New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-12-22
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he Cow.
Many Able Papers Of Interest and Value
to Dairymen.
Good Advice Given by Men Who Have
Made Dairying Success.
Resolutions. Reports and Other Business
""@ Carefully Noted.

President Ames' annual address was
delivered Tuesday afternoon. 1t con
sisted of brief review of the work of
the association and the. attempts that
had been made at securing desired legis-
lation.
That afternoon papers We're also read
by \. W. Erow and Will Currie. The
latter's was a carefully prepared series
of pointers on the proper treatment Of
of the COW. a.
Several papers along similar lines
were read Wednesday morning, the most
important being that of Mr.. Carpenter
ON "The Minnesota Klondlke."
Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Holmes
read an instructive paper on "Dairy
| Conditions" in which she pointed out
the necessity of raising ones dairy herd,
in preference to purchasing, and of con-
stant.y improving, 10y breeding, the
standard of the herd. She also laid par
ticular stress upon the advantage of green
crops in fall as we'll as spring as a means
of maintaining constantly improving
standard of excellence in the dairy.
Mr.. Currie gave his Ideas of how a
COW barn should be built and added to
the value of his discourse by the use of
we'll -drawn illustrations.
1t. Gov. Gibbs followed him, in place
of Prof. Hays of the University, with a
recital of his experiences in growing fod-
der and field corn.
In the evening large audience con-
gregated to listen to addresses by Col.
Ljgsett, S. NJ. Owen and Editor Wilcox.
Eckstein's orchestra furnished the music,
and solos were sung by Miss Ouren
Of Linden, accompanied by Mr.. Pfaen-
der, violin, and Mrs. Scherer, piano,
of New Ulm. Miss Ouren has delight
fully sweet voice and easily earned
the applause evoked by her effort.
The work of the accompanies was
excellent in high degree.
Editor Wilcox of the Northwestern
Farmer first entertained the audience
with a mastery paper on the Breeders
Art. In opening his address he said that
the achievements of the men who had
devoted their lives to the improvement
Of domestic animals are evidenced 10y
the utility and beauty of living creatures,
winch are, ia part. their creation, in ev
cry country of the civilized world. There
are not many farms, however remote and
isolated, where live stock does not show
at least trace Of the betterment which
has come down to the present a a hertz
age from the past. Then the speaker
outlined the history of the progress that
has been made in breeding along diverg-
ing lines-from the wild horse to the
Clydesdale, Percheron and kindred draft
breeds, and in road and race horses to
the thorough bred, standard. bred and
Hackney, all fitted admirably for special
purposes. In cattle, he said, the devel-
opment has already been so wide and
yet so perfectly adapted to farm econo-
my, that nothing seems too extravagant
to expect from their development in the
hands of the breeders of the future. In
shee p and swine the results have been
equally wonderful. But these marvels
of the breeders art, he said. did not
come 10y chance. The road from the
scrub to the modern Shorthorn or Jersey
was long and led through centuries of
patient and courageous endeavor. The
amount added to the worlds accumula-
tions of wealth 10y development of pure
breeds of domestic livestock is almost
beyond representation by figures, and
yet the good work has only just begun.
In tracing the steps by which this prog
ress has been achieved, Mr.. Wilcox said !:
In all her dealings with conscious life,
nature has only two purposes, the per-
petuation and betterment of race. The
harsh law, that DEGREES the survival of
the fttest, selects the strong and the
fleet to shape the destinics of species.
The individual is nothing, the race every
thing. From the standpoint Of the in
| dlvidual, the law is brutal, but benef-
cent sign runs through it, and strength,
endurance and perfection of physical
beauty result from its operation. In all
herrealms nature breeds no scrubs ;all her
creatures are pure bred. Nothing comes
by chance each generation is an i'm
provement on the last. There is order
and design everywhere; uniformity
adoption to surroundings, vigor and per
perfectstypes are marks ofevery species
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