Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16

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dairy products would reach New York
by way of the Panama canal, and
prophesied that as a great ship bear
ing this odorous product would make
its way through the canal in the dark,
citizens would say in the morning,
Last night there was another limbur-
ger passing
Mr.. Kunze's speech was not all hum
orous. Some quaint and practical say
ings were interviewer.
1--WE are living in this world to do
some good and let us do it." was one
thought. Mr.. Kunze described his ex-
perience in the sage brush of Idaho,
first the little shack. then the cheese
factory, so head of cows, unlimited
confidence in himself and-success. A
sample of his cheese sent from that
little corner of Bull and competing
with the whole United States and
Canada won second prize.
Mr.. Kunze modestly gave all the
honor to Idaho-not himself, except in
this: That because he did his simple
duty, he has earned as much as the
general who won a battle.
Mr.. Burkholder, manager of the
Nampa Cooperative creamery, gave
very interesting talk on the differ
ence between the methods and cost of
feeding dairy cattle in Idaho and
back east
Representative of Stock Yards.
After describing the failures of the
farmer to make profit in raising
hogs in Idaho and relating the griefs
of the packer, Mr.. Hubbard introduced
Mr.. Plummer, secretary of the Union
Stock Yards, Portland, who responded
to the toast, How the Packers Can the
Squeal."
Mr. Plummer, after declaring his
friendly attitude toward the humble
swine, stated he had seen the time
when there were no hogs in Idaho,
And that there was a time in Port
land when the best hog in market
brought 2i2 cents a pound. In striv-
ing to soothe the ruffled feelings of
the packers, Mr.. Plummer spoke of the
fluctuations of the livestock market as
responsible for the condition of sales.
The housewives listening to MIR. Plum
mer, possibly reflected upon the gal
Ions of skim and sour milk which
might have been converted into cot
tage cheese and fed to the chickens
with more profit.
Mr. Plummer counselled the Idaho
people to feed their livestock from the
products of their farms, and not try
to ship everything away or sell every
thing the farms produced, leaving only
the refuse for the livestock. He eX-
planned very clearly the economic
value of using the products of the soil
in the feeding of the livestock on the
farm, estimating this plan of more
value than selling the produce, Here
again came the thought of the young
people of the land who are not theo-
rizing but actually doing things. The
! boys and girls of 10 years from now
will be doing things better than we
are doing them today averred the
speaker. and possibly there was none
who agreed more heartily in this
thought than the mothers present.
Facts Are Presented.
| Mr.. Pfaffle of the Bank OF Nerd
! ian was introduced as the serious
speaker.
Mr.. Pfaffle contrary to this an
nouncement, was pleasantly reminis-
cent and humorous at the expense of
the genial POSTMASTER. who seemed to
enjoy the unexpected reference to him
self.
! In speaking of dairying in Boise val
! ley, Mr.. Pfaffle presented some facts
in actual experience in dairying. -Four
words defined success in this great
industry-quality, care, feed and CO.
operation. according to the speaker
Among his notes of the dairying in
| dustry was this: Five years ago 16
grade Holstein calves were sold at $35
/
be profitable investment. Recent
~ these cows and their increase sold
for a total of $500 at public sale
Again among those housewives who
/ had known with their husbands the
! experience of public sales, came the
question, why do not all public sales
yield a profit? Why is the expense OF
maintaining dairy cows on small Idaho
farms SO expensive in some cases that
a failure is the result?"
The women found the next speakers
subject of perhaps greater interest thar
any that preceded il for in it O. ID
Center, head of the experimental sub.
station farms at Gooding, showed wnat
The Boys Arc Doing at that place
The results obtained in pasturage, anC
the increase in weight of beef cattle
were among the solidly substantial
facts presented, and the totals were
astonishingly gratifying. Pasturage
Mr., Center thinks, is one of the
most important features in Idaho.
agricultural work. obtain the great.
est value possible from our Idah,
pasture" was the note of counsel is.
sued by Mr.. Center. \ mixture of pas
ture grasses found very successful il
his experimental work is composed o.
s pounds Kentucky blue grass,
! pounds orchard grass pounds smooth
; Bronze. pounds meadow fescue,
pounds timothy and pounds alsik,
clover. This seems like intensive farm
ing with a large ~ when applied I,
one acre, but MIR. Center's success in
adding flesh to beef cattle warrant.
his right to any assertion of this kline
that he might make. A difference IN
soils, however, may require less seed