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DTDIA1CA JEBSEY CATTLE BBE_DEB8r
Tho loth annual meeting of the Indiana
Jersey Cattle Breeders* Association met in
regular session in the State House on the
15th inst,, and was called to order by Pres.
D. if. Jenkins. The attendance was larger
than at previous meetings. After the
reading of the minutes of the last meeting
by the secretary, and the report of the
treasurer showing a balance of $1350 in
the treasury, President Jenkins delivered
his annual address. At the opening of his
address*, he reviewed tho sales of the Jer
■ey cattlo the past year, and the tests mail<>
., by some of the principal cows. He closed
his address with the following remarks
npon the Jersey at the World's fair:
"For many a century to come, no such
opportunity will be oflered the breeders of
Jersey cattle for putting their favorites
properly before the entire world, as will
be presented by the Columbian fair in 1893.
As the opportunity is great, the re-
* Bponsibility is correspondingly weighty.
Every Jersey breeder, whether large or
small, owes it to himself and to the noble
animals he is handling, to do everything
in his power to secure at the Columbian
fair the very best showing that can possibly be made. The breed must be represented at its best, by its best. On this
point, no bias as to personal ownership, no
prejudice as to family precedence, must be
allowed to interfere, by so much as ahalr's
breadth, with the best interest of the breed.
It seems to be understood now that there
;   are to be kept on  exhibition 300  dairy
cow», 50 from  each  of six breeds.   The
practical questions then, are:
How are 50 Jerseys to be selected?
Who is to contribute them ?
■... Who is to pay for feeding them?
Who is to feed, milk and manage them?
Now is the time to discuss these ques
tions and they  cannot be discussed too
thoroughly or considered too carefully.
Following tho president, L. D. Worley,
of Ellettsville, delivered an address on
-winter dairying, which we will use when
there is room for it, at the conclusion of
Mrs. Worley's paper.
S. P. Oodman, of Muncie, read a paper
on;|
:; THE JERSEY*.
He spoke of the good qualities of this
noble breed. She has demonstrated her
■worth as a dairy cow. The Jersey being a
bntter cow, a living, walking butter machine, she must necessarily produce good
milk, like the cream and butter produced
from it, incomparable in quality. The
dairyman always advertises Jersey milk,
never any other kind, how many have
fnll blood Jersey? Our State Agricultural
colleges are educating the people to buy
registered Jerseys, while butter maybe
colored and flavored with aroma and
nutty taste peculiar to this breed, may be
imitated, yet the good qualities can never
be approachable. In former times the
Jersey was more noted for her beauty on
the lawns of the rich, than for her ability
to produce rich milk and golden bntter.
After this came the color craze and handsome markings, following this was the
purchase of Jerseys at exorbitant prices.
Many herds of pure bred have been built
up by men who have started with grade*,
thii has been done by weeding out the
grades, and replacing them with full
bloods. To such men progression has no
. stoppage, they have improved their pnre
blonds by selling the butchers their common bulls and replacing with better bred
bulb, for the bull is half the herd. The
Jersey cow has come to stay, she stands
to-day without a peer, as the milk cow,
the butter cow, the city cow, the farmer's
cow, or the cow to sell. There are now in
America GC.OOO registered females." Mr
Oodman concluded his address qy saying
that there were not enough Jerseys in Indiana. Let us breed more.
Mrs. Kate M. Busick, of Wabash, read a
paper upon "Does it pay to keep a cow,"
which will be published in the Farmer
hereafter.
Mrs. A. Ii. Smith, of Princeton, read a
paper upon "Dairying," which will appear
later.
On motion the following committee of
four was appointed on the display of Jerseys at the World's Fair, Sam, M. Mc-
Kean, of Terre Haute; S. H. Godman, of
Muncie; Dr. D. W. Voyles, of Crandall,
and 1). H. Jenkins, of Indianapolis.
The election of officers resulted as follows:
President, S. II. Godman, Muncie.
Vice president, D. H. Jenkins, Indianapolis.
Secretary, Mrs. Kate M. Busick, Wabash.
Treasurer, H. II. Wheateraft,Greenwood.
Executive Committee, Sam. McKean,
Terre Haute; H. M. Baum, Frankfort;
Peter IUab, Indianapolis; 13. J. Howland,
Howland.
CASE GBOWEBS' HEETIHO.
The ninth annual convention of cane
growers met in the State House, Tuesday
last, at 1:30 p. m. A very enthusiastic
meeting was held throughout, nearly 50
being present. After the hearty and informal greetings of members, president
Leitzman read an excellent and characteristic address, which brought out some
little discussion. A paper on Defecation
was next read by Mr. A. P. Cleland, considerable minor discussion following. The afternoon was occupied in discussing the
best" varieties of cane; best methods of
cultivation, etc. A paper was also read
upon Hydro-carbons as a food by B. H.
Perce—an excellent paper: also one on
Adulteration by J. B. Conner. Many interesting faots were brought ont during
this session. The general verdict of the
meeting was that sorgum seed was worth
growing for feeding purposes alone.
Tuesday evening Mr. D. H. Talbert, of
Spiceland, lead taking as his topic, "The
convenience of natural gas as a fuel." A
paper followed, by I. H. Tompkins, on
Cider making, giving his plan. He believed in careful and judicious management. He advocated feeding the pomace,
in small quantities, to stock; ho also
claimed it to be one of the best fertilizers
for strawberries, cucumbers and the like
He believed in boiling down the cider-
water, and also in making apple butter,
one bushel of apples easily making
one gallon of butter. The meeting closed
with this subject very well canvassed.
Wendesday morning session was opened
by a very interesting paper on Cooling
syrup, by D. M. McCorcle. Sec'y Chapman, sent his regrets at not. being present,
and a few aceompaning remarks upon
''Sugar from sorgum."
Sevoral committees made their reports,
including those upon premiums. A. P.
Cleland received first; D. H. Talbert received second; and _. H. Mansfield received the third. The exhibit was first
class.
After considerable miscellaneous business had been disposed of, the meeting
proceeded to the election of officers,
which resulted as follows: President, W.
F. Leitzman, of Clayton; Vice president,
D. H. Talbert, of Spiccland; Secretary, El-
wood Barnard, of Eden; Treasurer, A. P.
Cleland, of Miami county. The officers to
comprise the Executive committee. A
spirited discussion followed the election
of officers npon the best method of cooling syrup.
Pres. Mugg, of the State Swine Association read an act which was Boon to be introduced into the Legislature, asking for
a change in the present State Board of
Agriculture; that the different agricultural
organizations should be represented, etc.;
which was adoptedby the unanimouscon-
sent of the meeting. The Indiana Farmer was adopted as the official organ of the
Association, after some little dissension.
Meeting adjourned to meet one year from
now, at the same place.
IHDIArTA   STATE   DAIBY   ASSOCIATION.
About 30 persons attended a call meeting at the State Agricultural rooms, on
Thursday, 15th inst. at 11 a. m. for the
purpose of organizing a State Dairy Association. The moating was called to order
by Prof. C. S. Plumb, of Lafayette, who
stated the object of the meeting. Upon
motion of C. B. Harris, of Goshen, an organization was perfected by the election of
the following officers:
President, Prof. C. S. Plumb, Lafayette.
First Vice-President, D. II. Jenkins, Indianapolis.
Second Vice-President, Mrs. Kato Busick, Wabash.
Third Vice-President, C. B. Harris
Goshen.
Secretary, Mrs. L. D. Worley, Elletts-
ville.
Executive Committee, Prof. C. S.
Plumb, Mrs. L. I> Worley, E. J. Howland, and J. W. Lagrange, of Franklin.
The following committee was appointed
to draft by-laws and constitution: D. II.
Jenkins, C. B. Harris and J. W. Lagrange.
Upon motion, the following committee
was appointed to present a petition to the
Legislature: Mrs. Busick, Prof. Plumb
and E. J. Howland.
Meeting adjourned to meet in February
next.
IHMAHA BEEK.EEFEBS.
The 11th annual meeting of the Indiana
Beekeepers met in the State agricultural
room on the 16th inst. and was called to
order at 1 p. m. by Pres. E. H. Collins. A
goodly number of beekeepers were present. After roll call President Collins delivered his annual address from which we
make tho following extracts:
"Knowledge of the details of beekeeping
we all agree to be the first requisite of
success. Many defects may be discovered
by the individual in his own yard, but the
advantage of the experiments and success
of others is immense. Many small beekeepers continue plodding along with the
crude knowledge and awkward blunders
of the empiricist and complain that there
is neither pleasure nor profit in bee culture. Such parties should avail themselves of the knowledge of others and
success would attend their efforts. The
pass three or four seasons have been discouraging, much of our fruit and crops
have been unsuccessful, the soil of the
forest is less mellow than 50 years ago.
These changes have seriously affected the
flora. The drouth of '88 and '89 has so reduced the white clover that though it
made a fine growth last summer it did not
yield honey in proportion to the flattering
prospects. The fall rains came too late
and many bees are now starving. 'Yet
those who fed last spring came into June
with strong colonies, got paying returns.
Statistics show that the number of colonies put in winter quarters in the fall of
1889 was 108,255; number on hand. 1890,
137,443; pounds comb honey past 12
months, 936,076; pounds extracted past 12
months, 107,714. The exhibit at the State
fair was the largest ever had, and I believe that with one exception all exhibitors were from Indiana. The single
judge system is very popular, yet we desire a man who is well versed in beecult-
ure and all the modern appliances."
Mr. Geo. C. Thompson, of Southport,
next gave an object lesson with the hive,
showing how to manipulate the brood
chamber, the use of the honey board and
section case in securing comb honey.
This talk was very instructive, and was
listened to very attentively. "Economy
in bee culture" was the next paper presented by Jonas Scholl, of Lyons Station.
If your occupation is conducted properly, with good judgment and strict econ
omy, It will give returns which will com
pare favorably with other industries. We
must study the best methods for saving
time, labor and" outlay of money. We
have too many patterns of hives, wo experiment too much, and waste money as
well as time. We are putting too much
money in the supply dealer's pocket. We
must know what we want, and when we
study economy, then we will find more
profit in our industries.
Mr. Kobert Scott, of Moorfield, presented
a paper on "Some observations and experiences of a Switz county beekeeper." (A
full extract of which will soon be published in the Farmer).
The  following   paper  by   Walter S.
Pouder, of Indianapolis, on "Management
for comb  honey,"  was next on its ..pro-   /
gram.
MANAUEMENT  l'OR EXTRACTED  ltONEV.
Many people demand comb-honey because of its appearance on the table and
again because in their opinion, it is the
only pure honey. In managing bees for
comb honey there is certainly vast room
for improvement and while there is still
room for improvement in managing for
extracted honey it has been reduced to a
more complete science. A good queen
and propar spring management are the
main factors to be followed by a good
honey 11 jwer and a pity 'tis that we can't
control the latter.
If we could accurately predict on these
honey seasons wo could build up accordingly, but how can we foretell? No one
knows but the man in the moon and
he refuses to bo interviewed. Dr. Miller
can anwerthe question, but his answer
will be "I don't know". List season
opened very promising but the promise
was one with a string tied to it. Then •
let us build up strong and predict a good
honey season, for there is souiethingabout
these predictions that kindles one's imagination into pleasant dreams.
SFor years I was an enthusiast on the subject of spreading the brood, but that
enthusiasm has died away and now it is
my positive opinion that the bees will
enlarge their brood nest as rapidly as their
abilities will permit, but it is our important duty to see that the brood-nest is
surrounded by an abundance of stores.
When the brood-chamber begins to
crowd, which will come about when there
are seven to nine combs of brood, we
should simply add an upper story of ten
brood-combs. These conditions will come
about before the honey season has fairly
begun and the brood-nest will be extended
into the upper box, we shall want just as
much brood as we can possibly get, up to
about the25th of May; when we shall
lift off the upper box, see thatthe queeu
is safe in the lower chamber, a wood-zinc
honey-board with an accurate bee-space
on one side—the only honey-board that I
should use in my own yard—and then return the extra box; after an elapse of a
week we can extract without danger of
throwing brood from the cells.
Colonies built .upon this plan will become exceedingly strong and we may
have occasion to add an extra box of ten
brood combs, I have even been obliged
to build a few of them four stories high.
I have practiced this method for several
years in a yard of 50 colonies without a
single natural swarm.
The best results with the extractor are
obtained after we havo a good supply of
combs. A full sheet of foundation will
make the most beautiful comb but is
rather tender for the extractor, therefore /
we must reserve as many of the tough
combs from the brood-chamber as possible and place frames of foundation in their
stead, but if we are not careful the bees
will make crooked combs from foundation. We must place full sheeta in the
cluster where an equal  force can  work
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