Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-02

sion. It is to be regretted that 80 few
availed themselves of this opportunity
to learn without cost the valuable
lessons that these men have spent so
much time and money to learn by ex-
periments. In order to give our rea-
ders the opportunity Of pro6ting by
these lectures we shall give as full an
account of them as is possible to make
without the aid OF photographer.
Dairy Commissioner Mcconnell.
The first meeting was held at the
court house Thursday afternoon.
Commissioner W. w. P. Mcconnell
was the first speaker. He spoke as
follows:
minnesota now occupies avery CON-
handing position the world over for
the high standard of it's dairy pro-
ducts, and it is in this industry which
has brought the state to the front
rank in diversified farming.
The growth of the dairy industry
has been brought about very largely
by education and the interchangeable ef-
forts OF the dairymen of the state.
We owe a debt of gratitude to that
peerless and 'tireless worker in our
behalf, Prof. T. L. Hacker. The in
ceptiOn and success of Minnesota's ed
ucational butter contest is also due to
Prof. Hacker. He has done more
than any other man to develop the
greatest and almost preferable in
dustry in the Northwest, an industry
that has undoubtedly lifted more
from the hush andmen of
Minnesota than any other.
Modern dairying has not only
proved itself a mortgage litter but
has filed our schools and colleges
with our farmers sons and daughters.
The most prosperous merchants are
found in locations where the cream
cry exists. The monthly receipts
from the creamery enables the dairy
man to pay cash as he goes for his
supplies thereby securing the lowest
prices. Last but not least, it makes
him an honest man. Where he has
been robbing mother earth he is now
returning an equivalent for what she
has so bountifully lavished upon him.
These things should be great incen-
tive for every dairyman to~double his
efforts for the highest possible attain
ment in their worthy calling. It is
hard for ful]grown man to realize
and comprehend that he must learn
modern dairying as a child learns
his a. DC. That reading, observa-
ton and experience are necessary.
He must read and study If he expects
to keep up with the procession.
Dairying requires painstaking, con-
siderate man. 1t is full of peculiar
interest and increasing Importance.
Much depends upon this greatest in
dustry in developing this great north
west. Nature has done everything
that hearts could desire. Your
grasses and climate are all the best.
Facts have proven that our long whit
ers are the most profitable time for
carrying on this industry. No one
will gainsay that Intelligent dairying
has been profitable. But, gentlemen.
we are told that we can't stand still,
that we must go forward or backward.
Fellow dairymen we must not be salts
fed with our past achievements
Other countries have natural advan-
tages and are putting forth desperate
efforts to produce the best possible
product at the lowest price. The
western country with her cheap lands
offers special inducements to this i'm
portant industry. My~subject, that If
caring for milk, until it reaches the
weigh-can, might seem to many to
be of little Importance. But the ounce
of prevention in the dairy business is
worth not only one but many pounds
of cure. A mistake in ones life effects
the character, from which it can never
wholly recover. We may generously
forgive, but the stain or odor follows
the individual through life. And so
with milk that is drawn from the COW
in all it's purity may be so contamin-
ated by odors generated by filthy
barns, unclean milk utensils, the too
common practice of milking with wet
hands, and host of other practices
that are found to be disastrous to the
finished product when placed upon
the market, resulting in a financial
loss. If this fell upon the Individual
who made the mistake it. would not
seem 80 hard. But this is not go.
Each and every patron must bear his
share of the loss. Would you call
this q neighborly act? Is it just? Is
it doing as you would wish to be done
by? Is it calculated to build up the
product of your creamery, which
means additional dollars and cents in
the pockets ofeach patron? The repu-
tation Of your creamery is like that
of q community. 1t is just what the
individuals make it. Is it not true
that the presence Of even q few dis
reputable characters in any commun-
ity detracts to q greater or less de-
gree from the good reputation of the
whole. SO with one Patrons contain
mated milk. It acts as q ferment up
on the whole product. We hesitate to
believe for q moment that any one in