Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-07

burning over their wheat fields, instead of at
tempting to harvest their crop, shows very
plai, ly the folly of taking 80 many chances
on the production of single crop. 1 can not
better illustrate the precarious profits of pro-
duoing crop of wheat than to quote part of
letter to me from u farmer of Mcleod coun-
ty, dated Jan. 7th, last. The writer says:
I'VE have been we'll off until tho 'hoppers'
came and eat US out year after year, and this
year, with the blight of our wheat crop, we
are worse off than ever before. We have had
to mortgage our farms to get along, thinking
next year would be better, but it is worse and
worse for US. We can not pay our interest, 80
they take our farms from us.''
DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIES.
Now those farmers have to leave what would
have been the fruits of their labors had they
practiced diversified farming, and seek free
homesteads, and make new effort to succeed.
We all know the great hazard that attends the
growing Of grain crops. The production of
good crops is generally attended with low
prices. Then we are SO distant from the great
populous centers for consumption of our sur
plus grains, in the Eastern States and Europe,
that their carriage by rail cat up the small
margin left for the labor of production, and
tho cry is hard times!' We can no longer
charge this to the high rate of freight charged
by railroad companies when we consider the
distance they have to carry these productions
to reach our consumers.
am satisfied that the railroads between us
and the seaboard cities are carrying our surplus
productions as cheaply as they can afford to-,
and that the owners of stock in these roads do
not begin to receive the return from their in
vestment that we would (if we had it, in &C
communicating neighbor with q loan.
CHEAPER TRANSPORTATION.
To i
cheaper transportation to the East. This de-
mand brought together the great convention
recently in this city to press upon the atten-
tion of Congress the immediate necessity of
improving this great internal water route of
this country. that has it's Western terminus in
this State. That will be of great benefit to us,
but is closed six month in the year.
CONCENTRATION.
Our best, most profitable line OF policy to
pursue, as dairymen and farmers Of this State,
both now and in the future, is to concentrate
our productions into the least bulk possible.
We no" have the invention Of refrigerator cars
that can take the beef fattened upon the mil
lions of acres of our free grasses dressed ready
for the stalls Of the meat market in any of our
largest Eastern cities, or it can be transferred
to vessels fitted up for that purpose and landed
in Liverpool, and take the preference by our
Concentrate our corn into pork, more Of our
grasses into wool and we have served the prob
lem of cheap transportation, comparatively at
least. Actual experiment has demonstrated
the fact thati wool shipped from this ou1
climate of dry, pure air, to New York or Bos
ton, will gather more than sufficient weight in
more, of the 100000 acres Of the prairie
grasses growing in our State, which chemica
analysis shows to be more nutritious than
| timothy, should be converted through our
mich COWS into butter and cheese, which in
cost of transportation follows close upon thai
| of wool in reaching our customers, as we have
SO much value concentrated in SO little bulk
that the rates Of freight compared with that Of
wheat or other grains is insignificant, and tn,
difference is but a trihe in comparison whethe
1t goes east by water or rail.
BUTTER FACTORIES.
Let us again turn our attention to the sub
ject of butter factories. It is my belief tina
the sooner they are constructed and patronizet
by farmers the sooner will the great North Sta
State get a reputation equal to Jones county
Iowa. My belief for this is founded upon tn
| fact that the few butter factories es
tablished in Minnesota have proved success
1t 10 very evident that these few factories hav,
been started by men who thoroughly under
stand their business. They have this past sea-
| son especially, established splendid reputa
ton by the introduction of their goods int
| other States and obtaining good, round profit
| able prices for their goods Col. Thompson, o.
the Wells factory, has received good prices anc
! established good reputation in St. Louis for
his butter.
WESTERN BUTTER.
Only few years ago good Western butter il
New York came from the Western Reserve il
Ohio. Now it goes there from the great Mis-
sissippi valley.
In the closing hours of the great Information
al Dairy fair, held in New York the first Of las
December, Mr.. Folsom, one of the Oldest ant
| one of the leading butter and cheese commits
sion merchants in that city, said ''the presen
| exhibition had by far surpassed the exhibition
of dairy products of the Centennial exhibition
| in 1876, at which Mr.. John Stewart, Of Iowa
received the first premium for butter, thu
bringing the West into prominence as a sourc
of supply for the finest qualities of butter.
Time was when the butter Of the West was
| styled land not very unjustly) grease; now i
was universally sought as article of com
| MERGE, being the best in quality produced il
the United States, and hence the most easil..
| marketable"
WESTERN PREMIUMS.
Now let US see if we cannot take courage il
looking at the premiums the West carried of
at this great international dairy fair
Best creamery or factory butter made il
| No vember, ls7S-First prize, John Stewart
Anamosa, Jones county, Iowa.
For best made in january, 1875 diplom
was awarded to A. G. Kingsley &; Co. Straw
berry Point, Iowa. For the best made in DC
tober, 1873, the first prize was awarded t.
Chadwick & Stewart, Anamosa, Iowa.
The above were sweepstake prizes in compe
tltlon with all the States represented at tina
fair as we'll as Canada and parts of England
For the best creamery butter made in th
State of Iowa II. D. Sherman & Co., Monticel
! 10, Jones county, took the first prize and JOIN
Stewart, Anamosa, Jones county, the second.
For the best dairy better made on the cont
nent of Europe the first prize was awarded t.
Jabul Webb and .to, TIE best dairy butter n,ud
10 county, Iowa.
Thus has Jones county, Iowa. 230 miles OF
an air line little east Of south from this CITY
| achieved a reputation greater than that O.
Orange county, New York.
NEEDS OF THE DAIRY
| Hon. \. A. Willard, of Little Falls, N. Y
whose name is familiar to all dairymen, read ,
| paper before the State Stock Breeders associa
ton of Iowa the 10th day of last month il
| which he states that the ''needs of the dairy il
the West is creameries, as they make better but
ter than farmers and that farmers would max.
more money by combining their efforts t.
will tax your patience but a moment long
er with this subject, in which 1 take such a
great interest Let us build and patronizt
butter factories, as believe that principal line
of business will relieve our farmers from thei,
present financial embarrassmenta, and lead us
| sooner than any other principal industry, t.
comfort, competence and wealth, and in doing
this leave our lands in as fertile condition fo1
the inheritance Of those who will so soon occu
Ply our places, as we now find them on taking
possession from the hands of Dame Nature.
M1NNEsoTA's OPPORTUNITY.
In conclusion, 1 would remark that it is m,
belief that had some of the productions Of ou1
butter factories been entered for premiums at
the recent international dairy fair that Mime
sofa would now enjoy the proud distinction
that has been awarded to Jones county, Iowa
| sincerely hope and trust that at the next
great dairy fair held in New York. Mime
sofa will be fully represented, and carry off the
trst prizes by the excellence Of her dairy pro-
duct,ons to entitle her to the proud distinc-
ton and position she should, and believe in
the near future will occupy and enjoy as the
great dairy State Of the West. Gentleman, I
thank you for your kind attention.
The address completed recess of few min
utes to allow the committee on butter and but
ter machinery to perform the duty devolved
upon them.