The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-05-30
ter. It was q record showing the
amonnt Of milk, the amount Of but

ter lat produced, the amount of
money received for the same, the
amodnt transferred to the sinking
fund, and the net check turned
over to the patron, together with
the number of tubs shipped to New
York, the date Of shipment, the
sales to patrons, the net receipts
and the expense account.
When this was explained 7. L.
Gilbert, who was presiding, said
that he did not believe that a cream
cry patron should pay as much for
butter as outsiders, and said that
the Logan creamery was selling
butter to its patrons, less the cost
of manufacture. Mr.. Gilbert went
bump on this, as Mr.. Dornberg
called attention to the fact that a
large consuming patron would have
an advantage over the smaller con-
sumer and that it would be very
easy matter for a patron to pur-
chase at less than cost of manufac-
ture and sell it outside at cent or
two above. the cost, and make mon
ey. He is robbing some other pa
tron, was Mr.. Dornberg's empha-
tic statement, "when he does this,
and if he makes his butter at home
he will rob himself, because he is
not getting all of the butter fat out
of his milk and is increasing the
home labor
This subject was pretty gener-
ally discussed and about everv per-
son present agreed that the Logan
creamery was not doing right.
In opening the meeting Mr.. Gill
bert thanked the people of Wabas-
so for the hall and for dinner. He
suggested that it would be wise
for all creamery butter manufac-
tured in the county to undergo a
close inspection and have uniform
style of package. He believes that
it would be easy to get carload
rates to the seaboard for all cream
cries in the county by shipping on
a certain day and in one car, and
that the vacant space in the car
could be- used for eggs, and the
farmers could realize two or three
cents more per dozen for them.
A. D. Stewart, on a general dis
course on farming, said that it was
necessary to keep the soil from ex-
haustion. He thought that every
farm of 16O acres should be fenced
in four sections of 40 acres. each,
and that crop rotation should fol-
low. which would insure continuous
fertilizing. He believed that 40
acres of tame grass would keep 100
COWS with their offspring for a
year. In addition to cattle he ad-
vised every farm of 100 acres to
have eight brood sows, raising IS
hogs each year. He would turn off
all surplus cattle at two years of
age, netting about $40 per head;
IS hogs each year should bring Sc
per head, thus getting about 1000
from crop rotation, aside from re-
ceipts from small grain and the
fertilization OF the soil. He believed
that this is a clover country and
when sown in spring with barley
and wheat it would do we'll.
Geo. Shelton of Charlestown stat
ed that he had sown clover for Is
years and found it very discourag-
ing until within the last few years,
whenhe put it into the ground deep,
with bran and wheat, and this year,
he said, he had as fine crop Of clover
as he had ever seen.
A. C. Miller gave some of G. D.
Gilfllan S experience on power, as
communicated by the latter to the
former. The wind mill was no
good for power to grind corn, cob
and all, owing to expense of break
age The horse power was also too
but a 20 horse power
gasoline engine was the most eco
power Mr. Gililllan had
Mr.. Miller believed
that tread power was the best
thing for small farmer, or have
the feed ground at a mill. Mr..
Stewart stated that he was having
good success with his geared wind
mill and Is bushel hopper.
James Arnold gave some expert
ence on sowing corn broadcast for
fodder, and John Longbottom said
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