Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-15

slip-shod methods in the conduct of farming.
1t compels the farmer to put In 365 days IN the
year. 1t turns the winter to profitable account
as well as the summer. 1t becomes the saving
| clause in the scheme of agricultural salvation.
Wherever dairy farming has become well
established there can be seen marked increase
in general production The farmer who makes
grass culture the foundation Is constantly
strengthening his primary capital. Nothing
Will better help turn grain farm into a grass
farm than herd of cows Every hoof that he
adds to his farm becomes seeding machine.
In the early history of the West it was found diff
icult to hold the cultivated grasses year after
year. One principal reason for this was that
there was no seed in the soil. But the introduce
ton of dairying soon wrought perceptlble
change, and now in the dairy districts the upland
pastures are the most productive and stable of
any. The deep interest which is being mani
tested in dairying by all classes of community
is the surest test of its abiding value Butter
and cheese factories are dotting our prairies
like school houses. Indeed they are school
houses, where whole communities daily go to
school The capital represented IN the butter
and cheese factories in the Udited States in 1880
amounted to $9,604,803 This capital repre-
sented 3,082 separate establishments, employing
1903 hands and paying 81 ,516, ,405 for wages.
The value of the materials used in one year Was
SlS 2e3. .579 and the value of the products was
$35, ,000,t00. OF course, this does not
include the much larger amount
represented by private dairies,
particularly in the manufacture of butter. Each
one of these butter and cheese factories may be
considered dairy center. FactOrymen are
standing in their own light greatly when they
do not use more vigorously the means thus at
their command for the education of their
patrons. With little effort, meetings could be
held in the factories during the winter and
large class reached who do not attend conven-
tions like this. An intelligent patron is always
the most profitable. There exists crying need
for Just this education among the farmers The
only obstacle in the way of dairy prog
ress to-day is the farmer; all other OBJ
stacles have il the main been cleared
out of the channel. He seems to be slow to
learn the lessons of dairy farming, he does lot
take the initiative in bringing about a change.
Note this strange anamoly: 1t was not tae
farmers of Minnesota who were instrumental IN
bringing this meeting to their borders. The
prime mover in that work was Judge Burchard,
of Marshall, a railroad man, and he was backed
by the business men of this city. Hardly
solicitation came from the farmers of the state.
There is no reason why such indifference should
exist, belieing it does the real interest they do
feel. 1t amounts to bar and a sinister one at
that, to real agricultural advancement. Who If
not the farmer should be first to move IN these
matters? VIII he always keep back and force the
railroad men, the lawyer, the editor and the bus
mess men to be first to put their shoulders to his
mired vehicle? The great question of the hour
is, how shall this mountain be reached? l would
suggest to my brethren of the country press that
right here they can do a splendid work. The
and agricultural press can be relied
upon at all times to fill their place IN this partlc
ular. But it is the local press that lies nearest
the people, and if it will it WELD an I'M
mense influence in the promotion of dairy ideas.
Let every newspaper in Minnesota devote one
column week to well-selected
dairy reading and the infiu-
ence that would be impaired can hardly be estl-
mated. l hope this suggestion VIII not pass un-
needed, but that the press of this state and the
whole northwest will embrace this opportunity
for the accomplishment of so much practical
good in their several communities. There IS
much need of a more thorough discussion of
dairying from this standpoint OF the milk pro-
ducer who was not vet addressed himself to a
close, thorough consideration of how TO make
his primary capital yield larger interest. We
find every year hundreds of them with 160 acres
of land and dairy of not more than fifteen
COWS. 1t is to this particular point in the busi-
ness that the best thought of the day
is being directed, as 1t Is right
here that the best profit lies. The
amount of live stock our farmers are carrying
sess is ridiculously small. Let me give you a
few figures: In 1880 Minnesota had 275,545
COWS and 99, 1856 farms, or about 2al cows to
each farm; Wisconsin had 1892 farms and
,374 cows or nearly 81 ows to each farm;
Illinois had255, 741 farms and 865, ,919cows or an
of about 81 cows to each farm:
Iowa had 1876, ,35l farms and S54, 1877 COWS or a
fraction over COWS to the farm. Here Is the
secret of the great lack of success in many in
stances. 1t is as though a farmer kept four
horses to do the work of one. The principle
is the same whether you apply it to horses
or acres. In eithsr case it is ruin
Gus extravaganza. The outlook for dairylng in
the future is fairly favorable with one excep-
ton. l allude t. the alarming increase In the
make of adulterated and poor goods. This in
sane greed to cheat somebody is beginning to
bear bitter fruit. The past year has witnessed
a falling off in our export demand of
both butter and cheese that is commencing to
excite alarm. This miasm of cheating has at
last spread to the private dairyman, and now
the commission dealers of Chicago and st. Louis
are complaining that they are receiving dairy
butter from private parties mixed with suelne,
and what is worse the cheat is most bungInSly
performed. l am clearly of the opinion that to
the adulteration of butter and
making poor skim cheese is due, in an i'm
portant measure the falling off of our dairy ex-
ports. On this point an English writer says:
a few years ago American hams, butter and
chees had an excellent reputation IN every part
of the world, and the demand for each of them
promised to increase. Now the prejudice against
them is strong They sell, if they are disposed
of at all, at lover price than similar articles
produced elsewhere. The cheating practices
that produce heavy gains at first will In the end
produces heavy losses. Quality rather than cheap
ness attracts foreign customers" AS
men whose capital is heavily invested
in the production of honest butter
and cheese as men whose reputa-
ton ''that golden opinions of
Others has been dearly bought
we cannot afford to lie down dumb as
sheep and let this wolfsh greed for il-gotten
gain, deyour our hope for the future. l can see
no practical reason why national law cannot
be enacted and enforced against the counterfeit
ing of food and drink with as much celt Unity of
its execution as the law against the making of
counterfeit money. The cheat is no greater in
one case than in the other. Let this association
continne as it has done in the past, to speak in
unequivocal terms in.favor of honesty and integ-
rity.
will close by quoting the old Moorish prov
erb: ''They that instruct and encourage their
fellow man, both earth and heaven shall bless"
THE GATHERING OF CREAM.
Following the address of the president
a paper was read by II. 3. Gurley, of De-
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