The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-01-25
FARMERS
INSTITUTE.
An Interesting and Instructive Pro.
gram, Which is Sure to Result
Profitable to the Community.

The President is an excellent speaker
and possessed of superior oratorical
ability. He held the attention of full
house for two hours and endeavored 10
prove that the man who turns rudeinR-
ture into usefulness stands equal with tie
professional person. He claimed the
great flow of humanity toward the city
should be checked. Instead of the ma
jority being successful they were en-
shared by the many vices and tempta-
tons and ruined. The President strongly
advocated the placing Of the youths il
places where they would do most good,
and the sooner they were trained to be-
lieve that farmers life is not all drudgs
cry, the better it would be for the well
fare OF everyone.
The latter part of the lecture concerned
the progress in maturing different grains
and vegetables. He spoke of wheat
once having only two kernels and BY
cultivation and good care the number
was gradually increased. Also the
apple once being as small as crab
apple and having bitter covering
around the core for protection. Man be-
gan to cultivate it and now it is possible
to raise thousand different kinds Of
apples to suit thousand different
palates. He used many other examples
and proved that vegetable matter viii
conform to mans wishes when fostered
end imposed upon. All vegetables and
grains, he claimed, were in their prima-
tive form, protected and therefore un-
abundant, but almost humanely, when
they found themselves projected by man,
abundance ensued and many of these
became a staple food for a whole racesoi
people; as the potato. IN;
The Short Orchestra was present and
a quartette composed of Messrs. Short,
McQuin, Morrison, King and duet by
Mrs. Feidman and Jas. Wardwell com-
|pleted the evenings program. +,
On Saturday morning the session
opened at ten O'Clock with something
over eighty in attendance at the forenoon
session and overa a hundred in the after
noon. Prof. Kaufman gave talk in the
forenoon on dairying and feeding dairy
cows. He told us that there is about
5000, 900 pounds of butter made on the
farms of this state each year and about
6OO, 900 pounds in creameries and with
this production we have to ship in butter
for our consumption. He stated that
there were thousands of pounds of butter
made by farmers in the state that was
seat out of the state and renovated and
then returned to be bought by us at a
very great advance in price, and to
remedy this should not make butter that
had to be renovated to make it usable.
He said that COW need not be blood
ed COW to be profitable COW but that
she should make pound of butter day
to be profitable one. In regard to
feeding dairy cows he recommended
bran as one Of the best articles of food to
be combined with the roughage the
ordinary farmer has. It was not only
better than oats or barley but very much
cheaper than either considering the bene-
fit derived, and finally to make money in
dairy business in this country we should
arrange to have our cows milk in the
winter.
Judge ]. D. Wallace gave dissertation
on beef cattle and the results Of his sell.
ing in the city markets. His statement
that red and black brings higher prices
than other colors, especially roam,
created quite a discussion.
HON. J. D. FWALLAcE's PAPER.
The subject to be presented to-day IS
one Of vital importance to the farmers ot
this county. The incentives operating in
the past have been to raise wheat which
has almost unco consciously become 4
habit with many, and the sooner We get
out Of this habit the better. FIVE are to-
change our habit Of raising wheat and
wheat only, what must the change in
'cludea We answer, raising more cattle
and other live stock; and \ we raise
cattle the question arises, what IS the
best kind or breed Of cattle to select as
being the most profitablel AZ the dist
ance we are from any well established
market, We have to admit that M must
use good judgment s. o quality, and
:alsoithe age best suited to our ability tol
produce and sell lat y profit. 81
On the great plains 81 theS west they doI
NOT tempt g sell their cattle until three