Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-02
HOLSTE|N MEET.
Inc A SUCCESS
Hundreds of Men Women and
Children Assembled at the
C. kieffer Farm

| dred people from all parts Of WOOl
and neighboring counties assemblet
at the beautiful home of J. C. Kief
| fer, two miles northeast Of Auburn
dale. The occasion was the regular
annual summer meeting of the Cen
trail Wisconsin, Holstein FriesiaI
Breeders Association.
In the morning an overcast sky
and light showers made the OUTLOOK
for a successful meeting seem very
doubtful, but before noon the cloudr
disap peared and carriages and auto
mobiles began to arrive, from all di
rections. Conveyances from the farm
met all forenoon trains at Auburn
dale, also one early afternoon train
AT the farm, every detail for sue
cessful gathering had been attended
to by the Kieffers, with the assist
ance of many kind neighbors
Just back of the Kieffer residence
is beautiful grove where the pic.
mic was to be held. Here an ice
cream stand had been erected and
seats had been provided for several
hundred people; but on account Of
the threatening weather early in the
day, the plan to hold the picnic in
second floor of the large dairy barn
WAS quickly transformed into a din
ing hall and auditorium
At u o'clock, every one sat down
to long tables loaded with nearly ey-
erything one can think of that
tastes good. The seats were planks,
that seemed perfectly substantial un-
til dinner hada been in progress for
about twenty minutes, when one of
them broke with a crash. AS nearly
aus we can remember, the center of
this plank was occupied by Geo. Cum
mings, with /. J. Leu at his right
and B. Gates at his left.
At 1 O'Clock, c. H. mig, presi-
meeting to order and introduced the
first speaker, C. J. Schroeder, of RAJ
cine, live stock editor of the Wiscon-
sin Agriculturist, and secretary of
the Wisconsin HoIstein Friesian
Breeders Association. Mr.. Schroed-
er gave a Holstein talk that should
have been heard by every dairy far
ner in Central Wisconsin. His talk
was sound in every respect, practical
in every detail and an inspiration to
all who were present.
The Holstein-Friesian COW has
demonstrated her superiority over
and over again, until further demon
stration in competition with other
dairy breeds seems superfluous. Col
or has nothing to do with production,
and should be subordinatcd to more
important considerations Great en-
phasis was placed upon the import
ance of size, conformation, breeding
and performance at the pail. Mr
Schroeder showed how these four es-
sentials may be realized and in fact,
how they must be realized if the
owner of Holstein cattle attains any
marked degree of success.
The next speaker, Mr.. Geo. Cum
mings, of Eau uC1aire, is a man whom
every one should have heard. He is
a power in this state in elevating our
citizens to higher standards OF
thought and action. Mr.. Cummings
spoke on Efficiency. He said that he
might well spend his hour talking OF
the evidences of efficiency all about
him on the Kieffer farm, but that he
would pass over all of that and simp-
" felicitate the Kieffers upon their
splendid garden, the equal of which
he had not seen in all his travels
over the state of Wisconsin. Mr..
Cummings made an appeal for strict
honesty in all of our business reia-
tions, for organization and c0-opera-
ton.
At the conclusion of the address OF
Mr.. Cummings, Mr.. j. w. Hicks, OF
Prentice, was called upon for
short address. Mr.. Hicks is an at
torney, an enthusiastic Holstein-FTies-
ian man, and father of Price coun--
tvs large HoIstein-Friesian Breed
ers' association. Mr.. Hicks gave some
practical statistics from herd rec
ords of Prentice farmers which
showed plainly that the daughters OF
pure bred Holstein sires and native
dams, are much more profitable than
are their dams.
The last speaker on the program
was Prof. w. w Clark, principal of
Wood county's new agricultural
school. Mr.. Clark is a conscientious
young man, who is going to be
booster of all good things Of interest
to the farmers of Wood county. He
spoke of the good work by COW test
IIIS C1iooOtIdIIOnS III NfOA4Ae5 oNC
profitable cows and showing the i'm
portance of better breeding.
At the conclusion of the speaking,
number of new members We're adj
mitted to the association, after which
o. ]. Leu gave a dairy animal judg-
ing demonstration.
First, the head of the herd was
led onto the barn floor and his good
points were gone over in very in
teresting and instructive manner. Mr..
Leu is a good judge Of dairy cattle
and MI. .Kieffer has the cattle that
possess the strong points.
The head OF the Kieffer herd is
strictly high class animal He has
fine style, splendid conformation and
the best of breeding. His dam has a
seni7official yearly record OF about