The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-02-16

that he had always fed corn meal in
preference to linseed meal. That hc
used stanchcOns for his cows, though he
did not know that that mode was much
better than loose. tying. He thought
that watering once day was sufficint
in cold weather.
Mr.. III. H., Hoard, of Moh:cvi,lcO,
MIMI, read paper entitled, "Wantctl
"a Cow--hy Country Editor" IN
which, after referring to the early Indi.
IN aud other troubles with which this
country has had to contend, also the un.
satisfactory condition and result of
wheat raising IN this section of the
country, called special attention to the
great facilities which Southern Mime.
sofa offered to all for dairyiRg and stock
raising.
The Hon Joseph Sampson, OF Storm
Lake, Iowa, read paper on "Creamer.
les on the Frontier" in which, after
pointing out the difficulties. attending
the satisfactory establishment of a
creamery In a new and sparsely settled
country, he proceeded to explain the
result of his own experience in that di :.
rcction, and the present satisfactory
outlook, both to the farmers md the
creamerymen.
EVENING SESSION.
At the opening of the evening ses-
sion the convention was by special call
entertained by Prof. Lombard, of Chi
cago with the song America" the
very satisfactory rendition of which
resulted in another call upon the same
gentleman for the song sleeping
Maggy." The MankatO brass band
also contributed their share to the
musical part of the entertainment.
Mr.. Robert McAdam of Algonquin.
ILL.,, read his paper entitled Scare of
Cows, handling milk and manufacture
ing butter. He said the practice of
dairying in England and Scotland is
necessarily different to what it is in
this western country. There cows
are fed mainly upon roots. t,rmips,
and mangle wortzels. That nOtwith-
standing the high rents and the high
price of feed, with the price of but
ter even below what it is here in the
winter months, they make success
of it.
The Dairyman should be in his.
stable ut o'clock in the morning and
then let him feed pail full of slop
with perhaps two more during the
day. Meal should not be fed dry.
Instead of shipping our bran to Elgin
why not use it at home for "Minneso-
Ia" butter. Do not let your calves
run with the cows. by careful atten-
ton to the raising Of your own cows
you can soon raise good herd.
He especially advised the fsrmers
to go into winter dairying; but let
them be careful to provide themselves
with the necessary tools. The cream
eryInan should make it his business to
circulate amongst his patrons some
well defined and printed rules for the
care Of the milk. Cows should be
MIXED quickly and the milk strained
into the can. Care should also be
exercised in keeping the cooler clean.
Keep your cream at 80 degrees for IL
hours after the acid appears. In the
first working of the butter it should
be left with about sufficient moisture
to dissolve the salt. It is in the sec
ond working that more care is re-
quired. The quantity of salt is a
matter of taste. AS to colOriEg this
must be left to the fancy of your par
ticular market.
The MankatO chorus entertained
the company with selection, which
was well rendered and received.
Col. T. ID. Curtis, of Syracuse, n.
Y, read very instructive paper upon
clarifying in New Sections" a verbal
tim report of which here follows.
am aware that, in introducing dairying I'm
new sections, You must encounter many diff
ficulties and disadvantages unknown TO tho
dairy districts Of the East and to tn, older
settled portions Of the West. These you
doubtless understand better than I. Never
theless, as dairying is a subject with which
have been familiar all my life, and tn. mo-
dern methods of which have observed and
studied carefully. feel that perhaps ! may
give you few hints that may not bc un-
worthy of your attention
Iperceive that the first great difficulty will
he TO get your COWS. Some OF you may have
them already. Such rs have thcm L. they
are well-selected and profitable COWS, are in
good luck, and to be cOngratulated-for 1t 10
no easy job to get together good herd OF
dairy cows, even in the best dairy districts of
IL
and big caters, you are very unfortunate and
to be cOmmiseratcd-for there is no poorer
property than lot OF poor cows that do not
pay for their keep. 1t pays no man to run q
there is too much care and expense connect.
cd with dairying to make any but the very
hest COWS desirable.
What is good COW? Judgments NAV differ
very much on this point. Icall it good COW
that gives 5000 lbs. OF milk year, provided
the milk is OF average richness for either
butter or cheese. 1t Is better cow that gives
more. There are very few cows In the State
| of New York, giving not more than !! 700 lbs
| Of milk II year, that II is profitable to keep
unless the milk is very rich in butter. us tina
the oesi Serssys estimate eo an ,Nr
State; but 1t is estimated by some OF our bes
judges that one-third Of the COWS Of he State
are kept at loss, that another third gives NJ
profit, and that all tho profit, lessened by th'
amount of loss from the poorest cows, come
from the other third. l do not think this I
| wild estimate.
| Probably smaller yield would make
cheap. But do not believe that COW Civ
ing less than 5000 lbs. Of good milk u yea
will prove paying COW In Southern Minne
remembering that 1t does not pay to run
dairy for the fun Of the thing, and that nun
bcrs do not necessarily add to the value Of
herd for daring purposes: There may b
ones. Indeed, there may be heavy loss In tn
80, while there must he some prof1t in the on
good COW.
Of cows Is bestf Some one has said that 9TH
best breed uf hogs ID the swill-pail BREED
meaning, suppose, that the best hog ia til
.%n y %sSs say
of COWS is the milk-pail breed, But this
saying nothing that is not already known
There is wide difference In breeds, and
same breed. There 10 no one breed than ca
boast Of all good cows. There arc poor COW
, and there arc good COWS IN all breeds. 70
ual, from whatever breed you may choose.
do not wish to be understood as impiyin
{ that there 10 no value 10 blooded stock, or
"a good pedigree. Blood tells In the compar
tive uniformity Of the progeny. Mongrelis
: tells in the lack OF uniformity, producin
mixed results and q wider range between Il
good and the bad. 1t also produces q small'
proportion OF good animals. 1t is best, Their
fore, to select male from some Of the esta
lished breeds, always using o pure-bred ma
and continuing to select your males from Il
same brt ed. thus breeding uniformly in 4
. same direction. Crossing or mixing breed
r In any way. should be done with great cal
and Judgment. II is dangerous ex perimeI
u and Is what has made our sO-called natl,
tends to degeneracy, and not only chang
= but lowers tho type, as q whole Now al
c then good results will appear, and here al
y there we will find animals that eau not be 9
celled al individuals; but their offspring
u liable to be very much infer Tor to themselve
e The mixture Of blood renders II uncertain
=. what direction they will breed. Tho on
aas lies male a.
q cended through a long line OF good mike
!, and having himself all the marks and Indie
!, lions Of a milk-producing animal. Such
'f foundation stock; but n native or gra
u bull is almost certain to injure it-for the b
5. qualities will as certainly appear as the go