The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-04-06
Dairy Stock and Farm Notes.

Elgin Advocate.
Since the meeting of the North.
western Dairymsns' Association. at
Mankato, MINI. last month, farmers
and others in that State have done
but little than talk of creamery mat
tiers. Cows have advanced wonder
fully i'm price in Southern Minnesota,
and it is Il sorry scrub that will not
command $40. The press, too, is
helping on the matter by publishing
the statements Of some of the more
successful farmers, as we learn from
the following, clipped from Man.
kato paper: "Mr. Kendall, of Win
dom, has been experimenting with
oil cake lately ON few cows. Dur
ing last week he fed pint daily to
each COW, and from Al cows i'm four
days he had an increase of % gallons
of milk. Besides this he is making
system Of experiments based on the
report of the Northwestern Dairy.
mems meeting, and will no doubt
have some valuable results for the
craft sOOn." Well, let the good
work go on, until every farmer in the
State has improved his condition
financially and made substantial i'm
provements to his estates. 1t can be
done, but let them exercise great care
in the business. 1t is not all sunshine.
The Pennsylvania State Dairymens'
Association will hold a special spring
session April 18th, at which will be
discussed the qualities of the various
breeds of cattle for the dairy, ensil.
age and silOs. and other questions of
importance to the dairymen of the
Keystone state.
A good deal has been said about
improved breeds of cows for the dairy
and what could they do, and when a
Jersey or any other breed happened
under favorable circumstances to
make big record, her owner hasten
ed to puff her up to an alarming ex-
tent. If the same care and feed were
bestowed upon many of the sO-called
native cows they would show as good
results. Feed and care will work
wonders. More intelligence and sys.
TEN is needed. A cow cannot pro-
duce milk unless she is fed and cared
for. whether she be OF high sounding
pedigree or low birth. Ensilage will
produce more milk at less cost than
any other feed. and the farmer that
adopts it will be the gamer thereby.
Dairymen in Ohio who are anxious
to be up with the times, recently had
Col. Littler, of Iowa, 60 down there
and give them instructions in the
western way. 1t is hopeful sign
when the east looks to the west for
instructions.
Horton Gillis, a member of the Ell.
gin Board of Trade, has decided to
operate creamery at Bingham Lake,
Minnesota, on the cream. gathering
plan. He will make butter at stip-
ulated price per pound for the farm.
ers, until fall, when he will make both
butter and cheese. He will com.
mence operations about May 1st, and
have the cream from $50 cows, with
in radius of seven or eight miles.
He attended the Northwestern Dairy.
mems mesting at Mankato, and was
so favOrably impressed with the cOun
try that he has concluded to go into
business there. He will prove a val.
liable acquisition to Minnesota.
John A. DeWolf, one OF the prom.
inent dairy farmers of Kane county,
has removed to Burnett, Nebraska.
He has taken few cows with him.
and will engage in the dairy business,
selling cream to a creamery and using
the skim milk for his pigs and calves.
That kind of dairying will pay in
that section, besides the farmers
will make good profit from the
calves and pigs. The gathered cream
system for sparsely settled regions is
as we have frequently said, a Godsend;
the quality of the butter is improved
and the milk which is worth at least
IS cents per 100 pounds, is left on the
farm for feed. beside the farmer loses
no time in taking the cream to the
factory.
The Milwaukee exposition manag'
ers of the dairy fair held there in
December last, have finally paid the
premiums awarded. 1t took them a
good while to do so, but it will take
them longer to get up another fail
next time.