St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-25

OF the State Farmers Institute
The Dairy Products OF Mime
sota-Prof. Shaw Makes an In
structive Address on the Sub
.ject of Farm Stock-Addresses
by Supt. Gregg and Others.
The second days session of the farm
ers' Institute at Century hall yesterday
showed an increased attendance, and
great interest was taken in the proceed
ingS.
The institute resumed business yester-
day morning at 10 O'Clock in two distinct
sections. One section listened to Hon.
George Powell, Theo Louis and others
at Century hall, upon the high results of
using exclusively full-blooded sires
upon dairy stock. The other section. IA
large part of which was composed CT
women, listened to W. l.. CARLYLE at
Central w. G. Il. U. upon butter making.
ct the forenoon session at Century
hall Hon. George Z. Powell matte an
interesting address on the Dairy
Products OF the Empire State"
Mr.. Powell said that in New York the
average amount of milk secured each
year from each cow was 5000 pounds.
he could call to mind, he said, dairy
men who secure as high as from 5000 to
1000 pounds of milk per year from a
cow, as a result of using high-breed
sircs. On the treatment and care Of the
COW Mr.. Powell dwelt at length. The
bovine, if properly handled, is a gold
mine 10 the owner. The raising of
the grade of stock in Minnesota in
the neal future will depend largely upon
the selection OF high-bred sIres; a sire
which has purity of blood dating from
generations back. BY selecting a full
blooded sire, the first step toward rails
ing the cattle standard has been at
tanned. Mr.. Powell said that if care
was given in this direction during the
next ten years. that the dairy products
of Minnesota would be increased fully
$50 per cent. AS a practical illustration
of the results of keeping full-blooded
sires, Mr.. Powell cited a dairy town i'll
New Jersey, in which the practice was
religiously observed. He spoke OF a
Hoistein COW which produced $50
pounds of milk per day. being milk /
three times. The same cow produced
over half a ton of butter III II year.
Prof. Thomas Shaw spoke upon the
points gained in using full-blOoded
slres in beef ows and farm stock of all
kinds. In a beef-pr0ducing sire. n
point q farmer must notice before select
ing that sire is a fullness and b%roadneSs
of the back from the neck to the tail,
ana fullneSs of the breast. Quality in
a sire can be better determined by a
sense of touch than by the sense of
sight. The speaker gave at length
scientific methods of determining a
ell lJ,oI,d rIru Gxy ha m oE fs.tnh
Supt. o. G.. Gregg addressed the inSti-
tute upon the method of selecting a
good dairy cow. One of the things of
first Importance Is a good Digestion. A
full yield of milk needs a large quantity
of blood. Another thing essential is
udder capacity. In selecting a dairy
cow. an animal with pitching shoulders,
and not broad shoulders, as found in
ting best beef, should be chosen. The
hips should be broad. Mr.. Gregg adj
vised farmers to cultivate a fear of
bulls" Men, in the examination OF
sires. do not take sufficient care for
their personal safety. The speaker said
ne preferred the fighting sire to the
mild, ~good-natured animal. but he
wanted the tighter delivered by some
other man.
Theodore Louis, of Wisconsin. an
duLilUlILy VII SWtLiC- soDOhO upOi
the Use and the Abuse OF the Sire"
LII the matter Of selecting a sire, said
the speaker, especial attention should
J be given to see that the deficiencies OF
the dam. either in its build or consti-
tuition, was fully made up for in the
gooi qualities of the sire. MIR. Louis
renewed a portion of his talk OF the
previous day regarding the housing and
care Of swine.
At w. G.. L. q. hall the butter-mak-
ing exhibition was postponed until aft
| ernoon on account OF the non-arrival of
the cream. The programme was filled
by an address by William Somervllle
! upon "Small Fruit Culture" A discus
, sion upon butter making followed.
The art of turning out beautiful, vel
| low butter came in for an interesting
! quarter of an hour at the opening of
the afternoon session. Upon the plat
form was a modern churn, which was
placed in active operation in order to
better illustrate the address of w. l.
Carlyle, B. S. A., which was the feature
/ of tha fternOOn' n~rOceeuiugS