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

and wheat in the east, have all had
their day. 1t Is only reasonable
int confined cropping Of one partic.
iilar product must destroy certain
elements of the soil necessary tu its
growth. Mixed farming has there.
fore an advantage oven this system.
IN that the elements at one time
taken from the land are returned to
It ut another. Besides this it affords
better opportunity for utilizing
la'"r. The creamery system will
help many to pay rs they 60. bring
them down tn u cash basis. which
VIII save I" him the interest whicl,
the me rhant must always charge
for the credit given, and perhaps help
him to avoid the Necessity Of some
times paying his merchant twice over
for the same goods. In the South
! they rely even more on the credit
system than we Ito here. Especially
VIII the la,lics iind this CREAMERY
system g"nl thing in relieving their
la!0rs. while it does not impair yuur
packet. admire this daii ying bust
/ uV'o s"s"NoG 4 huo" tbut " IL kOluK
L" he the means uf regencrating ex.
hausted soils. II Is not necessary
to go entirely out OF wheat. lwOuld
not advise our going exclusively into
dairylng. for / believe thar mixed
farming is the best. In parts of Ohio.
his conuection OF the dairy with the
grain fields has almost worked a rev.
OlutiOn In results, TO the advantage of
the far,ne. 1t Ia \ little remarkable
that the kinds of food best adapted
for the daS(y also makes the best
manure. The details of the charge
from exclusive grain raising to stock
will furnish food for much thought,
for he who would I've sucl essful must
exercise thought as well rs laDor.
Mr.. George Lawrence, Jr.. of
Waukesha. Wis.,. read paper upon
"Cream Gathering and Its Advant.
ages He said the creamery system
has the advantage Of manufacturing
u better article Of butter than is us.
nal,y done by the dairy farmer. While
nearly all the advantages of the sys.
tenn are in favor of the farmer, the
disadvantages are nearly all with the
creamerymen. He would recommend
a temperature of 80 to IS degrees for
milk in the summer and SIS to 80 de.
grees In the winter. do not think
that on the average an inch of cream
will make more than pound of but
ter. Ii we buy cream we make the
statement that we are buying IA pound
Of butter. The manipuiation of
cream by the patrons not only affects
the creameryman, but must also ul
timately affect the patrons. We find
that about One.half Of our patrons
take good care of their cream, while
the remaining half do not. When
they take good care Of the cream it
can I've driven 20 or 25 miles without
injury. We find that the churning of
the cream on the road is generally
caused by high temperature. We
never find 1t churn In the winter.
think that skinned milk is worth 20
cents per hundred pounds. The great
trouble is in Carrying the milk while
the cream is rising. II farmers would
make dairying the first object l am
satisfied that they would raise better
cream, more of it, and OF greater
value. This cream gathering makes
the dairy farmer king as compared
with days gone by.
In reply to questions. 1 find that
100 inches of cream do not always
make 100 pounds of butter. l paw
my patrons in proportion to what the
cream makes, and they appear to he
satisfied. We churn each route
separately twice q week. NV ex.
perience is that the same number of
inches OF thin cream gives less butter
than when thick. When the pounds
-Of butter Overruns the inches of cream
l pay them for it. They understand
that l .huy butter and not cream. |
admit that we cannot, perhaps by this
system, give every man his just due.
Mr.. Gray, of Marshall, Lyon Coun.
W, gave his experience in STARTING "a
dairy on the frontier of Minnesota.
lie said: l believe there Is much
room in Southern Minnesota for more
light on the subject of dairying. We
must always keep in mind our sur.
rounding circumstances in determin.
ing the details of the course we
should pursue. The butter sold to.
day in New York for the highest
price is that which comes from the
gram fed dairies of the west. In.
stead of shipping grain in bulk L
would d. in the butter tub. l would
advise having fresh cows in the fall.
we have run our dairy upon this
principle for the last three years, and
are satisfied that this is the most
profitable mode Of daIrying for us i'm
Southwestern Minnesota. I build
my stables with inch boards battened
on the inside with the gable to the
northwest. have a ten foot wind
mill for grinding purposes. We sim.
ply I'LL up the hopper and leave it.
The cost of the grain we feed to each
cow Is aboat ten cents a day, and we
are making about eight pounds Of hut.
ter week per head. We get IS cts. |
pound net at the express Office. |
There Is no time In the year when YOU
can raise so good u calf In Southern |
Minnesota rs in the winter, because
you have more time to care for it. |
My calves are better than the aver.
age Of calves raised in the summer.
You feed the milk to the calf and |
when the grass comes in the spring
it is just ready to eat grass. aver.
age SIS head for my calves when
they are nearly a year old. For every
two cows run one shOat and those
pigs thrive well. lind from exper
fence that We had better farm less
land and plOw deeper. Manure, even
upon new land, pays. say that pur.
sued exclusively th9wheat crop ia the
source of much of the misery in Min.
nesOta. want my cows to be dry in
the hot weather and during that time
let the cows enjoy themselves on
the prairie. just as soon as frost
touches the grass put your cows up
and give them little extra feed.
In reply to questions: l SOW oats
and wheat together because the crop
stands up better and l get a heavier
yield Of grain. ! have not raised
barley for feed. Two men with my.
self run farm Of 80 cows. My est.
mate is this: Thirty good cows for
six winter months will yield 200
pounds of butter per week. which
sell for IS cents \ pound. use the
Cooley Dreamer and submerge in wa.
ter. use ice. ] market my butter
in Minneapolis.
Motion was unanimously carried
that an invitation be extended to the
Northwestern Dairymens Associa-
ton to hold its next annual meet
ing Ill MankatO.
EVENING.
In spite of the increasing blizzard
and cold the hall was again filed to
overlooking by little after seven
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