The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-04-09
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illinois State Dairy Meeting,

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The twenty-thlrd annual convention
VI the Illinois State Dairy Association
convened In the opera house at DoKalb
Feb -, and continued three days.
owing TO the illness Of the president,
g.. H. Gurlcr. his brother. Il. %. Cur
'r~. NJ DeEalb. president a special
effort had been made by the secretary.
j. -. Monrai. to secure q large attend
ance aud bring out big display Of but
ter aud dairy machinery In this he
was most successful. and with the as
s'st1uce OF the Gurior Brothers OF DC
halD. and others, succeeded IN holding
the finest dairy meeting ever held BY
this association within the memory uf
any present There was a large display
OF machinery. about 100 tubs OF buttcr
on exhibition. with a number OF cheese
and sessions were well attended. The
membership reached the 200 mark, way
a..,g anything ever before accom-
rl'shed Mr. Alonrad certainly deserves
sl,at commentator for his unuring
efforts. The program was carried out
CUuscicutiously One session was de-
voted to milk producers, two to gem
oral topics. one to butter makers aud
creamery men, etc. Some valuable pa
pors were read. extracts OF which will
be published later. Those that deserve
special mention were presented by
Professor Hgeckcr Of Minnesota: II. u.
Gurlor OF UnlSalb. a. G.. Judd OF Dixon.
H.. ~. Harrington Of Wisconsin. Mrs. Il.
IL. Kelly OF Chicago. H. +. Thurston OF
Chicago. Is. +. Wyman of Sycamore,
-. w. Hostottcr OF MI Carroll. $. G.
Soyorhill OF Tiskllwa. Resolutions
were adopted fayorng the erection OF
an agricultural building with dairy
equipment at the University OF Illinois.
ana asking that the members urge The
passage OF the bill apprOpriating mon
cy therefor. fayOring the Shamrock
bill now before the legislature. which
will place the county institutes Of tho
state In touch with an institute bureau
which shall be a part OF the state az
riculturnl college. favorlng what Is
known as the trade mark bill now be-
fore the legislature. thanltlng Profess
sors Hacker. Davenport and Earring
ton for their excellent addresses: re-
GREETING the death OF 4. L. Garfield OF
81. Charles. and Col. Robt Llttlor Of
Chicago: thanking W. u. Collyer OF
Chicago for scoring tho butter and
those who furnished the music. The
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President O.. II. Cur
Ter OF Dckalb: vicc-prosidont. A. q.
Judd OF Dixon; directors. Jno Stewart,
"A. G. Judd. S. G. soyorhlll. Il. II. Muir
ply, J. q. Drown. Geo. Reed, q. II.
Gurler. W. d. Collyor OF Chicago
scored the butter and wns assisted by
Mr.. Patch OF Boston. In discussing the
butter exhibit Mr.. Patch said that II
was an exceptionally fine one. and with
one exception, any package would sell
on the market NJ the top price This
one package had not been properly
packed. w. Il. Mann OF Kaneyille Sc
cured the highest score Of 9Sh points
on creamery butter. Others in the
creamery class who took high scorings
are as follows: II. Eastman Of Stew
art. 97A points; II. II. Duell OF Franks.
97h pointa: l.. McDonough OF Davis
Junction, 97h points; Il. Il. Wilcox
OF Elya. p. Nelson OF erosion. Geo. II.
Moody OF Richardson. % each; Geo.
W. Hoffenstead OF Eagle Lake, o.
Gylleck Of Compton, G. II. Llttlefeld OF
Savannah. August Meyer OF Red Bud.
9Gk each. In the dairy butter Il. a.
Patton OF Hanna City took first prize
with % points. Others scoring well
were: S. $. Merritt OF Henry. 95la;
Mrs. s, II. Woods OF Gardner. Mrs. +.
Il. Good OF Earlvillo. 90 each: ]. A.
Case Of Earlvllle. Mrs. Chns. Bocde OF
Chadwick. Mrs. Ellen Blakeway OF Ri
dot. 9iis each. For having the butter
which scored the highest OF all. W. II.
Mann received the gold medal offered
by the Elgln Board OF Trade. lie also
received S25 gold watch and Sl5 In
cash. offered by the Worcester Salt
Company. II. Il. Duell received the SIS
gold watch offered by the Worcester Salt
Company. The Wells-Rlchardson gold
medal for the butter scoring highest
colored with the wells-Rlchardson but
ter color. was secured by W. Il. Mann,
and $40 in cash offered by the same
company was secured by II. Eastman.
In cheese. S, G. soyerhill scored 97m
points. ahd q. II. Bldwell, 90.
On account OF being crowded for
space In this department. we shall not
attempt to give full report OF this
convention for some weeks: not til
we have completed the report OF tho
Wisconsin da!rymon's convention, now
running. As soon as possible we will
give fuller report. including extracts
from papers.
Feeding Corn-stalks.-It may seem
easier to the farmer who feeds his
H. A.