St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-20

Grand Forks, A. NJ. Burdick, of Clay coun-
ty, and j. j. Furlong, of Mower county.
1t was announced that the state committee
would meet in the hall at $3.50 this morning.
EXPERIENCES.
Mr.. Phelps of Stevens, thought the wheat
raising climate was steadily moving north
west. Fyfe wheat in this county was failing,
producing small yields, and theirlblue stems
was graded low. They must soon go to
stock raising and he had never seen region
where stock growing could be
successfully followed than in Minnesota.
As an example he spoke of common blood
steer, which moderately fed on his farm,
having no special care, at three years and
three months, weighed 1,520 pounds and
dressed 920 pounds. That was product no
miller could grade No. 8.
Judge Foster spoke Of his experience
as a wheat raiser for thirty-six
years in the Kinnickinnic valley,
twenty-six miles from st. Paul. He
had told young farmers located on lands not
well supplied with lime that their wheat rails
ing would play out in five years. In his sec
ton there was an abundance of magnetism
limestone, but after he had raised about
twenty crops there was falling off in the
berry. The yield had dropped from twenty
five bushels to fifteen bushels an acre.
Then he put on clover and turned under the
clover sod, whic gave back the body to the
straw and increased the berry
little. He now puts
on lime and clover and has brought his yield
back to twenty-five bushels, but raises blue
stem, not hard wheat as previously. He had
found that the value of his wheat was deter
mined in the Glasgow market. NIillers of
his place (River Falls had shown him reports
of bakers tests in Glasgow which determined
the value of their -four in that market when
they were in competition with Minneapolis
millers. They cannot compete with the
latter and use the blue stem wheat. Though
the quality of the flour is about the same, the
blue stem will not make as many loaves of
bread as the Fyfe. The Glasgow bakers and
flour merchants pay for the flour according to
the number of loaves it will make per barrel.
Hence the River Falls millers, who can use
only about one-third of blue stem
wheat to two-thirds of hard Fyfe,
are as much interested as you in
freeing the wheat trade of Minnesota from
monopoly of the Mtllers' association. In ans
wer to questions Judge Foster stated that he
| raised last year about ten bushels more per
acre of Blue Stem than the same kind OF
land raised of hard wheat. The millers at
| his place paid Csc cents for Fyfe and So cents
for Blue Stem. But he was, at request of the
millers, to try the Fyfe again
this year on twenty acres which he
had sowed to clover with lime,
| and on which he had turned under the sod
last fall. 1t would not do he said, to turn
under growth of clover, for that soured the
| land: he only turned under the roots or sod,
after feeding down the growth.
Mr.. Scriber of Clay county described on re-
quest his success in stock growing in
| Clay county, and the method of curing hay
without bleaching it, as followed by himself and
| neighbors, from which green or unbleached
hay they had had the best results in milk and
cream. He also related his recollections OF
milking experiences in Pennsylvania, in
| former years, when the most northern wheat
he could get came from southern Minnesota,
and he still believed that was the best wheat
ever raised south of the Red river valley.
After Mr.. Seriber concluded, the conven-
ton adjourned to 9 a. N. to-day.
ADDITIONAL DELEGATES.
| The following delegates additional tc
those reported the first day were in attend
| ance yesterday:
From Blue Earth county-John Diamond, Geo
W. Haigh and H. E. Harvard
Chippewa-John Kohr.
Freeborn-Charles G. Johnsrud, P. Kelly.
| Kittson-E. n. Davis.
Traverse-Wm. j. Smith, c. P. Sargent, G. j
| Knutson.
Hennepin-James H. Howe, John T. Blaisdell
| Chisago--John Chell.
| Rice-S. Reynolds.
Dakota-John Clague.
Clay-C. Jill.
| Polk-R. II. Abraham
Chippewa-H. E. Woodwork.
| Ramsey-Lorenzo Hoyt
| Polk County, corrected list-H. Stevenson,
Paul c. Sletten, B. Sampson, r. Reynolds, A. L
| Cooke, C. c. Utzinger, X. Abrams.