St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-02
Various Fruits.

various Fruits.
The cultivation of small fruits, ber-
RES and vegetables is an increasing and
profitable industry. The rich black
soil which produces the cereals i'm such
abundance and of SO high a erode is
equally suited to these. Minnesota APP.
pies have taken premiums in competi-
ton with exhibits from the states of
more SOutherly ATTITUDES. The crab apple
and plum grow wild. Both soil and eli
mate seem especially kind to grape
culture, and this industry is destined to
attain large proportions. Melons, straw
berries, celery, and all the table delica-
cleS produced from the soil are grown
here with great success; their flavor is
at once richer and more delicate than
that of the same commodities in other
sections, and the slight difference be-
tween the producing season in this and
otner states furnishes the Minnesota
market with fresh produce during an
unusually large portion of the year.
The Sugar Beet.
1t is believed that the sugar beet can
be made quite as successful as in Cali
fornia and Nebraska. The report of
the committee of the state senate re-
Gently made is quoted, showing that
great success has been had in the eX-
periments with the beet. In various sec
tons it has been found to have from 10
to Sper cent of sugar. A farmer re-
ports profit of S19.75 per acre in selling
his beets at 81 ton.
The Dairy Interest.
Ten years ago few people in Mime
sofa thought of stock raising, of butter
making, or of cheese manufacture, as
business. In 1889 there were 412. O36
mich cows in the state. from which
were produced a total of 90, 165, 1877
pounds of butter and 1,274,076 pounds
of cheese. The numbero of cows in 1890,
partly eStimated.is put at 440,2 14. There
are about 100 creamerieS and sixty or
more cheese factories in the state. The
Importance and the promise of this in
duStry are more than local. A recent
article IN Bradstreets' says that
the dairy is to-day the most
hopeful feature of the American farm.
The export price of almost all kinds of
grain and provisions has declined very
greatly in the last generation. Corn
and wheat and beef are vastly cheaper
to-day in the foreign market than they
were before the war, but butter has
+ almost maintained its own. st is the
development of the creamery idea,"
says Bradstreets, THAT makes the dairy
outlook even more encouraging for the
American farmers. The indications
are that this spring will see more
creamery buildings than ever before.
The knowledge is spreading that cream
cries make better butter at less
cest, and most pleasing of all
to the farmer, they bring him what
he longs for most-money. Figures
from a few reports, taken at random
1nrfc rEf
that these creameries averaged to pay
out in their own neighborhoodS some
thing like $4,000 apiece last year, and
there is no reason to believe that these
are exceptional cases. They made on an
average 133, 200 pounds of butter each,
SO that farmers got an average for their
butter product about 25 cents pound
net" This quotation is for the Eastern
market; the Western is as good Good
butter commands the highest price all
the year around, andtthe increase of de-
positS of Minnesota savings banks, and
the cancelled mortgages on farms that
are now pictures of prosperity, are
tangible evidences of what dairying has
done for the farmers of Minnesota.
Stock Raising.
All the domestic animals are raised
with profit in the state, and it is be-
lieved that with the Improvement in
the grades of cattle rapidly being made,
the state will make great progress in
this direction. Recently special encour-
ment has been had in the production of
sheep and hogs. Prof. McLain, of the
state university, affords the data in a
case under his observation where seven
s0ws made net profit of S45.25 per
head.
Prices OfPrOducts.
A re7iew of the market prices of farm
products at the beginning of March,
1891, as compared with the same date
of the year before. is most encouraging
reading for the farmer. The prices quot
ed are those prevailing in Minneapolis,
the great central grain market of the
state. The grade of wheat which
brought n cents in 1890 sold at 95 cents
in 1891. and this notwithstanding the
fact that the market supply is greater by
100000 bushels. Corn has riseI,
in this market during the same
time from "a cents to 81 cents
per bushel. Oats have likewise more
than doubled in value, the increase in
the year being from % cents to 46 cents.
The rise of rye is from Al cents to 70
cents, and or barley from 40 cents to 62
cents per bushel. Even creamery but
tiers, which were selling last year for Is
and 20 cents pound, were quoted this
at "a and 25 cents. Eggs have increased
in the market 25 per cent. Flax has a
correspondingly greater value, al
though the product of the state is a
third greater than ever before. The
rise in the potato market has been
phenomenal. Hay is worth so cents