Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-02-15
THE SACKED COW.
Proceedings OF Meeting Of Minnesota
Dairymen at Faribauls.

80 IKE SACELk0 CO"s
Proceedings OF q Meeting OF MINNESOTA
| Dairymen at Faribanlt.
The seventh annual meeting of the Minnesota
State Dairy7nen's Association was held IN Fair
hault Four hundred were present, mostly
farmers. President Fowler was In the chair
| and after prayer b Rev G: 3. Whipple Of Far
ibault Sheriff Barton Of Rice county delivered
an address of welcome, which was Responded
| to by Col McGlincy of Elgin, H., secretary of
the Northwestern Dairylnens association. who,
in his remarks dwelt on the magnitude of tins
industry and how the dairy interests III Mime
suta might further be promoted. He claimed
it was Necessary as for the dairyman to attend to
his business as it was for the banker, and
urgrd that cleanliness and good care We're
most necessary for the COW. Col John
H. Stevens of Minneapolis read an interest
Be paper on ''D;iry hlerests,' fnll Of vana
bic information and Astounding with good al
vice. Charles Laviscount spoke on 'sThe Jersey
COW in Her Native Home. y which was respond
ed to by Col. Mckinney, and spirited discus
sion ensued. Gen. McLeou Of Frontenac ably
| sustained Mr. Laviscount in behalf Of the fer
sey while Mr.. A. p. Mckinley Of Mlnnehaso
City proved Il strong ally 10 AIR Mtihncey
Mr. W. B. Straight Of Hudson, Ohio, gave an
in:er sting and Instructive dissertation or the
| management of creameries. The creamery
Question was thoroughly discussed, Mr.
Straight being piled with questions from all
sldes, and his replies showed that he was thor
ougElv posted and practical creamery man
In closing his remarks he stated that he war
perfectly satisfied FROM personal experience
that better butter could he and was made II
Minnesota than i'll Ohio, he having cr'amcrles
i ii, oo,il siaits THIS ne attributes III some de
gree to the particularly favorable climate OF
| his state.
! The display Of butter IND cheese on axlnbi
| tuu in the commissioners rOanIs was cnIsid
cred by the III. mbers Of the assoclahnn the
bes, that has eve, been shown at any OF their
| meetings.
C.. i. Dexter spoke at length on the r,!~t,ve
merits and market value OF dairy and Creamery
butter He stated that three hundred car Loads
Of butte, sold at one Of the central markets IL
sixteen rou,v, .,'o'i's al Il at price FROM
s to ii cents: was this butter made at CIca.u-
ary or factory? Not pound of it, During
the time in which the sales were made the pre-"
duct Of the creamery ranged from ~ to i0tentS
per ponnd The loss indicated by these prices
falls upon the work or product OF the farmer,
or the merchant who buys it.
Western butter in the PAST wac Disseminated
eastern makes.
After Mr.. Dexter's remarks Cen.
! Janson, made a pleasing address. q. +
Holmes Of pWutonna read paper; subject
docs Darying Pay in M;nm~oa:" He spoke
of the advantages of the creamery systems ami
SAID if New York can make dairying pay l'Nrcr
rent. with land at 500 per acre, and hay at so
per ton, why can't Minnesota, with cheaper
land and plenty OF grass?
William peCring of St Paul reat! paper Oh
Tho Dairy and It's Proper l.ocation." 1t
should he near a city, clear and airy. be con
sidercd the best feed, for dairy purposes.
sweet corn fodder heat bran and tame la!
He is staunch advocate of the Shcrthol1l,
md thinks the Holoteln not hardy en"nel, for
this climate He las had sixteen year, cAl'c-
rirnch as a Gail'vnan. After ho had flushed
his paper he was piled with questions from, all
sides, which he WAS most prompt and explicit
in answering.
The following awards of premiums were
made:
Class A. Dairy Butter---First premium, best
twenty pounds, in jars or tnss, solid sil>orr>f
fee pot, vane $l!, Laura &. Mchlnstly, Win
lCbago City: second premium, dreamer, value,
So A. Is. Hills; third premium, $77,J. q. Bass,
Minneapolis.
coffee pot, $40 Frank Mendcll second N.cm
UNI, slup bowl. $3.50, A. K. Fnseth; thr,t pre-
MUM, l' F. Holmes
Class 6, Roller Print Butter First pr,,",'.A.
snyaT bowl, $40, O. VI. Strunk; second prem
iun', 81, +. > Way; third premium, A, prn,c
rcpstakes--Frat premium, Laura Mrkin
Str. second premium, A. b. Hills third prem.
ilIm, I. b. Holmes
Butter Sailed in Churn-Tirst rcninn1, A
K Finseth
Clcest--Best three checscs G. O. Dol,h,
second best three cheeses, l. Petit
A. T. McKinstly in short address gave hi
early and recent experience az 3 Minnesota
farmer. He then read paper giving hl1
knowledge Of dairying i'll Minnesota, IL which,
h.. stated that the birth of Minnesota as ,,AiYy
state occurred iii the spring Of lhSi
and made many and salutary surgcS-
tons relating to the growth and progros~ If
this most important business
Mr.. Decrlng and others spoke at LENGTH and
finally the meeting adjourned sine jl", md
most Of the members then sat down to a Ian
quet rendered by the citizens Of Farban'f