The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-01-24

, at once taking and refreshing.
The convention thereupon too> a
recess until this morning ut 3 o'clock.
THE MORNING SESSION
WIS convened this morning at 10
o'clock by President Erwin, AM L. &
first act was the appointment II con-
mittee to consist of Mes-rs. Levi Club
buck, W. ii. Bruins and a. q. Dew
eese, tn audit the books of the secre-
tary and treasurer of the association.
who were requested to report Us early
Us possible.
Mrs. VIM. Holman of Summer, Mo-. -,
who was on the programme for IL
programme for paper on Our Farm
Dairy being absent on the account of
the arrival of ''gilt-edged" baby, her
paper was turned over To Mr.. Club
buck, who will read same sometime
during the convention. 1t is gilt
edge" production in every respect, and
should he read
On the subject of Experience with
different breeds of COWS Tor dairy pur-
poses, MIR. A. Dow, of Georgetown,
the secretary pro ten read an impor-
tant paper which elected much dis
custom.
I'm his experience he remembered
the days of the '.long- cows"
who were in time succeeded by the
dock tailed animal, andtheSe by Il c
"short-horns." All OF whom gave
satisfactory results regardless of iii, n
pedigree, although their butter pru-
ducts would not bring more than an
average of &. cents perpound. The e
were succeeded by the Durham br ed.
whowere mOresucculent, and pro iuccd
IN elegant and abundant grade oi but
ter which readily brought -! cents
per pound. But these DAYS were now
gone and no breed were considered
gifted &c unles, they could now show
a long and successful pedigree. The
questions now were, first IN. pc Ii gree,
then the food and then the am unit OF
butter produced.
President Erwin urged upon the 1
convention the ACCESSIBILITY oi a fu,l
discussion OF all subjects handled, us
many valuable points were thereby !
brought forth, which otherwise might /
be overlooked.
MIR. G. \. Wur,lfclt gave some !
interesting data regarding i.,diciiual
instances regardless OF breed. AL in
comparison with the product a. jersey |
hi favorite breed. He also in:iinlai,i-
ed that the size of the butt. = -l,Iu
iii the cream was pertinent la..Eo. IN
the results that were had.
Mr.. McDermiad and Mr.. Mpnrlh
also spoke upon the subject, IL di,i
Others, but as they began to en.roach |.
upon the next subject Tor consideration
upon motion of Mr.. G.. Il. Lamm IL
halt was called, and the order Wis
made by the chair that the regular
programme be proceeded with.
Mr.. j. Fl. Monrad OF the committee
on prize papers submitted their report
which was accepted. He also SUBMIT
ed their report, of the committee on
cottage-cheese, milk, and butter-milk
which was also received and accepted.
The awards are appended.
These reports were of such an ex-
satisfactory and complete
nature. that president Erwin on behalf
of himself and the convention, ex-
pressed his qualification and thanks
for their excellence.
This was followed By one exhaustive
and thoughtful essay upon the subject
Of Experience Of getting q good
dairy by the grading up process, by
MIR. Z. II. Morton, wherein he claim
ed that this process was one of the
most successful that could be practiced,
As much good would result from care
full grading.
In the decision that followed Mr..
y. j. Bake OF C,!eHs1ns Rural World,
added many points of interest, in
which he fully concurred with the line
Of thought rs expressed in the essay
Of MIR. Norton.
Mrs. Geo. E..Dugan then presented
one of the finest papers of the day,
upon the subject Of The Golden
Rules in the Dairy" which is in sub
stance Is follows:
The Golden Rule should apply to
the domestic animal rs well rs to the
affairs of the human being. A man
who is cruel to his beast is certain to
he unkind to his family, and will he
by brutes who will kick,
bite and scratch upon the slightest
provocation, and at times with no
whatever. After also
upon home dairy made
butter, and the difficulties with which
some good house wives were beset, she
again urged in an eloquent appeal for