The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-14

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returned to their homes last evening,
which accounted for the small number
present last evening. Owing to the late
ness of the hour at which the meeting
was called to order, the three speeches
OF the evening upon subjects Of i'm
portance to stock breeders, were done
away with.
The Minnesota Stock Breeders asso-
citation and it's two kindred associa-
/ lions, the Swine Breeders association
and the Sheep Breeders association,
elected their respective officers as fol-
lows:
STOCK GROWERS.
President--J c. Curryer, Mankato.
Vice President-John Cooper st. Cloud.
Secretary-A. G. Wilcock Hugo.
Treasurer-A. G. Bruce, Minneapolis
Executive Committee-C. H. Murphy A. H.
Bulls, s. B. Scott, Luke Stannard, H. F.
Brown, N. P. Clarke, H. w. Stone.
SWINE BREEDERS.
Presidential L. Long
Vice President-J. H. Letzen.
Secretary-Charles Kenning
Treasurer-C. H. Murphy.
Executive Committee-H. F. McGonagle,
Waseca; E. A. Begalau Zumbrota; w. F.
Wilcox, Benson; N. w. Hicks, Alexandria; j..
H. Duxbury, Hutton; T. N. Porter Rochester;
W. ONeill, Curry.
SHEEP BREEDERS.
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Vice President-E. P. Watson, Norris.
Secretary and Treasurer-ThomaS Shaw,
State School of Agriculture.
Eecutive Committees. B. Barteau, Yum
brota; G. Kerr, RoSemont; A. Gum, James,
vile; E.~D.-Childs, Crookston; G. Kenning,
Osceola; A. s. Hawks, Waseca.
N. P. Clarke, of ST. Cloud, brought
up the matter Of inducing the forth
coming farmers congress, which will
meet in st. Paul this year, to hold its
al IA hH
state fair. It is believed such an ar
rangement would insure a great attend
ance to both events, and would bring
immense crowds to the city. Mr.. Clarke
expected there would be fully 1000 del
egates to the congress. A. s. Ta1lmage,
speaking for the chamber of commerce,
said there would be no difficulty in car,
ing for the congress during the state
fair, as the recent G. A. r. encamp.
ment had tested the capacity Of the
city.
Mr.. Clarke presented a resolution CIV
ing it as the sense of the meeting that
the convention be held during the
state fair and asking the public bodies
Of the city to work to that end. Speak
ing Of needed legislation in behalf Of
farmers and farming pursuits, Mr..
Clarke argued in behalf Of larger ap-
preparations from the legislature for
the state agricultural college. The
erection of a dormitory for young
ladies was needed.
1--WE now have state university
which ranks among the best in the
country. 1t seems to me that the in
stitution is large enough for some time
to come I believe the regents should
elevate the standard Of education in
stead Of enlarging the institution and
adding to the expense. It is also my
opinion that outsiders should be
charged for their education. We do
not want to educate the entire North
west free Of charge. / believe that
young men taking professional educa-
lions should be charged extra. We
have enough lawyers now they are
curse to the state: we have enough
ministers, such as they are. We have
all the doctors we can stand. What we
went is more attention paid and more
money appropriated to the educatlon
of the farmer boy. Minnesota. you
must remebmer, is AN agricultural
state. We want more practical farm
ers'
President Curryer, of the Stock
Breeders association, spoke for a few
moments upon the good results Of the
associations. He pointed to the fact
that a few years ago there were no
diaries in Minnesota, but as soon as
the dairymen organized and held an
nual conventions, that the dairies null
tiplied with great rapidity, and are
now one of the greatest industries OF
the state. He believed the Stock Crow
ers' association would have a similar
effect upon stock-raising in the state.
The members of the association held
forth at the University farm, st. An
tbonk Park, during the day. The gen
tlemen showed their farm experience
by assembling at the farm by O'Clock.
l. H. 1xy ~ idr
gett, the dean of the school, and taken
to the dairy building, where the morn
ing was spent in practical observation
and discussion Of various kinds Of farm
stock Cattle, sheep and swine each
had their innings, and samples of each
were exhibited on the platform of the
lecture room, which Isl built especially
for this sort Of thing.
Prof T. Shaw had general charge Of
the discussion, he being at the head
of the department Of animal industry.
He told of the experiments that had
been tried at the station and gave some
good. sound practical advice about GER
tain breeds. He further explained the
method of teaching the young boys
from the farms, and, in response to
the request Of N. p. Clark, several boys
were called in and asked to tell what
they knew about the stock business
The result was unusually satisfactory,
as the boys told considerable more than
some of those present ever knew, or
at least that was the sentiment ex-
pressed by one Of the gentlemen pres
ent.
Following the discussion of stock the
dairy question was next taken up, and
was lead by T. l.. Heacker, professor
of dairy husbandry. Examples of milk
cows were exhibited and the different
experiments tried during the past year
were cited.
AT IL o'clock the meeting was changed
to the chapel. After the customary
exercises, Col. Liggett gave a short
and stated that during the past year
the school had entertained between
$500 and 2,700 visitors from all parts OF
the country. During the summer sea-
son the school and farm was a favor
lite place for excursions among the
farmers of the state. He was glad of
the immense interest which the a.sso.
citation and especially certain members
were taking in the farm and hoped that
the work at the farm would not be I'M
appreciated. He then introduced C. d.
Gilfllan, of Redwood Falls
Mr.. Gilfillan said that while men in
agricultural pursuits did not take to
oratory he felt enough inspiration for
the moment to say something. He
complimented the school highly, say
ing, You have a school which is not
exceeded in merit and faculty by any
other in the United States. You
should be proud to be able to take adj
vantage of it. You are the first gener-
alton of young men who have this
advantage, and If you don't gain by 1T
then 1t Is your own fault entirely The
common idea Is that most anybody can
be farmer, but / say that to be a
successful farmer In these days re-