The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-18
AFFAIRS OF THE DAIRYMEN
ANOTHER EFFORT TO SECURE
EXHIBIT FOR OMAHA

'horlties Responsible
1or the Lack of Facilities for
Takfng Care of the Butter Pre-.
pared for Exhfbition-Mr H.
rfs Blames the Ammonia for NOT
Working.
A circular will be Issued this we bv
the Minnesota commissioners of the
ohsha exposition calling for exhibits
Oh outer for second display TO be
sent from this state AS told of in
The 81 e of Friday, the first ex-
hlblt was sold, and the proceeds re-
mitted to the owners Of the butter Tb
was occasioned by the delay Of the
omaha authorities in getting the Dairy
nan IN shape. Other states will send
EXHIBITS within the next two Weexc, and
1t Is hoped that the Minnesota exhibit
VIII be In keeping with the importance
or the dairy industry in this state.
II mas not been decided whether the
entries for the second exhibit will bo
centralzed in st. Paul or at several
pointc along the route to Omaha, which
would enable the refrigerator service to
pick the exhibits up ell route to the
big exposition
Inc announcement that the exhibit
had been sold was not received with
very good grace by the dairy men. as
many mad been banking on the record
winch their entries would make. How
ever. the character of the men engaged
In the creamery business and at the
head of the standard creameries war
rants the belief that a second exhibit
VIII De made fully as fine as the first.
James A. Harris, of Owatonna. is
in charge of the matter. and all COM
municati lions should be addressed to
him, either at Owatonna or care of the
Minnesota Butter and Egg company,
OF this city. Here is his explanation
Of the delay:
THE trouble has been" he said.
with the ammonia process at Omaha.
For some reason the machinery would
not work and the exhibit has been held
here awaiting orders from Secretary
Danforth, of the state exposition COM
mit,ee, to ship it. We received a let
ter from him in June saying the car
with our special Bohn refrigerator
would go in June Is, but it was not
until July II that we received word that
the ammonia process was in working
order and to ship the exhibit. Exhibits
are now coming in to the exposition
every day, and the Minnesota exhibit
Will be found with the others
The sale of the ice box was arrang-
ed before it was shipped, but we never
had freezer. 1t is nobody's fault that
the exhibit was not in order long ago.
1t is simply due to the failure of the
machinery to work"
1t appears to be a growing custom
for city people who migrate to the
country, at this time of the year, to
buy COW for family use, keep her I'M
til fall, and when they return to their
homes for the winter they sell out for
anything which the animal will bring.
1t is good CUSTOM and one that re-
quires little argument to prove is
logic, even though the COW brings> less
than she cost by 25 per cep.. II
there are any sick people CT fnvalids
in the family the cow is invaluable.
And who does not appreciate delicious
cream on his berries. buildings, and in
his coffee. A plate OF home made ices.
properly prepared with material about
whose purity there can be no question
is the best arg ument in favor of the
COW for the home, as a luxury as we'll
as a necessity
Chemists say that there is a larger
percentage of protein. the most valu-
able food element in milk, in skinned
milk than in the whole milk. There is
no doubt but the future will open up.
many new uses for SKINNED milk Al
ready its feeding qualities for young
stock are valued highly by the farmer
Dairying brings a constant income.
The man who raises crops of any kind
has to wait until he can market his
crop once a year. There is little salts
faction in this. 1t is unbusinesslike
to go without cash fifty-two weeks,
and then have lot of money come at
one time. The dairyman has an in
come fifty-two weeks in the year.
OF all the branches of farm work
there is none so well suited to the
women as dairying.
The Farm, Stock and Home says IN
a recent issue that there has been 4
noticeable shrinkage in butter this
year. This is undoubtedly caused by
the high range of the butter market,
which has thus far averaged two cents
higher than in 1897.
The first advantage of dairying is
that it takes less fertility from the soil
than other branches of farming. A ton
of wheat takes 81 out of the farm and
sells for less than SIG A ton of butter
the farm and sells for from $500 to $500
Dr. Backhaus, a German, has recent
ly studied the question of how often
and at what intervals cows should he
MIXED each day. He finds that milk
ing four times a day gave larger
yield of both milk and fat than milking
twice, for a number of eight cows dur
ing a period of four days In the
e r.
fat and other solids was decreased. The
percentage of fat was less after the
cows had been at rest than after ac-
tive motion, feeding. etc. This is in
accordance with the we'll known fact
that working COWS give richer milk
than idle ones. Likewise, the morn
ing milk of goats Is poorer than the
evening milk.
Milking twice day as our fathers
did, is no doubt method not to he
abandoned. Milking at regular hours
is, however, not less important. Feed
ing at regulars hours is also essential
The profits of dairying are not large
enough to enable any one to neglect
making the best possible use of the by
products. The skim milk has large
feeding value if 1t Is fed IN the best
shape, and only a moderate one if it IS
not. Pigs are good stock 10 feed it to,
and every dairyman should grow them
so as to have young ones coming On
all the time, for it is the young ones
that make the best use of it.
One of the open questions in dairy
feeding is whether 1t pays to feed grain
on grass Different people have differ
ent views on the subject. A good dea,
depends on the price of butter. If it
is high. it may pay, when, if it be
q little lower 1t may not. One thing