The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-02-10
STATE DAIRY CONVENTION.

DerS or the state Dalry ASSOCIATION ar
rived II the city on tuesday night.
Among them were Mr.. G.. W Burchard
the president. Secretary Loomis, Hon.
| Stephen FavIlle of Lake Mills, Ex.-Gov.
Hoard, and n. G. Adams. Wednesday
morning the hall was comfortably filled
on the opening of the convention, which
was called to order by President Bur
chard. An address of welcome was made
bv Mayor Torrison, who made a happy
| hit 10 stating tnat one OF the new enter
: prlses OF this section was the construction
| of railways across the lake. The address
was responded to by Stephen Favllle
Lieut.-Gov. Baensoh was then called up
on and delivered very pleasing address.
| Ex.-Gov. Hoard was pressed into service
| and weaved some beautiful sentiments
about the COW. H. G. Adams was called
upon and the forenoon session terminal
ed with his address.
President Burchard took occasion on
| yesterday afternoon to compliment those
! furnishing the music, as much for tier
| good sen Sc in not monopolZing the tine
! as for the excellence of their performance,
Secretary Looms says the exhibits OF
dairy products are the fullest and best
| the association has had for years. Mr..
Mansfield OF Edgerton will pass upon
the quality of the butter and Mr., BAN
ford on the cheese.
President Butchard delivered his az
dress at the opening of the session yes
terday afternoon. He paid tribute TO
the memory of w. ID. Curtis. late secre-
| tary. He advocated the employment Of
cheese making instructors to visit factor
les 8nG give assistance and commended
the efforts of the Secretary of AgTcul :
ture To extend the market of dairy prod :
ucts particularly IN Great Britain. The
COW received considerable attention. The
elimination of the profit destroying COW
| and the substitution of the good was
strongly urged. Good cows and coed
milk were declared the sine qua non of
success. IN dairying. The address Was
received with marked favor.
&. w. Sweeting next read a paper on
Present State Of Dalrying in Manitowoc
! the tlattering progress of the industry
| and the wisdom shown IN discontinuing
the growing of grain on depleted soils
and the closer attention given to varied
work. Attention to butter and cheese is
| indispensable to success. No man can
be successful If he is lazy. He advised
| the farmer to see that the cheesemaker
| instead of sparkling give attention to the
| keeping of the whey vat clean and the
| plant generally IN good order. He crtI-
clsed the milk test, but the discussion
| which followed his paper was 10 Opposl-
ton to his views or this point.
| j. Ii. MOnrad representing the Dairy
| Division OF Dept. of Agriculture, next
delivered an address, This Division was
organized two years ago and he described
it as the central link holding dairy asso-
Citations together. meteorological and
chemical experiments carried on by the
Department for the advancement OF
cheese making produced good results.
Aeratlng of milk was desirable and would
bring thousands of dollars additional.
| The average yearly consumption per CAPT
ia of cheese is lbs. In his family it is
20 lbs. 1t ought not be less than 10 lbs. 10
which case there would be no dagger OF
overproduction. There was quite a dis
cusslon over the use OF the starter 10
butter and cheese making participated in
by Messrs. Hoard, DeLano. Faville, Bur
chard and others. G. l.. Fitch spoke on
pasteurizing milk and cream, Experience
showed that by this means cheese could
be kept sweet ten weeks longer and with
no change 10 taste from normal. One
objection heretofore was the impairment
of taste due to imperfection OF appliances
nlar Of 1A TO |
sity said 1t was desirrble TO make butter
from pasteuriz al cream because OF It's en-
HANGED keeping qualities and its superior
flavor Mr., Raymond of RipOn said be
manufactured butter on large scale
| from pasteurlzed cream and heEwas much
| III favor of the process.
The evening session WAS largely attend.
ed. The exercises began at 1870 and at
10 o'clock the crowd WAS demanding
more. Hardly a person had quit the
hall. President Burchard was looking
for some one to help him let the crowd
GO 1t Was a delightfully."- arranged affair
and IN structlye.
5, Mr.. O'Brien who gave some readlngs
Mr. Lombard and Erferth who sang anC
the Mandolin Club were repeatedly call
ed out. Mr.. Lombard is a most remark
able man. He Is 70 years old and has
striking appearance. Bnt his voice is as
sweet and clear as il he was in the hey
day of life. The audience was entranceC
with his Scotch songs. He sings Will
exquisite feeling. When the low sweet
tones rise to volume and pitch there Ii
no break in the melody.
Gov. Hoard outdld himself. 1t was
the finest eXtemporaneous address ever
delivered in ManItowoc. full of vigor anC
earnest thought, but with that under
current OF pathcs which Ia a feature o
all his speeches. He had been led to L
by the evident sympathy OF the Grove
which he felt sweep toward him whec b,
was on the point of concluding what b,
I had originally intended to say. He acteC
, like one inspired and language ferven
with thought flowed from him like q tor
! rent. 1t was one of the few instances il
which the magnetic touch Of symyath,
aroused the faculties to their supremes
activity. Gov. Scofield is IN the city to
day. The banquet this evening promise
J TO be an unusually fine affair.