St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-26

The bottom dropped out of the wheat
market. The prices ranged down to 60
cents a bushel, and even less in some
instances, and accompanying this mis-
fortune came crop failures from drOuth
and parasites, and the farmers were
forced to experiment in other fields or
systems of farming. Some Speculated
in vegetables and some in stock raising,
while others started creameries and
established dairieS, until at the present
time wheat is no longer considered the
only profitable product. Even fruits are
raised in large amounts, yielding eX-
cellent profits.
The Dairy Industry.
From the little beginnings in the early
'7OS, the butter. cheese and milk in
dustry has broade&ed out into mighty
enterprise, until Minnesota ranks see
Ond in the list OF states of the Union in
the aggregate product. Minnesota
cheese even rivals the famous Herkimer,
of New York state. And the exports
are enormous. At the time Of the visit
IN st. Paul of the South American dele
gates to the Pan-American congress, a
little over three years ago, a display Of
these products was made in the cOun-
Gil chamber at the city hall Of st. Paul
that challenged the unmitigated admira-
ton of every stranger in the party.
Several distinguished South Americans
placed orders for cheese with ROches-
ter firm that day, remarking that they
were totally unaccuStOmed to anything
in their home markets that was half so
delicious. And SO it is that the fame is
spreading from year to year and from
country to country.
Right here it should be explained that
at the New Orleans exposition in 1886
Minnesota's dairy products took the
first premiums where the entire world
exhibited.
The more rapid growth of the indus
try has really been in the last six years,
although there was an important awak-
ening ten years earlier to the pOSSibili-
ties and opportunities that were present
in the state. The following statistical
table is accurate, and is compiled from
the records of the state dairy and food
commission at the capitol:
Reliable Dairy Statistics. -'
Number OF COWS III the state i'll 1886. 392, 536
Number of cows in the state i'll 1870. 994, 79+
Number of COWS in the state in 1891. 1.Oe4, l4
Increase since 1886. ..........-... 692, PCS
Number of creameries IN the STATEN
1886. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. O.
Number of creameries in the STATEN
1871 E39
Number of creameries in the STATEN
1891 .......... ......-.......... 2o9
Increase since 1856 ........... 1S3
I Number of cheese factories in the
state in 1856 Observation-Disclosures. A
! Number Of cheese factories in the
state III 1S9)...... 1000. ....... 13l
| Number of cheese factories in the
s' fSe ie is9 Since 1850: -: 81 81
in iS86............................27.o5 3, OPS
in 1890. ..s,.......e...,.. -. a. 79l, 16O
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Increase since 1886. ............ 20 2s6, 672
in 1856 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1853. 329
in1595.,............................ 9O5o,65s
| Number of pounds of cheese made
in 1891 ....................... 10.945, 723
Increase since 1886. ........ 9642 1874
The values cut an important figure.
| For illustration. through all this period
the average assessed valuation of COWS
has been SIS each, or not far from it
and cheese is worth 10 cents pound,
butter 20 cents land it is just now re-
failing as high as 50 cents right here in
| st. Paul, and milk at 90 cents per 100
| pounds, eight pounds constituting a
gallon.
By this method it is found that the
values for the present year have been:
| OF butter produced SIC, Si7,940 90
| Vi cheese produced. 1,O94,572 30
Total So, 29S. 7O4 30
l There you have it. Over So, 200, 600,