Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-02-28

Feb. %, 1881, two grade Durham calves about
five months old, weighed 732 pounds; March Is'
they weighed 767 podnds, a gain Of 10 pounds
in seven days; gain each per dag, 2~l-Spounds.
They were fed as follows
go lhs skim milk at25c. a
a. lbs corn meal ~
20 lbs of hay at $10p per ton. ........... 80
Total feed expense. ......$1 80
Cost per pound, 8 40 cents, to compare with
The following.
Junsa, 1873, s pigs weighed s27 pounds:
June "A; E2a p0unds, q gain IN thirteen days OF
96 pounds. They were fed 40 pounds of skim
milk ande217 pounds OF corn Crediting the
milk with q I-2 pounds per LOO would make e
ID pounds increase from 90 pounds OF SHIELDED
corn Figuring ttsd6 milk at - cents per 100
pounds and the corn at so cents per bushel
Imarket price g tsiEel the pork cost 22s-1O0
In thee yeniug - Ii estimated that sixteen
hundred people we're in the opera house. The
exercises consisted OF an excellent musical pro-
gramme, aud q ~sprightIy, well written, prac-
teal paper by Mrs Curries e~mbodying her ex-
p~erience in butter making. But my own ex-
perieuce liz 10 furnish a good warm stable,
warm their milk, feed a little bran and shorta
or oass every day. aud bRve a rack and keep it
filed with yuur sweetest aud best hay, keep
their stables clean, and they Will have nothing
With regard to feeding mich cows, + consid-
er mixed bran snd shorts, corn, pumpkins, and
plenty of good, sweet hay, as the best class of
food, together with plenty of pure water: and
don't let your cattle stand around in the yard,
with sheir backs bumped up like a rainbow,
during snow storms and blixzaras.
On Thursday the I4th the first business was
tho reading Of a paper by Hon. Hi
ram Smith of ~Sheb0ygan Fails, Wis.
He said Prof e. Stewart, The best authority on
cattle feeding, gives as a standard ration for
.aaflaH 1nurA all ii zx.A1n - I~ .~n.~s
substance, and this ration should consist of ,
l-2 pounds albuminoids, IL L. pounds of car
Donates and 4OEIN fat Thirty pounds OF hav
viii produce the dry substance, but will be
deficient in albuminoids and sGt; 80 pounds OF
hay az SO per ton costs Is cents q much bet
ter ration, consisting of corn fodder I~0pounds,
hay 5 pounds, bran 5 pounds, malt sprouts 5
pounds, corn meals pounds, and oil meal 2
pounds, viii cost no more than the hay, and is
worth more az a feed, and three times more for
mannrea value Modern dairymen are learn
ing that cows coming INTO milk in the fall or
early winter bring IN a much larger revenue
than summer dairying.
The reading Of this paper was followed By 3
spirited and vigorous discussion OF he sui
Jeet and q rapid fire Of questions and re-
plies.
The second paper was that Of O. c. Grigg OF
Camden, Mimi, on the subject Minnesota ss a
dairy state. This is emphatically a grass
growing state. Wild grass grows ahundantly.
It was the home of the buffalo long before the
white men settled here. The writer thought
Minnesota an oat state and Thought oats the
best crop farmers could raise. He mentioned
the erroneous idea that costly barns are re-
qnired for the proper care of stock in winter.
There 10 no necessity for an expensive
buildings stable with good roof, and sides
VIII patterned on inside, and well
banked, viii keep stock comfortably through
our winters. When the thermometer showed
FEn 4aNr rAxnr 4A so ~ - Oh -. -
side, the speaker found tie temperature inside
his stable "a deg. above. Light and ventila-
uon are Important requisites. Windows should
be on the south and east Ventilatora should
be placed In the roof, so foul air may escape.
Plenty OF good water should be within conven-
TENT distance of the barn. Another objection in
That the feeding season IN this state liz too long.
This is a mistake. Make the cattle debtors for
abundant feed and creditors for plenty OF good
butter and cheese furnished IN return The
key TO success u good feeding A Minnesota
gives a wonderful appcsita and 4 faculty
y convert food InIQ Allk~ s-
Tbs Committee appointed by Judge Bianch-
ard to report an Organization Of a hnttnr hoard
OF trade, TO be located az Mankato. ss be enti-
tied the Butter Board of southwestern Minna-
sofa was announced to be composed as faILaws.
Col Clark w. Thompson, EaribauIt county.
Mum Y b. Clark, Chippewa county, Mimi.
u e Marvin, OimHted county. Mimi. Z. C.
Huntington, Cottonwood, county, Nina J. G.
Noe, Blue Earth county, Mimi. Recess.
e. X Beach followed with a paper on the
lis Dairying q Better Business for a
Farmer of a New Country Than Grain Rails
The speaker began by contrasting the
farmers OF Wisconsin under the wheat raising
system with that they now enjoy in the huzi-
ness OF dairyIng. The dairying IL a more Ger
tam business than grain growing One obiec-
tlon 70 grain growing Is thai profits are nearly.
4 not entirely, consumed IN shipping and plac
ING y IN the MARKET The labor In dairyIng is
and extends through the entire wear. ia
utter contrast to grain growing.
j. e. Lombard OF Chicago followed with a
paper on Legislative Control Of Railroads y
which presented in a forcikise manner the rail-
road side of the question.
The Progress of Dairying in Wisconsin
was the subject of a paper read by ID. w. Cur
tls, OF Fort Atkinson, Wis. The state is pecu-
tiariy adapted 70 tairying, ~abounding in tame
good PastuFage, pure spring water
aud blessed with a favorable climate for max
ing butter and cheese in all seasons ofthe wear.
yet less than a quarter Of a century ago tina
popular verdict was that neither good buttar |
nor cheese could be made ia the west.
there had been serious objections made To
quoting WISCONSIN hpstcr and cheese as. West
ern, but as Western butter and cheese was
no" quoted a cent or two above the regular
market quotations the term Western did sek .
seem objectionable. The old log houses and
barns have given way TO comfortable farm
houses and commodious bafiis. The farms |
are IN u high state Of cultivation. and tbeir
oank account bespeaks prosperity in every
IA Smith of Cedarsbnrg, Wis, read a paper
ON the subject Cheese Production. one Of the
Essential Factors in General Dairyingn
Mr.. smith gave facts and figures 10 show that
the making OF cheese. showing the industry 10
be as profitable as the making of butter.
The committee OF awards reported The |
3ls prize to be awarded to o. G. Gregg. Mar
shall, MINI The s15 prize was awarded To
Messrs. Giliis 4 Finnar, Bingham Lake. The
prize OF a valuable shawl, offered by Mcconnell
Il CO., for the best package of butter was
awarded ta n u.i. .,r,,. - ms ns,r m fyna L;J /