The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-12
THE FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Meets in Third Annual Session and
Brings cut Able Papers and In
teresting Discussions.
THE REGISTER REPORTS
The Proceedings in Detail and Will Print the
Papers Hereafter
TUESDAY.

luto lot the ulScuSslOl vi IdTL1 lHtoIOSle
was held at the court house Tuesday
and Wednesday of this week and
when we consider the extremely bad
condition of the aOads the attendance
was good, probably fifty farmers be-
ing present.
:. J. Stewart, of Cottage Grove, l..
B. Pearson, of Salem, G. j. Norton, j.
g Norton, and l.. d. Buck of Marina
ton, E. l. Crowell, J. Il. Tredway, s.
J. Weith, J. p aud NJ. r. emsberg,
of Elm Township, 7. n. Funston, of
Geneva, E. H. Funston, and A. l..
Daniels of Carlyle, were among those
in attendance.
The Institute was opened with
prayer by Rev. l.. s. Faust and an
opening address by the president, j.
r. Tredway.
"Cheese making in Allen county,"
was discussed by Capt. S. j. Stewart.
He has long manufactured a good
article OF cheese on his farm, selling to
the Humboldt and Chanute market
all he can make at good figure. His
opinion is there is no county in Kan
sas where the dairying business can
| be prosecuted more successfully than
here. 1t requires constant attention.
"YOu can't set around on store boxes
and make cheese. Que year L kept
account aud $50 was the gross receipts
per cow which included her calf sold.
L fed my cows off my own crop and
did not estimate the expense per COW
but was satisfied with the profits
realized Today am milking 35 cows
and my daily out put is 80 pounds of
cheese which never sell at less than
10 cents"
l. Port who has for 10 years made
cheese at lola and elsewhere IN Kan
sas and who supplies the lola and La
Harpe market followed. He thinks
that the bitter weeds in our native
pastures will spoil cheese where no
remedy exists, he has no trouble now
from that source. Thinks Kansas is
hard country to cure cheese in dur
ing the hot months. He has made as
high as 81 pounds of cheese per day
here. Capt. Stewart suggested that
tame pasture would probably solve
the bitter weed question.
f. |. CrOwell was next on the pro-
gram aud had we'll written paper
and remarks on the same subject,
showing an extended knowledge of
the business he and others started in
Elm township twenty-four years ago.
On motion committee was appoint
ed to prepare petition to the Legis-
lature on the game law question. L..
B. Pearson, S. J. Stewart, and A. l..
Daniels were appointed as said COM
mittee and reported as follows: To
amend Chapter 81 of Session Laws of
1898 so that upon proper application a
search warrant shall be issued en-
towering the officer to search any
store or the contents thereof, express
offices, express wagons or contents
therefor any wagon or other vehicle,
or game bag or any other device used
for cOncealing game named in said
Chapter 81 and suspected of contain
ing the same and providing that
should any such game prohibited by
said Chaptar 81 be found in any of
said places so searched the person OF
companies having said game in their
possession shall be subject to the
pains and penalties of said Chapter
81 of Session Laws of 1898.
The report of the committee was
adopted and ordered sent to our Sen
ator and Representative.
Hon. E. II. Funston wanted to know
what steps were necessary to ':jine'',
and Mr.. Pearson kindly explained
that all the requisites for an applicant
were that he be citizen and desired
to become a member. He could there
fore consider himself as having al
ready Joined us.
WEDNESDAY
G. J. Norton read we'll written
paper ON sheep industry. Mr.. Lyons,