Convention — The dairy interest. 
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Afternoon Session. 
Secretary Field stated that all of the railway companies of the 
■state to whom application had been made, had generously offered 
to return all attending this convention at one-fifth rates, and that 
he would issue certificates entitling them to such reduced fare upon 
■application, at any time during the continuance of the convention. 
Discussion on Bee Culture continued. 
Mr. G. W. Sanford, of Middleton, a practical bee raiser, was 
called upon to explain his manner of managing bees. He said the 
subject had been too long neglected — there was more profit in bee 
raising than in the dairy business. To secure success, the bee raiser 
must avail himself of the improved hive, with movable frames; 
must get strong stocks of bees and not allow them to swarm, but 
place empty hives so that they could occupy them — taking out the 
honey when made — at the rate of twenty pounds per week from 
good swarms, when flowers are plenty. White clover is the best 
feed for bees, better than buckwheat. The queen bees are propa¬ 
gated by artificial means, the manner of which he described. He 
uses the honey extractor, which he made himself, to extract the 
honey, and preserve the comb, thereby making a great saving. The 
honey is extracted by centrifugal force, the frames being so placed 
as to give them rapid motion around an axis. A good swarm of 
bees is worth and he insisted would bring more net income 
than a good cow. 
HONDITION OF THE DAIRY INTEREST IN WISCONSIN. 
BY IIIRAM smith, SHEBOYGAN FALLS. 
In order to acquire an intelligent comprehension of the condition 
•of the dairy interest in this state, it will be necessary to go back to 
its introduction and early history. Thirty years ago, neither Wis¬ 
consin or any other western state was considered a dairy country. The 
emigrants from New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, who settled in 
the northwest, had some knowledo’e of dairving before leaving those 
•states, but did not come with any view of engaging in that enterprise 
here, and it was not until the romance of getting rich by raising 
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