The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-02-21


nor cheese could DO made in the west
there had been serious objections made q
quoting Wisconsin butter and cheese as. west
ern,s but Is Western butter and cheese IA
now quoted cent Or two, above the regula
market quotations the term ssWesternn did no
seem Objectionable. The old log houses an,
barns have given way to comfortable farm
houses and commodious barns. The farm
are in . high state Of cultivation, ana thief
bank account bespeaks prosperity in ever.
homes go b.
y. 4 Smith Of Cedarsburg Wis, read pape
on the subject "Cheese Production, One Of th
Essential Factors in General Dairying."
Mr.. Smith gave facts and figures to show tina
the making Of cheese showing the industry t,
be as profitable as the making Of butter.
s1S prize I'd be awarded to o. b. Gregg Mar
shall. Mimi The SIS prize was awarded ii
Messrs. ellis 4 Finnaii, Bingham Lake. tn,
prize Of valuable shawl, offered by Mcconnell
3 Co, for the best package Of butter, wal
awarded to # d. Holmes. The pair Of fine Xix
shoes, offered by Messrs. Quebel Bros. for tb,
best package of dairy butter, were given to A
Arnold of Mankato The Higgins cup, won las
year by William Fowler of Newport, Mimi.
goes this year to J. H. Harris of Elgin, Ill
). About six hundred guests attended the ele
giant banquet that evening. The tables wer,
sumptuously loaded, and the guests prompt,
profusion and witty, wise or humorous speech
es were made by Hon. J. A. Willard, Rev Mr.
Pollock, Edward Soaring, Col r. p McGlincy
Hon, II, M Burchard, Col. Clark Thompson
w. D. Hoard Of Wis, Judge Wells, Preston
Gen. Baker, and host of others.
On Friday, the association listened to the re-
port of the secretary, Col r. p. McGlincy.
y An interesting and practical paper on thu
subject of Feeding for Profit in Minnesota,
was then read by H. G. Howard of Lake Crys.
tai He said: ''Plenty of grass is the founda-
ton of successful dairying,' is motto which
every dairyman should remember and con.
stantly bear in mind / haven seen any bet
in Southern Minnesota and Northern
country can raise grass and hay with as littie
expense as this section. While our wild grass
es, make good, sweet butter, land very good
hay if cut early,) they are not the best fol
they begin to dry up about the LIST of August
and after that time they are poor milk pro
ducing- food compared with blue grass, timo-
thy and clover. We can grow these tame grass
es to perfection here, and dailymen should
turn under their prairie sod pasture and gel
tame grasses growing at the earliest possible
moment to insure greater profits.
With a good clover and timothy pasture
your COWS will make as much butter in October
wild grass. Cows relish variety of food: q
change of diet sharpens their appetite. A feed
of roots given to q COW will make her relish her
grain ration better, and every dairyman should
raise good supply of them. Mangel-wurzels
are splendid food for mich cows and calvesl
You can grow mongel-wurzels at cost Of only
one cent for twenty pounds: five cents for1O0
pounds; 81 per ton. What other food of equal
value can be purchased for five times that
amount?
The report of Treasurer Oatman showed:
Receipts for past year, $1,0l6,50; expenses,
$.45, So; balance on hand, $70S4
The committee on nominations reported:
For president, W. d. Hoard; for secretary,
r. p. McGlincy; fer treasurer, II. B. Gurley.
Vice Presidents II. NJ. Blanchard,
Marshall; E. c. Huntington, Window; @. e.
Marvin, Rochester; A. P. McKinstry, Winne-
bago City, Wisconsin; Hon. H. Smith, Sheboy-
gan Falls; c. r. Beach, Whitewater; John
Whellep, summer; S. G. Flack, Elkhorn; Iowa
Col r. M Littler, Davenport; Hon. J. S.
Sampson, Storm Lake; S. w. johnson, Osca-
loosa; G. A. Huston, Cedar Rapids Illinois
G. G. Brull, Rock Falls; l. J. johnson, Still
man Valley; ]. J. White, Aurora; E. S. Oatman,
Dundee, Nebraska-W. S. Whitman, Valley; s.
W. Dye, Nemahee City, Dakota--N. K. Hub
bard, Fargo; F. NJ FELTON,, Huron
The committee on ways and means recon-
mend an appropriation Of $500 to publish the
annual report; 800 to President Hoard, and
$3.50 to Secretary McGlincy for labor; also that
creamery and dairymen make special efforts to
buy and read the report The price of the
forthcoming report was fixed at 80 cents pei
copy, or four for 81.
Gen. J. e. Baker thought the Durham sup
piled all the qualifications needed in stock.
Reports of English stock men confirm this
testimony.
The afternoon session opened with the read
ing of a paper on 'sThe Breed of Cattle Bes,
Adapted to the Wants of Northwestern Dairy
men," by S. N. Emery, Lake City, Mimi, CIV
Dutch Fresians:
w. B. Cromwell Of Storm Lake, Iowa, read q
paper, which was discussed at length, on
Mistakes Under the Cream Gathering SYSTEM
MIR. Anderson, a prominent New York commits
sion man, stated that he found the Storm Lake
purities on the trier. The fact that the striel
comes out greasy and not clean on the
back shows butter to be overworked Mr..
Cromwell did not think second working neces-
sary on account of buttermilk, but to add solid
ity. Butter1nilk can be gotten out on first
working. Think the majority of creameries
work but once.
ssButter. and Butterine'' is the title of paper
read by Joseph Lampson of Storm Lake, Iowa.
He said the imitation of creamery butter is &c
very perfect that even experts are puzzled in
deciding as to what is butter and what is but
terine, when samples are placed before them.
In my judgment three things ought to be done
by us with a view of meeting and
combating not only this evil, but
all others of a kindred nature.
First-All who are interested in farming and
farm industries, whether directly engaged in
the dairy business or not, ought to unite in de-
manding that national law be enacted cover
ing food of authorizations somewhat similar TO
the laws of France and England on the same
subject
Second-The dairymen of the west must
learn that nothing but the best creamery butter
will be able to dislodge butterine, even were it
sold on its merits and under its proper name
thy the retail -grocers. The associated dairy
or creamery system must be fostered, encour-
aged and perpetuated. Further than this, we
must furnish this butter at a fair low price,
Third-The people must be taught what
good butter is by having plenty of it Offered to
them at fair price In addition to this d
great work of public education must be done
through the newspapers and journals of our
land, bearing upon this bread and butter ques-
ton.
After discussions and reading of papers on
matters not directly before the convention
President Hoard thanked the convention for
the the continued confidence shown ~
his reelection as president He
the association on
the splendid success of the convention, and an
the convention adjourned sine die
The full proceedings, as will be seen above,
will be published in o pamphlet, with all the
papers read, and those especially interested
will do well to obtain copies, though the fore
going report contains the meat and substance
Of the whole
People Who Live On the Railroads.