Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-01
THE SECOND DAY OF
FARMERS INSTITUTE
Good Attendance, and Interest
ing Papers Read.
Subjects of Swine, Dairy Cattle, Sheep
and Good Feeding Exhaustively
Discussed.

The sessions of the Farmers In
stitute held on Wednesday, brought
forth more enlivened discussions of
interesting subjects than that of the
day previous. Although an at
tent1ve good sized crowd was present
at the mornings session, all of the
seats were not flied and it was a
great change from the audience
that taxed the halls capacity on the
evening before.
John f. Johns, of Dodgeville, was
the first speaker on the program.
He had the subject of poultry, and
from the way he handled it showed
that he has had experience along
this line. Mr.. Johns advised the
poultry laiser to select the type or
bird that suited his own fancy best,
and to make a speciality of that type
of fowl. Personally he said, he
liked the, Barred Plymouth Rock,
but he advised those present not to
feed this type too much corn. Keep
them hustling for feed" he said,
land you will meet with better
sur cess than if you feed them
greaa quantity of corn" In the
discussion that followed he was
asked what he fed his poultry? and
answered "a variety of food; wheat,
oats, sunfower, alfalfa ETC." He
said to give them plenty OF grit,
such as oyster shells, broken glass.
etc.
Variety IS the spice of life" said
Conductor Roberts, and there fol-
lowed entertaining piano duet by
Grace and Mable Stone.
A j. Reed was then called on to
talk of the subject of swine. He
said that owing TO sickness in the
family, he had not been able to pre-
pare a very complete paper, but
would discuss the subject neverthe-
less and would endeavor to answer
any questions that were put to him.
He spoke from notes, and showed
complete mastery of his subject.
He said that it was proper to breed
along one line, and keep the breed
pure. He laid special emphasis on
keeping the best at home, and
selling the worst to the Chicago
buyers. The county and state
would be much richer if Mr.. Reeds
advice were followed.
Mr.. Roberts who was down to
discuss the subject with Mr.. Reed,
SAID that the latter had left but
little for him to talk about. He
called Mr.. Reeds discussion good
hog gospel" He then told of the
essential points in pure bred hog.
and after answering several ques-
tiOns closed the subject.
Supt. McKerrow, of Madison, was
the last speaker in the morning
session. He talked for sometime on
good feeding. Among other things,
he said that scientific feeding was
merely common sense feeding.
In the afternoon the attendance
was better than in the morning.
The program was opened by a finely
executed piano duet by Helen
Draper and Elva Doll. r. E.
Roberts then made an earnest plea
for the upbuilding of 1--we stock in
the different sections of the state.
He said that if the farmers in this
section would get together and
agree to raise one breed of stock,
such as Holstein or Jersey cattle,
bay ers would be attracted here
from every part of the country. He
talked against indiscriminate cross
breeding without any fixed purpose
IN view. Dairymen should eliminate
beef blood from their herds, and
the beef cattle grower should stick
to his line. dual purpose cattle,
he said are not an absolute success.
John L. TOrmey, of Fennimore,
was on the program for talk on
Dairy Cattle, but was not present.
Chas. Case, of Lancaster, then
read a paper on Sheep" He
praised Wisconsin as an ideal sheep
raising state, and told of the diff
ferent classes that are raised here.
He said that they should have clean
dry sheds, and should have a run
in winter and change of pasture
every year, to prevent disease and
worms. &c closed by emphatically
voicing the sentiment of almost
everp sheep raiser in the country.
that sheep stand for future success
and prosperity"
w. A. McKerrow, OF Pewaukee,
also talked on sheep. He recon-