St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-12
AMONG OUR COWS.
Second Days Session of the
State Dairymen at
Mankato.
William M. Bushnell Sends an
Address on agriculture
in the Northwest" "
Mr.. Howard Shows the Inn
menSe Value Of Dairy
Legislation.
Chicago Is Unanimously In.
dopSed as the Best Place
for the Worlds Fair.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
MANKATo, Minn., Dec. 1.-THE at.
tendance at the second days session OF
the State Dairymen's convention was
large and the interest increased. This
morning P. BrOckway, of Rochester,
outlined plan of cooperative cream-
cries. 1t was developed in the diss
cussion that the lowest price netted TO
patrons of these creamerieS during the
summer was l3 cents per pound, while
patrons of Iowa regular creameries had
realized as low as 10 cents. j. 4. Law-
renee, of the state dairy department,
read a paper on ''Dairying." and w. S.
Eberman, state chemist. gave descrip>
tion of the food value of butter. Dr.,
Currier talked on the humane trear-
ment of domestic animals. Frank
Trlpp, of Chicago, talked on cold stor-
age. advising farmers to build refriger-
ators and keep their butter and eggs at
home until suitable market was
afforded.
BUsHN Ellis ADDRESS.
William NJ. Bushnell, Of st. Paul,
could not be present, owing to illness in
his family. His address, agriculture
in the Northwest" Was read to the con.
ventIon. The closing lines Of the adj
dress are as follows:
Excuse me. il I delay moment 70 speaE
more particularly OF st. Paul. which muet ne
regarded as the chief emporium Of the COM
merce of this region. she has attained her
present magnificent proportions because OF
her situatian, and this is now precisely Whas
II OF fha dara nf her fNIIr6afin Tho
only difference being that she possesses at
present IncOmparabiy greater commercial
facilities than she had command of. even
seven years ago. and these are still suseePti-
BILE of increase and extension to any degree
that the commerce Of the country
may require. She stands at the point
of divergence of the three great routes
of travel frou all the countries beyond her
to Sil the general markets OF the Atlantic
seaboard, thus being able 10 choose whether
she will ship produce coming TO her for mar.
ket by the northern. eastern or southern
route. and having it in her power TO meet
successfully whatever emergency may arise.
So, too. with her incoming commerce. Her
facilities enable her to send il to It's destina-
ton by the most
DIRECT AND SPEEDY ROUTE
These are attributes pertaining TO her stu
alton. which have given her commercial
supremacy, ana which viii maintain her
ascendency. The progress of neighbOriug
cities keeps well abreast with hers. Theft
existenLe has the effect of attracting larger
traffic IN this direction. thereby increasing
the proportions of her share, as well as OF
their own; and instead of heing rivals, they
perform the part of atixiiiaries. attaining
prosperity for themselves. while con-
tributing to each others advance
village of 26Oo0 inhabitants. possess
ing taxable wealth valned at S1n,5O0.0 .000.
Her people now number 225, 600, and the as
sessments reach nearly $50. 90 1000. Here
is all increase of over l., 100 per cent in pop.
ulation, and nearly l,3oO per cent in sccu-
mutation of wealth. resulting, as | have als
ready shown. almost solely from the growth
of agricultural industry in the surrounding
country; and furnishing an obvious illustras
ton of the influence il eXerts upon the gens
eral welfare of the community. And, mores
over, St Paul is only one of the many eGs
amples. The adjoining city of MlnneapOlie,
with equally rapid and extensive growth, az
fords another practical demonstration OF the
same truth: nor can you go amiss for similac
evidences in any agricultural country. There.
fore. in SEEKING to further the agricultural
interests of the country, feel that we ara
engaged in the noble employment of ouE
time and endowments in striving 10 promote
the happiness of all our fellow eOuntrymen,
and might even claim, of our fellow men
throughout the civilized world, for agricults
ure feeds us all.
A WONDERFUL SHOWING.
Assistant Dairy Commissioner How.
ard spoke upon dairy legislation IN
Minnesota. He said:
In 1885 Cthe year the oleo law was iTss
enforced in Minnesota} we had. as shown by
the state auditors report. 3t6. 900 COWS. The
average product of these COWS / place
at seventy-five pouuds of butter per annum.
| believe "Hoard's Dairyman" claims eighty
pounds as the average in Wisconsin, brt in
this estimate | will only claim seventy-fiva
pounds, as 1t is possible we raise larger peg
cent of calves than Wisconsin dairymen. On
this bases We produced 81. $4,000 pounds
of butter in >S5. the wholesale value OF
which was increased by the driving of oleo-
margarine from the market at least 8 cents
per pound. %. .400.0N pounds at
5 cents makes Sl.37o.500. and this
only represents the increased value of our
butter for the first year after the dairy law
went into effect. In 1886 We had 39S, 900
cows, producing % $40, 0OO pounds; the iri-
creased value at five cents per pound is
Sl.493,0o0 in 1887 we had $4,000
cows. producing $40, 10 pounds; in-
creased value at five cents per pound
is Sl.62OOo: In 1888 we had 465,:
600 cows, producing 35.375.0 o pounds:
the increased value at i've cents per pound
is Sl.793. 20 ,: in 1889 we had 100000
cows, producing 37.5uO,0u0 pounds: the in-
Sl.375, ,00n This shows total for the
past five years of So. l33. 25 :, and this only
represents the increased value of our butter
over and above what It would have been
WORTH IL we were COuip W CO1upCtS Win
oleomarearine. Oarymen of Minnesota, do
you realize the immeusiy of this sum-
$50 100? What Goes 1t represent? Is
represents SIG for every COW reported by
the assessors last June In other words, u
our cows were worth s16 anieee, their total
value would have been absorbed during the
past five wears if Olenmargarine had been ale
lowed free market in this state"
Mr.. Howard made similar showing
as to cheese.
Committees on nominations and reso.
lutions were appointed to report to-
morrow. The afternoon session opened
with paper on 1.-The Analysis oe
Cheese" by c. w. Drew, state chemist.
Prof. A. w. Mclean, of the state eye
perimental farm, read paper on 1.-THE
Dairy Cow" Cow Paths or Country
Roads" was the subject of an address
by A. p. McKinstry. of WinnebagO
City. Gen. j. Fl. Baker read William
NJ. Bushnell's address printed above.
The evening session drew very
large audience at the opera house. S.
NJ. Owen, editor of Farm, Stock and
Home, read an interesting paper on
The Creation OF State Board OF
The subject of 1.-The
Dairy Cow" was handled by DR.. Will
lam Dickens. Of Litchfieid, in his own
humorous way to the delight Of the
audience. Mrs. J. G. Currier, of Lake
Crystal, read one of her characteristic
papers entitled. From the Cabin to the
Palace" E. G. Potter offered resoiu-
ton indorsing Chicago for the worlds
iair, which was unanimously adopted,
after which the convention adjourned
until O'Clock tomorrow morning.
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Erastus Wiman's daughter Minnie and n.