The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-07-03
AT WALNUT GROVE.
Big Crowd at the Dairy Meeting n
that Town Last Thursday.

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The dairy meeting at Walnut
/ Grove last Thursday was probably
4 the largest ATTENDED meet ting Of the
kind ever held ID this county It.
! was addressed by Gov Vansant.
Dairy Commissioner Nee Cornell,
Prof. Hacker. Sam Haugdahl IA.
I ID. Stewart and others
The. people Of Wa lnut Grove were
]. alive to the4importance OF the occa-
sion. Before the farmers COM
menced arriving the work of decora-
ton began, and everywhere could
be seen yellow bunting in honor Of
! the occasion In school house park
Ia big tent, capable Of holding a
1 thousand or more people, had been
1setup, and seats arranged under it.
! About nine o'clock the. Prairie Lawn.
band. composed of farmer boys from
/ differentt townships, made its APP
pearance, and by ten O clock, two
minutes before the arrival of the
Governor S party, everything was.
lin readiness for the. occasion.
The meeting was. arranged fol. by.
Representative Larson. He was
assisted by A. G. Gleason, N. P.
Laing, VIM. Cooler, Fred Damp,
.Chas. Herder and other citizens of
Walnut Grove. On that morning
Mr.. Larson left on an early train.
land met the party several miles
least. Arriving at Walnut Grove
the party was met by the committee
and an immense crowd of people.
The Governor and his dairy men
we're shown to carriages and a pro
cesslon formed, headed by platoon
lof three mounted police, the band
and then the carriages. The pro-
cession moved around the town. and
later the party was driven to the
hotel. Still later they we're driven
| to the tent, which was more than
filled with people. The band played
a special selection for the governor,
Mayor Scott made a speech of well
come, and then Representative Lar
son introduced Gov. VanSant.
The governor proposed three.
cheers for the band, which were
given with enthusiasm, after which
I he reviewed the agricultural growth
1of the State He recalled to the
minds of those present the immense
size of Minnesota, and then spoke.
/ of our resources for bread and but
ter, for iron, etc. He also stated
/ that Minnesota had the best people
of any State in the land, and it was
la high honor for any man to be at.
] the executive head Of such a people.
1 He advised the boy to stick to the
farm, and said that he believed the
(chld was now living that would
| live. to see Minnesota have 100000
! in it's midst.
At the conclusion of the Govern
or S remarks there was a selection
by the band and a recess until 1:15,
when Messrs. Mcconnell, Hacker.
4 Haugdahl and Stewart made adj.
dresses. At noon dinner was
served to the Governors party at
the hotel and TIE cousine aud SER
vice we're excellent. The tables
were appropriately decorated.
At /: 10 the meeting was resumed
at the grounds and Sam. Haugdahl,
the champion butter1naker of the
world, was introduced In his adj
dress Mr. Haugdahl gave. several
interesting and valuable pointers In
regard to the care of milk, and why
milk given the same care does not
test evenly in the different seasons
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.Iof the year. Many farmers regis
3 tered unjust kicks to their butter
makers because their milk does not
! test what they think it should, and
j he attributed this to the fact that
4 they do not know when the test
I should be high or low and what
Icauses the variation. He explained
]. that if a COW is over fed, that is,
given more than an ordinary amount
i of feed, the flow of milk wiIlincrease
but the test will 60 down. He also
stated that the best is lower in
4 April than in any other month. Mr..
4 Haugdahl gave a very interesting
land practical talk and we venture
II no occn rfic,, that that * 4 I,5ou1s mo Z,