The Ely miner., 1913-01-31
FRENCH Is RETAINED.
Association Reelected at
Northfieid.


Northfield.-The next annual con-
vention of the Minnesota Dairymen's
association will be held in Minneap-
oils. Definite action cannot be taken
until the next meeting of the execu-
tive committee in September, but at
the session late Friday the delegates
voted favorably on resolution in
structing the committee to consider
the Minneapolis application. The reso-
luton was introduced by J. B. Irwin
OF Minneapolis, and supported in
brief talk by E. c. Hellwig, assistant
secretary Of the Minneapolis Civic and
Commerce association.
Fridays Session.
At the session Friday the follow
ing resolutions were adopted: An
Endorsement of the Haugen bill in
the national congress designed to pro-
tect the producer and consumer OF
pure butter from fraud and deceit on
the part of oleomargarin products,
recommendation to the state legisla-
ture of the passing of law prohib-
iting the sale of colored oleomargarin
in Minnesota; Recommendation of the
passing Of law designed to prevent
the sale of unwholesome and partly
decomposed cream to creameries by
such cream is believed to contain;
urging the rigid enforcement of the
anti-discrimfnation law designed to
prevent unfair competition by manip-
ulation of prices; recommendation of
law changing the moisture test for
pure butter to a butter fat test, pro-
viding for butter fat percentage of
81 in pure butter; recommendation of
the passage of stringent pure seed
and stock food law for Minnesota;
commencing the work of the state
dairy and food department; recon-
mendation of increasing the dairy
course at the state agricultural COZ
lege.
Stock Is Judged.
The early session Saturday was
given over to judging the stock en-
tered in the dairy show, held in con-
ture of which was the demonstration
lecture on the dairy cow by F. H.
Scribner of Rosendale, Wis
The convention closed with the aft
ernoon session. There were two
speakers on the program. Secretary
Thomas Cooper of the Better Farm
ing association of North Dakota, who
spoke on the Reorganization of the
Farm for Dairying," and J. P. Mason,
of Elgin, ILL.,, who spoke on Profitable
Dairy Farming"
According to the officers the con-
vention just closed has been the best
attended and in all ways the most
successful of any ever held by the as
sociation.
French President Again.
Andrew French of st. Paul, former
state dairy and food commissioner,
was reelected president of the Min
nesota Dairymen's association at the
afternoon session here Thursday. A.
J. Wye of st. Paul opposed Mr.
French's election, but could not mus
ter sufficient support to defeat him.
Other officers reelected were F. d.
Currier, Nicollet, secretary; j. M.
Jack, Stanton, treasurer; George P.
Grout, Duluth, official judge. Christ
Heen of Osakis was elected first vice
president to succeed Charles Nelson
of Litchfield and Ed Ulrich of Biscap,
second vice president, to succeed Mr..
Heen.
The principal feature of the fore
noon session Thursday was an ad-
dress by H. III. Wing, professor of ami
NAL husbandry in Cornell university,
New York. He spoke on Scientific
Modern Methods of Feeding" Colonel
r. A. Wilkinson of Lake Elmo, spoke
on Cooperation" and Professor e.
C. Higbie of Morris, on Agricultural
Education in the Common Schools"
The address of Dean A. F. Woods
of the state agricultural college in
the afternoon attracted one of the
largest audiences of the convention.
His subject was: "Dairying and the
Future Development of Minnesota"
On the program this afternoon will
also appear F. H. Scribner of Rosen.
dale, Wis, and Joel G. Winkjer, state
dairy and food commissioner.