Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-07-06
BREEDERS HOLD
PICNIC ON THE
FOURTH OF JULY
Members of Short Horn Associa-
ton at Albert TempIin Farm
Attorney Meier Presides

The picnic of the Sank County
Short Horn Breeders association held
Tuesday at the Albert Templin farm
was voted a grand success. Over
$50 persons participated in the fes-
tivities. An interesting program had
been arranged, a big feed spread and
many interesting talks given. The
principal speaker of the day was
Reid Murray, secretary of the Live
Stock Breeders association. He spoke
of the many advantages of sticking to
me breed of animals and making a
success of it, and particularly of the
mny benefits to be derived from
breeding of the Short Horn mixers.
Attorney e. c. F. Meier presided at
| the session and acted as postmaster
after serving of the dinner. The
speakers who responded to toasts
were. Frank Morley, subject, Past,
present and future" which was an
interesting talk of the expedition of
| live stock breeding. Leroy Baer re-
sponded to a call on the subject of
"A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss
and showed how perseverance on the
part of the originator of this breed
and the farthering or the present
breed of stock had brught well merit
ed success. Bob Trainer of Kosh-
konony, a Rock county breeder filled
/ in number which had been assigned
to a Sank county breeder. who failed
| to appear, his talk was based upon
| the old saying. "a Setting Hen New
er Gets Fat In exemplification of
/ this topic he told of the activities of
Rock county breeders in bringing
their stock to the fore, and in es-
| tablishing themselves as a leading
| county in the union with ten thous-
and head of full biooded Short Horns
| in Rock county.
The ladies were not forgotten on
the program, Mrs. Frank iAttTdge
/ filled in and contributed in the way
of speaking, her topic was the Fair
Lady of our Tribe the Short Horn
cow. Her tall, was brief. but to the
! point, and showed that the speaker
| possessed as much enthusiasm for
/ this breed of cattle as any farmer
/ could possibly have. RolIo Morley
| talked about the difficulties which be-
| stoed the path of success In the
breeding of this kind of stock under
! the head of 'Thorns among the Roses.
| Assemblyman G. Koenig was present
and responded TO the cali of the
Oh; irman, the topic assigned to him
was 'Hew to the line and let the
chips fall where they may He out
linea to his audience the necessity
for holding their breeding of stock in
a straight line, constantly hewing to
that line, and casting away anything
that might tend to throw the farmers
from their zeal.
A number of interesting musical
selections wer given by two quartets,
a. mixed quartet of Mrs. M. NJ, Simons
Mrs. Frank Morley and Messrs. Al
bert and Fred Templin, sang several
selections, a we'll male quartet
composed of Albert Wichern, Henry
..Koppke and Albert and Fred Templin.
1t was a splendid gathering OF
farmers who are DESTROYS Of improv
ing their community, BY the raising
not only of milking stock, but good
beef The general attitude was that
people will always drink milk and eat
butter and beef. and these wants
must be supplied. and that that task
has been laid down to the Short Horn
breeders, and they should take W
their task willing and do all in their
power to promote the breeding of
Short Horn milk stock.