Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-01
DEAN HENRY TELLS SCIENCE
CLUB ABOUT 1T.
DENMARK is PROGRESSIVE
Best Agricultural College in the
World at openhagen-Grea Bri-
tain Has Lost Ground in Grain
Raisinq-Hollander Great Dairy
ing People-Frueaiity of the Swiss.
Madison. March 81.

Du1lQ1uS ldSI evening. GIUl. I1OuIy ID
the dean of the agricultural college,
and as he spent several months in Eu-
rope last year he had many interest
ing observations to relate and much
valuable information to impart. He
visited the principal agricultural coun
tries and had something interesting to
say OF each.
AS the result of his Investigations
Prof Henry concludes that Great
Britain has given to the world the
best breeds of livestock with but few
exceptions, her farmers being natural
stockmen Home markets, he said,
had been the great instrument in ele-
waiting British agriculture. The Brit
ish farmer hau been at his best more
than half a century ago, but, with the
abrogation of duties ION grain, the
change for the worse in some particu-
up protection and received nothing in
lieu thereof The English govern
ment was doing almost nothing for
agricultural education. The greatest
agricultural experiment station On
earth was that at Rothamsted, estab-
lished and maintained by private
munificence. John Lawes, Cam
bridge graduate, associated with him
self shortly after leaving college a
graduate from London university,
Henry Gilbert. These two young men
started Investigations in the growth OF
crops, the chemistry of the soil, ETC.,
on the LaWes estate. Here for over
60 years these two men worked to-
gether without break in their efforts.
The reports of their Investigations fill
many volumes and are classics of
their kind.~ The queen made both of
them baronets in recognition of their
distinguished services.
Denmark was, the professor
thought, the greatest example of intel
ligent agricultural push and progress.
The area Of Denmark is about one
fourth of Wisconsin, while the popula-
ton IS 10 per cent. greater. There
the dairy industry leads. Wisconsin
sends to other states and countries
probably $12, 100000 worth Of cream
cry butter yearly, while Denmark ex-
ports some $35, 100000 worth annually.
The best agricultural school in the
world is located at Copenhagen. The
buildings are plain, the equipment
rather meager, while the strength of
the institution is largely in it's faculty
of able men, Throughout Denmark
the farmers are joining more and
more into cooperative associations for
the purpose of reducing expenses N
the disposition Of their prod
abroad. A notable example is the as
sociation of syndicates for selling
eggs. Each egg handled by a syndi-
cate is stamped with the number OF
the local syndicate and the number of
the individual member of that syndi-
cate together with the day it was laid.
If on examination at Copenhagen any
eggs are found to be unsatisfactory a
fine of about 81 each bad >egg is as
sessed upon the local syndicate, and
the member of such syndicate in turn
In consequence of the intelligent man
agement of the business the egg ex-
ports of Denmark have doubled in five
years.
The agricultural features of Holland
were next discussed by the profess
sor. In a one-story, rectangular brick
house with matched roof lives the
Dutch farmer together with his COWS,
said he. Hay, grain and vehicles are
stored in the same building. But
scrupulous cleanliness prevails, the
COW stables being as clean. as the liv-
ing rooms in the better class of Amer
lean houses. Many Of the Dutch
farmers use gas for lighting their
houses, for cooking, etc. The cattle
are exceedingly numerous and are
generally black and white. The seen
cry is charming, embracing as it does
the intensely green meadows and pas
ture fields surrounded by bitches of
water which serve in lieu of fences.
Dotting these are the numerous cattle,
while alWays~in sight are the great
Windmills, which remove the excess
water, lifting it from one canal to the
next until it pours over the dixie into
| LnS SSd. ears dSO Lie DuCCu ldI1u-
ers were less progressive than the
Danes in agricultural matters and
consequently lost their markets.
Great hardships followed and the
prices Of land in Holland fell greatly.
Switzerland, said the professor, is
the ideal spot for the tourist seeking
charming scenery combined with the
| conveniences and comforts of modern
civilization. Cog railroads, cable
lines, etc, enable the sight-seer to
climb mountains and place himself in
the midst of the widest scenery with
out discomfort The hotels are ex-
cellently managed and reasonable in
price. The valleys and lower noun
tain sides are intensely green with
grass or fir trees. Every portion of
the earth not rock itself is utilized by
the patient, frugal tillers of the soil.
| The houses or chalets are particularly
picturesque with their broad, over