The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-11-07
ABOUT WINTER DAIRYING
Redwood County Farmers Held a
Very Important Meeting
Saturday.
Capt. Lewis Takes a Fall Out of
the Alleged Redwood
Statesmen.

The first monthly meetingsof farm
ers of Redwood county for the ex-
change of views on winter dairying
and feeding of stock occurred at the
court house last Saturday afternoon,
President Andrew Stewart of the CO.
operative creamery occupying the
chair. Mr.. Stewart made a brief
speech as preface to the meeting,
the purport of which was that COW
at her best in the summer time must
be we'll wintered.
Clark Miller thought that COW
should be we'll fed during the winter.
He stated that the milk from nine
COWS and little pasturage fattened
16 hogs. Later he fed the hogs on
peas and barley. Calves, he said,
would do we'll on pasture, after April.
Here Andrew Stewart contended
that a COW coming in in winter, would
give, if properly cared for, as much
milk during the summer, as a COW
coming in in the spring. Donald
Stewart offered a few remarks on
shelter. He thought that bedding
was of the greatest importance, al
though there was nothing like having
good barn we'll arranged for cattle.
A barn should be we'll ventilated and
warm and a COW should be kept warm,
dry and have plenty of air. Here
Clark Miller put in an idea that his
cows did not give as much milk on
cold winter days when he turned them
out, even for water, as when he kept
them in the barn all the time and car
ried water to them.
Capt. Lewis took a fall out of feed
ing. He first read an articleEfrcm
Hoard's Dairyman, which will be pub
lished next week, showing that this
region could not compete with the
Argentine Republic in growing wheat,
because labor in the Argentine was
much cheaper and the distance to the
export markets was shorter. Then he
thought it a good thing to prepare a
pasture in the spring commence next
spring. If farmers have sloughs on
their farms SOW white clover and blue
grass around the edge of them. The
two seeds live in harmony and make
an excellent pasture. If farmers have
wood pastures SOW orchard grass un-
der the trees. Capt. Lewis advised
shade for the COWS during the hot
summer months. He said that white
willow cuttings sunk in the ground in
low places would soon grow into good
shade trees. He advised putting some
tallow wax on the top of the shoot and
then wind cloth around the top to
keep it from drying as soon as plant
ed. In the fall when pastures COM
mence drying up the feeding of some
green corn cut from the field keep up
the flow of milk. Flint or evergreen
corn was the best. In winter time
ground oats and corn mixed was the
best feed, making no difference wheth-
er it was fed dry or wet. Capt. Lewis
got around to talk against wheat
growing again and before he sat down
he took fall out of the mon who de-
feated the anti-option measure and
the Redwood Legislators who voted
with the Chicago board of trade
against Washburn.
''Instead Of sending mon to the leg
islature to vote for man who pro-
posed to kill off this gambling in
wheat and this running of farmers we
send men to the Legislature who vote
with the gamblers and against our
interests. l am surprised that a farm
or member, such as one of our mem
bers was, could have so far forgotten
the people as to do this. The Chica-
go stock exchange sent out half mil
lion dollars to beat Washburn; don't
say that they bribed the legislature;