The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-04
Farmers institute.

Farmers Institute.
The Fourth Annual Institute of
Allen county opened Wednesday and
the afternoon session was interesting
from the start. But the false idea
that to talk farming or any other sub
ject for that matter required a public
speaker or even an orator made 1t a
hard pull to get Joe Beatty, of Usage
township onto the floor to talk upon
"Cattle Feeding" when nearly every
body who knows him knows also
that on the subject he has definite
ideas CLEANED from experience, the
best teacher, and that he can talk 1t
In plain United States. When he had
finished his talk and answered the
questions drawn out, the house fired
vote of thanks after him as he was
escaping to catch the train for home.
When committee of farmers gets the
idea that IL Is "facts instead of speech
es" that are wanted we believe that
no good reason can be assigned why
Allen county farmers might not hold
two profitable Institutes each year.
f. j. Dudley, the manager of the
lola Creamery who is not only posted
but is DESTROYS of giving any infor-
nation desired upon this subject next
entertained the house. Some points
he brought out were the feeding and
handling of the cow. IHe showed that
these were of more importance than
the breed.
This poor cow in herd is not only
profitless but perpetuates the loss to
the owner and perhaps eats up the
profits from the paying COW, while
good COW is good COW the world
ever. Iowa with her eight hundred
creAmeries and as many skimming
stations is an example of the progress
that the creamery idea is making.
John Stewart, who planted the first
creamery in that state went to the
Centennial In '76 and carried off the
prize and since then Iowa butter has
been at the top until recently Kansas
has gained several good points. Jer-
soy cream rises quicker than any
other but this does not prove that it
contains more butter fat than that
OF any other breed of cattle and case
was proved right in the audience
where patron of the Creamery OWL
ed q heifer whose milk tested up to 8
pounds of butter per week and
one who had bought the milk
for home use had judged 1t of very Or
dina-y quality.
A Holstine COW now holds the high
est butter record of the United States.
AS rule we do not judge them a
butter cow A herd of Polied Angus
had tested as high as any patrons of
the lola Creamery.
Mrs. M. j. Barth had paper on
her experience as patron of the lola
Creamery and made the following
points: II relieves the over-worked
farmers wife of great burden. 1t
pays cash, enabling him to deal to
better advantage with the merchant.
1t has established days that he may
plan without fear of failure. 1t is
central. 1t supplies our market with
a uniformly good grade of bntter
at moderate price. 1t returns our
milk in good condition for feeding
calves. Our family after having pat.
roniEed the lola Creamery during
this the experimental season believe
it to be the farmers friend.
Questions to Mr.. Dudley: CHOW
would you test the COW you had rea'
sons to believe the Improbable one ??
Answer. "By the Babcock test which
is the only reliable one we know
The setting test is not reliable" @
Chow would you put absolutely pure
whole milk on the market?" Ans,
"By heating it to 100 degrees" Var
ious experiments were given of mill
handling and its results by patrons
ana others. The greatest emphasis
was laid on cleanliness at milking
time and OF the most absolute purity
Vi each and every vessel used that thu
mIik may not contain single mi
crebe or bacteria. Mr. Dudley stateC
that any odor that was in a batch o