Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-11-10
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Our Dairy Interests.

The average buttermaking capacity
of the Minnesota cow is 40 pounds of
gilt edge every year.
There are about 665 creameries in
Minnesota. These creameries are sup.
piled by 435,00O cows. ,.. .ys.4
Each year these creameries distribute
to Minnesota dairymen $9,550,000. 4
i, Minnesota has 365, 900 mich cows
which do not contribute to creameries,
but the value of their product is. Sc, 57o,-
annually.
II The average increase in The number
of cows for the last ten, years in Min,
Snesota has been about $4,000 year. ii
The average increase in productive
ness per COW has been about pounds
of butter year, owing to intelligent
feeding. gF
, The total weight of Minnesota's but
100000 pounds, which, at the retail
price of 90 cents per pound, would
amount to 1913, 100000 But the dairy
man doesn't get full retail price, of
course. ~ F}*.}* at&ta s@Ss
Total cheese product of the state for
1898 roughly, estimated at 100000
pounds, which, at a retail price of 10
cents a pound, would bring 81, 300, 900,
but, of course, the dairymen doesn't
get all of that, either. sI /. A..
Minnesota is now shipping her but
ter in large and increasing amounts to
the New York market, where it com
mands the highest price, and on this
butter the Minnesota dairyman nets Is
cents pound after deducting cost Of
manufacture, freight and commission.
Minnesota the Best Place. -
Nine months ago Ole Peterson, a
North Minneapolis liveryman, closed
out his business to cast his future in
the Copper river country. He returned
few days ago richer in experience
and in a knowledge of ''roughing it,"
but glad to get back to Minneapolis,
even though the trip cost him in the
neighborhood of 81, 500. Mr.. Peterson
said: Gail the wild stories, and they
were nothing else, that have come from
the Copper river country about rich
strikes and big diggings have animated
from the steamboat companies, and
the outftting merchants of Seattle.
Not an ounce of gold has been taken
out by the 5000 men who went in dur
ing the past year. The only sign of
gold at all was found occasionally I'M
der the moss, and the farther down
you went the worse the yield. What
little gold there was to be found was
what is known as floating gold and
you can dig all day and get about rs
cents for your trouble. During the
summer the climate is fine, but the
mosquitoes are so large, vicious and
numerous, as to make life miserable
Minneapolis will do me nicely, and it
is a great relief to me to get back"
$E A True Hero. 5'.'
Fred Neimeier, 81 years old, the son
of William Neimeier, a farmer living
near Albany, and younger brother
were drowned in McGowan's lake. The
boys attempted to cross the lake in
small boat, which was capsized about
40 rods from shore. Their cries drew
a large number to the shore, but no
one was able to offer help. In full
view of the excited crowd the older
boy placed his brother five times on
the upturned boat Fred Neimeier was
a good swimmer and could easily have
saved himself, but when advised to do
so shouted to the spectators that he
would save his brother or die. Shortly
after that he became exhausted and
sank. The younger boy, unable to
hold himself to the boat, sank u mo-
ment later. Both bodies were recov-
cred.