The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-02-16
MANKATo FREE Press,
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1888.
Seventeenth Annual Convention.
Continued irom first pago.)

Seventeenth Annual Convention.
Continued irom first pago.)
cnt portions oi our state are giving place
To mn,e important and satisfactory
,nethr,ls. a. Is evidrrce,i by results al
ready obtained. You will not eNl Get
me Ia say much Ia you on the subject III
iairyinY. wish knew enough about
the practical details al dairy farming Ia
say something instructive upon TIA
subject. In my younger days, 10y dint
oi much practice and under some press
ure, ! acquired the art 1T milking II COW
with ncatnrsS and dispatch. and have
often wrrsrled with the das,ler oi an Old
| fashioned churn until thou. hi il would
take IN eternity for the butter la come
In these days, and in the light of such
| experiences, us YOU may well suppose,
did not think much about the cncour-
agement of the dairy business. was
rather inclined to diversity in some
other direction. But the lalor-savin%
| appliances, and the more intelligent
| methods OF late years in the manage
mcnt of the dairy illustrate the progress
and spirit Of the times of which We have
evidence in every department of life. l
am much gratitied to learn that your
convention has proved u success, and is
likely TO meet yOnr expectations. In be
half of the state ! wish to welcome you
| gentlemen from other states tn our
| midst on this occasion, aud To thank you
tor the encouragement and impctus your
presence and efforts here give Ia this
great interest of our people. We all
| look forward with confidence tn the
time when Minnesota shall rank with
The foremost in the magnitude of her
dairy productions. We honestly believe
that il is the destiny of our state
| To excel in whatever she undertakes or
whatever she may produce. She haS
| already made her record, ana We hope
she may maintain it, IL distributor ct
| bread stuils 20 the entire world; and we
caution you gentlemen of other states
to look well To your laurels, for Mime
nota may soon surprise you rs an eN-
porter of the products of the dairy.
The president responded in behalf OF
the association.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention having been called
Ia order Ivy the President, the report
of the committee on ways and means
VAS read and adopted as follows:
|. That the legislature of the
state he petitioned To grant an appro
priation of $500 To aid in printing ii
number of reports To supply the in
creasing demand from other States.
.. That j. c. Noe he appointed a
committee of one to solicit aid from
| al parties interested in procuring and
circulating copies of the report.
3. That 800 be appropriated to
compensate the President, w. ID.
| Hoard, and $50 to Secretary X. Z.
McGlincy, for services rendered dur.
ing the past year.
1. That the prices fixed upon the
report he for single copies 30 cents,
1 copies or more 25 cents each.
The President read telegram
from Senator Sabin regretting that
from i'll health he was unable To at
tend this meeting, but wished every
success to the labOrs of the AssOcia-
ton.
Judge Fl. NJ. Burchsrd, of Marsh.
all, was introduced by the President.
His remarks were principally upOu
breeding and hereditary transmits.
siOnS, and some theories regarding
the natural wants of Il cow and the
secretion of milk.
Mr.. Jules q. Lombard, of Chicago,
read his paper urOn practical Re.
frigeratIon and Transportation of
DAIRY Products" He demonstrated
why. for the proper cooling of Il
room. the ice should in every case
be placed overhead, and stated that
this principle WAS observed in all the
refrigerator cars going east from
Chicago. He would not deny that
they ever payed bills for damages
during transportation, but said that
the risks were only as Il million to
one He would certainly recommend
the use of such cars as carry the ice
in the top i'm preference to those in
which the ice is stored in the ends.
Mr.. Krum, of st. Paul, also read a
paper OH Refrigeration, and support.
ing the principles contained in the
previous paper.
Mr.. Coffin, of Fort Dodge. Iowa,
i'm a well written and interesting pa.
per read by him. referred at some
length to the trials and visssitudes
of the early settlers in these new
western countries. He cOntended
that our farms here. with our pres
ent facilities for transportation,
should be worth as much per acre rs
is farming lands in the eastern states.
| 1t was all a question of working
| He would advise that instead of buy
ing harvester "tO be paid for af
ter harvest" the farmer would find it
much more profitable to fence in his
quarter section, (Which he can do for
the same COST seed it down to clover
and other tame grasses, for the pur-
poses of running stock.
In reply TO questions Nr. Collin
| stated that he had always sOwn one
peck of timothy and four quarts of
medium clover to the acre. He had
cut hay from field of clover for the
last ii years without re-seeding or
top.dressing, and the heaviest crop
was that of last year. This hr
thought was the result of the clover
re.seeding itself. Grass seed should
be narrowed in every time. Blue
grass, provided the seed is good, can
be sown at any time in the year.
For pasturage would SOW clover,
timothy anu blue grass.
Report of committee on Dairy
Utensils was here introduced and ac-
cepLed as follows.
Your committee finds two churns,
the "Rectangular and the Barrel,
roth of which are so well known rs
10 need no remark by us. We lind
Two butter workers, the Eureka
and the other Il Lever" We are OF |
he opinion that both will do good |
work, but are inclined to give thu
preference to the Lever"
We also find a milk can for set
ting milk which is new to your COM
mittee, but they judge from appear.
ances that it is entirely practicable.
1t is called the 'Hedly" can.
We also find creamery can for
gathering cream which is thought by
your committee to be IA good one for
the purposes intended. 1t is called
the Center filling" can.
We also find another gathering can
called the Little Favoritc' which
is claimed by the manufacturers to
TIC an improvement in the construc
ton of the float which your commit.
tee think is entitled To consideration.
We also find the Cooley" creamer
which IS too well known to need any
remarks from this committee.
We also find milk pail which
is designed to keep the dirt from the
milk while milkinU