VOL. XXII.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1887.
NO. 22
THE GREAT NEW YORK SHOW.
The Dairy Show and Contest Between
the Dairy Breeds.
Khj,oiic-c1 iter iIih iiiciiana Farmer.
The great New York Dairy and Cattle
Show has come and gone and left behind
it an impress upon the dairy industry of
the country that should lie lasting and beneficial. To briefly sum up its salient features we may say it waa a brilliant and
comprehensive dairy cattle show managed
with all the art that talent, money, location and a pretentious ediiice could afford.
As an exhibition of dairy products,butter,
cheese and milk, and of dairy machinery
and utensils, it reached the level of a well-
conducted county fair in a dairy district.
In the matter of imparting dairy information by discussion, or experiments, there
is little to lie said ,for of the former there
was none, and of the latter, but little, and
that done in a hasty and unsatisfactory
way.
No amount of praise could do more than,
justice to the intelligent efforts of the management to please a New York audience
and coax the Inhabitants of the city to patronize the show, but we fear without compensating success. While the daily papers
say the show was financially successful,
it was the impression of the exhibitors
that the expenses will absorb every cent
of the $20,000 guarantee fund. It is very
evident that horses, dogs and cats make a
far more attractive show tor New York
sight-seers than the useful and poetic dairy
cow. Mi. Burnett and his corps of assistants deserve every praise for the Mai
splendor of the exhibition. .Madison
Square Oarden coven a whole city block,
and the high-vaulted roof spans it from
side to side, leaving a clear space large
enough for Barnaul's chariot races, or
other held display, with accommodation
for many thousand spectators on the
benches that rise from the floor to the ceiling on either side. One-half of tltecentral
space was taken up by the ring for .judging cattle iu, and the other half was devoted to picturesque dairy houses and dairy
machinery. Along one side were the stalls
in two rows for the Jerseys, and at the
other side for Ilolsteins. At the east end
were the Guernseys and Ayishires. All
of the bulls were confined in stalls under
the rows of benches and unfortunately oul
of sight to the general observer. All told
there were 483 head of cattle in the show
and unquestionably the finest display of
Jerseys, Ilolsteins and Guernsey's ever
brought together. The Ayishires were
good, 1 .nt not extra. The ilolsteins excelled themselves and took the cream of
the boom that may come from this gathering of the clans. The Jerseys were in
large numbers and of great excellence, but
their exhibitors did not show that spirit
and pride that marked the actions of the
Holstein men. The first day Of the show
was devoted to judging the Hotsteiiis.
Thos. B. Wales, Jr. and J.I'. Poor acting
as judges. For the beat herd of 1 bull and
4 cows the lirsl prize went to P.C.Stevens.
Mr. Stevens also took lirst for bull any
age and 4 of his get; second prize was se
cured by Smiths, Powell ,v l«mib,w ho entered the famous cow (iothilde in this
ring. For cows, tirst prize went to .Smiths,
Powell & Lamb's Fay; second to F. C.
Stevens' Mechtchilde,and third to Smiths,
Powell A Lamb's (iothilde. The Ilolsteins presented a very handsome appearance in the ring with their bright black
anil white colors, and all the grooms
dressed in pure white even to gloves and
caps. The Ayishires were next judged by
.I.r.i 'onverse and J. D. W. French. For
prize herd, Obediah Brown took tirst, and
for bull and 4 of his get, L. S. Drew took
tirst. On Thursday the Guernseys were
judged by Jacob ('. Rogers and S. W. Rob-
bins. The lirst prise for herd went to
Francis Shaw, and the prize for bull of
any age ' and 4 of his get to C D. Wood.
For best cow, first to Francis Shaw's Pio-
otte; second to  L. W. Ledyard's Ferwood
separator, it being worked without belts
and by the use of water and steam entering a turbine attachment at the foot of the
machine. Then- was much interest shown
in a new churn that whipped either milk
or cream into butter in three minutes or
less. It was entitled to its name Frank's
American Wonder Machine, lt makes ice
cream as well as butter. There were two
kinds of Kuniyss on sale, one from Canada made from skim milk, and a richer
article made from fresh whole milk that
tasted as though enough of it might make
an infant drunk as Imagined by l>r. Arnold.
Old   F.urotas and several of her sons were
WEATHER—CROP BULLETIN.
For the Week Ending Saturday, May 14.
Lily. The Guernseys may be said to have i on exhibition
scored a decided success as we heard more
than a   dozen good   judges   say   that had
thev their choice of  anv herd in the show
They were not beautiful,
but they are good. Mr. Stevens' Holstein bull Cunstnutyii was weighed and
turned the balance at 2.N">0 pounds. Childs
just as they stood for dairy purposes they i * Jones, of llica. made cheese, and others
would choose a certain herd of Guernseys.
The Jerseys were judged by Maj. Campbell
Brown and John t). Coutts. The first prize
for herd went to Green Mountain stock
Farm. For bull and 1 of Irs get to T. S.
Cooper. Best cow over :i years old, fust
to Green Mountain Stock Farm. This
was a grand exhibit of cows. The quantity of butter exhibited was not high nor
were the samples numerous. Several ex-
peris who tested the premium samples all
agreed that the highest flavored and best
texture was found in the sample made by
Mrs. W. A. Sucldiith, of Flemingsburg,
Kentucky. This was quite a surprise, but I
was probably owing in part to better grass
in that latitude at this season of the year.
There was a very small exhibit of factory
cheese. The second prize (no first) went
to V. \V. Schooley, who, also got tirst on
American fancy cheese. There was one
handsome exhibit of foreign cheese not
entered for competition. In the cow tests
at the show the Ilolsteins took all the
prizes. The sweepstakes milk test was
won by Lady Fay. a Holstein cow owned
by Smiths, Powell <fc Lamb. She gave 65
pounds, ]:\'j ounces in 24 hours. The
Holstein breeders were much elated at the
result of the test. For the best butter COW,
(iothilde l:ix<», calved March, IsTf, was declared the winner, she yielding 2 pounds,
7Ji ounces in 24 hours; the second prise
was won by her daughter, (iothilde 4th,
3480. She yielding 2 pounds, \i ounce of
butter in 24 hours, line of the striking
features of the show w as a milk lesi ol
quality by the various methods for testing
milk on exhibition. A sample of mixed
milk was divided between the society's
chemist, the De l.a\al Lactocrite, the Curtis oil-test churn and the Eureka oil-test j
churn.    The   test  was   to   determine   the i
made butter for the delectation of the
crowd. Mosely A Stoddard have a new
skimmer for taking the cream off of deep
pails by dropping a tube dow n the center
of the pail and through a faucet, letting
the cream pass out without taking any
sediment with it.
May 4th, the A. J. ('. C. held their annual meeting in this city. F. Brpnsen was
re-elected president; John T. Holly,treasurer. A resolution was passed contributing fi00 to every StHte fair association in
the United States and one to < 'anada for a
premium to best herd of Jerseys, composed of 1 bull and 4 cows. A motion was
passed submitting to a vote of the members   proposing to   reduce the tax   onim-
NIliN'Al, SERVICE, )
W'AK IlKPAKTMKNT. V
Washington i'iiv. jbj 22, !*»:. t
Temperature— During the week ending
May 21st the weather has been warmer
than usual in all agricultural districts east
of the Rocky Mountains, except in Florida and Texas, where the deficiency in
temperature averages about 25*, a daily
average of about 3° below the normal.
From the .Mississippi Valley eastward to
the Atlantic coast the excess of temperature for the week was from 2r,° to 50°, a
daily average of about 5° warmer than
usual. The excess of temperature for the
season previously reported in the east
Gulf States, Tennessee, the central Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys, has been
increased by the warm weather of tbe past
week, while the deficiency of temperature
previously reported for the season in the
w heal and corn regions north of the Ohio
river, and in the upper lake region, Iowa,
and Minnesota, has been reduced, thus
leaving the thermal conditions in these
sections at the close of the week near the
normal.
Rainfall -During the week there has
been a deficiency of rainfall in all sections
east ofthe Missouri and lower Mississippi
valleys, while slight excesses are reported
in Texas, not (hern Arkansas, and central
Dakota.
The deficiency in rainfall for the  season
ported Jerseys from |rOO to Sod on males, is general, the only sections reporting an
and from J60 to sic mi females. It was exoess being northern New England, Ohio,
agreed to continue official testing though western Pennsylvania, northwestern Da-
the board of directors had suspended the j kota, Oregon, and Washington Territory,
work. |250 was voted to aid the National '''he large deficiency in rainfall previously
('attic   Association in eradicating  contag-   reported in the Southern States east of the,
ions diseases. A motion was submitted to
the members proposing a reduction of the
registration fees on bulls from s.~> tofl per
head. (>ne member, N. I.. Hoover, was
expelled from the club for dealing in
fraudulent pedigrees. It is reliably reported that the board of directors have appointed a new secretary in place of T. J.
I land, resigned.
New   York, Mav 16.
A SWINDLING PUBLISHER.
We   notice that one   T.S.Gardner  and
wife, propie tors  ofthe Farm Journal and
the Farm Albu f Chicago, were  before
the United states Commissioner Herd,
last week, charged with fraudulently
using the mails. Gardner is said to have
advertised that he would send the Farm
Journal for   a year, together with a hand
some   book   of   eugravings, on   receipt of
quantity of  oil in the milk and the result   4s ^^     wheu Qne   ^ ^ ^ ^^  hg
" received a January copy of the paper,
together with a book full of stock engravings, the tcdal    \ able being about 4   cents.
was as follows
03.no, Eureka churn 03.50 and Curtis churn
03.80.   Taking   the chemist's   analysis  as
correct, the Lactocrite gave the best result.
The Curtis oil-test churn made some tests
of different milk with this result: Gwejm-
Bey milk 10.45 per cent of fat, Jersey 96.98,
Ilolsteins 113.80 and Ayrshire 03.80.
Among the novelties on exhibition were
the two hand separators by the lie Laval
Company. One was perpendicular resembling their power machine and the
other was horizontal, and both appeared
to do  admirable   work with a reasonable
Every day's mail used to bring Gardner
from ISO to 200 letters containing the
names Of subscribers, Including from two
to twenty. A postollice inspector estimates the receipts of the firm at something
like $20,080.
Mississippi continues.
General Remarks—In the cotton region
east of the Mississippi more rain is needed,
but the recent showers and warm weather
leave the crop ill a favorable condition.
In tbe west culf States the excellent
weather of the past week has improved
the crop conditions, except in northern
Arkansas, where too much rain is repoted.
In the grain regions of the Ohio Valley,
and in Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska,
the weather during the week has been
generally favorable for corn and wheat.
In Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota,
and northern Illinois, the weather has
been reported as favorable, but crops are
likely to be injured, owing to the absence
of rain.
In the hay regions of New England and
the middle Atlantic States the weather is
reported as favorable.
Telegraphic-reported receivs this morning, Sunday, May 22d, show that local
rains have fallen during the past eight
hours in the sections where they are most
needed, viz., Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Dakota, and Kansas.
A. w. Gkeely,
Chief Signal Officer.
Mr. A. fl.   Chandlee brought in   some
nice   Crescents   and   Ironclads   from   his
ROBEBT M 1 icii 1:1.1.. of the State Board of
Agriculture, went to  Washington, Satur- small finit farm north of this city as early
day, to see President Cleveland and try to as Tuesday the 24th. He had Crescents on
have him  visit the State fair here in Sep- the table on Sunday, the 22.   Ironclads are
amount   of  labor   by a small-sized   man. ] tember, on his way   to the St. Louis exhi- almost as early and nearly one third larg-
This  company also   exhibited   a turbine  bition. er.