Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18
wIsconsin pairymen Nreet.


The twenty-sixth annual convention
of the Wisconsin Dairymen's Associa-
ton was held in Manitowoc February
to IL, 1898.
The address of welcome was deliver
ed by Mayor T. E. Torrison. Hon. Ste
phen Faville replied, calling attention
to the fact that the products of the
dairy are the surest of crops, and may
be depended on every year. Other crops
are subject to the caprices of the sea-
sons, being totally destroyed by too
much heat or too little rain, but dairy
ing is more directly under the control
of man. Most farm crops come at one
season of the year, but the products of
the dairy are received during the entire
course of the year.
Remarks of a congratulatory nature
were made by Ex-Governor Bench, ex-
Governor Hoard, H. c. Adams and Pro-
fessor Hacker.
From the address of President Geo.
w. Burchard we make the following
extracts:
During the customary season OF
cheese-making the association kept two
travelling cheese instructors in the field
and would have employed third in
structor for a considerable portion OF
the time if a man just suited for that
work could have been found. There
were such men, but, unfortunately for
us, they were under other engagements.
For the coming year I recommend that
early efforts be put forth to secure at
least three competent instructors.
Messrs. Aderhold and Baer were en-
ployed again last year and rendered the
association and the state most excel
lent service. The instructors have made
reports to me weekly and have sub
mitted final reports which will appear
in our printed proceedings. They are
also expected at this meeting and will
stand up to be cross examined.
Mr.. Aderhold visited forty-one differ
ent factories, thirty-six of them twice
and fifteen of them three times. He
was paid for $50 days and collected
from the factories visited 5000, which
was applied on his salary Mr.. Baer
visited forty-six different factories. |
thirty-six of them the second time. The |
factories he visited contributed S187.50 |
towards the payment of his salary and |
expenses. He was employed 143 days |
The total expense of these instructors
for the season was $1,322. The state
trade mark bill, which this association
has twice approved, is still pending in
congress. 1t is gaining friends and ad-
1erents slowly, as all matters of that
character do. Various American ex-
1orters and English dealers have disap-
proved of Sec. Wilson's efforts to estab-
ish a distinctive reputation for Amer
can butter in England, and have as
iumed to advise him to leave the solu-
ion of these commercial problems in
heir hands-so that they might con-
inue to enact the tragedy of the Spi-
Ter and the Fly, in which they take the
ole of the Spider. Happily the protests
# the gentlemen referred to were ig-
Iored.
The experiences of the past year.
mong the dairymen of Wisconsin,
ave demonstrated once more that
kill foresight and wise adaptation
f means to ends insures a satisfactory
leasure of success; whereas in dairy
1g, as in all other occupations, the
ian who trusts to luck in the selection
r breeding of his cows, and then
trough ignorance or covetousness
res to make them believe that marsh
ay and straw are as good as the best
lage and clover hay for producing
lilk, is uniformly unsuccessful and {
What Wisconsin dairymen need most {
a realizing sense of the worse than I
tier worthlessness of poor cow. 1t '
quite within the truth to say that c
1e-third of all the cows in this state h
spt by men who profess to be dairy a
en- do not pay for their board and 4
N not be made to pay, and are con- E
quently kept at loss; that another o
ird do no more than pay tor their p
yn keeping and make good this loss; il
hich means that two-ttirds Of all the q
WIS kept return no profit whatever, p
ID that only the remaining third are o
nuine proft-makers. This division
to thirds may not be literally exact, :.
It it at least illustrates, in no exag -
rated form, the COW end of the dairy "
oblem which confronts us today. ~
The COW that does not yield 1000 -
unds of milk in year is not worth -
eping. What is the average yield per "
W in these lake shore counties? ".
sure is = not 1000 pounds. There OF
" be a goodly number which yield -
re than this. but this is only saying, le
another way. that there must be su