The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-03-19
I HE MINNESOTA DAIRYmEa.

The annual lecture courss and meeting Of
the Minnesota State Dairymen's association at
Faribault last week were not 80 largely At
tended as usual, but were of interest 10 dairy
men. a
The meeting was opened by an address of
welcome by Mayor Lowell, which was respond
cd to by COL McGlincy of Elgin, 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 praducts
:. John s n 1. XMss Of NorthAeld, gave history
Of the Association from Its organization in
in 1879, and its influence for the benefit of the
State. -,
e ,: Potter Of the State University at Min
neapolis spoke, upon oleomargarine. The
speaker wts easished that from $5OO,OOO to
atUO worth of butterine and oleomargarine
had been sold in Minnesota during the current
year. He said the butterine factories of Chicago
lay down butterine In Chicago at ~ cents 4
pound. They initiate the tubs and little pack
terne factories Of Chicago can turn out more
butterine daily than all the cows of Minnesota
and Iowa.
Minnesota can produce as fine butter rs any
state in the country. philadelphia merchants
declare that Minnesota butter keeps better than
On motion a committee of five on resolutions
was appointed as follows Gen. w. G. LIE Due,
John T. Ames, r. P. Mculincy, w. D. Howard
and NJ. J. Myer.
Mr. johnson of Northfiela, spoke briefly,
showing the success he has met in butter making
on o small scale, experimenting with nineteen
cows. He was much in favor of Holsten cattle.
With 10 cows in 1884, of them being . year
old heifers, he made 4,522 pounds of butter, an
average Of 2Ss pounds apiece. The amount OF
grain fed was Il tons bran . q 9 cents, sloe; I
tons shorts at 8 cents, $50; 200 bushels oats at
% cents, $50; total. $l94. The hay was about
two tons Of timothy and caoeSr per COW, worth
about Sc per ton and the pasture about SIS
apiece for the season. Thus it cost 1921 for 10
cows, or $27 per cow. He made 4, 522 pounds
Of butter, which at POI cents per pound. Melted
him 81, 1876 So, or about $63. " per cow Take
out the cost, and it leaves an average profit on
butter of SIS. "a.
Col McGlincy said that there ere 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 celoring 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 iii 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 sheer 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
America.
A paper was read from Col Stevens in favcr
of stall feeding and he cited the case of Mr..
Smith of Wisconsin, who succeeded excellent
ly by stall -feeding concentration. Mr.. Mofhtt
of Iowa, also bears testimony to the same re-
suit If man has not land enough he can
profitaply support more COWS than y senersl
ly believed by following this ssstein Of con-.
centraten. tiftseh can BIZ kept on ten acres
by this system. Mr.. Hoard followed in favor OF
concentration citing the interest of a large farm
at Little Falls, N. Y, and instances in his own
experience. One farm grew thirty eight tons
of green fodder to the acre, and another kept
500 cows to leo acres of land
Gen. W. G. LIE Due spoke on Minnesota as
Dairy State" Maintaining that soil, climate
aud everything is in our favor. All animals,
the cow included, will develop better here
than anywhere else.
Col MGlincy, 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? Ensilage Is simply coy krant"
He discussed the subject at length, declaring
that this country would have no need for ensi-
lage and silos for years to come.
o. C. Gregg of Marshall read paper on
Minnesota and its Dairies." He drew com
parison between butter making in Vermont or
Minnesota In Minnesota, if one acre in a hum
dred untillable, it is the exception During the
hot summer our cows are exposed on the open
prairies. In Vermont they have plenty of water.
Here we use windmills. The great difference is
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
hoor 20 laie hot 0ra on
ing to do about the dairy? Here comes the
problem of 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. Tho
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 coed as dairyman here YOU
must make up your mind to work continuous
~. 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. 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 I'M
derstanding. And any man that expects to get
milk and butter from cow thus unprotected
is fool God hasn't male that kind of
q 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 il. He then detailed the
method of constructing a simple shed of inch
pine and 2x4. In such a one, matched and
battened on the inside, l have
KEPT COWS IN THE COOLEST 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.
Milking tWenty-four COWS, I have received
close to 81. 200 during the past year During
February my receipts were $500 I believe
that with forty cows there the farm will bring
b, 600 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 the best return from farm
work. grow oats chiefly and some
wheat for feed. 1t should be fed ground and
dry. have mill here in Fairibault-a wind
year. 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 I would advise q twelve
foot wheel for the ordinary farmer.
W. D. Hoard endorsed Mr.. Grigg's 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: believe the idea of q
general purpose" cow, as entertained by q
majority Of farmers and dairymen, is delu-
sion and the greatest obstacle to the spread of
sound ides Of breeding I have no breed to
advocate, but will give my idea of a true
dairy COW. The general purpose" COW pro-
| duces less than $50 pounds per annum.
worth $50 if well made and $A by q general
| farmer. The average cheese yield is 3OOpounds
worth, say $780, Does this pay? An ordinary
| general purpose farmer will buy q cow on size
and flesh, No reputable breeder dare mix pur-
poses in breeding, and the idea of dairy cow
for beef is fallacious. Only by adhering to a
strict construction of the law of eredity any
certainty Of result be obtained in agood 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 5 600 pounds about $50
pounds of butter year. The best specifically
bred COW in the world yields 800 pounds Of
butter in 303 days, Of 36 pounds in q week
Leavitt read paper on the improved cattle
for dairy purposes. He said:
| Not more than three-fourths Of the COWS in
the country to- day pay for their keeping The
two COWS now attracting the most atten-
ton are the Jersey and Holstein. The
former is q good little COW, but will
not stand the cold winters ~ well AZ