Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-12-08
ENTHUSIASTIC SESSION
cONRATH COMMERCIAL CLUB
HOLDS SESSION LAST FRI
DAY.
WANT 500 TO PUT ON PASSENGER
Question Of Stocking Farms With
Pure Bred Dairy Cattle
is Discussed.

Editor News Budget: 1t was my
pleasure to attend meeting of the
Conrath Commercial Club held in the
Conrath schoolhouse on the evening
of Dec l.
In regard to the snap and progress
sive spirit shown by the members
(who were there in soodly numbers)
llr. Editor, you would have had to
be there in order to get an idea Of
the members enthusiasm for the rea-
equately the spirit with which the
members seemed to be imbued.
In the absence of President Max
on, the chair was occupied by Vice
President H. w. Cook, and to say
that he performed the duties-Well
Uncle Joe Cannon might do some
things better, but Champ Clark
never.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing being approved, the first bust
ness coming before the club was the
improvement in train service on the
500 Line running through here. II
was the unanimous opinion of the
Club that there should be loca,
passenger train including mail cal
10 take the place as train, but
not as to time, OF the rydally
THAT is if they don't arrive today
they will try to do SO tomorrow
that is now giving us such poor SER
vice. This is move in the right
direction as the service We get now
is simply rotten.) There was com
nittee appointed to confer with the
Clubs Of the different towns which
are in the same boat that We are
ia in order to bring the question up to
the highest authority if need be. 1t
is certainly crying shame that we
are not provided with better mail
service at least. AS it is now let
ter mailed for Conrath in the a. m.
from any Of the towns south OF us
is carried by us by the try-daily as
far north as Ladysmith, where it is
put in another pouch and sent back
to us by another try-daily that may
be here at any old time.
The Club has also under advisement
a proposition from a party who will
erect mill here if satisfactory ar
Engagements can be made.
The question of stocking our farms
with pure-bred dairy cattle came up
end was ably handled b. the mem
bers in general and finally put in the
hands of committee to report al
the next regular meeting which will
be the first Friday in January, 1912.
This the writer hereof considers one
OF the best, if not the best move
the Club has yet made. This being
an ideal dairy country, why not stock
up with pure-breds and make Rusk
COUNTY CcutCl vi pulC-ottu uaiIy
cattle We know that the prices that
some pure-bred cows have been sold
for is rather discourasing to many
farmers: but we know that prices
published are for top-notchers. which
are very desirable But we can
make start and a good one with
less expensive animals and gradually
improve from them by a few neigh
bors clubbing together for the pur-
pose Of securing a good sire which
is said to be half of the herd Just
think, the dairy cow test in this state
which closed a months test on Nov.
1st shows that there were more than
500 cows entered Out of this num-
Der "a were selected as being the
best. These "A COWS averanged $50
pounds Of butter each for year.
This is more than three times as
much as the average cows on Wis
consiu farms now give. But l hear
you say: II can't afford the price
| say You can. You who now have
three or four scrubs run them in
to the butcher and get one pure bred.
II the money you get from the but
cher will not do it the feed that you
save instead OF the scrubs wasting
it during the. next year will surely do
so. But the. Conrath Commercial
Club purposes to make. it SO you will
not have to put up spot cash, in fact
they propose that you may stock your
farms with pure bred dairy COWS at
your own terms or terms that will