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Show T f . VUVWVWWVWWVV fccvttw. vvvvvvvvvvvwwwvwww I received thtg week by the Partners' Review ehow that the eondl-llo- n have not materially changed from laet week. Wheat la still going through a critical periods alternate Losses from freezing and thawing. theee causes appear to be heavy. The supply of moisture la good, in some cases excessive. Minnesota .and the Dakotas bate large supplies of snow, which will give an abuuJauce of water when It melts. Slcx k generally hog healthy, hut la some cholera still prevails. Report 1 c Bureau- - h. at, small aiea, con good, rye the same. Cattle and htgs supply V UuilUil, cotidttjou good. Christian - I ai nieis complain of damage to, wheat and rye from too much lain and tr.tiing, but must' have ten days of grow mg w at to r lit u e it ran he determined Cattle m la.. itlon, hugs scarce on at count uf u. ...nt. in at and rje iu poor Edwards condition, winter Killed. Cattle and bogs In fair condition. Have had too much rain. b at and rye, area re luced, Jasper damaged by freezing and thawing. Cattle and hogs In good condition. heat, Hogs, $3. Id, Corn, lee, Oats, 10c, V Milch cows In good demand. Kane No whtai sown, rye is looking well. Cattle look well but aie scarce, hogs in good condition bring good prices; large supply of corn and hue. fodder has made great demand for cuttle and hogs to feed. Price of milk la lower thau ever beforo In the winter In the history of milk shipping. Lawrence Wheat very bad condition, half crop; cattle and hogs In good condition but very scarce. McLean Wheat and rye In very bad condition; cattle and bogs In excellent condition. Farming ouilook good, only thing needed Is for the price of corn to advance. Massac Appearance, condition and prospect for wheat and rye veiy poor, too much rain. Cattle and hogs In good condition but scarce; some cholera. The almost continued rainfall Is doing much damage to wheat, rye and the land, and Is greatly retarding work; roads In an awful condition. Ogle Very little wlieut grown here, looks well; rye appears to have stood Cattle are the winter uninjured. healthy and are moving freely to market. No cholera here and cows are fat and being sold freely. Peoria Wheat in very poor condition; were It not for grass seeding I think half of It would be plowed up. Cattle and hogs in good condition, and selling high at sab a. Weather changeable and much aickneaa In the country. ' Pike Wheat very much Injured by winter and water; rye doing well. Cattle and hogs doing well, supply small. Bad weather for seven weeks has had a telling effect on Wheat. Platt Wheat and rye damaged some by the winter. Cattle and hogs In good condition, but scarce. Rock Island No wheat sown, rye in good condition; cattle and hoge In good condition. Corn eelllng at 14c and dull ealea at that price. Saline The wheat fields look like plowed ground, frosen out, rye the same. Cattle supply short, bogs mostly all shipped. Schuyler Wheat In very bad condition, frosen out; rye good condition. Cattle very scarce, farmers going west for stock to feed; hogs doing well, feeding pigs, no cholera. Farmers want higher prices. Vermillion Wheat, prospect favorable, good condition; cattle and hogs In gtyod condition but scarce. Roads so bad as to stop hauling, corn 18c, eats 13c, meeey tight. Will Wheat, very little town, rye was In good condition before last freeze; cattle, none fed; hogs, about all sold; market steady tail tan. Brown Wheat looks very bad at present, no growing weather; rye lain falr.condltlpaf cattle and hogs looking fairly well, eupply U light, not much cholera. Noble Wheat, condition and prospects good, rye the same; cattle and hogs scarce but In good condition, no cholera. Wells Wheat Is In fair ,and rye In good condition; cettle and hogs fair condition, but very scarce, no cholera. Plenty of rain and enow. Mlrhlgfcn. Allegan Wheat and rye healthy and In good condition. Cattle and hogs carte.' Antrim Prospecte good for large crop of wheat and rye. Cattle and hogs mostly all marketed. One foot of snow; temperature not below sero this winter. Benile Wheat, and rye have been covered with enow since last December and was. in good condition when last seen. Cattle and hogs never looked better. Ilaa been flue weather; sleighing since January 1. Branch lA'heat and ry uncertain. 1 im,afYaid &f the snow and ice on it. condition but Cattle and hogs scarce. Hogs were all sold on- - account of the cholera. Geneses Wheat covered with snow, la good condition: rye. small acreage and late sown. Cattle and. hogs In Gen good condition and very et arce. ral dissatisfaction with profit In faming; big cut belqg made In price of farm labor; farms with first-clabuildings can be rented cheap; farm, $2.50 to $3.00 per acre, Livingston Wheat and rys have been under snow tor some time; think u tome damage done by early freeslng. Cattle and bogs In good shape.' Mason Wheat and rye covered with ' enow. Cattle and hogs are In good - condition. Mach rain lately. od -- ss 120-ac- re i .lii.iOi; State . t; iul-an- re . t rv . ay i d U- ... fi -- 1 p, pre-abo- ut ss j st -- j i , , I v wts 3 hi i ffe e.ny out 120 iu! s of bu'Lf of machinery, I i in so on exlul l "V n, with a ip ho mb d. and s ss . ii s vccic will eusmiblnp tea. hill the 2 J tuaik, way 1 2u - I IVVWUVUVVWMVUVVVI The twenty-thir- d annual convention the Illinois State Dairy Association (onventd in the opera house at DcKalb Feb. 24, and continued three dajs. OAing to the illness of the president, 0 H. Gorier, his biytber, H. B. Gur- of lieKalb, president. A fcpeual 'lort had been made by the J. H. Munral, to secure a laige atu and bring out a b.g disp'aj of butter and da.ry ma l.inerj'. In this bo vc.tS must Mj i essfiil, al.d Willi ibt t.s- a'c mu ct the tiiiriir Lroihus of Do i .hi o and o'Ltrs, b uteeuid ill hooimg litini-sdanj in eun; ever ht.d by tills esboiidtu n vi';ju the luciuoiy uf i'u a Maeting. Dairy pf 22. Pend away the our'eus visitor just when your eggs are bauhtng o -- I 23 Keep the lnrubat. modi rate temperatute. A window o.t ore sale wi'i make that bide cou.er than the tin r. 34. 1 not exp ei t to ! at h wi:o"i wink. The man ts to g. t links' Jv to 'o 'be Kgulil"! trusting . parsnips, wwwwvvvvwvvvv tor. 1 ( proi-jie- Illinois W dampness kills the chicks, heat befog lowered by rapid evaporation. 21. The reason that the ben that Steals her nest hatches so well Is because you do not give her all sorts of egga, such as large eggs, small eggs, and eggs from old hens and immature pullets, buch as jou put in the Incuba- SrS.rSwiK? iJ CROP REPORT. Fresi Frcri' . Osceola Wheat and rye went tinder DAIRY AND POULTRY. snow In good condition. Cattle scarce somewhat and In good condition; hogs plenty nd on ground; rye, condition good, short healthy. Market active, but prices growth, healthy. Cattle and bogs in INTERESTING CHATERS FOR ' loW. r good condition, stock of all kinds have OUR RURAL READERS. Saginaw Wheat In good condition. wintered well, cholera has been very Cattle scarce, in good condition; hogs bad in many places. ' . Mow 8arrrful tarnicr, Ikpentt TUI, Morrow-Wh- eat good condition aud supply ample. end rye In good conor til, IOrlaueiii Bactiao Wheat fair condition. Catrni A l.w to good. dition; cattle end hogs fair to tfc tle aud bogs good condition and amlliot, tar, or LU, block Scioto Wheat looks well but some Aitd J'oaUrj. ple supply. Prices veiy low; butter, damaged by the flood; cattle aud hogs loc; egg, 10c. a in good condition. There wtu great Keulurly. deal of fodder swept away by the water, or WILT fi d h :t Hardin Wheat piospect fair; cat- also straw and hay In stm k lost. a L.tn ii li. it tle Si arce, hot, plentiful. b ,ie :.n Shelby Wheat In poor f minion, ,wii .. ! , kuii poor condition, late IfaniiM k hut showing strength after '.be ravages haMo ,i v 1, ojuu.g aorbe than last report, tattle of winter and fly; we can baw but litn. Ijle and l.o, s in lair Condition. in tle wheat at beat. Cai'le a..J Man-null-Wheat damaged some by One condition, no chultra a n i 'V is fair, cattle and hogs A freez.ug, Stark Wheat fair, some 1') cattle in Uir cuuuitiou; txptcuug better and hoga at arce. m - " pH- - for tiKmcrw. Vinton Wheat healthy, mi' fiaeiing Mcuaife Wheat In Mr condition. and an4 thawrig .without prt-ittSome damage by fieezing aud thawing, n"1- l id iv t n.u w&oMng rains have reiluo-- pi1 sjiects. rje same, very lit' it- snow, cattle and Cattle fair condition hut arce, hogs att. lot if a man In m uv In tie ini- Aery P1 U.ili " of IlMle t llill.'s he v..ll make bogs in good couduion bat scarce, lot tine, condition and supplyhogs $'S 25. Ml, ft men changeable winter, with but little Ills t IV li.ii, hilt fatal Jeliersou Wheat and rye In good now; peaches and sweet do mi bad- fail, lmt on the n.uu if.ue, hut on the lutie things condition, damuge will be done If it ly winter killed, should fltize, uieo go fiuit, Catllewnd SiieiHif.f tel! fti tie is that Washington Wheat l' 1 s healthy, nogs In g'lod condition but scarce. hut are afraid of March on account of me of the best microbe l.tli.us and Mercer Wheat and r,e look as well oi.siimtition mm-- . Ur Pt Li, Iowa freezing and thawing, rje in rood conslate ita i iiniii, i liixoiciMi on bis as ever at this time "of the year, cattle dition. Cattle and hogs scarce vy ri s tbioi,,.i 'hat t .le. that those and hoes look w il. hut In good shape aud h ll'bJ There th- - light, wore look heat and rjet well, was a general flood Fclu.uy 22 to Cattle hlnlbil i Morgan fietst liom d.fi.iv not frozen out jet, plentj of cattle and 28. ibis is a good point for dairymen to Hiuemler v hen hogs in good loi.ditlon. Ground is in Iowa, overhauling the I,, tin or building a hne condition for plowing. Appanoose Therp Is a f dr prospect new one- - i. e, put in none winnows Nelson -- Wheat not veiy good, light The winter bus been on the south side ami have the stable on ground and iloisn't show up good; for winter wheat. and there ha not been fco arranged that the cows may receive very open, cattle aud hogs good condition and enough enow to cover the plant. The sunshine. plenty, l.lttls plowing being done ou rye is very small and thin on the F. D. Coburn, before the Kansas accouut of rain. Cattle ure healthy an! In good State Daily association: grouud. Those who Nicholas Wheat and rye looking flesh, but scarce and high A little were born who lack what the tired, not In good condition, well; cattle cholera exlists among the hogs, and phren dogi.st tails continuity; who are many being shipped, nearly all fat there will be about 80 per eut of a without that uncomplaining patience, hogs shipped, very little cholera. Far- crop. There Is great demand for slock best typified in the average farmers mers still complain of low prices. cattle, which are nearly as high as corn wife; who expect to get out of any maPulaski-- W hint iu veiy good condichine more than they feed Into It; who fed cattle. tion; stock cattle look well but aie damaged but are not willing to pay for and read a Burton Winter rye scarce; hogs arce. little, and la quite good. Ca'tle are In good dairy paper; who do not like a Simpson Wheat In fair condition, good condition, but scarce and high cow and who dont wash before breaksome fly, some backward on accouut of Hogs are In good condition, but scarce fast, are not cut out for dairying m Kansas or elsewhere. late sowing, tattle aud hogs iu hue There Is little hog cholera. A friend tells us the Boone Cattle have wintered well.but condition, and supply Is ample. Grass following story A looks well. not many are being fed. What hogs and vouches lor the truth of it: Warren Wheat looks In good condire left are doing well, but ou per cent neighboring farmer recently repurchased a cow which he had some three tion; cattle and hogs plentiful aud In have died with cholera slime "Septemsome before bold to a southern genyears 1886. Farmers condition. busy; good ber, Cass Wheat fair In condition. Cat- tleman. She had been transferred to improvement In a general way. tle good, but scarce, llogs light In a farm in another slate, and had passed through the usual ups and In supply; hog cholera prevails. Cole Wheat fairly good except dowus of a cow on the diversified-farin good conWinter is Crawford Catrye or rain. wind by spots, damaged When brought back to her old tle and hoge In good condition and dition. Cattle and hogs are also good. plan. and the old stable door opened Winhome, here. cholera Is not much fair supply. Prospects bright for fruit There ter hag bLen open, and there has not she walked In, and down the line, and and all grains. without a seconds hesitation sought Charlton Wheat In bad condition, been more than one week of extreme and placed herself in her old tie-ufor winter a been has poor Injured by freezing and thawing. Cat- cold. It aud In every way seemed delighted. On tle la good condition; hogs not healthy; feeding cattle; we could not keep bed- the of the mistress of the much cholera. Abundance of corn ding dry. Farmers are belling corn farmappearance cow the lowed and manifested rune ice quite freely, though the pi going at 15c; wheat almost all gone. Joy unbounded. Is there not a dairy Camden Wheat looks well, Cattle from 7 to 10 cents. losson in this incident? Carroll The condition of cattle Is and hogs fair condition; supply limitgood. Sto kers scarce and high. Hog ed. Incohator I'olntera. Christian Wheat badly damaged by are doing well, but the supply Is short. L Hatching chicks with an IncubaIs not much liog cholera. freezing. Cattle and bogs ln'good con- There Weather continues cold. Markets are tor 1s a winter pursuit. dition; supply limited. 2. The hen seldprti sits In winter, low and farmers discouraged and hopfreezCooper Wheat damaged by on grain." hence she andthe incubator do not ing. Cattle and hogk in good condi- ing for freight reduction Des Moines Wheat Is about fair, 75 conflict tion; supply limited. 3. and rye badly per cent; small and freezing out dally; Heas' that lay In winter can not Llvingston-rWhe- at 85 per produce as fertile eggs at that time as damaged by freezing and .thawing. Cat- prospect poor. Rye Is about tle In good condition; hoga afflicted cent. Cattle in good condition, and lplhe spring, for the cold season the usual number being fed. Hogsenta exercise, the. hens become tat with cholera. Sullivan Wheat appears lifeless, no sold off close; stock hogs scarce So and the pullets are not as fully ma- snow to protect; bottom rye Is fair; will hog cholera. The ground is bare and tured, while the male. If he has a make good pasture; cattle, feeder poor the weather very unfavorable for frosted comb, suffers from the cold, or becomes too fat, and is unserviceable. and plenty; prices high; beef cattle wheat Franklin Rye is covered with four 4. Do not use extra large eggs, or scarce; stock hogs scsics; breeders In Cattle are In good small good demand; little cholera; sheep In Inches of snoys eggs. Have all eggs of normal condition. Hogs are doing well, what size, and of perfect shape. good condition; milch cows high. there ia left of them. About one-ha- if Kaomm 5. Do not be afraid to watch your died of cholera and some are dy- Incubator. It pays as well to keep Anderson Rye in good condition. have here at from awake at to watch a hundreJ Cattle and hogs bad condition, suffer- itg yet Corn is selling n,ght 8 to 10 cents. Very chicks hatch out as it does to Oats, 10 cents. some bad cholera' from weather; keep ing r flax seed raised awake to save a $5 calf from loss when Clay Wheat and rye In good condi- little barley, rye here. Is it dropped, and the chicks are worth tion; not much sown. Cattle and hogs Howard Winter rye is covered with more than a calf. fine; hog raising very encouraging; no seen. was ail right when last snow, but cholera. 6. No Incubator has brains. It will are getting scarce, as there are Douglas Wh.eat In good condition; Cattle regulate, but can not think. conditheir but out, so many shipped cattle andhogs fine. 7. When chicks die in the shell the tion is good. Hogs plentiful and in Elk Cittle and hogs In first-clachances are that too much of a condition. good condition. Too much rain. Jones Cattle scarce and high and draught of air pissed over them. When Ford Wheat damaged by freeslng; she will fight if usual amount being fed. Hoga the hen Is hatching rye in good condition. Cattle In good not the numerous as usual. even a featbj-- r Is lifted from her. She Some as not hog condition, fat hogs marketed, stock will not allow the slightest change of cholera in the south part of the counhogs in demand. Farmers plowing for temperature, and she will hatch as ty. well in a dry place as in a moist locaspring crops. Keokuk The condition of cattle la Lydn Wheat In a healthy condition. tion. Cattle have plenty of feed and In fine goexj, and stock cattle are high la 8. Dry, warm nests in winter, and The supply of hogs is light, condition; hogs in good health and price. moist nests in summer, is an old prois condition theilr good. selling at $2.80; no cholera. Has been but verb, hence the moisture depends on Madison Wheat. 95. No snow dura favorable Winter for grain and fruits. season. Less is required in the inthe of winter, but there Miami Small acreage of wheat, ing the early part cubator in the winter. also later. a was good covering Rye 9. As the chicks progress in the eggs damaged by freezing; no damage by Insects. Cattle and hogs very scarce; 85 per cent. Cattle are 100 per cent. they give off heat, hence be careful of number are being fed. Some ot water, or whatever the jje jamp many hogs died of cholera; corn and a fair the hogs. cholera among source of heat may be. 20c. worth scarce; Muscatine Wheat covered with Ice 10. Too much moisture cover the Neosho Wheat killed some on bottom land; rye looks well. Cattle and and snow, but it Is thought to be in egg and excludes the air from the good condition. Rye the same. Catchick within the egg. hogs In good condition. 11. No currents of air can pass Norton Wheat and rye la good con- tle are in good condition, as are hoga. Van Buren Wheat Is about 65 per through an incubator without a plentD dition, but backward. Cattle and hogs In fine condition. Farmers generally cent The lowness of condition wae ful supply of moisture, but in the in- caused by the plants being killed by eubatora that have no currents but complain of hard times. and thawing. Cattle are in tie moisture Is needed. Pratt Wheat In poor condition. Catand hogs are doing finely. 12. Do not take out the chicks unshape, good In tle and bogs good condition. Not much cholera. Hogs selling at til you believe all are hatched. If you Riley Wheat appears to be la good the heat will suddenly condition. Cattle and hogs doing well. $3. 10, and cattle any price you may take them out will let In the cold air and you ask. drop, In fair condition; Smith Wheat Never on the disturb the eggs eggs. Wlcomln damaged by freezing; rye In good conwhen chicks are hatching. Lafayette-Catt- le aud hogs doing dition, Cattle and bogs in good con13. Test your incubator with moisdition and fair supply. well. No wheat raised and very little no moisture, plenty of air, and ture, rye; In good condition. Stock moving .air shut off. as each Incubator Olilo. may kind all of feed and liberal low Fairfield Whut Is In generally good freely; differ from the other. condition and looks healthy: cattle feeding Is being done. will 14. be aired sufficiently Eggs Monroe Wheat looks brown and when the and hogs tn good condition, no cholera eggs are turned. It ia of no fair. condead. Cattle Rye in good now. V Inter has been opeu, stock has consequence to cool them. dition, but jourg ones are scarce. Hogs 15. If the chicks do not hatch out by wintered well, early pasture la anticiin good condlti.ty. Good. winter for the twenty-firday your heat 1b too pated. stock;, but Lard oq winter grain. 0W- Geauga Wheat, not a large growth ' 16. If the chicks begin to hatch on Ozaukee Wheat and rye look brown but appears stiong and healthy, prosand seem to be killed by frost and the eighteenth day your heat was rathIt frozen uol later. Cattle good pects Cattle and hogs scarce, but er high. In good condition, and feed plenty, thawing. to be in good condition. Frioes seem 17. Do not put eggs In at different hogs In good condition, mostly young low, but market is fair. during the hatch, and do not periods no cholera. Maple syrup seaboats, Pepin Wheat and rye under a foot ( hatch ducklings and chicks together, son. of enow. Caitie and hogs in good con18. The same rule applies to the eggs Jefferson Wheat and rye in good dition. Indication are water for of high turkeys and guineas condition, growing flue, ground bare. in spring. River bottums covered with as hens, ducks, regards heat and Moisture. Hardly any cattle except cows now ICO. . . ' 19. Never sprinkle 1, ' the eggs. It feeding; hogs plenty, silling at. $125. gauk Wheat and rye in poor eondlw lowers the heat instaqtly, aud some-tio-n Montgomery Repeated freezing and from thawing and freezing. Ship- - j times kills the chicks in the shells, thawing without much cover of snow ping miik cows; some few steers left 20. If the incubator shows moisture has Injured wheat, barley and rye very Hogs mostly said. Potatoes, 20?25c; i on the glass do not open the egg seriously. Cattle and hoga lu fair con- corn, 17c; oats, ne; carrots, 20c; beets, drawar' until it is dry. Cold air and J dition and supply Is ordinary, SOcj unions, 75c; 40c. i j No luj'Ur how mm li (XjiD'iMe will la he last te.n her 27. Have jour in i!ai(urv i you ut in the tfcgs. 2k 1 A (hod i an not manage an aim , ail tin. ms td the contrary not-ithstui.dll g luiiiba'uis Hie not tovs Do nut turn ovci a mans, wuik to a hoy. 23 the bulb of a thermometer tomb a egg. 30. In the winter the hen will not hauh over one-hal- f of her eggs, nor f raibe of her chicks. The incubator and brooder, if skillfully managed. wiU do better tii.cn th.o. II. D. Jacobs. In Farm loultry. i i Packattenpork. of the Canadians in the following sentences; 1. The great progress the g trade has made in the last few jeans in Canada, completely changing the business here. Formerly nearly all our requirements were imported from the United, States, but now Canada supplies nearly ail its wants by Canadian products. In 18&6 the imports into Canada amounted to 25,000,000 pounds of meats; last year the imports were reduced to only 4,000,000 pounds. Our exports have increased at a stiil greater ratio, in 1SK6 being 9,000,000 pounds, whereas in 1895 the exports were pounds. 2. The benefit to farmers in having' a market at all packing centers considerably over the prices paid ia the United States packing points. 3. The bearing it has on the butter and cheese industries, stimulating the raising of hogs in connection with the butter and cheese factories throughout the country. This le especially applicable to the Province of Quebec, and we look for a large Increase In hog raising in the Province on these lines. 4. The bearing the speculative markets in Chicago have on the packing business here, where at times, by reason of a short or long speculative interest, they are enabled to advance or depress value without any relation to Its cost or intrinsic value. A packer as In Canada would not stock up should be done in the packing season, as- he would be at the mercy of any sudden change in the speculative markets in Chicago. 5. Coet to consumers We believe that with the large supplies In "Canada, and the competition amongst Canadian packers, the coat to consumers generally is less than if importing was depended upon; in any case, in only two or three articles is cost raised, whereas. In the other articles more generally used, the cost ia less than In the United States. 6. We would also draw your attention to cottonseed oil. This Is imported from the United States, and pays a duty of 20 per cent., or three-fourtcents, per pound. It Is used to make compound lard to sell against pure lard. It does not seem to the packing trade that this is an equitable rate of duty, and we would suggest that It be chdnged to at least 30 per cent, on edible cottonseed oil, but not to affect the oil imported for soapmakera or other purposes. pork-packin- Iteddlnf for Horne. It is a common practice for livery, men to use sawdust as bedding for horses where that la abundant and straw Is hard to get But if you raise grain we should advise you to save what is needed for bedding, no matter though the sawdust be offered free. Sawdust with manure makes it very hard to rot, much more so than is straw,' though both, being carbon, have scarcely any manurlal value. Market gardeners object to having sawdust in mhnure piles, though they always compost their manure before using. It is better to use either bedding as economically as possible, and without doubt long straw bedding can be used with less waste than can sawdust, partly because it is less absorptive. The excrement, either liquid or solid, passes Jhrough the straw without doing more than discolor it So by shaking out and drying the straw can be used repeatedly until It bas rotted and broken up. The liquid manure Is best saved, not by absorbent bedding, but By a layer of three or four inches of wood loam underneath the horse or cow. This also is much better for horses' feet tbau standing on hard floors, either of wood or concrete. A' little chopped straw, lying on this earth will prevent the animal from being boiled with it The earth flooring shout 1 be cleaned out ofice a week and replaced with new. With the excrement it has absorbed it will then be quite rich, but if the loam is scarce it may be dried and used, repeatedly until It has ab-- , sorbed all it is capable of holding American Cultivator. ' d ev.r before Mr Moin ad uicoin-- r ui tunny i one-hal- The St. Louis Butchers and ers' Magazine is paying some tion to the question of Canadian The Magazine gives the claims u.!jU"ig dt serves tor ills until ing eonuueiu.dUoii i,.o. efforts. ILe program was caiiied'out n- de lent lol'iiy (lac bttsion voted to milk prodn eis. two to general topics, one to biiltcr make is and ctcatueiy men, eie. .Some Valuable papers were lead, extimts of vtinh will i;e pul llshed la.er. '1 liuse that hpet ml mention were pi tainted by Urot ssor Hie. her of Minnesota: H. B. Gunerof DcKalb, V. G. Juda of Dixon, - "hi m ringtun of ucoi.bin, Mis it. H. Kelly ot Chicago, H F. '1 iiurslon of Liiu,:ij., B. r. Vijm.iu of ojeamore, B. W. Hosttlter uf Ml. Cairoll, S. G. '' et ('Mimtiian 1ork. , ,u voti Had, riuvtrhiii of Tishilwa. wete adopted favoimg the erection of an agricultural buiiamg with dairy equipment at the Umveisity of Illinois, ard asking that the mtiubeis urge t lie passage of the bill appropriating money therefor, favoimg the bhaiiock bill now before the legislature, which will place the county institutes of the stale in touch with an institutebureau which shall be a part of the state ag-- t ncuitnrai college; favoring what is known as the trade ni.uk bill now before the legislaiuie; thanking Profes-soi- s Haecker, Davenport and Farrington fop their excellent addresses; regretting the death of Lb E. Garfield of St. Charles, and Col. llobt. Littler of Chicago; thanking W. D. Collyer of Chicago for scoring the butter and those who furnished the music. The followings officers were elected for the ensuing year: Piesident, G. H. Gur- A. G. ler of DcKalb; Judd of Dixon; directors, Jno. Stewart, .A. G. Judd, S. G. Soverhill, R. R. Murphy, J. C. Brown, Geo. Reed, G. H. Gurier. W. D. Collyer of Chicago scored the butter and was assisted by Mr. Patch of Boston. In discussing the butter exhibit Mr. Patch said that it was an exceptionally fine one, and with one exception, any package would sell on the market at the top price. This one package had not been properly W. E. Mann of Kaneville se. packed. cured the highest score of 98 points on creamery butter. Others In the creamery class who took high scorings are as follows: H. Eastman of Stewart, 97 points; H. H. Duell of Franks, 97 points; li McDonough of Davis Junction, 97 points; R. E. Wilcox of Elva. P. Nelson of Creston, Geo. H. Moody of Richardson, 97 each; Geo. W. Hoffenstead of Eagle Lake, O. Gylleck of Compton, G. H. Littlefield of Savannah, August Meyer of Red Bud, 96 each. In the dairy butter R. A. Patten of Hanna City took first prize with 97 points. Others scoring well were: S. S. Merritt of Henry, 95; Mrs. S. H. Woods oC Gardner, Mrs. F. E. Good of Earlvill 95 each; J. A. Case of Earlville, Mrs. Chas. Beede of Chadwick, Mrs. Ellen Blakeway of 94 each. For having the butter which scored the highest of all, W. E. Mann received the gold medal offered by the Elgin Board of Trade. He also received a. $25 gold watch and $15 in cash, offered by the Worcester Salt Company. H. R. Duell received the $15 ; gold watch offered by the WorcesterSalt Company. The gold medal for the butter scoring highest colored with the butter color, was secured by W. E. Mann, and $10 in cash offered by the same company was secured by H. Eastman. In cheese, S. G. Soverhill scored 97 points, and G. R. Bidwell, 96. i Ri-do- tt, Wells-Richards- Wells-Richards- On account of being crowded for space in this department, we shall not attempt to give a full report of this convention for some weeks; not till we have completed the report of the Wisconsin dairymens convention, now running. As soon as possible we will give a fuller report, including extracts from papers. It may seer Feeding easier to the farmer who feeds hi corn-stalwhole to cows, but It Is wasteful practice, as the tanlmals ar sure to get more or lgeg of them unde foot, where they are quickly soiled, s that they are unfit to eat Not onl; is the feeding value of the stalks thu lost, but they become a positive injur to the manure pile, keeping It fron becoming compact, and thus prevent ing the decomposition that is so Im portant to make manure effective. I is almost impossible to rot whole drie as the woody surface pre vnts the moisture from getting inside Cut into short lengths,, ho wever, tin pith of the 6tock Is exposed, whic) readily absorbs the urine and Wate from t'ains and snows. It will alsi compact sufficiently to rot readily, am if turned once to expose all parts of thi heap to Internal heat it can be got inti good condition for helping crops thi tame year. Ex. Corn-Stalk- ks corn-staik- s, Small Dairy Cows. The question el The dairy farm does not deteriorate large or small cows in the dairy is beSome cows are more valuable dea ing narrowed down into a small compass, and there are but a few who still thaff alive. claim that,. a cow for the dairy is valIf yon have Ismail herd of cows uable in proportion to her- - weight. a small separator . |