1900. 
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RECOGNITION OF FARMERS. 
For years Prof. W. A. Henry and 
others connected with the Wisconsin 
Agricultural College, have sought to de¬ 
vise a plan for conferring worthy hon¬ 
ors upon practical fanners. Various 
HENRY WALLACE. 
honorary degrees are conferred upon 
scholars or men who reach distinction 
in science or literature. It was felt 
that there were plain men who, through 
their earnest work for agriculture, were 
no less worthy of such honors as an 
agricultural college can bestow. This 
was a noble conception, and after much 
study the University of Wisconsin de¬ 
cided to offer the first testimonials to 
three men who may be truly termed 
pioneer agriculturists. Pictures of 
these men are here presented. This 
honor is entirely different from the de- 
A. L. HATCH 
grees given to scholars, but in no way 
less worthy. The giving of these tes¬ 
timonials was an impressive ceremony. 
The Wisconsin University is the pio¬ 
neer in this worthy plan. Other States 
might well follow and honor men who 
have done eminent service on the farm. 
The following information concerning 
these three men is furnished us: 
Charles Perry Goodrich, a modest farmer 
from Jefferson County, Wis., has through 
his work as a practical dairyman and lec¬ 
turer on dairy subjects contributed more to 
the advancement, of dairying than any other 
living man in Wisconsin. He vvas a dairy- 
missionary in the full sense of the term, 
and worked with great self-sacrifice and 
untiring effort as an institute speaker and 
C. P. GOODRICH. 
lecturer on the dairy cow throughout Wis¬ 
consin and in many other States. lie has 
urged and helped others to become more 
progressive dairymen and to adopt a higher 
plane of living without the prospect or 
thought of compensation. Until recently, 
when he retired from the lecture platform, 
he spent the greater part of his time in 
lecturing at farmers’ institutes and dairy 
meetings. He has always been a man of 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
moderate circumstances, beginning with a 
common school education. 
Arthur Lorenzo Hatch is recognized for 
his efforts in advancing the horticulture of 
Wisconsin, which he has done by devoting 
over 35 years of his life to the practice 
of better methods of horticulture and in 
urging others to adopt improved systems. 
He was a pioneer in the Wisconsin Horti¬ 
cultural Society and greatly aided in the 
early development of the horticultural de¬ 
partment of the College of Agriculture. It 
was entirely through his careful study of 
the region and subsequent purchase of lands 
that the Sturgeon Bay Peninsula was de¬ 
veloped as a fruit district. All this has been 
accomplished despite impaired health and 
by overcoming many difficulties. His great¬ 
est work has been to aid his neighbors in 
adopting better methods and in securing 
local improvements. After many years as 
a nurseryman and fruit grower in Richland 
County he removed to Sturgeon Bay. 
Henry Wallace is well-known as an agri¬ 
cultural writer and editor and as a prac¬ 
tical farmer in his own State. Educated 
for the ministry, he held pastorates until in 
1871! failing health compelled him to take 
up farming. After several years on the 
farm he became editor of the Iowa Home¬ 
stead and later established his own journal, 
Wallace’s Farmer, recognized throughout 
the country as a journal of high standard. 
His motto “Good farming,” clear think¬ 
ing and right living,” has been exemplified 
in his writings, addresses and on his own 
farm until thousands of farmers throughout 
the country now’ point to him as the source 
of their inspiration for better things. His 
hooks on rural topics have aided in inspir¬ 
ing higher ideals in agriculture. 
ALS1KE CLOVER VS. GRAIN. 
You have printed an article which men¬ 
tions F. I). Squiers’ method of producing 
milk by feeding the cows silage and clover 
only. ' Can you give me his method of 
doing this? it. H. 
Pennsylvania. 
In giving my method of producing 
milk with little or no grain, I would 
first say that up to over seven years 
ago I made a practice of feeding a 
good deal of gtain, except when cows 
were at pasture, and selling much of 
my clover hay, until the low price of 
hay and the high price of mill feeds 
set me to thinking, and also to do some 
figuring and experimenting to eliminate 
the heavy feed bills. At the same time 
I was led to experiment on growing 
and feeding Alsike clover, which I have 
found to rank among the first of the 
forage crops. Our principal grain crop 
in this section is oats, and as I have 
said in the columns of this paper be¬ 
fore, I consider oats the most expensive 
grain a dairyman can use. As I feed 
for quality of milk I very rarely feed 
oats to a milch cow, as they pro¬ 
duce milk of low per cent of butter 
fat and impart a disagreeable odor 
and flavor to the products of the milk. 
T will give my experience along 
this line. About 10 years ago, at the 
time my butter went to a fancy retail 
trade, I had a large quantity of oats. 
My usual custom had been to sell the 
oats and buy mill feed, bran, middlings, 
etc., or exchange with our local deal¬ 
ers, but at that time the price of oats 
was so low I decided to feed the oats, 
which I did quite liberally. To be 
sure we got a good flow of milk, but 
I soon discovered a bad flavor and 
odor, as well as a poor texture to our 
butter. I laid the trouble to silage, 
and stopped feeding silage, but the but¬ 
ter was no different, and after trying 
all sorts of remedies, I decided it must 
be the oats. I cut out the oat ration 
and the bad odor and flavor, as well 
as the poor texture, disappeared, and 
T afterwards found that cheesemakers 
held the same opinion in regard to 
cheese made from milk from cows fed 
on oats. The results of my experi¬ 
ments with feeding oat hay or oats cut 
and fed green, have been the same, 
and, if anything, more pronounced. 
That oats will increase the flow of 
milk is true beyond a question of doubt, 
but both fats and solids are of very in¬ 
ferior quality. After repeated trials of 
various grain rations with good corn 
silage, made from properly matured, 
well-raised Learning corn and also with 
Alsike clover hay, in lieu of the grain 
ration, weighing the milk, from each 
and every cow, and testing for butter 
fat from time to time. I have found 
that I was not only, with Alsike hay, 
eliminating the enormous feed bills, but 
that I was getting a flow of milk very 
near and in many cases quite equal to 
my former way of feeding with silage, 
mill feeds, clover and Timothy hay, 
with no perceptible difference in the 
amount of butter fat, as compared with 
the same cows fed a grain ration in 
lieu of Alsike clover. I have practi¬ 
cally adopted the Alsike and silage ra¬ 
tions, and I think I have saved hun¬ 
dreds of dollars by this method of feed¬ 
ing for producing a superior quality 
of milk for making butter. I feed 
silage immediately after each milking, 
all they will clean up, with two or 
three feeds of Alsike during the day, 
being careful not to feed them more 
than they will clean up, and I be¬ 
lieve it is an ideal and economical ra- 
ton for milch cows. f. d. squires. 
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