St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-16
Changers Seriously Discuss
the Best Means to Sue
cessfully Farm Land.
Bushnell Neatly Knocks the
Wind Out Of Gen. Bal
ker's Sails.
General Manager Dudley and
Contractor Breen Join j, !
the Majority.
Characteristic Scenes at the
Salvation Army Barracks /,
Last Night.

The three days session of the state
agricultural society is not a bowling
success. There was a good attendance
of delegates Tuesday, when the officers
were selected and the practical business
of the society transacted; but yester-
day, when addresses were delivered on
subjects affecting agriculturists, there
was sadly depressing company pres
ent. 1t is questionable whether the
session will materialiZe to-day. Ger
tainly not, if as many delegates last
night departed for their homes as did
Tuesday eyeding. W. NJ. Bushnell was
present at the morning meeting, and
Col. Stevens, of Minneapolis, presided
morning and afternoon. These
were the only gentlemen from
the Twin Cities in attendance.
80 much for the interest taken in the
society by the public men of Minneapo-
lis and st. Paul. remarked Gen. j. IL.
Baker, when speaking of the sparse at
tendance. Supt. o. G. Gregg, of the
Farmers institute, filed the morning
part of the days session with an adj
dress OH general agricultural topics.
He also outlined the work of the Farm
ers' Institute. Farmers institutes were
content which was growing up among
farmei S. Much of their discomfort grew
out of difficulties which could not be
traced to corporate OnS, but which were
due to the conditions of the markets.
1t was the work of the Institutes to give
some understanding in reference to the
markets of the world. The old rule of
holding wheat till spring to secure a
good price would not work to-day.
Formerly the wheat of the world was
raised in the Northern hemisphere, and,
consequently, the. shortage would come
at Springtime and make good prices.
To-day there was no particular time at
at which a shortage could be counted
upon, as wheat was raised in all parts
of the earth and the market was con-
SANITY receiving fresh supply. No
farming paid to-day unless it was
pursued on the most modern ideas.
Agricultural pursuits must be followed
10y the Intelligent and not the ignorant.
it the state were to prosper. 1t was the
old style farming which drove all the
boys to the towns and cities. If the
life OF the farmer kept pace with the
spirit of the nineteenth century, the
young men of America would prefer to
remain Oh the farm.
Theodore Lewis. of W sconsin, an in
pied three-fourthS of the afternoon in a
talk about the advantages of swine
breeding and the best methods to adopt.
griculturiStS present evinced a
lively interest in the subject and Piled
MIR. Lewis with a host of QueStions,i
DR.. Dickinson, of Litchfield, who holds
up the veterinarian end of the farmers
Institutes, spoke interestingly on.
horse breeding. He urged farmers
to be as careful in the selec-
ton of dams as they were
of sires for breeding purposes. There
would be less unsound hcrses if such a.
was taken until this morning, when
other instructors of the Farmers insti-
tute and of the state experimental sta
ton will deliver addresses.
EX-PreSident Bushnell neatly gets
back at Gen. J. II. Baker, who, Tues
day. stated that the state fair was in the
main supported by the country people.
This. he said, was disclosed by the tick
cts sold by the individual railroads.
Mr.. Bushnell publishes a statement
showing that of the S30.4l4.75 ticket
sales the society received from:
Chicago Milwaukee & st. Paul
Chicago St. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha reilWay -....,. ........... LUIS 90
railway ............ ............ 1872 so
Northern Pacific railway... :. 26S 30
Minneapolis & ST. Louis railway. SOS 40
Wisconsin Central .......,....... 100 so
500 line. Observation-Disclosures. III 90
railway -. -. $3.50. % so
This gives a total of S4.6S?.50 for tick
cts sold by the railroads in the country.
and the balance of S2j, 121.25 as received
from citizens of St. Paul and MinneapO-
lis attending the fair. What about this.