Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-02-20

Why" He strongly advocated the use
OF the tester, both in the factory and
| by the patron at home, and he said
that the very fact that it was in gen
eral use proved it. to be a good one.
By this practice 1t can soon be ascer-
tanned whether or not cow is sufi-
ciently profitable to be kept for dairy
ing purposes.
Prof. +. c. Bennett. of T"ipoli. Ia, !,
gave an interesting address, his sub
ject being watering the Dairy Cow, y
an important but much neglected sub
ject among farmers.
This paper was followed by a tech
nical one on the subject of Feeding
the Dairy Cow for Profit, by Prof
t. l.. Hacker, of Minnesota.
At the afternoon session the princi-
pal address was given by Major H. E.
Alvord, chief of dairy division, United
States department of agriculture. hav-
ing for his subject .'American Dairy
ing at the Paris Exposition" Mr. AL
word reviewed the work which has
been done by the agricultural depart
ment in overcoming the many difficult
ties which beset them at the start in
securing suitable storage places in
Paris, saving that in the whole of
France no such thing as a cold stor-
age warehouse exists. However. ar
rangements have been made to secure
ice from Switzerland and fit up a build
ing suitable for the needs of the United
tntn ie, 4
have the government take charge at
New York of all products sent by the
dairy producers in the different states
and carry them to England in refrig-
orator ships, thence to Havre. France.
in especially constructed refrigerators
filed with ice to keep the product un-
til it reaches Paris, where provision
is made for its further care.
The meeting closed with a practical
discourse on "The Claims of the Cow
as a Mother" by ex-Governor Hoard.
The Banquet
Thursday evening banquet was
given at Concordia Opera house in
honor of the dairymen. The Woman's
Relief corps had charge of it and pro-
vided very excellent menu. 1t was
we'll patronized and everybody greatly
enjoyed the occasion. Hon. H. C.
Adams presided over the banquet
board in "a most happy manner and
the pOst-prandial exercises included
the following:
The Poetry of Dairyman's Life"
w. T. Ream; The Man Behind the
Guns Wins the Battle" Prof. j. 0.
Emery; ''The Boys, Little and Big
Mrs. r. Howard Kelly; The Girls, the
Darlings of the World, tie Torment
and the Delight of Men: The One Sub
ject upon Which Dairymen Agree. A.
j. Philips; Farm Institutes: Facts
and Fancies About These Nurseries of
Knowledge y G. II. Everett; 'Schools
of Agriculture: They Give the Basis
edge, Elevate the Farmers Profession
and Enrich the State" Prof. W. A.
Henry; brains and Butter: Two
Things Needful in American Life
What Shall We DO to Develop the
First and Make Perfect the Second? 2"
Prof. L. L. Hacker; 'sWisconsin's
Dairy and Food Commission aud Com
missioner" 6. A. Buckstaff; The
Woman's Relief Corps: All Angels Do
Not Have Wings" W. D. Hoard
Two Important Subjects.
Friday mornings session was occu-
pied with the discussion of two i'm
portant subjects. The first related to
the organization and conduct of boards
of trade in the mutual interest of the
buyer and producer, and was handled
by Will Thomas, of Sheboygan Falls.
He gave concise statement of the
needs of a call board of trade to take the
place Of those now operated which al
lowed buyers to contract from cheese
factories and thereby destroy the use
fulness of such boards of trade.
The other subject was ''The Pres
ent Status of the Silage Question,
ably discussed by Prof. w. A. Henry,
dean of the State Agricultural college,
The professor spoke in no uncertain
terms of the benefits of silage as food
for COWS. He went into the subject
in detail and cited numerous authori-
ties to show that the prejudice against
silage milk and butter was fast dying
out. He believed the silo was the
future hope of the dairy farmer and
was convinced that Indian corn was
the best product with which to fill the
silo for winter or summer fodder.
The Closing Session.
Friday afternoon the convention
concluded its labors. Resolutions of
thanks to the city officials and citizens
of Watertown, the WOmaD's Relief
corps and the Business Mems associ-
alton, expressing appreciation of their
aid, were passed. The following reso-
luton was also adopted and the sec
retary instructed to send a copy of it
to every newspaper in the state and to