The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-12-21

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| The st, ls Of farming In this section oi
Minnesota for the past ten years has net
proved It . paying business. Mortgages ars
stacked up In every county AID great pros.
pert'y 10 not apparent. Successful FARMING
y not connected exclusively with grain rails.
Ing. II must include stock raising. Wheat
raising. II successful, must In tho future
mean to take cheap wheat to the worlds
market. Our experience In NheAt raieing
IS not Pre- missing for this section. But Min
nesota is the very first as an Dat state. second
rue higheat pl ace We must put the produc-
lion Of grasses. Blue grass, timothy end
clover are pe'tec ly adapted here. Acre ftr
Z re Na cannot be beaten In these. We have
'een riving to raise the most ditficuls crop,
AID disreearfing ttose more na:ur.l and
most p.ofitab.e.
On the management of creameries G. ID.
VeIn,n OF Manksto, said:
Successful management, in order to oh.
tin the best results, involves the best
means and sk'Il in the manu- acture Of but
highest dtgree Of confidence and GOOD viii
among p,lrons.
H. A. Holmes Of Chatftl followed on the
arle subjec:
Fist, must be CO operation OF the cream.
cry men with each other. Farmers are
Ginning 10 recogAizs the creameries as their
oest helpers. The difference in weather
nd station makes d,fference In the guam.
tity Of butter obtained. Forty. eight to IS
deg. is the proper temperature for raising
cream. Ice should not be used in RAISING
cieam.
The last point was disputed BY Secretary
Rice, Str. Huston and Col. Littler.
Mr.. A. r. McKinstfy fead paper on the
best methods Of testing cream: He sail,
Two methods are known to me, whicu hav:
the past year met with succcss: First, the
test-tune plan; second, the SGhsch & Balen.
der system. The tube system gives only q
solid inch ofcream, without reference to its
value as butter maker.
The S;sach d BaIen'er plan con sists In
taking half inch (163 cubic inches) ot
each patrons cream, churning and weigh.
ing the butter y itself, thus determining
paid for the bu ter IN the cream is in fact
what is purchased. The t.st is, of course,
made at the creamery: Any one can
MAKE it at home by takin two.Guevt
frait jar aud putting in quart of cream
and shaking it by hand until the butter
oOneA
R-v. f Miller. D. D., pastor of the First
Methodist church OF st. Paul. gave an I'D.
dress on Mental Culture aud Agriculture.
An address was made by Col. h. M. Lille,
40 msny times let l.cted secretary Of the
Hations! Butter, h ,ese and Egg association.
His subject was the Importance OF Our Dai.
~ Interests. One spea er says: 1.-THE COW
AnotheffI r. said; There is snch q thing as a
bari wheat ,bels, snd We are right in the
midst of IT.
Tnuraday morning alter su inspection Of
the dairy fair, the association listened to
tho lecture of DR.. Grange on health of AMI.
III, L.. He took up first the cause of abor.
tion, naming amo. 6 these:
Very i water in later season befJre par.
turilion. Frosted food, especially 70 IS.
impure water. Excessive muscular ex. rtion
d excitement Animals threatened with
abortion shoull be kept quiet. Ssiatives
should be administered, such a. tinc'ure Of
lau ianum or chloral hydrate, snd.kept In .
is properly cared for, milking should be
stopped six months before tie Eirth Of the
calf; shoul be carefully fed. but not made
too ,st; allowed plenty of outdoor exercise;
no surgical operations. Alter ca:ving,
mother kept in q comfortable place for q
few days. The calf as socn q born should
be attended to. Membranes removed from
nose. eic.
Col Littler has used for eighteen years
one pint Of wheat flour sssl led to paste
for the successful bringing away Of the
lider, often accompanying parturition oil
deep IN ssrs. all quarters or one being
affected--result of over.sup,ly Of milk.
8 metimes result of bad mil xing. Gl and
hard, hot and red. Two forms of treat
ment, constitu iOnal and local. First con-
sists In removing constipation with epson
salts, etc., then give diuretics like saltpetre.
Local treatment consists Of application Of
hot water to cause fermentation, or poul
tice of spent hops which retain heat and
moieture long time.
There was discussion on the Schoch
Bolender system of testing cream. A. p
McKinsley and G. A. Houston advocated 1t,
and believed that this would In time pre-
vail. This method is fair to both buyel
and producer. A certain quantity of cream
does not represent certain quantity OF but
ter. G. A. Houston then discussed the i'm
portance of brand repu;ation:
Brands in connection With any othe
good article are very valuable and tmOoI
tant. A certain brand OF flour sells fol
twenty five cents more in Cedar Rapid
the dairy. E'gin creamery butter establish
eli o.r market price. IT any creamery vii
produce Eniform grade Of 1: :rst-class pro
duct, its brand will add 10 the value, and es
tabiish and maintain reputation.
Cal. Littler spoke OF the criminal ty
usitg another's brand without pefmisslo
A law should be on every statute b0ot
,naking the f,l,e uss OF brands Pc al o.
'ense E. D. Potter, q Minneapolis de. l'r
spoke oi the producer keeping the products
up to the brand. Never use your brand ol
Inferior srticlcs. A vigorous discussion
next following On butter or cheese, in which
Lawrence Dignam, Lansing, said that
Farmers did not receive dollar . hun
dred tor their milk by selling to creameries
the chess factory pays this. He gets hi
calves ". II started before cheese manufact
ur:ng commences. There is too wide dit
ference between the price paid FOR cresn
and the market price OF creamery butter.
President Marvin, who manufacture
about one half Of the cheese produced II
Minnesota. said:
The average paid for cream In O!msteat
county wat l8 cents last summer. One hun
dred pounds Of mllk MAKES four inoaes q
cream. Add the values Of skim milk 70
ca ves and pigs. and saving :oftlme. Butte
l.a nece city. Not ore in six eats cheese
Butter making Il not tablet be overd lone o
is scaeesemaking. In thil ! settled coun,ie
butter is the most pro6tnbls. The over
production Of caeese is easy and reduce
the market. The price shouli be fixed 10
| yOtu CuOoo0 ouV UutteI WAou eAsueI Pny
nest.
G. A. Houston believed in cheese factor
les and In crsameries, too. His factorie
are fixed up 70 make both hutter and cheest
In Juns and Juiy they make butter. o.
.et the calves / ave the sklm mix. The ri
Il the season they turn tn cheese. A spirite
discussion followed. The general SEN
msut was that both were profitable In the
place.
The committee on change of name re,
,mmendsd Q change to Minnesota but,.
Butter Caeese ana Dairy associstion. Adop
ed.
The COMMITTEES ON premiums awarded
On Cleamery Butter-First premium,
D. Htlmet, OWatoLns; sseoDd, Malvin
Camnsck. The Austin creamery mac
no entries. Dairy Dutter-Fust premiaI
s. n. Frissse; second, a; 2. McBn.i
third, N. ]. Leavitt. Roll ButteT-FiI
pren,ium, D. B. Waugh; second, Z.
Spooner. GIanulEed Buttss-Fifst prem
mn. Marvin & Cammsck; second, y.
HGlm-s. HWsspstskss ON Butter Fin
r. d. Holmes; second Marvin d CAmmae
On Cheese-Fin:, G. r. Williams; ssc0
|. Marvin d CammaekSe On hairy Utens
l-yfnaE, 3. d. Cherry, GtAD Eatherst1; 8
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