The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-02-22

claimed that the cattle which had won
such an unenviable reputation for poor
milk giving were not Holsteins at all
but cross between them and the Dur
hams, view in which he was support
ed by several others He believed that
the butter factory was quite as good as
the condensed milk factory because in
the case of the butter factory the
SKINNED milk is returned to the farm
for feeding young stock. Mr. Lorenzo
Owens also discussed the matter and
gave his endorsement to the pure blood
Holsteins, although he himself prefers
and keeps only Jerseys. The Jerseys
have way of doing things by thirds
he says, which Is quite satisfactory to
him. About a third of their milk Is
cream and about third of their cream
is butter. Other matters were dis
cussed and good points were brought
out.
One of the most interesting of the
afternoons features was the discussion
of the subjects brought out by the ques-
ton box conducted by Mr.. A. L. Chand-
Ter. The township unit system for
schools, list of best books for young
people, cooperative buying and selling,
the latter not being favored by Mr..
Frank Clark to whom the matter was
referred, because he thought the mid.
dleman did q work which was neces-
sary and for which he should be paid
enough to keep him from crowding into
the farming profession-and the matter
of watching the market reports were
all brought out and discussed by some
of the best farmers of the county. The
fact was also brought out very clearly
by several that since the advent of rural
free delivery. farmers paid much closer
attention to the market prices than be.
fore and that the daily reports of the
markets in connection with good set
Of farm scales were saving many dollars
to the farmers who had both. Other
important and interesting questions
were also considered and many good
points were brought out which it is i'm
possible to give space for at this time
During the afternoons program the
Giant Quartet of the Burns Club favor
ed the association with a selection and
recitations were given by Master
Arthur Cook and Miss Blanche Baldwin.
The early part of the evening session
was taken up with solos by Mr. Claud
Martin, two recitations by Master Glen
Fuller, and suggestive paper by Mrs.
A. Wrigley.
"The Best Way to Tighten the House
wife's Burden" was the subject assigned
to Mrs. Wrigley and while her paper
did not suggest any one best way, the
conclusion seemed to be that the burden
could be materially lightened by at
tention to q number of little details
which she proceeded to enumerate.
Various little acts of thoughtfulness on
the part of the farmers themselves,
their sons, and the other men employed
about the farm formed one way by
which burdens could be lightened. If
the men wore rubbers when about the
farm and barnyard and then left the
rubbers outside of the kitchen consider
able work would be saved. The men
too could see that it was never neces
sary that the housewife should have to
carry either wood or water for use in
the house. The plan of taking the milk
directly to creamery or cheese factory
was also especially recommended as
a means of saving great amount Of
work for the women although the
speaker admitted that some women had
been unwilling to have the milk sent
away because they had had the money
from the sale of the butter and seemed
to think that they might be deprived of
that source of revenue by the change.
The question of hired help was also
touched upon by Mrs. Wrigley and her
position drew out several remarks later
on from both the gentlemen and the
ladies. She believed that the custom
which prevails now on some farms, of
hiring married men and furnishing
them with house was much more
satisfactory than the old way of being
obliged to take the hired man into the
family. 1t certainly greatly lightened
the work of the housewife not to have
the hired men about the house. When
extra help was needed too the men
could be boarded with the hired mans
family. In the discussion it was
brought out that there were some ad.
vantages in the other method and that
the old way of making the hired man
member of the family was preferred by
some, tho it was conceded by nearly all
that the method advocated by Mrs.
Wrgley saved the housewife no small
amount of work.
The evenings program concluded
with the talk on "a trip to Europe" by
Mr.. s. +. Parkill, of this city. Mr..