The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-03-19
THE MINNESOTA DAIRYmE0.

THE MINNESOTA DAIRYME0. F,
Proceedings Of the State Association aa
| 1ar1bault, Inolud1ng Addresses by High
Authorities on the Dairy Buslnsss.
The annual lecture oourse and meeting OF
The Minnesota State Dsirymen's association at
Fxribault last week We're not 80 largely It.
tended as usual, but were Of interest to dairy
men.
The meeting was opened by in address of
welcome by Mayor Lowell, which was respond
ed to by Col. McGlincy Of E]gin, H., who said
that Minnesota has achieved renown in dairy
production second to none at New Orleans and
must continue to make the best dairy products
in the world.
John T. Ames of Mortified, gave history
Of the Association from its organization in
in 1879, and its influence for the benefit of the
State.
E. D. Potter of the State University at Min
neap0lis spoke upon oleomargarine. The
speaker Was satisfied that from $500, to
5000, 200 worth Of buttefipe and oleomargarine
had been sold in Minnesota during the current
year. He said the butterine factories of Chicago
pound. They initiate the Tubs and little pack
ages, and thus pitt 1t ON the market The but
terine factories Of Chicago can turn out more
butterine daily than all the COWS of Minnesota
and Iowa.
Minnesota can produce as fine butter as any
state in tho country. Philadelphia merchants
declare that Minnesota butter keeps better than
any other IN the country.
On motion committee of five on resolutions
was appointed as follows: Gen. W. g. LIE Due,
John T. Ames, r. P: Mcdlincy, W. D. Howard
and NJ. j. Myer.
Mr. Johnson of Mortified, spoke briefly,
showing the success he has met in butter making
on small scale, experimenting with nineteen
COWS. He ewas much in favor Of Holstein cattle
With 10 COWS in 1884, of them being 2-year-
average Of 23s pounds apiece The amount Of
grain fed was II tons bran at cents, $102; 4
tons shorts at cents, $36; 200 bushels oats at
% cents, $56; total, $1e4. The hay was about
two tons Of timothy and clover per COW, worth
about IS per ton and the pasture about $5
cows, or $27 per cow He made 4,522 pounds
of butter, which at 2611 cents per pound, netted
him 81, 1885, 33, or about $63. 07 per COW. Take
out the cost, and it leaves an average profit on
butter of SIS. "a.
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 Mr.. johnson favored coloring the butter
W. D. Hoard said that this very coloring was
what lost Iowa the grand 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
kar nO1Orino ia ha rmleaS haap grown in Soufh
America.
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 a man has not land enough he can
proftaply support more COWS than is general
ly believed by following this system of con-
centration. Fifteen can be kept on ten acres
by this system. Mr.. Hoard followed in favor of
concentration citing the interest of large farm
atLlttle Falls, N. Y, and instances in his own
experience. One farm grew thirty eight tons
of green fodder to the acre, and another kept
SEQ cows to 100 acres of land
Gen. W. G. LIE Due spoke on 'tMinnesota 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. NJ Ghncy, being called to discuss s'Silos,"
said: 'Silos 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? Ensi!age is simply COW kraut."
BE 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 q paper on
minnesota and it's Dairies." He drew COM
parison between butter making in Vermont or
Minnesota. In Minnesota, if one acre in hun
n 61a Ia 10 ho pvoantioro fho
hot summer our cows are exposed on the open
prairies. In Vermont they have plenty of water
Here we use windmills. The great difference il
just here. There they use COW to turn grass
into butter. Here we use COW to turn grain
into butter. A farmer here must be grain
raiser, not herder: To cultivate the land as
he should will occupy him night and day. He
has not moment leisure. What are you 60
ing to do about the dairy? Here comes the
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
q success 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 succeed as dairyman here you
must make up your mind to work continuous
ly: That does away with the idleness and dev-
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
while the northwest wind is frittering the flesh
from the bones of his cattle has not whit Of
sympathy in his nature or is incapable of un-
milk and butter from cow thus unprotected
is q fool God hasn't made that kind of
q COW yet, and he never will. Now about
warm barns. If man can afford q good base
ment barn, all right But most of us poor
farmers can't afford it. He then detailed the
pine and 2x4. In such one, thatched and
battcned on the inside, I 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 out into the cold wind. A COW
your COWS clean. Use barn platform, and
use straw for them.
Now, as to the result Of my winter dairy:
Milking twenty-four COWS, I have received
close to $4,000 during the past year. During
EebruaIy F. my receipts were $20o ! l, believe
$1,000 FROM milk and butter. I cultivate 100
acres and cut hay outside of it I figure that
one man, one team, ten COWS and forty acres of
plowed land is the proper proportion
for getting tho best return from farm
work; I grow oats chiefly and some
dry. have mill here in Fairibault-a wind
mill-for grinding and it pays for itself every
year. I have ten-foot wheel It grindes
about six sacks of ground feed an hour in an
average wind. You just shut the door and let
it grind out itself. would advise twelve
foot wheel for the ordinary farmer
w. D. Hoard endorsed Mr. Grigg'u remarks
about caring for the comfort of the COW.
W. D. Hoard read lengthy paper, the Same
one which he delivered at the meeting of the
Wisconsin Dairymen's association, at Arcadia,
Feb. Is, 1885. He said: 1believe the idea of .
general purpose" COW, as entertained by.
majority Of farmers and dairymen, is delu-
sion and the greatest obstacle to the spread Of
sound ides of breeding. have no breed to
advocate, but will give my idea Of true
dairy COW The general purpose COW pro
worth $50 if we'll made and ~ by general
farmer. The average cheese yields 800 0pounds
worth, say $50. Does this pay? An ordinary
general purpose farmer will buy cow on size
and flesh, No reputable breeder dare mix pur
poses in breeding, and the idea of a dairy cow
for beef is fallacious. Only by adhering to
strict construction of the law of eredity can any
certainty of result be obtained in good animal
Specific purpose gives Us all our well estab-
lished breeds. Look at the contrast: The
general purpose COW yields 300 pounds cheese
year or milk flow Of 5000 pounds about $50
pounds of butter year. The best specifically
bred COW in the world vields 800 hounds of