The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-08

o'clock, to meet again at o'clock,
two committees were appointed. Dele
gates to the Federation of Labor: J.
r. Campbell, L. J. Meighen and Joseph
Campbell. Messrs. j. c. HanIey, P.
II. Rahilly and Ignatius Donnelly were
appointed committee to present the
demands of the Alliance to the next
legislature.
At the afternoon session Prof
Thomas Shaw, of the state agricultural
school, read a paper on 1.-THE Value of
Forage Crops in Variety to the Farm
err" Prof. Shaw said in opening:
The term forage crops in this connection is
than grasses. Their value to the farmers of
the Northwest is beyond all estimate. This
arises, first, from the extent to which they
may be made to supplement grass pastures
that are much prone to become dry and crisp
IN our climate in the summer. Second from
the luxuriance with which such pastures
grow on prairie soils. And, third, from the
superlative Importance of the live stock in
dustry viewed from the standpoint of the
near future. To the thoughtful observer 1t
must be evident that the Mississippi basin is
soon SOoi TO become the greatest live stock pro-
ducing center in all the world, and espe-
cially in the upper portions thereof, where
the climatic conditions are SO abundantly IA
voraDle TO the development Of animals of the
most favored types and possessed of the
most robust vigor
=. Winter rye may be sown for pasture any
time from midsummer on, providing it is
given time to become strong before winter
closes in. 1t should not be sown In the
spring. 1t is best put In with the grain
drill and not less than 215 bushels per acre
or seed should be used when the crop is
sown for pasture. 1t may be pastured fall
and spring by any kind Of live stock and
followed by another crop the same season.
s sue as corn, sorghum, field roots or rape.
When pasturing rye it should be closely
graZed. as whenever 1t is allowed to reach
the 1ointing stage its power to produce pas
ture Is gone. Winter rye is one of the best
pasture plants that can be grown on our
pralries. because Of the abundance of It's
forage because of the excellence of the same
because OF its lateness and earlieness in pro-
a crop.
Prof. Shaw was rendered a vote of
q thanks for his paper, and on request
OF several members Of the Alliance the
paper was ordered printed in the off,
c1al organ of the organization.
Secretary J. C. HanIey read a paper
The Alliance-Retrospective and Pros
pective." Mr.. Hanley reviewed the
work done by the Alliance, and gave a.
detailed record of the accomplishments
OF the Alliance legislature" of 1891.
The unearthing of the wheat steals at
Duluth, and economy in the conduct
of the legislature had marked the AL
lance regime in 1891.
Prof. Hacker, of the state agricul-
turai farm, gave a paper on Dairy
ing. Prof. Hacker said the expa,-t-
ments made at the farm during the last
i've years had almost revoluttonized
the dairy business. They had found
that the fatter and slicker the COW the
more 1t cost to board the animal, and
the less they received in milk but the
scraWnfer and thinner the animal the
more milk they received, and without
an increase In the amount of food con-
sumed. A COW, which produced butter
for cents would be nothing but a rack
OF bones, while cow producing butter
for 10 cents per pound would be a
handsome animal.
j. G. Hanley offered q resolution pro-
V1ding for the appointment of a COM
mittee to investigate the complaints
which had been received by the secre-
tary's office during the last year, from
former Alliance men, who had removed
to the Canadian provinces to take adj
vantage Of the free lands there. Mr..
Hanley said great distress was report
ed by the settlers, occasioned by the
abandonment Of the railroad companies
Of the country in which they had in
duced the farmers to settle.
j. b. Dukes was the last man to
speak. He went over the issues at
stake during the last campaign, and in
cidentally explained at length the en-
tire money question as viewed from
a socialistic point of view
The Alliance then adjourned sine die.
The dozen or more members of the AL
lance who stayed to the afternoon ses-
sion left on evening trains for their
homes.