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

! tell the news of development that was
and did add millions of dollars to the
market values of the herds of this sec
ton. About the year 1880 Col. King
| sold a large portion of his herd to X.
! Barden, of st. Paul, who sent the pur-
chase to his large farm at Bingham
Lake. in Cottonwood county. There the
influence of the SireS was again remark
| able in producing splendid grades from
| the ordinary ana medium native cattle
| $50 called) and the benefit of the new
blood has extended from Bingham Lake
throughout large portion of Southern
Minnesota and made the cattle there in
active demand from Chicago beef buy
eTS. Mr.. Barden's death in 1881 caused
general sale of the Cottonwood county
ShOrthOrnS. and they were distributed
OVSr large section. to the great adj
vantage of the state. Right in line with
these beginnings came II. f. Brown, of
Minneapolis; n. p. Clarke, st. Cloud;
The Cosgrove Live Stock com
pany, LIE Sueur; w. S. Van Malta,
j. j. Hill, st. Paul; J. p. Power, st.
Paul; w. D. Richardson, Garden City;
L. A. Squires, Blue Earth City; Wilcox
q Liggett, Benson; ii. g. King, Made
liza; Milo Il. De Wolf, Window; ID. G.
Davis, Window: E. F. Irwin, Richield;
Foster & Bolton, Plainview; Il. Clarke,
Beecher, and many others, all vieing to
excel in producing the best get of the
different classes of fine stock. The re-
suits shown at the state fair this year
were still more satisfactory. The cli'
mate, the grasses, the excellent water
so plentifully distributed all over Min
neSOta, ali combined to assist the
raiSerS of high class cattle. Their profits
hoy iroraaSa1
ure, and, while the day of $4,000 bulls
(each) in this state is past on account Of
fine SireS of every class, Minnesota now
has a large number of choice families of
ShOrthOrns, HerefOrdS, HOlSteinS, Gal
lOwayS, POlled Angus, DevOnS. Jerseys,
Red POlled, GuernSeyS, Brown Swiss,
Dutch Belt and other strains that would
do credit TO any state in the Union.
And her stock raiSerS are largely practi-
cal men who know how to apply
experience to their business. At
the state fair in 1890 1872 premiums
were awarded to various exhibits of
cattle, many of the premiums ranging
from 500 to $500 each. The reports of
the county agricultural societies also
show u wide and increasing interest in
! the Improvement of herds. BY these
recOgnitiOnS through premiums and
otherwise, the spirit of advancement on
this line, as we'll as in other classes of
live stock, aside from cattle, has been
intensified, and the agricultural COLL
munitieS continue to increase their
profits through the better prices they
can obtain for the better grades of cat
tie. The ease with which the Succulent
food for live stock feeding is grown
in this state made the business of rails
ing beef cattle highly profitable, even
during the era of low prices which pre-
! vailed. The prairie hay is very nuIri-
! tious, and can be moved at any time
during the summer and fall. Cattle
thrive both winter and summer, and are
free from disease. Southern buyers
prefer the Northern stock for feeding
purposes. and it takes only a small pro-
portion of coarse feed to keep beeves In
shape for markets, of which we have the
ST. Paul and Twin City stOckyardS, as
we'll as the other great live stock mats
of the Northwest. In fact, buyers have
taken many head of beeves in these
home markets in order to send share
of the prime Minnesota stock 10 Chi
cagO.
The growth of the live stock business
in Minnesota during the past fOrty-one
years has shown marvellous increase,
as is evidenced by the following official
figures.