VOL. XXX.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., JAN. 12,1895.
NO. 2.
STATE DAIEY ASSOCIATION.
The Largest and Most Interesting Meeting
EverHeld.
The Legislature to ba Oalle. on to Put an
End to Butter Frauds.
The Indiana State Dairy Association met
In fifth annual session at Centerville, Deo.
27th and 28th. A sudden drop in the
temperature, together with a disagreeably
shifting and drifting snow-laden wind,
prevented many attendants from being
prompt in putting in an appearance. But
on arrival of the designated hour for the
meeting to convene it was seen that it required more than the discomforting rigors
of winter to throtle the booming enthusiasm of our dairymen, and from the very
opening of the convention a deep interest
In the proceedings was manifested by
every, one present. The program as arranged was followed closely.
Capt. C. B. Jackson, ln a few words, and
to the point, welcomed the visitors to our
hospitable community. The reply by
Pres. Bartlett Woods, of Crown Point, was
a stirring appeal to open and receive the
valuable suggestions about to be showered
npon us.
Then followed the minutes of previous
meeting at Crown Point, giving in explicit
detail a synopsis of last year's meeting,
showing by comparison to previous records the wisdom of the managers of the
association In bringing its annual meeting
away from the Capital. The history of the
meeting just closed furnishes a magnificent corroboration of the success attending
its successive migration over the State.
Mr. C. C. Richards, of Howlands, presented his ideas upon the management of
milk from pail to patron In a clear, oonsise
and c imprehenaive manner which carried
03nvlction to his hearers.
Mr. Moldenhawer, of Henderson, Ky.,
whose subject was -The practicability of
pasteurizing," was unavoidably absent and
his very excellent paper was read by the
secretary. The absence of the author of
this paper was seriously regretted by
many present; much interest being manifested in the whys and wherefores of this
subject of growing importance.
The manufacture of cheese was comprehensively de-It with by Mr. J. H. Hilfiker,
of SaUmonia. Discussion was participated in by Gov. Hoard and others.
The valuable paper of Mrs. S. J. Brown-
enburg, of Anderson, showed the employment of much intelligent thought and deliberation in its preparation, and quite
covered the ground allotted in the subjeot
matter.   ."
The open discussion on the subject "Can
the diiry be med» profitable in mixed
farming" showed that there were two sides
to this question at least.
Tae question box was resorted to at this
hour and the time profitably occupied
until adj mm ment without exhausting
con'ents.
' At 7:30 p. m. a very appreciative audience was called to order to hear the able
address of our aged and honored Pres
Bartlett Wood?, after whioh Gov. W. D
Hoard, the editor of Hoard's Dairyman,
held tbe audience in interested silence for
tine hour on the subject "The effact of a
daiiy education on the prosperity of a
community." If we coukl only sdopt in
practice the suggestions laid down in his
own inimitable style by the "Abe Lincoln" of Wisconsin, full well would we be
repaid for our efforts to attend this meeting.
Friday, 9:00 a. m , Hon. T. E. Ellison, of
Fort Wayne, elucidated the advantages of
ailcs and silage and the discussion following disclosed the fact that silos had oome
to stay.   "Dairy temperament in cattle,"
by W. D. Hoard, was probably the ablest
address ever listened to by a collection of
Indiana dairymen, going into scientific details in such a simple manner that the dullest hearer could but comprehend.
The election of officers for 1895 resulted
as follows:
President,'W. S. Commons, Centerville
"Vice President, J. M. Knox, Lebanon.
Secretary-Treasurer, H. C. Beckman,
Brunswick.
Executive Board, W. S. Commons, H. C.
Beckman, C. S. Plumb, T. E. EUison.C. B.
Harris.
Among the resolutions offered was one
demanding of the coming Legislature simply a recognition of our rights in the way
and means by which the manufacture and
sale of legitimate dairy products can be
protected from the imitations and frauds
on the market.
W. D. Wilson, of Elgin, 111., secretary of
the National Dairy Union, followed on the
importance of legislative action, and urged
the dairy men and creamery men of the
State'to give their individual efforts to the
uplifting of the cause in a national sense
by supporting the constitution of the National Dairy Union. A Legislative Committee, of which R M. Furnas is chair
man, was appointed and creamy men and
dairy men over the State should take immediate action in circulating petitions and
sending the same to Mr. Furnas at Indianapolis. The citizens of Centerville and
vloinity showed their appreciation of the
honor paid them by generously providing
for entertainment, hallj etc. The meeting
place for next year will be decided by the
Executive Committee, and will depend
largely upon the determined and undoubted enthusiasm of the several applicants.
At 4 p. m., Des. 28, the most successful
and enthusiastic meeting of the Indiana
State Dairy Association became a matter of
interesting history. The proceedings in
full which will be sent to each member of
the association will alone be worth the cost
of membership.
W. S. Commons, Secretary.
Centerville.
A Pleaeant Letter.
Editobs Indiana Fabhkb:
In renewing my subscription it gives
me pleasure to express the satisfaction of
myself and family with the Fabmeb, and
I am glad to see so many earnest thought-
f al letters from farmers on subjects of importance to them. The letter of John
Kassens of Decatur county merits special
notice, and I hope a concerted move will
be made to wipe all such unjust laws as
he speaks of, from out statute books.
Jennings county.       W. A. Bandeen.
Thanks for the Kind Words.
&DITOBS Indiana Fabmeb:
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in Indiana. No farming of mine without
the Fabmeb. Some of Imy neighbors
sometimes ask, why it is that I always
raise such big crops. I always read the
Indiana Fabmeb.   Joseph Hammeble.
Dearborn county.
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making many sales through your paper.
Lamong. A. H. Babkeb,
Duroc Jersey swine breeder.
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Editors Indiana Farmer:
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for advertising.   Long may she prosper.
Lipwood. W. A. Rethebfobd,
Breeder of Poland Chinas and B. P. Rocks.
Institutes.
te_one County will hold at __■ banon on
Friday and Saturday, 25 and 26, an excellent program is given and Boone county
farmers ought to be present in force to
enjoy the papers and take part in the discussion.
PIKE COUNTY.
The farmers' institute was held at Petersburg on the 17th and 18 th. Messrs.
Robert Mitchell and W.B Stevens were the
instructors. Mr. Mitchell gave a talk on
the necessity of improved live stock and
read papers on the following subjects:
"Advantages of truck.farmiDg," "Fature
prospects of wheat growing" and "Successful management of county fairs. Mr.
Mitchell believes that gambling of every
description should be banished from our
fairs, for financial as well as moral consideration. After reviewing the probable
future of wheat growing he concludes that
we must rely on a home market. From
his experience at the World's Fair, together with Great Britain's policy to develop new countries, Mr. Mitchell thinks
that Africa will contribute to the world's
supply in a few years.
Mr Mitchell claims that onr farmers have
natural advantages superior to, and railroad facilities equal to, the famous truck
farming country of central Illinois.
Mr, Stevens read the following papers:
"Rotation of crops," "Construction and
filling of silos," and "Silage ai a food for
beef stock."
Mr. Stevens answered the many questions pertaining to silos and silage fully
and clearly. It is evident that our farmers
are much interested in silage. The local
workers responded without an exception.
The discussion of the various papers indi
cate that our farmers are reading the agricultural I journals. There was a better
attendance and interest than heretofore.
The next institute will be held at Algiers.
Ellis CBAia.
set out a few rows each, of strawberries,
raspberries, blackberries, currants and
gooseberries and give them careful cultivation until they enjoyed the benefit of
one or two yeirs crops, they would never
again say that they could buy their fruit
cheapsr than they could raise it, or that
they could not afford to spend any time in
small fruit growing. This subject has
been talked upon and written upon a great
deal but it ought to be discussed at every
institute and through every agricultural
paper until every farm in the State of Indiana has its small fruit garden and every
farmer's family is supplied with an abundance of fruit. H. S K. B.
Eleanor Wood, a young woman, is to be
hanged at Durham, N. C , February 8, for
killing her baby by putting pins in its
month and causing it to swallow them.
UNION COUNTY.
At the Union County Farmers' Institute
a Mr. Hollingsworth who prepared a very
able paper on the subject of "Farming for
profit," claimed that the day is not very
far distant when wheat growing will again
be profitable. He quoted figures to prove
that consumption is rapidly overtaking
production and that the time will soon be
here when there will be no surplus wheat
grown in the United States, lf we could
be assured that this Is the correct view of
the situation it would bo encouraging to
wheat growers and those who are engaged
in growing this cereal on a large scale
could expect that they would again enjoy
the prosperity of former days. However,
with all deference to the writer of the
paper referred to, it seems to me that such
statements should be taken with a grain
of caution. I believe that rather than to
trust too muoh in wheat for profit at present, or in the future, we should study
carefully the situation of the markets in
our own vicinity and endeavor to produre
what is most wanted and what can be
raised and sold at the greatest profit.
Prof. Troop in his talk on "Small fruit
culture," made the remark that fruit should
not be considered a luxury on any farm,
but a necessity. I heartily concur with
the Professor in regard to this matter.
Every farm should have upon it a garden
of small fruits and that garden should be
large enough to furnish an abundant tup-
ply for every member of the family.
Many farmers say that they can buy all
the fruit their families can eat much
cheaper than they can raise it and that
their time Is too valuable to spend any of
It puttering around in a fruit garden. No
doubt they believe this to be a fact, but it
is not. Those farmers who buy their
fruits don't have more than one-tenth as
much as they ought to use.   If they would
Written for the Indiana Farmer.
NoteB From Jeffersonville.
BY O. 8   C.
Before parting company with those who
may have been interested in my trip to
Wyandotte cave I would like to speak of
Jeffersonville, where I made a short stay
on my way back. Jeffersonville is, I suppose, one of the quaintest old towns in Indiana. It was laid out in 1802, according
to a plan proposed by Thomas Jefferson,
in whose honor it was named and its location, I believe, was determined by the
falls of the Ohio wbich were then and for
many years after the practical head of
navigation on the river. Certain quarters
if the town, especially that part lying
along the river front, have the antique appearance of some of the old eastern towns
with the old time architecture of their
massive brick houses and the effect is increased by enormous wooden pumps with
iron handles which stand at the street
corners.
The State prison, South, is located there,
and there are various features of interest,
but I had time to visit only one and I chose
the Howard shipyard. This place, I was told
was one of the largest river ship yards in
the world and after visiting it one can
credit the statement. I omitted to ask
how many acres it covers, bnt an extensive strip along the river in which stand a
numoer of mills and other buildings were
fairly filled with piles of great logs varying
from 20 to 70 feet in length, while along
the river margin float long rafts of the
same. These loga ■ are rafted down the
tributaries of the Ohio from remote
regions, the pine coming chiefly from the
mountains of Pennsylvania by way of the
Alleghany and the oak from West Virginia
down the Big Sandy, Guyandotte and
Great Kanawha rivers and their branches.
The timber of some of these regions, Captain Howard, the proprietor, told me,
seemed inexhaustible—that, for example,
they had drawn on the territory of a certain small Virginia stream ever since the
yard was started, 45 years ago, and now
got there as fine oak timber as at first.
At this yard the raw material in the
shape of logs come ln and the finished boat
goes out, every part of the process from
the rough sawing to the finest joining being attended to by Capt. Howard's 300
employes. The great shafts of pioked oak,
hauled into place by oxen, are rolled on to
the long truck of the mill and a "gang-
saw," (a device consistingof seven upright
saws set In a frame the required distance
apart) rips the whole log at one sawing
into planks three inches thick. These Immense planks, when properly dressed,
form the hulls of the boats and other massive timbers for ribs and stems are likewise sawed out. There are other mills for
the lighter sawing and all the appliances
for dressing and finishing and one who
goes through the various departments following up the art of ship building through
its different interesting stages is impressed
with the magnitude and importance of a
business hardly to be looked for in Indiana, and feels prouder than ever of the industries of old Hoosierdom.