The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-01-25
FARM AND HOME
WEEK AT MADISON
Interesting Meeting February to II
at Which All Phases of Country
Life Will Be Discussed.


During the week of February 7-12,
the Farm and Home Week will be
held at Madison, and many subjects
| will be discussed which will be Of in
terest to farmers and dairymen.
Many speakers of prominence will
address meetings during the week,
| among them being Helmer Rabid, who
started the first cow-testing associa-
ton in the United States. He has
| agreed to address one or more of the
| conferences of COW testers.
Wisconsin Then and Now" will be
clearly shown at the Dairy Progress
| Exposition. All departments of the
| College of Agriculture are cooper
| ating in arranging for the exposition
| which will show the progress which
has been made in dairying during the
past twenty-five years. The onward
march of the dairy COW" greatly aided
| by perfection of the Babcock fat test
| in 1890, will be graphically set forth
| Several stockmen and live stock
authorities of wide reputation will ad-
dress the sessions of the Live Stock
Breeders association. Among these
are John M. Evard, Iowa State college,
Ames; James e. Poole, Union stock
yards, Chicago, and d. S. White, dean
of the veterinary college, Ohio State
university.
! Numerous Wisconsin state breed as
sociations will hold their annual meet
/ icf
| cludes the state associations of breed
ers Of draft horses, of mutton and
wool sheep, of Ayrshire, Guernsey,
Jersey, Holstein, Aberdeen Angus,
Hereford, Red Polled, and Shorthorn
cattle, and Chester White, Duroc Jer-
sey, Berkshire, and Poland China
swine.
Health first, then all other bless
ings afterward" will be the main idea
of the annual country life conference.
DR.. W. d. Frost will have charge of
the discussions on health for farm
homes, while c. ]. Galpin, secretary
Of the Wisconsin Country Life con-
| ference, will direct the conference on
social center work in the rural COM
munities of the state.
! Men who are "tackling" the big Job
OF retaining the wet lands of the
state will study their hardest prob
lens in series Of special conferences.
E. R. Jones, of the soils department,
and secretary Of the State Drainage
association, will have charge of the
course
Those who visit the grain show will
have the opportunity to see what
proved an exceedingly interesting at
sition.
| The officers of the Agricultural Elk
pertinent association have arranged
TO have Wisconsin's official agricul-
! tur2l display at that important expo
sition shipped to Madison to be placed
on exhibit for the benifit of many who
were unable to visit San Francisco
and its fair during the past season.
It is expected that in addition, the
display of small grains and forage
crops will be one of the largest and
best ever assembled in the state.
| Officers of the branches of the asso-
citation, which have been organized in
fifty or more counties, are co-operat-
ing in the assembling of a large COM
petitive display.
| Each county will have representa-
| tive at the show.
Jefferson county will be represented
by A. o. Pipp.
Dodge county's interests will be
| looked after by II. E. Kruger.
| The following will be present in
the interests of their respective coun-
| ties:
| Columbia county, E. J. Fritz
! Dane county, J. ]. Garland.
| Rock county, E. L. Bingham.
! Walworth county, J. S. Harris
Waukesha county, DR.. G. S. Love.