New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-09-28
FACTS FOR THE FARMER.
USEFUL. INFORMATION FOR
RURAL READERS.
The Worlds Fair Dairy SCHOOL,
Feeding Corn to Fowls--A Good
Hog House--A Plague Of Mice
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The Worries Fair Dairy School.

The Worlds Fair Dairy School,
Among the thousand and one at
fractions at the Columbian Fair not
the least will be the dairy school, as
twill be in effect. It is the intention
of Chief Buchanan, of the agricultural
department of the Fair, to make the
dairy branch an object lesson OF the
highest value to every farmer who at
tends the Exposition. His plans,
which have been long under considera-
ton, have already begun to crystalize,
and unless the unforeseen prevents,
the dairy school will be a supreme ex-
ample of what such an exhibit should
be-.
In the first place he hassecured from
she owners of valuable stock the pro-
mise to furnish him selected cows rep
resenting ali the leading breeds, while
the general government has agreed TO
put experts in the charge Of the tests
and analyses, and the directors OF
the Fair will equip the necessary build
ings with all needed appliances.
The building for the schools is al
ready nearly completed It will con-
tain an operating floor, 25x1O feet
with seats arranged around it in am
pnitheater form so that FIVE or six
hundred spectators can watch the
proceedings.
On this floor there will be a COM
plete modern dairy plant, including
the finest machinery, separators, ex-
tractors and all other useful appli-
ances that can be procured. It would
be well if in some lively way the mis-
chief done by @ brutal dairyman.
equipped with vicious boots and
dastardly milk-stool, could be dis
played in all it's enormity as a s'hor-
rible example" Perhaps q wax Ell
fgy, hung by the neck and appropri-
ately labeled, would answer the pur-
pose.
Attached to the school building will
be model stables, built especially for
the dairy cattle. There will also be a
dairy restaurant, where eatables
and drinkables will be dispensed by
as Chief Buchanan graphically de
scrihes them farmers daughters
American girls, wideawake Yankees,
hustling Hoosiers and typical girls
from the Western prairies." And
every one OF them, he added must
have red hair, that being the hue
deemed most appropriate-though
for the life of US we can imagine why
for the dairy girl.
The school Twill open May !, 1898, and
close October 80 of the same year,
thus covering the entire period Of the
Exposition. During all this time
trials will beconducte3, according to
rules soon to be promulgated, under a
board composed of representatives Of
the Guernsey, Short Horn, Ayrshire
Brown Swiss, Red POLAND and other
recognized dairy associations, with
the four government experts will be
associated. This board will see to il
that the formulated tests are impair
TALLY applied in every case, all records
correctly kept and the analysis fairly
made. This ofitself will be, when the
record is made up, Of inestimable val
ne to the great dairy interest of the
country. But ought there not to be 8
place for the 'scrub COW, which nets
her owner a loss every year he keeps
her? Sometimes the most impressive
lessons are taught by contrast.