The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-01-11
THE SOUTHWESTERN DAIRYMEN'S
ASSOCTA 7ION. H Il

uOSoS ~ = tlIu0 Wuc0 WC0Sc1U rO0ny
products we're Ut remal kably low dis.
count in eastern markets, but the
farmers of Illinois and Wisconsin were
becoming hopelessly in debt from re-
peated failures Of crops and low prices,
and they were determined to make an
effort to better their condition. So
they organized An association, held .
meeting, discussed various plans. when
finally it was determined 40 . last ro-
sort to attempt dairying. Speakesa
were procured from the East, meetings
We're held aud tho dairy business was
started in portions of Northern llli.
nois and Southern Wisconsin,, and tie
result has simply been wonderful. Is.
required hard, persistent labor, but tllg
men who undertook the matter aWer3,
either pioneers here or thessous of pr
oneers, and knew no such word Is fail;
Years passed, and through the efforts
Of this and kisidr, d organizations, wrs-
tern dairy products were elevated in
the scale Of eastern markets, until llli-
n0is and Iowa butter and Wisconsin
cheese, commanded higher price than
the goods made within y few hours
ride Of New York. BY the labors Of
this association, it became possible for
the country tributary to Elgin, Ills, {,
dista 1t only about p miles, to produce
i'll the year 1882. nine millions Of dol
lars worth Of butter, cheese and milk,
and to make u total Of these products
in the State for the Same year of fully
seventy five millions of dollars, and en-.
abled Iowa and Wisconsin to make
nearly as COED showing. BY tie
work Of this association through it's
meetings and published reports, Elgin
creamery butter has beeM worth 43
cents per pound this mouth; and cows
worth 1T public auction FROM SIS to
$50, and those, too, only What is gsner-
ally termed native stock. -.
Dairying in Illinois, Wiscensin aud
Iowa, has proven the best mortgage
raiser ever conceived; it builds larger
and better barns than grain raising; it
gives farmers better bank accounts
than mining stock; it gives them more
comfortable homes. better land, better
stock, and more Intelligence than any
other avocation they could follow.
What dtiryiug has done for Illinois,
Iowa and Wisconsin, it can and will do
for Minnesota, it the farmers will "a
about the work intelIigently, systemat-
icHlly and regularly.
From a personal knowledge Of South.
ern aud Socthwestiru Minnesota, gain
ed during u visit Of seven or eight
weeks last August. September and Oc-
tobcr. am convinced that the state
possesses all the elements necessary to
make it 4 fsrmid. able competitor ia
Illinois and Iowa in the production of
dne butter. and Wisconsin for cheese.
The soil. water, grasses. and climate
all combine to make sairyluR more
profitable ~ Minnesota than grain
farming, if we take enc year. with an
ether. Cows IN ILLINOIS aud Wiscol,-
sin net their owners from, SIS to S55
per year. a:,d this il cash money r-cciv. .
I'd. III Illinois ia mou thly ,il,.tall.lssIlls 8
and this latter system Always Kivas the
farIne. cash, 50 tiiat he can 90 into the
markets and buy goods cheaper than
his n+igliEnr VIC il obliged to ask for
credit.
The meeting OF the Northwestern
Association 1T MaiIkato in February
next, ought to be attended by 1000
farmers from the several counties i1l
Southern and Southwestern Minnrsotxf
for successful, experienced dairy farm
eys fran I!lin.ais, WISCONSIN and Iowa
will Le there to tell what they have
d"ne. and how. The County Asric,h4s
t"Tal societies ought "a send delegates
and all ought t. become ue,u S-rs Il
the Asst'ciatiol. and thus receive i
copy of the report af thu meeting, iEsu.
ed in pamphlet form. continuing tho
speeches aud discussions h2l at the
meeting.
The farmer who desires to better his
condition should attend from The open
lug to the close Of the convention, and
he shovld interest his wife. sons and
daughters and have then. attend as
well Is these OF has neighbors kncw "
the people ct soue portions Of tl,e
State are fully alive to the necessity Of
learning Of this new mode ef farming, !,
for we'll remember the school I k~ltt
Z: Redwood Fails il September last,
just before delivering an address before
tho Agricultural Society at ito annual
far. what questions we're asked, aud
| what eagerness Was manifested in the
answer given, aud - it was manifested
| everywhere weut.
Nov let the people. the farmers and
all others who are in tks least interest.
ed in placing Minnesota where she Se-
longs in the dairy world side by side
with Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa, at
tend. Let the press Of the State speak
frequently Of the meeting, an. let all
lend helping hand. and in few years
the result Of their efforts will he shown
in an increased value ef the farm lands
an increased number Of cows and q
better condition Of all classes 6nancl-
ally. .
As soon 40 arranged, the programme
for the nesting will bs given to the
| public, ard from now until tho day al
the meeting let everybody work for il
| success.
Respectfully.
Il. P. MCGL1NCT,
Sec. Northwestern Dairymen 3 Asso
citation. j.
Elgin, ILL.,. Dec. 1882.
NOTICE. 'D.
MY notes given to H. A. Pitts Sons Manufac
Ux turing Co., for 42e', dated Oct -, 1881, due
~ Oct ~. 1892: due 175 Oct. -, 1888: .tue ~
Oct. - IS !. with t"t' ~st ai the rate Of 10 pei
cent. Is with he chattel mortgage securing til.
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