Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-03
THE WOOL GROWERS.
of Officers and Election for the Ensuing
Year-The Wolf and Dog Question.


of Officers and Election for the Ensuing
Year-The Wolf and Dog Question.
An adjourned meeting of the State wool
growers association was held in the
chamber of commerce Yesterday fore
noon. Hon. VIM. Fowler, of Newport,
presided, and in the absence of tie secrc-
tary, Mr.. II. G. JudsOn, Of Pennington,
was elected secretary pro tenn. The re-
port of the secretary was called for, but
in the absence of that official the dOcu-
ment was not forthcoming. 1t was
ascertained that the treasurer's report was
also in his keeping.
There were in attendance II Durham,
ROsemount; VIM. Strathern, Rich Valley;
III. Van Nest and John Blaisdell, Mime
apolis; j. d. Scofield Bloomington; j.
g. Bass, Shakopee; r. c. Judson, Farm
ingtOn; Prof. Porter, of the State uni
versity
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The meeting proceeded to the election
Of officers for the ensuing year. On mo-
| ton of Mr.. Van Ness, Mr.. Fowler was
unanimously reelected 10 the position of
president.
Three vice presidents were elected as
follows First vice president, Senator
Wilkin, Steele county: second vice presi
| dent, VIM. Strathcrn, Rich valley; third
vice president, Fl. Van Nest, Mime
apolis.
Mr.. X. G. Judson, of Pennington, was
| elected to the position of secretary, and
Mr. j. D. Scofeld, of Bloomington, was
| elected treasurer.
| A hoar6 IF nipp directors yroc alaCteH
as follows: James Middleton, Washing
ton county; J. q. Bass, Scott; G. A. De-
| Graft, Waseca; n. Small, Anoka; Col. J.
S. Prince, Ramsey; John Gilman, Dakota;
Jonathan Miller, Goodhue; Hugh Den
ham, Dakota Andrew j. Hall, Mcleod
The secretary submitted the following
resolution. which was unanimously
adopted: t,
Resolred, That the Minnesota State Wool
Growers association urge upon its Senator's
| and Congressman to make all proper efforts to
sustain the present tariff on wool, believing
II to be necessary for the continuance and pros.
ptrity Of this important industry.
A brief address was made by Mr.. SEQ
field, who spoke of the inadequate market
facilities for the sale of wool; the speaker
thought the wool growers should adopt
system regulating the grading of wool,
In the absence of proper grades the wool
growers lost great deal of their profits an
nuallt.
sEcRETARY's REPORT.
At this iuncture the secretary, Mr.. f.
j. Woodward, of Hennepin county, ar
rived and submitted his report
In submitting his report, Mr.. Wood
ward alluded to the absence Of the
treasurer, whose report he begged leave
TO hv,,t NI,n Oh Il holn
in the treasury of $3.50.
The seeretary's report contained the
| following information:
Number Of sheep reported by members
of the Association. ............... 1,044
Number of deaths by disease. ......... so
Number killed by dogs and wolves. ...- 81
Number of lambs raised. ............. sos
The report gave instances of sheep lost
by dogs. Those especially damaged in
this manner were Messrs. Blaisdel, Van
Ness and Pound
The presence of wolves in the State
was referred to and a number of instances
were cited where losses had been sus-
tanned by these vulpinc wanderers In
abiding to the wolf question the report
says: 1t seems that the wolf bounty is
entirely inadequate to the cost and need
of their destruction in any considerable
|
abandon country where they are much
hunted. Then let us most earnestly pc
ton the Legislature to encourage by suit
able law the hunters in driving these
pests beyond our borders.
The number of sheep in the State was
given at 900, estimated to te worth
81, 900 900, paying an annual tax TO the
State of $4,000. SIS not" the report
says, ''this most valuable industry en-
titled to encouragement and protection by
law? 1t will be noticed the percentage
Of deaths from disease is remarkably
small and the most experienced stock men
consider it an admirable locality for the
profitable production of sheep and wool
were it not for the discouraging presence
of wolves and the disgusting abundance
of dogs; these latter in such tremendous
numbers that the United States enumer-
ators do not even attempt to count them.
As a means of relief the report suggest
ed plan to be agreed upon as follows:
81 hereby agree TO pay one dollar each
for every wolf killed in the town in which
l reside and the same sum each for every
dog caught roaming ON my farm without
a master in sight or hearing. = The re-
port closed by referring to the recent
heavy losses of sheep in the Western Ter
ritories oCcasioned by the terrible storms.
by which million sheep were DESTROYED,
and the following query, MAY the best
sheep for wool be also the best sheep for
| mutton Z"
After general discussion on the sub
ject of the dog law the meeting adjourned
| subject TO the call of the chair