Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-07
THE ST GLOBE FRIDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 4 1879

burning over their wheat fields instead Of at
tempting to harvest their crop, shows very
plai ly the folly of taking so many chances
on the production of single crop. can not
better illustrate the precarious profits of pro-
ducing crop of wheat than to quote part of
letter to me from farmer of Mcleod coun-
ty, dated Jan. 9TH, last. The writer says:
I'VE have been we'll off until the 'hoppers'
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 u.s."
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
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 tho 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.
l 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
commodating neighbor with loan.
CHEAPER TRANSPORTATION.
We see this does not do, and the cry is for
troy t,t. k> XL,a ID
! 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 its 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 the mill
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 thats 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. Still
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 wool in reaching our customers, as we have
that the rates of freight compared with that of
wheat or other grains is insignificant, and the
difference is but trif1e in comparison whether
it goes east by water or rail.
BUTTER FACTORIES.
Let us again turn attention to the sub
ject of butter factories. 1t is my belief that
the sooner they are constructed and patronized
by farmers the sooner will the great North Star
State get reputation equal to Jones county,
Iowa. My belief for this is founded upon the
fact that the few butter factories es-
tablished in Minnesota have proved success.
It 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 a good reputation in st. Louis for
his butter.
WESTERN BUTTER.
Only a 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
December, Mr.. Folsom, one Of the Oldest and
one of the leading butter and cheese commits
exhibition had by far surpassed the exhibition
Of dairy products Of the Centennial exhibition
| in 1875, at which Mr.. John Stewart, of Iowa,
|ireceived the first premium for butter, thus
bringing the West into prominence source
of supply for the finest qualities of butter.
Time was when the butter of the West was
styled (and 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 in
looking at the premiums the West carried off
at this great international dairy fair.
Best creamery factory butter made in
No vember, 1878-First prize John Stewart
| Anamosa, Jones county, Iowa.
was awarded to A. @. Kingsley & Co, Straw.
berry Point, Iowa. For the best made in Oc
tober, 1873, the first prize was awarded to
Chadwick & Stewart, Anamosa, Iowa.
The above were sweepstake prizes in compe-
tition with all the States represented at that
fair as well as Canada and parts Of England.
For the best creamery butter made in the
State of Iowa Fl. 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 fol, the best dairy butter made
at any time or place, 81. 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. x. A. Willard, of Little Falls, N. Y,
whose name is familiar to all dairymen, read a
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 creamerios,a s 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 l take such a
great interest. Let us build and patronize
DuILer JaCLOlleS, dS Del1eVo G0aL principal line
of business will relieve our farmers from their
present financial embarrassments, and lead us
sooner than any other principal industry to
comfort, competence and wealth, and in doing
this leave our lands in fertile condition for
the inheritance of those who will so soon occu-
py our places, we now find them on taking
possession from the hands of Dame Nature.
M1NNEsorA's OPPORTUNITY.
In conclusion, I would remark that it is my
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.
l 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-
ductlons to entitle her to the proud distinc-
tion and position she should, and believe in
the near future will occupy and enjoy as the
great dairy State of the West. Gentleman,
thank you for your kind attention.
The address completed recess of few min
utes to allow the committee on butter and but
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