Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-02-06

| butter, no matter what breed, the only
variation being in quantity and color;
that butter should be washed in the
globular state and not churned into a
mass; should be washed but twice The
ladies present took lively interest in
this sui ject
F. w Alexander read an interesting
| account of his experiments in poultry
raising, which the CENSOR will publish
entire in later issue. Mr.. Alexander
took the ground that profits in poultry
raising are very small though he ad
m tied the hen was almost necessity
N every farm 1t was quite evident
the audience did not all agree with him
IN regard to profits. One gentleman said
he purchased S5 worth of grain, fed it
to n numoer of OLD hens and sold $40
worth of eggs Good enough.
THURSDAY EVENINGS ENTERTAIN
MENT.
The evening exercises under direction
of Viroqua high school, brought out a
large crowd. Every one was pleased
and entertained. The Viroqua band
high school male quartette and the
Misses Barbara Munson, Effie Ady, Katie
joyce, Flossie Stricken and Hazel Belt
furnished an excellent musical program.
Others gave recitations and Miss Mer-
riam Hayes read an essay on compari-
son Uf country and city life, which was
we'll received, AS did also Lars Kalyastran
on the Young American. Miss Celia
Proctor brought down the house with
comical recitation. Although, as Prof
Pearson said, ''ths Viroqua high school
is not in the show business, yet they
did we'll and each numbe- was heartily
encored.
FRIDAY MORNING.
Hon. A. A. Arnold took up the sub
iect of swine He captured the atten-
tion of all at once by his humorous and
pleasant Kramer of speaking. The
hog, he said, 'is my faverite animal on
the fstm. because he is most like
ourselves. He dwelt largely on the
care OF the brood SOW and the proper
feeding of young pigs in order to pro-
duce the largest and best hogs. Young
pigs should be fed bone and muscle pro-
ducing foods-oa,s and milk-never sour
swill; let the hog grow strong frame
first. and feed very little corn until fat
tening time; give them exercise and
clean surroundings; never feed them
more than they want to eat Mr.. Arnold
said the best way to drive hog is with
a buggy whip instead of club He
recommended fiat -bottomed t~oughs not
over inches high, placed on the outside
of the hog yards, with a swinging board
to allow his hogship to reach the feed;
did net believe in pen" or hog houses;
said he would knock all pigs with the
'thumps" in the head. His preventive
g oh tba Ia n IL
Practical feeding was har.died by Mr..
TAYLOR with the aid of ctart showing
the relative value of different foods.
Milk is the only perfect food, containing
the proper proportion of protein, ash,
fat, starch and sugar; oats come next,
very near perfect Corn fodder was
placed near the end of the lis, and this
fact brought out a discussion on the sub
iect. Mr.. Taylor said corn fodder lost
its food value with age He closed the
subject of practical feeding with care
full directions on the care of dairy cows,
he said the average COW was good for
s wears, and he believed in working
them hard during that time.
DIR. Porter read a paper, Ten Min
utes on the Milking Stool, supplement
ed with an interesting talk. We hope
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
w. #. Stiles opened the afternoon
meeting with a talk on the subject of
testing cows. Said each COW ought TO
be tested one or two seasons in order to
prove her worth. Recommended farm
ers to use the Babcock tester.
Mr.. Arnold next took up the subject
of beef production, recommending the
Shorthorns more especially said steer
when fattened should feel soft to the
touch and not hard, az such would bring
more in the Chicago market His re-
marks ON feeding were somewhat the
same az in growing good hogs.
DIR. Mott, who was the next on the
program was called away and his part
ner, DR. Chandler, took his place. The
subject to be discussed was the impor-
lance of proper breeding, but the ques-
ton of cause and cure of hog cholera
was brought up and consumed most Of
the time. The doctor also thought th .
liberal use of carbolic acid was the best
preventive of this disease Mr.. Taylor
followed with short talk on the horse.
He said the horse was his first love- he
was ncsE IN the dairy business simply
because il paid him more money; said
Vernon county farmers ought to raise
the French Coach, as the best all-round
horse for their use, and horse they
could sell for good money at any time.
He said good horses brought good prices
now and it was his opinion that the
price would go higher. Mr.. Taylor com
plimented our farmers on the fine APP
pearance of their horses, such as he had
seen.
The closing subject of the institute
was sheep which was taken up by Mr.
Arnold He said he was a lover of sheep
though they were the least intelligent
of any animal on the farm; they were
easy to keep and profitable; thought the
Downs were the best for this country;
recommended open sheds with plenty OF
bedding for them to lie on. There We're
a number of sheep owners present who
enjoyed the discussion, though time was
short.
In closing the institute Mr.. Taylor ex-
pressed his appreciation of the hospital
ity extended TO him and his associates
by our citizens, and of the interest man
ifested in the institute work by all
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