Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-02


brty, and therefore the BEST possible Tor
man an0s6east.
yTHE SOIL,
especially in this portion C the state, is
rich, warm loan, from two to three
feet in depth, with porus clay sub-soil,
the surface gently undula4ag, .atfording
natural drainage and permitting cllltiva-
ton as soon ,aS the frost leaves the
ground It is rich, as we'll in organic
matter as in these Of mineral salts, which
give rapiSity to the growth Of plants
and that durability which enables
it to sustain q long succession OF crops
certainly with these naturalTeguirements,
and the fact that the dairy farmer has
always an abundance OF rich manure,
there need95e 10 fear of eXLaustiGg the
soil.
MATER.
Minnesota is peculiarly favored in re-
gard to her water supply. Thousands of
lakes, containing pure cold water are to
be found all over the state, furnishing an
abundant supply for the cattle as well as
for use at the creamerieS. Springs are
kalso abundant and wells can be sunk any
i,atriking excellent water at frGm twenty
10 forty feet All the ice necessary for
summer use can be had from the lakes,
close at hand. At,tEe creameriee much
! wafer is needed for cooling tie cream,
keeping the batter, cool, and for thor
GGghly cleansing ali the implements,
utensils and tie building itself, for Sue
cess, in a large measure. depends upon
absolute cleanliness. Milk, cream and
butter are articles requiring constant
care and the least faint will cause speedy
destruction and consequent loss, hence
water is an important factor in the bust
ness.
ERoPs.
Feed is essential and without it there
is no profit in dairying. The soil, as we
have already noted, is capable of pro-
dueing excellent crops, and in abund-
ance. In Illinois. where dairying has
reached perfection. the farmers make a
machine of the COW. that is daily, winter
and summer, she is fed with the same
regularity that the family is. In winter
she gets more grain than in summer, bat
every day some is given her. This ma
chine converts the food into milk, and
the more eff the milk producing food she
-.
Corn, the foundation OF all food for both
man and beast, will readily mature in
thls state. and yields finely. Cats come
next in Importance, and the crop this
season is q guarantee that Minnesota can
produce enough of this cereal to the acre
to satisfy the most exacting. Timothy,
when properly cultivated, does well,
yielding from TWO to two and OEe-half
IONS ts the acre. In some dairy sections
timothy ranks next to corn as feed that
can be depended upon. Red clover does
well, yielding about like timothy, and
fed either alone or mixed with timothy
is a most excellent foodo highly
reliahed by the cattle. In the older dairy
districts, 1t is depended upon largely for
pasturage. June, or orchard grass, and
millet can be successfully grown, and
make good feed. La portions Of Illinois
and Iowa, sweet corn IS soWed fer feed
ing when the pastures begin to fail in
August Or September, and it affords
rich feed particularly relished by the
COWS because Of the saccharine matter
it contains Il is cut and fed green, and
the cattle eat it, stalk and ear Then
we have the wild prairie grasses
which give US excellent pasture and al
abundance CT hay. The cattle relish the
grasses Of the prairie, and do we'll upon
them, requiring no grain, although feed
ing 1t gives peculiar rosy, aromatic
davor to the butter, which has been the
n2eans OF giving the Elgin creamery butter
q name for excellence which is indeed
world wide. Add to the above list of
feed, the bran which can be had in tn e
state IN large quantities, the Gil meal and
the roots that can he grown, and it viii
be seen that Minnesota can furnish feed
enough to make dairying profitable.
Then with climate, soil, water and
feed, systematic, intelligent labor Is re-
quired, and we are satisfied our people
! possess this knowledge to large degree,
so that this new industry viii be aided
and encouraged by all that is necessary to
make it a profitable investment for the
farmer who engage in it.
Minnesota is destined to become a
great dairy state from another source,
namely, the cheapness of her lands.
Land in New York, Pennsylvania
| and Ohio is too high priced
and too thickly settled, to COM
pete successfully with the newer dairy
states of the Northwest, and already
these older states are giving Us immi-
grants in large numbers who are seeking
for more land for less mon ey than they
can get it for in the East, and with them
they bring the idea that what others do
here they can do. so as they fad cream
cries established, they, too, go into the
dairy business, and with a determination
to show their friends at the old home
that they have not made mistake in set
Ting where everything necessary for sue
cess in the business can be found so
cheaply.
The railroads, too, imbued with de-
sire to increase their traffic, are encour-
aging this industry There is not a rail-
road manager III any of the older dairy
states but would rather ship the corn and
oats to market in the butter tub or cheese
box than in bulk, and the successful
prosecution of this enterprise means more
people for the state and consequently
more passengers for the trains
Truly, Minnesota combines more nat
ural elements for making it a dairy
state than almost any Of the others class
ed IN the northwestern group. And no
one need fear that there VIII be al over
production. especially Of fine goods
Therefore we desire to impress upon all
who contemplate going into the business
to let their aim be quality and not guam
tlty, and the general results will be most