New Ulm weekly review., 1885-03-18
The MINNESOTA DlIRYMFy.

THE MINNESOTA DllRYMEy.
4 Procssdings Of the State Axsoo,.e,on Z,
fardbault, Including Addre.se. bv Htoh
Authorities on the Dairy Business.
The annual lecture course and meetino =,
the Minnesota State Dairymen's association :,
Faribault, last week were not 80 largely -
tended as usual, but were of interest to dairv.
men.
The meeting was opened by an address of
welcome by Mayor Lowell, which was respond.
ed to by Col. McGlincy of Elgin, Ill, who aid
that Minnesota has achieved renown in dairv
production second to none at New Orleans and
must continue to make the best dairy prodnct.
in the world.
John T. Ames of Mortified. gave h;ator-
of the Association from It's organization =,
IN 1879, and its influence for the benefit Of the
State - s'ie
E. D: Potter of the State University at Min.
neaPolls spoke upon oleomargarine TIE
5000, 600 worth of butterine and oleomargarins
had been sold in Minnesota during the current
| year He said the butterine factories of CHICAGO
lay down butterine in Chicago at IL cents a
pound. They initiate the tubs and little pack
ages, and thus put it on the market The bnt-
terine factories of Chicago can turn ont more
butterine daily than all the COWS of Minnesota
and Iowa.
Minnesota can produce as fine butter as anv
state in the country Philadelphia merchants
declare that Minnesota butter Keeps better than
any other IN the country.
On motion committee of five on resolutions
qnnoinfo1 q fO11nvvo.
John Z. Ames, R. p Mct1lincy, W. D. Howard
and NJ J. Myer.
Mr.. johnson of Northfield, spoke briefly
showing the success he has metin butter king
on small scale, experimenting with nineteen
cow cows He was much in favor of Holstein cattle.
old heifers, he made 4,522 pounds of butter, an
average of 23S pounds apiece. The amount of
grain fed was II tons bran at 6 cents SlO2: d
tons shorts at cents, $36; 200 bushels oats at
% cents, $50; total $194. The hay was about
two tons Of timothy and clover per COW, worth
apiecefor the season. Thus it cost 1921 for ia
cows, or $27 per COW. He made 1892 pounds
of butter, which at 2615 cents per pound, netted
him 81, 1885, 80, or about $63. VI per cow Take
out the cost, and it leaves an average profit on
bftter of SIS. g.
Col. McGlincy said that there are wonderful
possibilities before Minnesota in the way of
dairy products, and he thought that Minnesota
COWS were going to surprise the world. He
and MI. johnson favored coloring the butter.
w. D. Hoard said that this very coloring was
what lost Iowa thegrand sweepstakes prize at
New Orleans, and gave it to Minnesota. He de-
tailed the system used at New Orleans in judg-
ing. The contest finally narrowed down to
Iowa and Minnesota, and Iowa lost because it
was three points off in color When gentlemen
sneer at color, they sneer at God Almighty.
for he has colored everything If you make
butter for the market, color. The basis of but
ter coloring is harmless bean grown in South
Ap6erica.
"a paper was read from Col Stevens in favor
of stall feeding, and he cited the case of Mr.
Smith of Wisconsin, who succeeded excellent
ly by stall-feeding concentration. Mr.. Mofitt
of Iowa, also bears testimony to the same re-
suit If man has not land enough he can
1y believed by following this system of con-
centration. Fifteen can be kept on ten acres
by this system. Mr.. Hoard followedin favor of
concentration citing the interest of large farm
atIlttle Falls, N. Y, and instances in his own
experience. One farm grew thirty eight tons
of green fodder to the acre, and another kept
3CO cows to 100 acres of land
Gen. W. G. LIE Due spoke on minnesota as
Dairy State" Maintaining that soil, climate
and everything is in our favor. All animals,
the COW included, will develop better here
than anywhere else.
COl. W Ollncy, uelHe ca!Ieu 10 Olscuss 'OllOs,
said: sSilos are not needed in Minnesota They
are only needed where land is poor and scarce
Here every feed can be raised A silo is . hole
in the ground to keep green fodder What do
you want of it? Ensilage is simply COW kraut"
He discussed the subject at length, declaring
that this country would have no need for ensi-
lage and silos for years to come
0. G. Gregg of Marshall read paper on
Minnesota and its Dairies." He drew COM
parlson between butter making in Vermont or
Minnesota. In Minnesota, if one acre in q hun
dred Is untllable, it is the exception During the
hot summer our COWS are exposed on the open
prairies. In Vermont they have plenty of water.
just here. There they use COW to turn grass
into butter. Here we use a COW to turn grain
into butter. A farmer here must be q grain
raiser, not herder To cultivate the land as
he should will occupy him night and day. He
g mas to bon he dry Mera
problem of a winter dairy Your COWS are
fresh in the fall and you have abundant time
for the dairy. To make dairy in Minnesota
a success a man must be willing to work. The
farmers here thirk they can work for six months
and then be idle for six. It's bad mistake. If
you're going to su ceed as dairyman here you
must make up your mind to work continuous
lv. That does away with the idleness and dew
il of discomfort and unrest in the winter. The
first point then is work. The second is warm
barns. A man that sits around warm stove
whileth northwest wind is frittering the flesh
from the bones of his cattle has not a whit of
sympathy in his nature, or is incapable of un-
derstanding. And any man that expects to get
milk and butter from COW thus unprotected
is fool God hasn't made that kind Of
COW yet, and he never will. Now about
warm barns If man can afford good base
ment barn, all right But most OF US poor
farmers can't afford it. He then detailed the
method of constructing simple shed of inch
battcned on the inside, have
KEPT COWS IN THE CoLDEsT WEATHER.
the thermometer never registering below the
freezing point The cost is very little. DON'T
turn your COWS ont into the cold wind. A COW
in milk is very sensitive to cold Next, keep
your COWS clean. Use barn platform, and
use straw for them
Now, as to the result of my winter dairy.
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