Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1884 — EXCHANGING NEWS. [ARTICLE]

EXCHANGING NEWS.

Meetings of Yarious Associations Con* nected with Agricultural Interests. Nebraska Horticulturists. The Nebraska State Horticultural Society held a three davs’ session at Lincoln. There was an interesting display of fruit. The Society was reported to be la a flourishing condition. Nebraska Agricultural Society. The Nebraska State Agricultural society held lip annual meeting at the State capital. It was decided to hold the State fair at Omaha for one year only. Tho original proposition of Omaha was for a period of five years. The i fair will bo held the first week in September. Michigan Poultry Show. • The annual exhibition of the Combined State and Central Michigan Poultry aasoolv tion was held at Battle Creek. About 40* entries were made by leading breeders in all parts of tho State and a few outside. It is pronounoed the largest and finest exhibition yet held In the Sta.e. Cane-Growers In Council. The Mississippi Valley Cane-Growers’ association held its fifth annual meeting in St. Loula, the President, Col. Norman J. Coleman, in the chair. The attendanoe was larger than in any previous years. In his address the President congratulated the society on the achievements of the last year. The planting of cane was yearly extending, and the value of the sirup produced from the northern cane was fully $10,000,000. Bee-Keepers In Convention. The Northwestern Illinois and Southwestern Wisconsin Bee-Keepers’ association held a two days’ session In Freeport, 111. There i was a largo attendance ofo members. The eleotion of officers resulted as follows: President, E. Whlttlesoy; vloo president, Rosooe Gammon; secretary, Jonathan Stewart, treasurer, B. Kleoknor. The members engaged in i the discussions with a great deal of Interest. Tho next meeting of the association will bo held at llookton, May 20, 1884. Wisconsin Wool-Growers, Tho Wisconsin Sheep-Breeders’ and WoolGrowers’ association held its annual mooting at Whitewater. Tho tariff on wool was debated, and tho conclusion was that th< tariff should be restored. Otfloers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, W. L. Parker, of Beaver Dam; Vice President, C. S. Clelaud, of Janosville; Secretary, H. J, Wilkenson, of Whitewater; Corresponding Secretary, C. K. Gibbs, of Whitewater; t Treasurer, W. H. Hardy, of Genesee. Nebraska Farmers? Alliance. | The Nebraska State Farmers’ Alllanoe held a two days’ session at Koarnoy. A platform was adopted declaring lfi favor of national and State legislation to regulate railway traffic, with both maximum find minimum rates; demanding the abolition of national banka and the substitution of ourrenoy by the Government direct; opposing protection and demanding a tariff for revenue only; asking Congress to reclaim all unearnod land-grants and reserve the public domain for actual seb tiers; and opposing the acquirement of public lands by foreigners. Farmers and the JBarbed Wire Monopoly. The Jowa Farmers’ Protective Association, formed for the purpose of fighting tho Washburn A Moen bar bed-wire monopoly, con. vened at Des Moines last week. The association appears to be In a very satisfactory condition. The Secretary, in bis annual re* port, expresses his opinion that henceforth the wire monopoly will devote its time and energy to a guerrilla warfare, seeking to make she litigation as expensive and vexa* i tlous as possible to the farmers. The farm* j ers’ responses to the appeals hav« been hearty and generous. Minnesota Horticulturists. There was a large attendance at the Minnesota State Horticultural society meeting in Minneapolis. Col. Robertson, of St. Paul, ■poke on the manner of cultivating the oot toawood tree. The" Secretary read a paper from O. M. Lord, of Minnesota City, on native plums, which was discussed at great length by the members. F. (>. Gould, of Exoclslor, read a paper on “Blight in Fruit-Trees.” Mr. Pearce, of Lake Minnetonka, also presented a puper on the same subject, and Mr. Gideon one on “Blight—Cause and Cure.” The report of the Entomologist of the socloty, R. J. Mendenhall, of Minneapolis, was presented, followed by a paper by Mrs, H. B. Sargent, of Lako City, upon “A Beginning In Silkworm Culture iu Minnesota.” lowa Millers. The lowa Millers’ association, in session ' at Des Moines, discussed the relative merits of buhrs and rollers. One old-style miller said he was making forty pounds of flour to the bushel and selling his tailings for feed. Roller millers gave their produot as ranging from four and one-half to five bushels to the barrel, the cost of conversion being close to 50 cents per barrel—tbe est mates, including power, help, interest, etc. Steam mills would use 00 to 100 pounds of soft coal to the barrel. Tho bulir and single-roller prooess men claimed that the full-roller prooess diminishes tbe nutrimqnt value of the flour, which was not answered by the others. Hon. 8. D. Nichols claimed also that winter wheat has more sustenance value than the hard wheat. Mr. Sharpe said tbe main fault with the buhr millers was that they did not generally clean their grain so well as those using rollers.

Illinois State Orange. About 300 Patrons of Husbandry were present at the annual meeting, in Springfield, of the Illinois State grange. The address of welcome was delivered by Col. C. V. Mills, of the State Agricultural department, which was followed by an address delivered by J. J. Woodman, Master of the National grange, who in a very elaborate manner presented the aims and objeots of the order. The committee appointed a year ago to visit the In* I dustrial university at Champaign made a re- ! port In which they met the objections to the course of study and the alleged charges of lneilicienoy. A resolution was adopted fixing Belleville as the next place of meeting. Gov. Hamilton tendered the delegates a reception at the Executive mansion. The resolutions demand that the Bureau of Agriculture be made an Executive department, and Its head a Cabinet officer. They recommend the establishment of experimental farms in the several counties of the State, or the addition of experimental departments to county farms already existing. The report of transportation, which was adopted, asks the Illinois delegation in Congress to urge the enactment of laws to regulate commerce between tho States, and to’ support a liberal measure for the construction of the Hennepin canal as an enterprise of national commercial Importance for the increase of transportation facilities, and the i regulation of charges on traffic by rail.