The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-14


Falls Winter Creamery Show
News Of the Dairymen.
The fifth annual convention of the
Minnesota state Butter and Cheese
makers association viii be held at
Litchfeld, Nov 30 and Dec l.
The following is the programme for
the session:
% a. M. municipalities Of welcome,
mayor o. Litch0eld; response, Capt a; X
MOnfort; Presidents address; Low TO Dea!
Milh Patrons Furnishing Poor MIX, T. .:
johnson, Sacred Heart; Economical Use OF
Fuel" Joseph Wilde. Lafayette; How Can
We Improve the Quality Of Our PRODUCES,
Aage Wind, Rochester; Care of Creamery
Machinery" s. sternberg irving,
7:3o ,. m.-Music; Value Of Educational
oats That should Be Derived From This as
aoclatioa" Henry Ames, ex-pres!dent Mime
sofa s. association. Litchheids MINI HAo
Is Responsible Mrs, l. }. Stewart james
vile; 'strong and Weak Points Of Butter
makers" F. A. Leighton, New Hampton 10.
Thursday. a. M" Handling Every Otler
Sueur; High or Low Temperature for Ripen-
ing" II. c. Hanson. Scandia; importance o.
CLEANLINESS in Butter and Cheese Making.
Pref Harry Snyder St. Anthony Park; A
Few Thoughts on Cheese" V. /. Bulls, west
Concord. reading Of scores; recess to butter
I:S0 o. m.-''Maklng Prize Butter" s.
Haugdahl. New Sweden; engineers talk.
Every one Is requested 20 come prepared 70
give an idea on some subject such as
'MottloS" STARTERS" Mod" Attractive
Packages" etc. This should be made one OF
the best features Of the programme. Election
30 ?. m.-Banquet to be given by the citi-
zens OF Litchheld
Three hundred and twenty-five dollars Is
10 be divided pro rata among all scores aboye
"a provided that no person winning special
premiums valued at SIS or more shall be en-
titled 10 any share OF the pro rata fund.
Ten dol ars 10 the highest score on cheese;
s. to second highest; S25 TO be divided pro rata
among all scores above 80, provided there are
ten or more exhibits. Winner Of hrst not
entitled 70 any share pro rata
City Of Litchheld. 500; creameries OF
Meeker county S25: F. B. Fargo Co, $40;
Creamery Package Manufacturing company
P. NJ. sharpIos offers either No. Safety
hand separator or a No. ! Little Giant sepa-
rator 20 the maker OF butter scoring the higl-
est. provided same Is made from the shar2ies
Cornish Curtis q Greene offer one OF their
calometers valued at SO, to butter scoring
owatonra Manufacturing company offer s.
cash 10 highest scoring butter made In the
Digb.Sw; s. additional n highest OF all.
AT the meeting Of the executive COM
mittee az the National Creamery But
termakers association, held at Omaha
N+h.. oct H. Il was unanimously de-
ci6ed that. in addition to the usual
gold and silver medals for first and
second in each class, the following spe-
cial prizes are TO be given:
a cash premium Of not less than
g. 500 20 be distributed pro rata among
these scoring % and over. \ silk ban
ner. valued at 500. Is 20 be given the
state dalegatlon having the highest
average score. providing such state has
tweutN entries or more. silver cup,
vsip q NJ S35, TO be given the butter
maker scoring highest from each state
huvlrg twenty entries or more. Also
n dlpA MA 20 all scoring ~ or over.
To compete for these premiums out
tet must be shipped directly from the
creamery by express. ana express re-
cr.-t mtrt accompany the entry bldhh'
sp- lnl feature viii be the exhibit
tloh az me futter after being scored.
The sec Pc cnrds VIII be distributed
Tvteaay evening. Jan. -, ana on
WEDNESDAY morning the butter VIII be
omen foi' Inspection by the delegates
H. butler VIII Doe placed on tables IN
rotation beginning with the priZe-Wll-
niuR o. is; duplicate score cards VIII
be tacktd 10 the side or each tuo' ah'
the iud..es will la present 20 answer
c...finns bv ths exhibitors. The sec
retarv 81 agriculture has kindly prom
isaI To NJ '9cure samples OF Danish. Rus
sion French and Australian butter,
which VII also be on exhibition IN the
butter hun
The committee Is preparing a pro-
pramme strictly Tor creamery butter
makers and the secretary wouid IKE
to hear from those willing To help
make the convention grand success
hy taklr- part in the debates, stating
what subjects they wish 10 SPEAK on
Ample room VIII be provided by the
city OF Sioux Falls 70 comtortaolS en-
terrain 900 people or more.
Many <lalrymen who are making 1T
tie or II. money from their herds get
d.scouras ga when you tnik ABOUT I'M
provtme. L. because the goal 10 be oD-
taiBod 10 set SO FAR ahead oi mem.
Phenomenal COWS. that are 70 the u1lIN
lule rancr trotting horses 10 the horse
world are held up as examples OF
what pie lding dIrymen should strive
for.
course 81 his dairy brother possessing
a 700 or '00-pound butter animal has
herd of COWS I'm his own bsrnyard that
win not average probably over loo
pounds az butter each Per 'tnhum.
Here Is {! wide gap 20 be hridged, ana
a cannot be done with the miich ant
mails he then possesses. OF the rat.ons
he is then feeding. Phenomenal COWS
are practically out OF reach OF the aN-
erage a., iryman. and 10 make them
they must be bred and fed toward that
end for feVeral bovine generations.
What 3 more practical and easily
attainabis Is TO increase the butter
yield of COWS from l50 pounds 10 800
end even SEQ pounds per annum. set
M a goa like this Tor the discouraged
dairymau 20 aim at. and he has some
thing ac{ essible and In plain sight 10
work toward
Take f,r an example the present
mixed % ced now represented by the
Cnttle In his stable They probably
have the physical makeup to on an
average r.C'd a third or a half again
as much milk and butter as they are
now PROD uCing. II you believe them TO
be Girly coed COWS you should. as
preliminary step toward Improvement.
This me, MS that the feed question
should n CeiVe your first especial at
tentiCu. Gud should never be lost sight
OF while Fou are in the dairy business.
You knox a steam engine can run
fast or slow. recording 70 the quantity
Of fuel biting fed iCto the furnace.
In thia regard any COW, however
poor. Is a good deal like a steam en-
CINE, AID q liberal. well-apporti
dist viii cause her 20 hake steam
jm.iO q her fun physical capacity.
Having tested your cows IN this way
You can then easily separate the drones
from the workers, the goats" from
the sheep" II is a losing policy 10
feed poor milch COWS after YOU have
proven that they are poor Turn them
into beef then, and breed for or buy
better ones.
This is the second step toward i'm
proving poor ctiry. As I enioined at
the beginning. do not set your goSl
SO fer IN advance OF your CAPABILITIES
and posi- b.lities that YOU VIII make a
failure in striving Tor L. Oncs on the
right track. advance step by step un-