Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-04-09
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
wisconsin Dalrymsa Meet.

Stenographie Report.1
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 7. 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 10 the capriees Of the sea-
sons, being totally destroyed by TOO
much heat or too little rain, but dairy
ing ts more directly under the control
OF man. Most farm crops come al one
season OF the year. but the products OF
the dairy are received during the entire
course OF the year.
Remarks OF congratulatory nature
were made by ex-Goyernor Bench. ex-
Governor Hoard. III. G. Adams and Pro-
lessor Hacker.
From the address OF President Geo.
w. Burchard we make the following
extracts:
During the customary season OF
ehssse-making the association kept two
travelling cheese instructors in the field
and would have employed q third In
struetor for considerable portion OF
the time 10 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 recommend that
early efforts be put forth 70 secure at
least three competent instructors.
Messrs. Aderhold and Baer were EN-
pioyed 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
mttted 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.. Aderhoid visited forty-one differ
ent factories, thirty-six OF them twice
and fifteen OF them three times tic
was paid for $50 days and collected
from the factories visited $500, which
was applied Oh his salary. Mr.. Baer
visited forty-slx different factories.
thirty-six OF them the second time. The
factories he visited contributed slsT. 50
towards the payment Of bis salary and
expenses. he was employed t43 days
The total expense OF these instructors
for the season was si.322. The state
trade mark bill. which this association
has twice approved. Is stlll pending 10
congress II IL gaining friends and ad-
herents slowly. as all matters Of that
character do. Various American sx.
porters and English dealers have dlsap-
proved Of See. wilson's efforts TO estab-
fish distinctive reputation for Amer
lean butter in England. and have as
sumed to advise him to leave the solu-
ton OF these commercial problems ia
their hands-so that they might con-
tinue TO enact the tragedy OF the Spi-
der and the Fly. in which they take tho
role Of the Spider. Happily the protests
OF the gentlemen referred to were liz.
nored
The experiences Of the past year.
among the dalrymeu Of Wisconsin,
have demonstrated once more that
skill. foresight and wise adaptation
OF means to ends tnsurea a satisfactory
measure Of success: whereas In dairy
ing. as In all other occupations. The
man who trusts to luck in the selection
or breeding OF his cows. and then
through ignorance or eoyetousness
tries to make them believe that marsh
hay and straw are as good az the best
silage and clover hay for producing
milk, is uniformly unsuccessful and
complaining
What Wisconsin dairymen need most
10 realizing sense OF the worse than
utter worthlessness Of a poor COW. n
is quite within the truth 70 say that
one-third OF all the cows In this state
kept by men who profess to be dalry.
men do not pay for their board and
can not be made to pay, and are con.
sequently kept at loss: that another
third do no more than nay for their
own keeping and make good this loss:
which means that two-tiirds Of all the
cows kept return no profit whatever.
and that only the remaining third are
genuine profit-makers. This diyision
into thirds may not be literally exact.
but II at least illustrates. in no exav-
gerated form, the COW end OF the dairy
problem which confronts us today
The COW that does not yield ooo
pounds Of milk in year Is not worth
keeping. What 10 the average yield per
COW In these lake shore countiea7 +
am sure 1t is not 1000 pounds There
may be goodly number which yield
more than this. but this Is only saving
In another way, that there must he
many which yield less. Somebody owna
and feeds these poor, worthless--yea
worse than worthless, cows. Who ia ~
] can't tell you his name. but can
give you some Of his symptoms. ue 4
usually more or less in debt. ana sci.
dom or never has dollar in his noeke,
that be can rightfully call his own. h.
works hard. and so do his wife ana
children. rising before IL In tight T.
summer, as well as in winter ana con.
tinUlng his labor long after dart /,