The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-15
TO RICE COUNTY CHANGERS.
Farmers Institute Workers Deliver
Interesting Lectures.

The institute at Faribault was one Of
| the first order. The halls in which it
| vas held were commOdious and COM
! Portable and were well filled. The sub
| Jects discussed were much the same
| here as in other places.
Very much attention is being given
| to dairying, and because of this much
| time was taken up in discussing ques-
tions pertaining to the selection Of
dairy cattle, to the growing Of foods
| 1ol feeding them, providing shelter for
| them in winter and the question of pre-
pairing and feeding the foods.
| Mr.. Louis dWelt upon the exceeding
| care that farmers should exercise i'll
! managing their hogs with a view TO
keep them free from hog cholera He
! favored breeding upon the farm. rather
! than purchasing at a distance so great
! as to necessitate having the pigs come
| in stock cars. If corn were imported
| IN cars which had conveyed swine from,
| infested districts, there would be great
danger of carrying the infection. In
answer to question as to whether
! there was danger from using meat from
! hOSS which had recovered from the
! cholera, Mr.. Louis said that there was
| probably no danger, providing the meat
was well cooked, and yet he would not
| easily become reconciled to the using
! of such meat as food.
! When Mr. HOVerstad talked on soil
! moisture, many important questions
! were asked and answered. The replies
| made it evident that some times ii
! would be advantageous to burn off
! heavy grain stubbles rather than pillow
! them under, and some times the roller
| might be used with advantage, and at
! other times subsoil packer would be
| preferable.
| While this question was being dis
eussed, Supt. Gregg related an expert
| ence which he had in narrowing spring
! grain. The result was a considerable
! increase in the yield. and yet he would
! advise caution on the part of those WHO
| narrowed their grain. Where this was
| attempted conditions must be carefully
| studied or harm might result rather
| than benefit
Prof. Shaw spoke on growing ana
| fattening beef. But few persons are
! engaged in this work in the neighb0r-
! hood of Faribault He said that lie
! did not desire any one engaged in
| dairying to make a change, but whera
| farmers were SO situated that they
! could not engage in that work, they
! might prOfitably take up the work Of
growing beef. He showed by the aid
of the blackboard the difference in the
! cost of selling a steer, weighing 900
pounds in the lean condition, and the
! same steer fed for say five months, until
! he had reached a fine condition Of fin
| ish. Suppose the steer was sold for
| 3 cents per pound in the lean form,
| the return would be $27. If properly
| fed for five months, he then would
| weigh 1,200 pounds, and if of the right
! quality for feeding, he should then be
| worth $4.75 per 100 pounds at home,
| taking prices as they now are. With
! feed at present prices it would not cost
more than $14.25 This would leave =
net profit Of $15.75, which is certainly
a very handsome profit for five months
| feeding. With prices of meat and feed
as at present, the business Of fattening
| steers is certainly good one.
| Mr.. Cults gave talks on various
| phases of horticulture. Much attention
! is given to such work in the neighbOr
| hood of Faribault. Some of the best
nurseries and the most successful fruit
! growers of our state are located in this
| place.
The cooking school was exceedingly
appreciated, judging by the atten-
dance. On Friday there were at least
$50 ladies in attendance, and on Satur
| day the attendance was considerably
| larger In fact it was almost impoS-
sthle to seat the assemblage, even in
the very large hall in which the cook
! ing school was held.
The evening meeting on Friday was
| one of the brightest and most enjoyable
! and profitable held during the winter.
| w men viewed from the SLduuPOllI VI
| the very high order of the musical pro-
gramme given by the people of Fart
| bault, it is the banner evening meeting
| pace of the state. Such music is seldom
equalled in the average concert. It
consisted of renderings by the Ger
mania HarmOnium chorus, the German
quartette and the orchestra of the
! town. There were also several solos
and duets given by talent of the first
order Miss Wachlin presided at the
| piano.
The institute was represented by
Prof. Shaw, Miss Thomson, T. a.
| Hoverstad and w. l.. Carlyle. The re-
| spective subjects were gardens and
| lawns, neglected education, horse sense,
and milk supply of the city
The closing address was given BY
| Hon. S. NJ Owen, the chairman of the
| board of administration of the Far
! mers institute. He referred with evil
dent pride to the uninterrupted success
! which had characterized the institutes
from year to year, and the great good
! which must unQuestiOnably result
! from the dissemination of 50 much
valuable information 1t should be a
source Of pride to the people Of Mime
sofa to know that our school of agri-
culture is acknowledged on all hands
1 to be the banner institution Of that
! kind in the United States He also
spoke very approvingly of the effort
/ which is now being made to furnish
dOrmitory for young ladies at the said
! institution. The girls ought to have
an even chance with the boys
While the institute was in session,
w l.. Carlyle announced that meet
ing Of the citizens of Mankato and the
| dairymen of the surrounding country,
would be held in Mankato, Saturday.
/ March 20, commencing at 10 a. m. The
object OF this meeting is to establish
! dairy board of trade to take charge of
the disposal of the butter and cheese
pr oducts of the surrounding country.
/ Mr.. Carlyle stated that great benefits
would arise from the establishment of
such a board, as per cent commission
/ is usually charged by the commission
men in the East for handling our dairy
! products All this could be saved by
selling direct to dealers through a dairy
board of trade. At Blooming Prairie
butter had been shipped during the
year 1896 to the amount of $240,000. The
| commission on handling this product,
amounted to $12, 900. The commission
! from the entire product of the state
would represent an enormous sum, and
/ it was certainly time that steps should
be taken to prevent so large an expen-
diture on the part of those who manu-
facture dairy products.
The discussion of various subjects at
! this institute were of a high order.
! They indicate that the farmers of the
! neighborhood are busily at work think
| ing out various lines of the more pro-
| gressive agriculture. The questions
| even of beef growing and sheep rails
vyara discussed nOfXuitb