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

tbVt hptN tuS W" iu uOuoi, oho
ministers alike To ont necessities and
luxuries She sends the children To
school; she buys the sugar and grOc
ceries Tor the family. Her products
are on the tables of the rich. and are
The food oi the poor in Ill lands. She
ais" lifts the mortgages from the
mortgage laden farms. About Tins
COW and her products it is our mis-
! sion Ia Talk Tonight. We have been
Accustomed Ia look loo much II our
! prod :rIt"ns in iilshelS /: for. while
calling ourselves the grlnary Of the
! world We have foilnwrd IN cxhaus.
1--WE pursuit which has tended to our
distinction. Grazing lands are more
valuable than grain Lands the world
over, and stock farmers. aS Il rule,
air better off than other farmers.
Acre for acre there is much greater
+, Yield with stock than in any other
KIND of farming. Stock farming
implies The whole question of trans
purtation. The profits of the stock
farm are more readily and quickly
seldom morlgaged, while grain farms
are almost invariably mOrtgagcd for
machinery. The prices of stock are
stable, and stock itself is less liable
than grain Ia the disastrous effects of
the weather. Stock and dairy farm
ing are regeneratOrs of the soil. All
other kinds of crops should he made
suhservient to the great staple crop
of grass. for the Northwest is the
natural home of the grasses and the
dairy. The close alliance between
grass and cattle form IL subject of the
creates concern To man. AS Il fact
the grass crop is worth considerably
more than any other crop in this or
in any other country. With regard
to the COW, apart from her symmetry
and beauty, we must consider her as
Il machine, and remember that 1t is
the business end of the COW that
we are after. There is no
Otlirr animal which, when fairly cared
for by man, can yield II profit every
year equal to its value. This machine
for producing milk must be treated
kindly and quietly, and, above all, II
must be fed and sheltered. What goes
in at the mouth comes out at the pail.
The difference i'm the food is really the
difference in the profit OF dairying.
There is difference in the milking
quality of cows. Keep all the good
mixers you have. and get all you can
keep. The difference between "A good
COW and poor one is the difference be-
tween success and failure. | am in
clincd to the short horn breed for milk.
ing, for want no COW on the place that
| cannot turn off for beef when | have
done with her. What has been done in
dairying at Utica and Elgin can be re-
pcated at Mankato, Rochester, Albert
! Lea, and other like places i'll our State.
Butter, like all other good things, has
its imitatOrs-lts great competitor is
oleomargarine. 1t should be made a
great misdemeanor to sell any article OF
food or medicine under false or mis-.
leading name. Sell oleOmargVjnc for
what it Is; and butter for what II Is.
Brand them. This situation should in.
cite dairymen to fresh cXertiens in max
ing good butter. Our work of dairying
has only just begun, and we mean to
surpass the world before We are done.
find that 20 creameries have already
been established in Minnesota, and,
fad, since have been here in MankatO,
that arrangements have been made for
seven new creameries growing out of
this convention. There are also 81
cheese factories in the state, although
the making of cheese is not on the in
crease in Minnesota. The advantage of
these crcameries is that il relieves the
| g. al hiS ,xffn Of ,nnnh nf fhQ
drudgery dependent upon butter max
ing without impairlng the profit; be-
sides which he has learned the necessity
of keeping his cream clean and I'M
tainted. Butter making is now Il fine
art. ! will not say one word in dispdr-
uScment ct Dakota and the land on the
Northern Pacific, nor in regard To the
tide of immigration which is setting
that way, for Southern Minnesota can
afford to await the reaction which is
sure to come. The man who settles in
Southern Minnesota does not have to 60
West and settle again. This is the best
grass region, and is pre-emincntly ii
stock and dairying country. The man
date has now gone forth. May every
farmer take advantage of this Oppor-
tunity, and by careful and dilige:t at
tention To this daIryiug interest, find
tn: means of surrounding the home Of
his family with every happiness and
comfort.
Miss Hutchinson of the Normal
School entertained the audience with
MI excellent solo on the farmers
wife. An encore again brought this
young lady To the front with 1.-The
Old Folks at Home"
His excelency, Gov. Hubbard, in
response to a call said:
| LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: II must
! beg you to excuse me from making
any remarks this evening. l gave
You my little speech this morning in
which elaborated all know of the
COW, and following such IN eXhaus
tive and able address rs you have lis
tened to this evening, l would not
venture to offer any suggestions upon
that subject. l will however, take
this occasion to return my thanks to
the people of MankatO and her mum.
erOus guests for the cordial reception
l have met with here to day. l have
felt much qualification in the acqualn
lance | have hitherto had with the
people of this city, and | have been
glad OF this opportunity torenew and
extend it. TO you, gentlemen, who
are convened here to promote the |
dairying interest of this great North |
West, | tender my congratulations ut |
the success which has SO far attended
your efforts. and, in the name of Min.
mesota, bid you Gods.speed in your
hopes and aspirations for the future
Col. X. Nj. Litter in response to
repeated calls interested the audience
with another of his spirited, humor-
Gus and spontaneous illusions with
which he appears to he ever replete.
The gallant Colonel certainly forms
no inconsiderable element on Occa.
sions like the present.
A piano sol" by Mr.. Bettinger was
next ON the programme. which Ger.
tainly established his ability in this
direction.
Ex-senator M. s Wilkinson, after
repeated calls, addressed few words
of congratulatiOn to the citizens of
MankatO and its guests at the great
success which appears to be attend
ing this conventions. lie considered
this convention tn he the most valu-
able movement which has e,e- been
made in the interests of the people
of Minnesota.
The society of the Normal School
here introduced chorus, the execu-
ton OF which entities them to much
credit.
Mr.. Jules Lumbard and Maj. Myers ,
Inv :, s,uri,l rpuuast .,lSn entprtai nod |