The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15
FARMERS HOLD
THEIR ELECTIONS.
ORGANIZATIONS AFEIL lated
WITH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
ADJOURN.
Live Stock Breeders Urge Federal
Bureau of Animal Industry to Aid
State in Stamping Out Live Stock
Diseases-A Good Roads Resolu-
lions.

L The Minnesota Improved Live Stock
Breeders' association, In session at the
Masonic Temple yesterday, reelected
It's officers as follows: j. J. Furlong,
Austin president; A. II. Bulls, Win
nebago City, first vice president; p.
presidents; Thomas Shaw, st. Paul,
secretary; j. c.. Mills, Austin, treas
urer. The executive committee re-
mains unchanged except that, in the
eighth district, T.. H. Sconeld Of Bay
Lake succeeds S. F. Snively Of Du-
luth.,
Resolutions adopted urged the fed
eral bureau of animal industry to aid
the state authorities in investigating
and checking live stock diseases; fa-
vored laws for collecting the road tax
in cash and expanding it thru COM
| missioners that would adopt a uni
form system of road building; sug-
gested legislation to protect sheep
against dogs; recommended A. W..
Trow, president of the State Dairy
association, for appointment on the
live stock sanitary board, and asked
that the legislature establish a bu-
reau for the collection Of state sta
tistics relative to agriculture and man.
ufactures.
Farmers Club Meets.
a At the afternoon meeting, in Ma
sonic Temple, OF the Farmers club
of Minnesota, affiliated with the State
Agricultural society, Professor w. w.
FolWell Of the state university spoke,
in place of Professor F. l.. McVey,
upon Incorporation Among Farmers"
c.. G.. Schulz, instead of Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction J. w. Olson,
read an interesting paper upon The
Consolidation of Rural Schools" Pro-
fessor R.A. Moore of Madison recon-
mended that agricultural students CO.
operate with the experiment stations.
A. J. Phillips advised that side shows
be abolished at county fairs. The Of
ficers elected were: President, A. D.
Wilson; vice president, Professor An
drew Boss; treasurer Professor Will
liam Robertson; secretary, D. A..
Gaumnitz; executive board, w. p.
Spreider, G. W. Grant, Miss Ida Ce-
derholm George Woodland, p. w.
berg, j. r. ellis and w. H. Tomhave.
Sheep Breeders Election.
At the annual meeting yesterday Of
the Minnesota Sheep Breeders assoc
citation, w. J. Boynton, Dexter, was
reelected president; Thomas Kehoe,
Toapi, was made first vice president,
and Thomas Garfield, second vice
president. C. w. Clodtfelter was
chosen secretary-treasurer in success
resolution passed recommending that
prizes be offered at the state fair for
wool exhibits and for Minnesota-b bred
sheep, as distinct from the general
| classes. '
The Minnesota Swine Breeders as
ISOLATION reelected j. j. Furlong pres
ident, chose A. K. Hunt as vice presf-
dent and made Charles Kenning Sec
Iretary-tereasurer. sss Sata5s &ts
Prizes were awarded as follows for
the admirable exhibits made by the
State Crop, Breeders association:
Corn grown south Of Minneapolis: :...
I yellow, Dent--First, C. F. Murphy. Caledonia:
second. G.; 81. Murphy, Caledonia; third, Peter
| White ;Dent--Tirst, Andrew c. Mork, Owa ton.
ma: second, c. H. Murphy; third, e. s. Muir.
FFiint-First. Fred Meier. sleepy Eye: second.
Joe Taylor Medford; third, o. G. Thompson,
| Pennington.
| North Of Minneapolis:
line; second B. L: Hoyt st. Paul; third, N.
White Dent-First Northrup, King ( Co., Min
! third, A. G. Cooper, st. Cloud.
| F1int-First, Northrup, King & Co., Minneapolis;
second. Richard sharf Frazee City; third, j. s.
Winter Wheat-First, second and third. c. l.
Murphy, Caledonia; fourth, A. c. Cooper, st.
! Cloud.
Fife Wheat-sweepstakes; First, a. e; Coop
fourth. August. Codyline, Erazee City; fifth
Northrup, King & Co. G
G. r. Feelings, Detroit: third, 7. W. Malcolm
Rush City; fourth, N. Starr, Cokato; fifth, q. n
| Murphy.
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second e. E. Murphy; third, G. H. Murphy.
Good Winter Underwear, Cheap,