The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-03-21

with wha'Me have, IT we care Tor them
properly. A man from Indiana where
they boas lof their good stock, told me
that we hSe better stock here now,
than they have there. He says the
fine breed are going out of favor down
there, anG the 'feed box" breed is
being rAuced. Poor feed is what
puts cattlebelow par. If we leave our
cattle to Ne tender mercies of the
straw stacy we will never realize good
results. fyou go home and do half of
what you ny--you will do better than
We ever hEe done. favor law pro-
viding agahst cruelty to animals. If
we will ale better care of our calves,
we can rase better cattle and make il
pay bettes / am surprised at what has
been said hisafternoon, and don't agree
with all that has been said, and don't
believe fhat il Is right to take calves
from the mother when day old as
mar do. / tell you calfshould be left
WITH ~ Ticther a week, at least. You
rda11i I ra,se gooi cs-ycs any other way.
Mr.. Greg eulogised tie "feed box"
breed TO SOM extent again and then
gave the platform 10 Mr.. McKinstry of
Winnebago City.
Mr.. McKinstry's remarks were chief
~ ON the manner ofconducting cream
cries aud diaries. He gave his eXper-
fence i'll the business, and favored the
test system Cd gathering cream and re-
commended setting the milk i'll ice.
He announced that he was ready to
answer questions as far as his eXper-
fence goes, and he was held on the plat
form about half an hour answering a
great variety Of questions of practical
nature, and proved that he has made
this line of business close study. Our
space is too limited te give all the ques-
tons and answers. But wiz say that
all were benefit d by his replies.
The convena adjourned at 800 p.
IN. until 200 p. II.
over 300 assembled and afterja beauti-
full song by the choir, Mrs. j. p. Elmer.
son. read a Der on "rhe Creamery"
TEN life OF unpaid toll. She prefers
the modern system of diversified farm
ing to exclusive wheat growing and
gress of civilization. She gave Il lively
poor sc; and then defended the
shove. t she had studied il
spoke" She then said: Farmers are
act in unity, and this or any other
system, to DO successful must baupheld
by united support. Send those con-
sentative farmers to Dairymen's Con-
ventions and let them learn wisdom
from the experience of others. Other
impr oVAmeHts are necessary to take
the burden of the house wife and allow
her to DO her duty to her family, and
enable hem - become prepared TO
fight the serirLls battle of life. The
housewife git.,es more time to make
home attractive and pleasant.
After anothSr song by the choir Hon.
c. G. Spauldi read Il carefully pre-
pared paper ~ "rhc Advantages OF
Southern Minnesota for Dairy Farm
ing" The gentleman remarked that il
was Il solemn ..oment for he was going
TO tell what he Knows about the COW. |
have owned nut one cow since / came
to MapletOn, and she died. Before
embarking in any enterprise we should
count the cost. AND take into account
the prospects for success and failure,
and if the chances for failure should
predominant, we should keep out. An
example of this occurred in Wells a
few years ago, when man started a
barrel factory and had to pay more for
the timber than the barrels would sell
for after manufactured. Too many
farmers have went into wheat raising
in this carless manner. 1t has often
cost more than ii will bring in market
If we could raise oranges here for ten
cents piece and can ship them in from
other places for five cents each, it won
be very foolish to raise them. 7"
are some products Of which it does
take all the profit to transport. Dar,
products have this advantage. "
Spaulding produced figures shoMfhs
that Minnesota mas predOmincnce o.
all advantages over the Eastern States
unless it be il transportation. and il
dairy produces this is an inferior item
Refrigerator transportation has done
more for tue farmers than any other il
the catalogue OF transporting facilities
Farmers APE 10th to change to dairy
farming, because it requires staying al
home 800. Gays in the year; but in dairy
districts { ey have good schools, good
roads, ha " homes and a prosperou,
business. Ir. Mckinstiy here :2s,,-sJ
Ar. SpauuS rig If our creameres had
not been iI:.:roduced rather soon. He
admitted t they had. He said: the
average plA OF cream last season was
IA cents, ;lss~ige price of butter q cts.
gatheringt - about 81 cents, and q
cents per pc"Iid for transportation, sc
we had the battermilk left. Went il
company with another man and he
furnished hogs and did the work, and
we furnished buttermilk. We made
81 cents profit on our buttermilk. An
inch of cream will not make pound OF
butter, and orr shortage last summe,
was 1900 pounds. Our butter all sold
for gilt edge ana we lost just about our
shortage. Shortage usual y arises where
cream is kept do too low temperature
Some gathereJ are careless thereby oc,
casioning loss. nd some farmers are q
little tricky ,cotJ. This year we will
adopt the test system. Here Mr.. Keith
raised an objection to the test plan, but
Mr.. Spaulding said the test system pro-
tected the patron as well as the cream
cry owner.
Miss Minnie Troendle then sang:
''The Cows are in the Corn" Mr..
Sprague. "That is, because there is no
fence"
Mrs. Plymat told us then GLOW to
Make Good Butter" The principle
point to consider are, careful attention,
watch small details. and practice strict
cleanliness. Don't let milk stand too
long, it makes butter rancid. Work
the buttermilk out carefully. Use first
class dairy salt. Home made butter
cannot be as good as creamery butter,
because the farmers have not the pro-
per facilities.
Song by Miss Flora Hanna, "The
Crows are in the Corn" Mr.. Sprague.
''There was no fence there either
DR.. Bishop discussed: "Why Land
is so Cheap. He thinks many are going
west who should not, because land il
so cheap. He believes that cheap
editors, cheap advertisements and rail-
road companies are the means of draw
ing the emigration there. Thinks that
our local editors do not make effort
enough to counteract these influences.
Another reason is tllat we have been
advertising our land Tor purpose for
which it is not adopted, and the pre-
vailing opinion is that the whole : -
of Minnesota is wheat section ,.x nd
emigrants come here with thatf ~ and
ACT upon IL, uhtll tney see these erIoTS
from experience. We must produce
more grass and less wheat. Grass never
fails and wheat is uncertain. Our land
will produce lstons of hay per acre,
and it must be utilized. II is not prac-
teal to ship our hay, but must ship
in cattle to eat it, make our farms
more thrifty looking, by turning our
attention to artificial timber. Tile
drainage should be thoroughly intro
duced, for I believe 1t will increase the
value of ous land $50 per acre, and costs
but about SI2 to SIS per acre. 1t would
drive the doctors out by making the
country healthier, but l would be a
willing sacrifice to the general good.
Miss Minnie Troendle favored the
convention with some excellent instru-
mental music at this point.
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