The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-07-02
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
THE DARYMEN.
Proceedings of the Meeting of the Mime
sofa Dairymen's Association at Moore

SOclaClOn, at MOOreneaQ, Clay co., was
! largely attended From five to eight hun
being represented, among whom were: w.
B. Totten, treasurer Of the merca ntile ex-
change OF New York, and reputed to be the
largest dealer in butter in the United States;
! D. D. Curtis secretary of the New York
State Dairymens association; Col. G. II.
Dexter and j. G. Lombard, Chicago; Col. R.
P. McGincy, secretary of the Northwestern
board of trade; w. D. Hoard, Fort Atkin-
son, Wis, president of the Northwestern
Dairymen's association; W. D. Curtis, secre-
| tary Of the same organization.
In response to q welcoming speech Gov.
Hubbard OF Minnesota made suitable re-
spouse. At the close OF the governors
speech Lombard OF Chicago, in ringing
tenor voice sang America" the audience
Joining enthusiastically in the chorus.
Col. Cheney OF Elgin, ILL.,, was introduced
! and said: Years ago dairy belt was
marked out. Northern Minnesota and the
great blue region in the central portion OF
the state were not included in that belt. I
have been trained in a school that wherever
you can find grass, good pure water and an
intelligent class of people, this particular
branch of industry can be as profitably pur-
sued as in that so called imaginary belt.
All these necessary requisites are to be found
dance OF water. All you have to do is to
take up the industry and 60 forward, pro-
fitting by what you hear at this convention.
Mr.. McKinstry OF Winnebago City gave Il
description OF the creamery system, told
how Minnesota had gained her fame as IL
dairy state since the introduction OF that
system, answered large number OF ques-
by persons in the audience. He was follow
ed by Col. Dexter OF Chicago who delivered
an able address upon the value Of organiza-
ton in the promotion Of common interests.
P. J. B. Power, land commissioner OF the
Manitoba Railroad company, was then in
troduced and gave some interesting facts
in connection with his experience i'll stock
raising in the Northwest.
| He said that his cattle turned out upon
| the prairie here to breed, made all average
gain of $50 pounds per day in weight in
| eighty five days. The cost Of feeding the
cattle was about three cents per day per
head, and the gain per day in weight was
about one pound per head. Hetold OF sue
cessful results from feeding wheat to both
cattle and hogs. His experiments in sheep
raising and horse breeding had met with
raised in this country qad been % and Sc
per cent; on cattle, II per cent.
An exhibition was open IN connection
with the meeting Although the display
was small it was very credita BILE, the prod
ucts displayed being OF fine quality. The
whole number OF exhibits was thirtyone.
Gen. James H. Baker ably argued on be-
half OF Il mixed husbandry for the North
wes., with stock raising and dairy farming
logical and convincing, bringing to his aid a
vast array of facts and figures, the results
OF long and careful investigation.
He showed that the business OF stock
raising and dairy farming was safe and re-
munerative, and that experience has de-
monstra ted that it is a business which can
be pursued in Minnesota with the utmost
degree OF success Much better he demon
strated, for the interests of the people
would be mixed husbandry, with this in
dustry made prominent therein, than the
exclusive raising OF grain. He dwelt upon
the evils of oleomargarine and advocated
legal restrictions upon the use Of that arti
Gle.
w. P. Totten, treasurer Of the New York
Mercantile Exchange, said: There was dan
ger of exhausting the land under continued
wheat crops; and the farmers of the North
west if they kept on raising grain to the ex-
clusion of verything else, would find some
day that the land requires a rest from
grain He continued:
It would be well for you to accept the adj
vice often repeated here and go into dairy
ing. Minnesota is already gaining fame as
a. dairy state, but you should do what you
can to increase that fame. Where the
diaries are we sometimes have hard times,
but the diaries never fail. Three years ago
received the first Minnesota creamery but
ter and it has been growing better all the
time. Now people come into my store
every day and ask for minnesota cream
cry butter" A few years ago it was never
called for. The farmers of the East many
80 L 49, ~.
eirely, but have given up largely making
their own. They sell the cream to the
creameries.
Hon. W. G. LIE Due delivered an address
upon Minnesota as a dairy state. The ad-
dress was carefully prepared and eruIite,
containing much scientific Information in
the line. OF meteorology, botany, geology,
and physical geography. In using the term
minnesota" he said he wished to be gcner-
ic rather than specific. and his conclusions
would apply to q vast section OF country
embraced in Wisconsin, Dakota Northern
| Iowa, and Manitoba. He said we are going
onward and forward in the utilization OF the
growing grass, in raising more grass and
more cattle and more profits in the same
amount Of land, and to ultimate prosperity
independence among the farmers Of Mime
sofa that will entitle them TO take high
rank among the superior people OF the
world.
F. D. Holmes OF Owatonna read a. paper
! in which he told how to make the dairy and
farm pay in Minnesota.
| Experience had thaught him, he said, that
heavy feeding paid the largest profit, Il
COW was like piece Of machinery;it took a
certain amount OF power to run it. All az
ter that is profit On the average good
cow will make from 200 to ESQ pounds Of
burter If she is properly cared for. Ii she
has all the good tame hay or corn fodder
she will eat, good pure water, and fifteen
pounds Of ground feed per day, she will pay
q handsome profit to her owner provided her
milk is fitfor first-class butter. Ifshe won t
do this, send her to the butcher. The baru
in which the COWS are housed should
| be good, but not necessarily expensive
Build substantial and neat. The speaker
urged following out of the principles Of
neatness in all parts of the farm, lail!;ny
that if the farm home is made attractive the
! boys and girls will not be so eager to leave
it for city life. The winter dairying, from
his own experience, was moro profitable
| shan aulnmer dairying on account OF the
! better care the cows receive in the winter
the lower price OF labor and the higher
price OF butter and cheese in the winter
months. He advised all farmers who pro-
pose to start in on dairying to begin with
only a few cows, increasing the number as
they learned the business. 1t was q mis-
take to suppose there was a fortune in the
business in one year. Dairying meant hard
work if it was to meet with success.
Col. Curtis OF New York delivered brief
but comprehensive address on the subject
| Of butter making.
He recommended the Cooley system of
setting the milk as one OF the best and
! cheapest methods for the small dairyman.
! At all events, the utensils used for setting
should be free from corners and crannies
where the cream might collect and feTment
and tin utinsels were preferable to wood.
Care should be exercised to keep the cream
free from odors. If the milk was warmer
than the atmosphere there would be danger
of the absorption of odors as the proc
ess of evaporation would BEGGING on. The
best time for skimming milk was just at the
| time the cream was beginning to
turn sour. He offered several suggestions
regarding the churning and sailing OF but
ter. The salt used should be such a. would