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Tenth Annual Meeting of the Washington State Dairymen's Association, to be held at Kent, Wash., January 14-15 --16, 1902. H. L. Blanchard, Hadlock, Wash., Pres. G. M. Brown, Spokane, Wash., Vice Pres. D. S. Troy, Chimacum, Wash., Sec.-Treas. FIRST DAY. Wednesday, January 14, 1902. 10:30 a. m.: Meeting- called to order by the president. Reading of the minutes of the last meeting and report of the secretary and treasurer. Dairying in Washington,—Past, Present and Future," by James Hart. Wednesday, 1130 p. m. Address, by Prof. T. L. Ha-ecker, professor of dairy husbandry, University of Minne sota. Hog Raising, D. Mclnnis, Dungeness, Wash. The Silo. W. J. Langdon. Wednesday, 7:3 c* p. m. The Outlook for Dairying in Washington, Prof. E. E. Elliott. The Sire, Daniel F. Boissevain. SECOND DAY. Thursday, January 15, 1902, 9:30 a. m. Appointment of committees by the Presi dent. Annual address, the President, Hon. H. L. Bla-nchard. The Angora Goat Industry and Its Rela tion to Dairying: in Western Washington Prof. D. A. Brodie. The Creamery Patron, Adam Stevens. Thursday. 1130 p. m. Address by Prof. T. L. Haecker. Best Methods of Applying Manures Prof D. A. Brodie. How to Take of Care of Milk on the Farm, J. A. Woll. Some Possibilities in the Breeding of im proved Stock. Prof. E. E. Elliott. Thursday, 7130 p. m. Address. President Brvan, State Agricul tural College. THIRD DAY. Friday, January 16, 1902, 9:30 a. m. Address, Prof. T, L. Haecker. Agriculturists Should Demand Better Ed ucational Advantages, W. F. Izett Cow Diseases, Dr. S. B. Nelson, State Veterinarian. Friday, 1 :?o p. m. Business meeting. Reports of commit tees, and election of officers. Editor Ranch: You will notice by the program for the coming State Dairymen's Association, to be held at Kent on January 14. 15 and 16, that a rare treat is in store for the dairymen and creamcrymen of the state. The best talent obtainable has been secured for this meeting. Prof. Haecker is most favorably known by all dairymen who read the dairy papers. We consider ourselves very fortu nate, indeed, in having been able to secure valuable services and assistance for this meeting. Dairymen who are in earnest in tneir work cannot afford to absent them selves from this meeting. Prof. Haecker writes that his lectures will be based upon ™c practical results obtained by experi- THE RANCH. ments made under his personal supervision as professor of animal husbandry at the University of Minnesota. They, therefore, must contain the combined scientific and practical information most valuable to the dairymen. Then we have our own very able combination of professors from our Ag ricultural College, who have never failed in their efforts to entertain and instruct at our meetings, and in whom we all take great pride. These will be supplemented by the best talent obtainable from the ranks of the farmers and dairymen of the State. Please emphasize the importance of this meeting through the columns of The Ranch and oblige. Aside from the various lectures there is to be much business to be transacted, of vital importance to the dairy interests of the State. The dairymen should arrange their affairs to be present from first to fin ish. H. L. BLANCHARD, President. Irrigation Farming A Handbook fcr the Practical App lie at i 0 n of IVa ter in the Production of Crops By LUCIUS M.WILCOX NEW EDITION, REVISED, EN LAR GE D AND H E WRITTEN SINCE the publication of the first edition of " Irrigation Farming," six years since, so many important improvements in irri gation have been made, and new and better methods introduced, that in order to keep abreast with the times a new edition of this standard work has become a necessity. Real izing this need, the author has prepared the present volume, which has been largely rewrit ten, entirely reset, and considerably enlarged so as to present in systematic sequence and concise form everything pertaining to the most modern irrigation methods and means, thus making it the most complete manual on the subject ever published. As the author has de voted the greater portion of his life to practical irrigation work, and is the recognized authority on the whole subject of irrigation, from a prac tical standpoint, every statement made in this book is based on the be st experience, practice and science, and may be unhesitatingly relied upon as absolutely true. One strong position taken by the author all through the work is the importance of consist ent and scientific cultivation in connection with all irrigation operations, as the one is just as essential as the'othi r, and the two are indis pensable in attaining the most perfect results. \\hile the first edition was primarily written for and adapted to our western farmers and farms, this new edition also devotes appropriate attention to irrigation In humid regions. The principal chapters treat very fully of the ad vantages of irrigation; relations of soils to ir rigation; treatment of alkali; water supply; c.n al construction; reservoirs and ponds; pipes fur irrigation purposes; Humes and their structure; duty and measurement of water; methods of applying water: irrigation of field crops, the garden, the orchard, the vineyard and small fruits ; all about alfalfa; windmills and pumps; devices, appliances and contrivances; subirri gation and subsoiling; seepage and drainage: irrigation in humid regions; common law of "■'■'gation; glossary of irrigation terms, etc., etc. The volume is profusely, handsomely and practically illustrated, an.l in paper, presswork and binding all that could be desired. ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED PAGES, FIVE IJY SEVEN INCHES. CLOTH, PRICE, POSTPAID, TWO DOLLARS The Ranch SEATTLE WASHINGTON CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS. Have you looked into the matter of cen tralized or consolidated schools? The more you do the more you will realize that here is one of the best means of giving country life a lift that has been thought of in a good many years. What does it mean? First of all that in stead of having several puny and imperfect school with every thing complete from pri mary to high school. One, at first thought, is apt to feel that if you give up the little schools and unite on one big one a.t the most central point that the greater distance for many would cut down the attendance. On the contrary, ex perience in Ohio and Kansas'shows that the attendance is very greatly increased. The united districts provide wagons for the transportation of all who live at a dis tance, and the result is that it is easier for children to go several miles in a comfort able wagon than to go even a half mile in winter or bad weather on foot. It means that boys and girls, when they reach the high school period, can get good work at their own schools and have the immense advantage of being at home every night. CAUSED BY OLEOMARGARINE. The internal revenue receipts for the dist rict of Kansas have greatly decreased in the last year, according to the statement of Mr. James M. Simpson, internal revenue col lector for the state. The amount which the revenue collector's office will collect this year, as compared with the receipts of last year, will show a decrease of nearly 40 per cent. The total receipts of the Kansas of fice for last year were nearly $800,000 and this year they will probably be only about $500,000. These matters concerning- the revenue are referred to here for the purpose of draw ingl attention to the effects which the recent law taxing oleomargarine has had upon the national revenue, and while the obser vations in this instance are made by a Kan sas revenue collector they may be applied with similar force to any other district in the country where oleomargarine is made. Mr. Simpson says that the decrease in the receipts is caused by the enactment of the law by the last session of congress which changed the method of collecting tax on oleomargarine. Formerly a straight tax of two cents a pound on this product was col lected and half of the receipts of last year came from the oleomargarine manufacturers of Kansas City, Kansa»s. Now the manu facturers pay a tax of a quarter of a cent a pound on uncolored oleomargarine and ten cents a pound on the colored product, so that this year there is collected only a-bout one-fourth as much revenue from these fac tories as was collected last year. The de crease in the revenue collected from these factories does not indicate that there has been a decrease in the sale of the product. As a ma-tter of fact there has been an in crease in the sale, as is shown by the in creased number of dealers' licenses which have been sold. Last year there were issued only about 200 of these retail dealers' licen ses and this year there have already been issued more than 800. The dealers are sell ing more of the uncolored oleomargarine than they formerly sold of the colored, but, as will be readily seen, the revenue is not so great. 9