Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22

Net amount paid to patrons .......... $40, DAG. 30
oAKFILD TOWNSHIP COMPANY.
Pounds of milk received. ..... ........ 4.4O9S63
Pounds OF butter made. ........... 1885, 0S
Net amount paid to patrons $40, 46S 81
ROSS CREAMERY COMPANY.
Pounds of milk received. 1,426 ,404
Pounds of butter made ........... 62,27O
Net amount paid to patrons. Ss,752. II
SHARON CREAMERY COMPANY.
Pounds OF milk received. .......... 3,36l,5O1
Net amount paid to patrons ..... Sl7.S33 "a
TROUBLESOME VALLEY CREAMERY.
Pounds of milk received. .............. 1868 1881
Pounds of butter made ...... sO4gs
Net amount paid to patrons ..... S1O,675 G2
WEST HAMLIN CREAMERY.
PC unds of milk received ............ 3,146 756
Pounds of butter made. ............... 900
Net amount paid to patrons =. ....... SIS, 37S. 96
Fl. E. Schuknecht, of Fl Dodge, acted
as expert Judge on the butter exhibits
made by the Audubon county creamer-
les competing for the prizes. The grad
ing of the exhibits was as follows:
Ross creamery. .......,................. 1910
Troublesome Valley creamery ..... 90.
Gray creamery ...........,. ............... 94.25
Blue Grass creamery. ......................93 70
Kmballton creamery ................... ....93.7O
ElkhOrn creamery ..........................9 90 %
West Hamlin creamery E. ..... ........93.
To an unprofessional mind it seemed
there was but little difference, but the
explanations of the expert showed that
there were many more fine points about
the qualities of butter and it's making
than the ordinary person knows about
He spoke highly about the exhibits as a
whole. The address of the State Dairy
Commissioner was practical and helpful
J. A. Cozine and N. P. Hoegh discussed
the subject as to comparative profits of
the summer and winter COW, and John
Lovelace, |. p. Hansen and others also
spoke. L. J. Close, commission man
whose home is at Waterloo, was also
present and spoke. The fact is the but
ter contest drew representatives Of deal
ers here who were looking for nice but
ter and the Oakfeld creamery bargain
ed to sell its entire butter output for the
coming year to New York firm at three:
fourths of cent in advance of the price
of Elgin butter. This speaks highly of
Audubon county creameries, especially
of Oakfeld. The Elgin is considered
the standard best grade. This firm
supplies parties in New York who want
very nice article.
At the afternoon meeting J. A. Nash
gave talk on educational progress
which was interesting and instructive.
At the evening session the court room
was packed to suffocation, great many
standing. The music by the Glover
Leaf Quartet and Mrs Carmichaels
solo were of their usual excellent charac-
ter. Europe as Isaw it, by Miss Harriet
Bilharz, was an excellent address. She
showed to the audience how the people
OF many different European countries
appeared to her last summer. Her ad-
miration for the people of Switzerland
was plain.
The debate on the question as to
which ia the more profitable to the farm
ers of America, the raising of grain or
live stock, was entertaining if not very
instructive. The speakers seemed to
find it easy to assume that they knew
but little of their subject. Chester Mar
lin opened, speaking eloquently for the
affirmative, hitching his chariot to star
and managing to keep few thousand
miles away from the subject most of the
time. Rev. Smay tried to be more prac-
teal, and demolished Mr. Martins
speech somewhat, and tried to get the
thing started in practical lines. W. G
Elliott, speaking for the affirmative, up
set the thing again by soaring
and by burlesque, while G. w. Cosson
mixed in systematic confusion his legal
learning and agricultural lore. The de.
bate furnished much amusement and
contained some fine examples of ridicule
and burlesque.
Friday morning E. N. Taggart read
paper on horticulture and +. G. Far
quhar read one on The Horse, both OF
which appear on the first page of this
paper. Mrs. VIM. Masterson read good
paper on small fruit and Chester Marlin
spoke well on the social side of farm life.
Afternoon came the election of officers:
Thomas Oliver, j. Shingledecker and
S. Gardner were a committee on nomi-
nations and they reported as follows:
President, E. N. Taggart; vice president,
Ben Carr; secretary, John Lovelace;
assistant secretary, Eugene Talbot.
The report was adopted.
Chester Marlin then spoke for some
time on the conditions in the Philippines
as he saw them. The talk was instruct
i've and excellent. l.. G. Kopp gave
good address on poultry raising, Messrs.
Passmore, Hudler and Mrs. Masterson
and others took part in the discussion.
l. z. Hansen spoke at some length on
Preventable Farm Waste, which was