The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-17
SAYS 1T WILL DO GOOD.
Supt. Gregg Is Pleased With Result
of Meeting.

Supt. Gregg Is Pleased With Result
of Meeting.
Supt Gregg, of the Minnesota Farm
ers institute, was an interested attend
ant upon the annual meeting Of the
State Agricultural society, which has
thought Of the meeting, he said: 1T was
a very successful one. The Agricultural
society has done a very commendable
thing in getting prominent men from
ings and to speak before the delegations
of farmers who assemble here annually
to attend to the yearly business Of the
State Agricultural society. By this means
we are getting some of the best thought
from the best. practical men, both from
the field and educators.
When asked concerning the part he
had taken in the meeting, he said II
have been for many years making a
special study of those things which must
be observed in order to improve the
stock interests of our state. There was
a substantial agreement upon this mat
ter at the annual meeting just closed,
but there were some differences that
could not be made plain by anyone IN
less the writer was acquainted with this
subject of cattle Improvement. In sub
stance, there is an agreement upon sew
eral propositions. First, we all agree
that in order to improve our stock we
must use the. best of full blood sires.
There is a substantial agreement in the
statement that the full blood breeder is
the man that is to furnish either a beef
type for the farmer who is breeding
feeders, or the dairy type sire for the
man who is engaged in dairying. We all
agree that the dairy conformation is
distinct and opposite from the conforTna.
ton of the beef cattle. We all know
that we must select the best of these
types from the breeding of full olo0ds
if we hope to get the best results Nl cur
grade heifers and steers. Every year We
are learning to make a great distinction
between the quality of full blood stock
and full blood stock which has not the
certificate of registry. Such a certificate
is only evidence that the animal has
been bred within the lines nf the breed
to which it belongs, but the animal it.
Men, however, differ on this PROPOSE
ton. There are those who think that we
can successfully breed the beef steer
and dairy heifer from one and the same
this proposition. We believe, however,
that the farmer can produce a grade
which will meet the demands which we
recognize for an animal that will pro-
duce milk. and at the same time give
him as offspring a very good and satis-
factory feeder. This is the work of the
farmer himself During the past year
we have obtained some very excellent
evidence that this statement IS a cor
rect one. We need good cows in order to
maintain the creamery interests of our
state which are so important in the
maintenance of that diversified agricul-
| ture that everybody knows is so essen
tial to our success. When these COWS
| are bred to dairy sires the offspring are
very inferior as feeders. When, how
ever these same good dairy cows are
bred to full blood, high type, strongly
bred beef Sires, then the farmer has his
milk from the cows which he has, either
! by dairy breeding or selection, and he
| will get his beef.