Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-03-31
PARKER MAN FIRST
VAUGHN BEST BUTTER MAKER
OF SOUTH DAkoTA--ScoRE
OF "a PER CENT.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capital City, the Various
State Institutions and from
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.


the Sunshine State.
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Pierre-Arthur Vaughn of Parker
won first place with score of 94 per
cent in the first entry of the 1916 but
ter scoring contest, which was con
Quoted by the State Dairymen's asso-
citation and the dairy department of
the State college as Brookings. There
were 81 contestants. the largest entry
in the history Of the association The
scoring was in charge of James Sor-
enscn of Albert Lea, Minn. The 9th
er five highest point winners are as
follows, in order: G. w. Gilman, Sum-
nit. 1916; P. B. Thomson. Center
vile, 93.5; ]. N. Longen, Webster,
1925; J. H. Brockway, Spearfish, 80;
II. Petersen, Brookings, SO. The av-
erage score of the 81 contestants was
90.74 per cent.
"The object of these contests" says
A. P. Ryger, secretary of the State
Dairymen's association, "is to deter
mine the quality and composition of
the butter made in the state, and by
observing the defects as we'll as the
good points to assist crameries in at
tanning better butter making results.
The general workmanship .of the but
ter in this contest was good. The
principal defects can be traced to old
and stale cream, a serious problem
which has to be overcome by the pro.
ducer.
Farmers may materially assist but
termakers in improving the quality of
butter by making frequent deliveries
of cream and by better care OF same
while on the farm. Cream should
never be stored in cellars where veg
tables are kept, nor in kitchens or
pantries where there are food odors.
Warm cream should not be mixed with
cold cream after being skinned. Both
should be well cooled and aerated be-
fore mixing"
Agricultural Institutions Business.
"The principle business of agricul-
tural institutions is to furnish collie
giate education to farmers" said
Agronomist A. N Hume of State COL
lege at Brookings before the annual
meeting of the South Dakota expert
ment association. "If it can be proved
to me that the only mission of insti-
tutions such as ours is to prepare
teachers and experiment station
conductors, and county agents and
civil service employees, then l
lieve in collegiate training for farm
people, because the people of the farm
need and ought to have and are going
to have just as high grade training as
any other kind of people"
DIR. Hume suggested that while the
young people of the farm should have
the advantage of collegiate training.
they should be able to secure it at
their convenience-for instance, dur
ing the winter months when they are
able to leave the farm work. Such
an arrangement, he said, "would
make possible the requirement of some
collegiate training by some farm citi.
zens who cannot now secure it; and
tually give collegiate training to tire
people of the farm while on the farm
That would be democracy. indeed"
DR.. Hume stated that students in the
secondary school of agriculture may
find it their duty to secure collegiate
training at State college. If you have
that kind of ability that will enable
you to use collegiate training it is your
duty to acquire it. It is the duty OF
the state to give you the opportunity
to acquirte it in a manner most con
venient to your farm work.
"The graduates from the college OF
agriculture should find their highest
employment on the farms. There is
no objection il some of them engage in
other lines of work, but regret the
idea so utterly fallacious that four
years of collegiate training is any toe
much for the preparation of many farm
citizens. There is only one kind ol
education, that Is education at all, and
that is the kind that leads men and
women into the realization of thei1
highest powers.
II think there was, and Is, Just one
proposition in these land grant col
leges, and that was to get intellect
enough on the land to cope with the
problems which are bound to come
before people. Unless the people OF
the land and of the industries shall
have intellect enough of their own to
solve their own problems, those prob.
| lens will never be solved"
Pharmacy Board Meeting.
The South Dakota board of phar
macy will hold its next regular meet
ling for the examination of candidates
for registration and general business
at the city Of Brookings. April 20 and
21.