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

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burning over their wheat fields, instead of at
tempting to harvest their crop, shows very
plat. ly the folly of taking SO many chances
on the production of a single crop. I can not
better illustrate the precarious profits of pro-
duolng crop of wheat than to quote part of
ty. dated Jan. 9TH, 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, SO
they take our farms from u.s.
DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIES.
Now those farmers have to leave what would
have been the fruits of their labors had they
practiced diversified farming, aud 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 eat 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 loan.
CHEAPER TRANSPORTATION.
We see this does not d. and the cry is for
cheaper transportation to the East This de-
mand brought together the great convention
recently in this CITY to press upon the atten-
ton 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 now have the invention of refrigerator cars
that can take the beef fattened upon tho 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
English cousins over their own beef cattle.
| 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 that wool shipped from this our
climate of dry, pure air, to New York or Bos-
| ton, will gather more than sufficient weight in
| moisture in transit to pay the freight. SJill
! more, of the 100000 acres of the prairie
grasses growing in our State, which chemical
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 that
| OF WOO! in reaching our customers, as we have
! 80 much value concentrated in so little bulk
| that the rates of freight compared with that of
! wheat or other grains is insignificant, and the
| difference is but q trife in comparison whethe,
it 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 patronized
by farmers the sooner will the great North Sta1
State get reputation equal to Jones county
Iowa. My belief for this is founded upon the
| fact that the few butter factories es.
tabllshed in Minnesota have proved success
1t Is very evident that these few factories have
| 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 into
other States and obtaining good, round profit.
able prices for their goods. Col. Thompson, OF
| the Wells factory, has received good prices and
established good reputation in st. Louis for
| his butter.
WESTERN BUTTER.
Only few years ago good Western butter in
New York came from the Western Reserve in
Ohio. Now it goes there from the great Mis-.
sissippi valley.
In the closing hours of the great Internation-
al Dairy fair, held in New York the first Of last
Decem Der. Mr.. Folsom, one Of the Oldest and
! one of the leading butter and cheese commits.
sion merchants in that city, said "the present
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, thus
| bringing the West into prominence as source
| of supply for the finest qualities of butter.
Time was when the butter Of the West was
| styled land not very unjustly) grease; now it
| was universally sought as an article of COM
merce, being the best in quality produced in
the United States, and hence the most easily
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 in
No vember, 1878-First prize, John Stewart
Anamosa, Jones county, Iowa.
was awarded to A. G. Kingsley & Co, Straw
berry Point, Iowa. For the best made in Oc
tober, 1878, the first prize was awarded tc
Chadwick Stewart, Anamosa, Iowa.
The above were sweepstake prizes in compe.
tition with all the States represented at tina!
fair as we'll as Canada and parts of England
For the best creamery butter made in the
State of Iowa 81. D. Sherman Co., Monticel
| 10, Jones county, took the first prize and John
| Stewart, Anamosa, Jones county, the second,
| For the best dairy better made on the conti-
nent of Europe the first prize was awarded to
Jabul Webb and for the best dairy butter made
| at 0'ay time or place, H. D. Sherman, Monticel-
10 county, Iowa.
Thus has Jones county, Iowa, $50 miles on
an air line little east of south from this city,
achieved reputation greater than that of
Orange county, New York.
NEEDS OF THE DAIRY.
Hon. \. A. Willard, of Little Falls, N. Y.
whose name is familiar to all dairymen, read q
paper before the State Stock Breeders associa.
ton of Iowa the 10th day of last month in
| which he states that the 'needs of the dairy in
the West is creameries, AS they make better but
ter than farmers and that farmers would make
more money by combining their efforts to
creameries.
will tax your patience but moment long
er with this subject, in which take such a
great interest. Let US build and patronize
butter factories, as believe that principal line
OF business will relieve our farmers from their
present financial embarrassment, and lead us
sooner than any other principal industry, to
comfort, competence and wealth, and in doing
this leave our lands in as fertile condition for
the inheritance of those who will 80 soon occu-
Ply our places, as we now find them on taking
possession from the hands of Dame Nature.
MINNEsoTAs OPPORTUNITY.
In conclusion, would remark that it is nv
belief that had some of the productions of our
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
first prizes by the excellence Of her dairy pro-
ductions 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 tine 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.