Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-18

| them TO make an exhibit Of their pro-
| duct at the 81. Louis exposition.
zone thing to be avoided, IN my opin-
ion, IN our association Is the discus
sion OF the various breeds OF uaIry cat
tie as much valuable time VIII be vast
ed, especially when each kind has
breeders to defend them nom the at
tacks OF competitors Let edch of us
choose his own fay0rite and determine
what Is best adapted 10 his looanty
and experience.
The methous Of feeding, balancing
Of ratlons handling OF mix or cream,
manufacturing OF butter ana cneese,
storing, packing and marketing are all
proper questions to be discussed, look
ing To the production and also CONNER
clal end OF the dairy business,
Another important matter for our
consideration is the adoption OF meth
DDS TO aid the food Inspector and 9TH
or officials to detect and punish those
guilty Of Offering TO the public adulter-
ated or counterfeit products.
1t IL impossible for legitimate bus
mess to compete with one dealing In
the spurious and counterfeit,
In regard 20 the recent activity OF
the oleomargarlne trade, l fear that
the dairymen are somewhat 20 blaine.
When butter was scarce last December,
we saw the opportunity to advance the
price, making It cost the consumer IS
cents per pound, which for the average
wage Garner Is so high that he Is COM
PEELED either to find a substitute or 80
without The result was that oleomar..
gerine, with It's pale face, was invited
into our markets and TO some extent
It took the place OF the wholesome,
genuine article that all classes of our
people prefer.
"The old saying.
"'Vlce, the monster; how hideous Its
face;
"'At first we abhor, then pity, and then
embrace
"And SO IL seems to be with Oleo at
the present time In many markets Of
the state the consumer seems 10 have
embraced II, at least to degree.
I'm closing permit me TO say that ]
feel that the dairy interests Of this
state as represented by this association,
are worthy OF the best thought and
consideration Of the leading men in our
communities, and | should like TO see
more Of them interest themselves In IT,
And feel that with Il resident OF this
enterprlslng valley ~ the president of
this association, assisted By Prof
Clark, who is the logical secretary for
the association, our continued success
will be assured.
WILLARD s, HANSEN.
Fifteen years experience In grow.
ing lucern on dry and rrigate farms
was treated In an Interesting paper by
Hon. Willard g. Hansen of BuXelder
county, His experience had shown that
In the past much lucern seed had been
wasted by farmers sowing 10 to 20
pounds per acre, He had secured fine
stands with TO 6 pounds Of recleaned
ucern seed per acre, lie advised fall
blowing and fine puyerlaed seed bed
and fairly early spring sowing with
drills adjusted to cover the seed one
half inch TO one inch IN depth.
Tie advised the cutvatlng each
spring Of lucern fields with sharp
harrow or disc harrow, rs early as
practicable, whether irrigated or dry
lands For mixture with lucern, hc
advised English rye grass, sown
pounds per acre with b pounds Of III
Germ seed first sowing lureun and fol-
lowing crosswlse with the rye grass
Prof Melvin j, Ballard delighted the
convention with n vocal solo,
A VOICE FROM IDAHO.
MIR william Khkup Of Franklin, Ida,
spoke on "A Few Points ON Butter
Making" lie divided his subject into.
FIRST. the men, second. the machinery
and third. the material
First as 10 the man. No butter maker
should be content to barely
get along. but should study and
keep himself thoroughly up.to-date,
and he should, too, have help enough
to enable him TO give proper attention
to his profession.
As to machinery the combined churn