St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-09
Instructive Talks Respecting
the Dairy Industry and
It's Profits.
Farmers Embracing Into
Other Lines Than Purely
Wheat Raising,
Whereby the Soil Was I'M
povepiShed for the Bene-
fit Of Europe.

station at st. Anthony Park. The men,
bcrs OF the organization failed to ma
terialiZe in time to open the convention
at 10 O'Clock, and the morning session
was accordingly dispensed with. The
buildings of the station and of the
school of agriculture were inspected by
the Interested dairymen, and at noon
dinner was served at the school of agri-
culture by the managers of the students
boarding hall.
1t was half past o'clock when Presi-
dent G. n. Perkins called the conven-
ton to order in the assembly room of
the new dairy hall, which is barely COM
pleted. and was used as place of as
sembly yesterday for the first time.
The address of welcome was delivered
by Clinton ID. Smith, director of the ex-
pertinent station. He expressed his
Joy at being able to greet them,
and said he rejOiced that the
regents of the university had recognized
that of all the industries in the state
none could be so easily benefited as the
dairy. The future wealth of the state,
he said, would be largely derived from
the dairy interests, and he was glad the
! regents had donated so admirable a hall
to them. His welcome was cordially
given and as cordially received. f. ID.
Holmes, the secretary, OIL behalf of the
members, thanked the management of
the agricultural school and the expert
ment station for their welcome. He
hoped for a larger attendance at the
convention, and said that the class of
dairymen who most need the help of
Such meeting were not present.
The presidents address was deferred,
ana Col. j. II. Stephens. a pioneer
dairyman. was called OH for an address.
Col. Stephens dwelt at length on the
Importance of dairying in Minnesota.
Our grasses" he said, cant be eX-
celled even by the
Blue Grass OF Kentucky.
"Everything is propitious. Murrain
and horn diStemper are unknown. The
climate and all the surroundings COM
bine to make Minnesota a leading dairy
state" He advised the study of butter
making. Prices, he cOntended, are
good, and if the dairyman is not salts
fed with the home market he can send
his produce to Boston or New York.
where Minnesota butter always brings
the highest prices. There is no danger
of overproductlOn.
Hon. Jared Benson, of Anoka, an ex-
speaker of the Minnesota legislature,
was the next speaker. He considered
the dairy interests the most important
in the state. but said that there was still
a great deal to be learned. He COM
mended the action of the legislature in
apprOpriating funds for carrying on i'm
portant experiments, which are too eX-
pensive for individuals to undertake.
and said the dairymen were much in
debted to the regents of the university.
w. w. PendergaSt. president of the
school of agriculture. followed with a
humorous and optimistic speech, and
claimed that no class of people was
doing Sn much to develop the material
interest of the state as the dairymen.
Inc result of the wheat-grOWing M ania
has been to transport to Europe the fer
tility of the soil. The dairymen were,
he said, making the farms richer, not
poorer. His speech was adorned by
anecdotes, which drew forth hearty
laughter, and in closing babe his hear
-ers believe that good times are coming,
when 1.-The farmers will be on top of the
heap"
j. Y. Sawyer, of Chicago, who fol-
lowed, took as the text of his talk, "Can
the per cent of butter fats in milk be
controlled by feed?'' In choosing
dairy cow the points to be considered
are, first, the individual, for no breed is
dUSOlutcly SGIc I'd Dt SOOu. anu every
breed has some individuals that are eX-
cellent dairy COWS; next the care of
that individual; third, the breed. He
advised the selection of the breed
that produces the most individuals
that are good butter cows. Fourth,
Feed-NOthing can be expected from
the best butter COW without proper
feeding. The food must, above all else.
be appetlZlng. 1t must be of the proper
chemical composition, and must be
easily digeSted. Almost ali dairymen
believe that they can in,a measure con-
troll the butter fats by feeding, point
on which chemists differ. Mr.. Sawyer
cited the instance of all experiment of
twenty-one days duration made in
Iowa, in which it was found that Oh a
diet of sugar meal there was gain of
tWenty-Seven per cent in butter fats
over the milk obtained from a diet of
corn and cob meal. OF this gain one
third was in bulk of milk. The proper
food is that which will supply the pro-
teines at the least expense. He de-
plored the fact that dairymen, by being
too busy to attend TO little things, such
as weighing and testing the milk, suffer,
and advised them to attend to little
things and the big things would take
care of themselves.
Prof. Willett NJ. Hays talk was sup
Elementary to Mr.. Sawyer's. He said
that it had not been proven that the
butter fats in milk can be controlled by
feeding, thing which German expert
mentors declare is impossible. He had
himself, however, noted good effects
from feeding cornmeal. The more
Fat i'm the Food
| the more in the milk. 1t was not a ques-
ton of nutrltlve ratio. He advised
thorough experiments to get down to
the Individual value of foods. Cotton
seed meal and cake had in Texas re-
suited in more thorough Dreaming, and
a reduction of third in loss in cream
ing. Hays and Straws must be properly
cured. SO as to be palatable, and should
be mixed with grain feeds. such as
bran, shorts and oil meals. There must
be constant variety in the food, he
asserted in closing.
j. Ii. Monrad, of Chicago. urged the
| association not to lose faith in scientific
experiments. Milk experiments, he
said, were very difficult TO make with
| definite fixed results, owing to varying
conditions. such as climate, tempera-
ture and period of lactation.
o. G. Gregg, director of farmers in
stitutes, spoke at some length on the
| dangers of becoming too theoretical.
| He said dairying had been begun
wrong in Minnesota. and that the
foundations of the industry had been
laid anew. He laid great stress on the
economy of feeding home products, and
| said that it was unnecessary to buy out
side foods when Minnesota can raise all
| the necessary food stuffs. incidentally,
| he advocated the raising of corn crops
| for food, and said that if the crop
brought in nothing itself. it was of very
great value as a preparation for wheat
crop to follow.
After the transaction of some unim-
| portant routine business, the cOnven-
ton adjourned till 10 O'Clock this morn