The Cairo bulletin., 1912-11-20
BIG ATTENDANCE
At HALL AND
OPERA HOUSE
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Dairymen's Association Holds
Convention at the *.
M. K. G. Hell.
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MAKE AWARDS TODAY
State Supt. Francis G.. Blair
will Make Address
This Afternoon.
MAKE AWARDS TODAY

Tho opera house was crowded
with an enthusiastic audience last
night to listen to addresses delivered
by Supt. George w Grown, of Edgar
county, aud by A. M. Johnson, state
highway engineer Of Springfield
who occupied the business part OF
the program of the first night ses-
sion in thiG city of the State Farm
ers' Institute. Both addresses were
illustrated by he stereopticon. Supt.
Browns subject was Forward
Movement in Country Schools, "
showing the development Of the old
log school holse Of only recent
years into the modern country
schools Of todny which havt been
supplied with all modern equip
ments, and have Il class of teachers
In most cases equal in ability to
teach !he country pupils as the city
teachers in the city schools, and who
have introduced up-tc-date methods
in the training and tic education Of
the children along the same lines as
in city schools
Practical Road Improvement" )"
the address by Mr.. Johnson was Of
great interest TO farmers and city
people alike, as the advent Of the
automobile Is helping to increase the
demand for good roads throughout
tho country Mr.. Johnson is an eX-
pert on road building. He is the
engineer in charge Of the work now
being done in the drainage district
and near Beech Ridge,
The evenings pleasure, was en-
hancel by several numbers given by
the mems chorus of the First Metho-
dist church chcir, under the direc-
tion of Mayor George Parsons.
The Dairymen's Meeting.
Two sessions were held yesterday
at IS. nj, *. G. hall by the Dairy
mems Association, orc in the morn
ing and the other in the AFTERNOON,
at which there was fair attend
ance. Rev. A, NJ. Eeils gave the in
vocation. Joseph McNulty rendered
solo, followed by the address of
welcome by Mayor George Parsons.
i. A. Spies, Of st, Jacobs, I'll.
made his address on How to Make
Dairying Pay on $500 an Acre
Land" In his short talk he very
convincingly told his audience how
the thing could be done He claims
10 be the first man in the state to
use a silo and the silo, he says, has
made him 100000. He believed in
a small farm well cultivated Had
Holstein COWS: bad no use for Jersey
COWS. They were. pretty, but ex-
pensiya.
e. spdendorf, Of Springfield, gave
his experience in the "Care OF
Cream on the Farm.
Cooperation" was the address
by S. B Shillings, Of Chicago, a bus
mess proposition thac many Of his
listeners We're agreed upon as the
proper thing to make more money
and have less worry.
J. b. Newman, of Elgin, assistant
pure food commissioner, told of the
benefits to n Community Derived
From Creamery" Mr.. Newman
lives III a community, the city OF
Elgin, that is the center of the great.
est butter district in Illinois Gel.
gin butter" are household words.
After hearing the statement that
Illinois produces not more than fifty
per cent. of the butter consumed in
this state, the peopl5i should feel a
little more reconciled to forty cent
butter.
But it naturally leads to the in.
quiry why there are not more dairy
(Conc1uded on papa giYl