early training of a horse I
make it a valuable saddler. II
also gave his ideas what it teok I
make a first class saddle horse an
offered suggestion as to how to In
prove the horse. He was hearth
applauded at the close of readin
his paper.
HON. NORMAN J. CoLMAN,
late Commissioner of Agricultur
under Cleveland's administration
male an excellent and eloquer
address on "The Horse." He be
gan by saying that Audrain count
was one of the best, if not the bes'
in the State OF Missouri, and ha
pushed itself to the front equal I
that of any place in the Unite
States as horse center. We al
. recognized all over the country 9
|, such. He said: You are not il
fprior to Kentucky in the least. an