The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-10
WILLING TO LEARN
o. c. GREGG REPORTS THAT FARM
Frs INSTITUTES ARE BE-
ING ATTENDED
GOOD MEETING At LITCHFIELD
Several Excellent Platform Speakers
Have Been Secured, Among
Them DR.. c. ID. Smead,
of New York.

Supt. 0. C. Gregg arrived in the city
yesterday morning from the Litchfield
farmers institute. Discussing the work
under his direction, he said: I'VE had a
great meeting at 1itchfeld 1t was the
first one held after the holidays by what
we now call the main institute force. We
regarded it as a trial institute, and feel
very well satisfied with the result We
knew that Litchfeld has always been a
good institute town. 1t was the home of
one OF the old institute founders, DR..
William Dickson, who died in Washing
ton, after he left Minnesota, in the serv-
ice of the government, as one of the most
efficient officers in the bureau of animal
Industry. The Institutes have always
been well attended at this town, but the
one just held is regarded by us as a rec
ord-breaker.
We have initiated an exchange of in
stitute platform speakers with several
other states and the movement is a de-
| clded success. Mrs. Ida E. Tilson, Dr. j.
Z. Curryer and myself have each been to
other states, and will probably go again
before this season shall be over, in order
to retain still some of those valuable men
that we have been able to secure by this
system Of exchange
II am much gratiied to be able to
place upon the platform for this winter
DIR. G. d. Smead, of New York, who is
known to be one of the best authorities
on the rearing and feeding of .1orses. He
has been making a careful stddy of the
great central horse markets, such as Chi
cago and New York. AS all expert horse
man with wide experience he confidently
predicts that very soon we shall be con-
| fronted with a horse famine The situa-
ton today is. dangerously near that point
Ills talks this winter will be to call the
attention of the farmers Of our state to
ms TACT, and at the same time give clear
| ana concise instructions relative to the
| quality of horses which must be bred III
| ORDER to meet the demands of the mar
! ket, which will soon be more pronounced
/ IN It's demands than it has been for many
years before. DR.. Smead has very
Iorceful, as Well as a very pleasant, way
| OF lmpreSSlng his audience as he speaks
L heard very complimentary words con-
! tute.
McKeen, of Maine, Will Come.
"Supt. B. w. McKeen. of Maine, who
Tor many years has had charge of the
| institute work in his native state, forms
one OF TINS force, and makes a decidedly
! useful member in this new force which
now starts out upon the winter circuit
/ he IS q dairyman with large experience
| tie VIII be particularly valuable in call
| ing the attention of the land owners and
|
! OF preserving and adding to the fertility
! OF their soils at the present time before
they suffer depletion by that cropping
! system which has nearly DESTROYED So
many farms in the Eastern states He
! also will speak with large experience con-
! corning ensilage as cheap winter feaQ
| for the dairy stock.
| LAS was provided by the legislature at
! It's last session, we are also conducting a
| second institute circuit which we cali a
gary gary circuit. A. w; Trow, of Glenville,
MINI one OF the Oldest creamery man
ayers IN our state, has this in charge
| lie is assisted by Mr.. Cal Husselman, of
! Indiana veteran dairyman of that state
| Who IS regarded as one of the strongest
| PLATFORM speakers ever in their EMPLOY
| We have just received word from this
second force, and learn with much pleas
ure that the attendance at the meetin gs
| Which have closed a both Frost and Am
! boy, has been so large as to crowd the
| nails provided to their utmost capacity
! me aim OF the second corps will be
! 70 hold meetings in dairy centers, where
/ there is creamery. The dairy and food
! commission will, as far as it's other du-
ties will permit, provide one of its ex-
| pert members to assist the buttermaIlerS
IN the creamery, and the institute force
| Will give particular attention to that line
| or instruction which will be helpful to
| the managers of the creamerieS and to
| the patrons Of the same. 1t is one of the
| most encouraging features of this work
| that we receive letters from buttermak-
ers. managers and the leading patrons of
| creameries expressing the greatest of sat
lsfaction at the provision which has been
made for work Of this kind
The Institutes for the immediate future
/ are: Main institute force: Benson.
i Swift county, Jan IA and Is; Morris,
stevens county Jan. II and IS; Monte
| video Chippewa county, Jan Il and %:
| Bird Island, Renville county, Jan. a and
! .; Mendoza, Ramsey county, Jan. Is and
q; Faribault Rice county, Jan. 80 and
Dairy circuit: Hartland. Freeborn conn
ty, Jan: IA; Otisco, Waseco county Jan.
70; Meriden Steele county, Jan. 16; Nor
r1stoWn, Rice county, Jan II; Jordan,
! Scott county, Jan. IS; Lafayette, NicolIet
county, Jan. q; Hanska, Brown county.
Jan. p: Triumph, Martin county, Jan. 20:
Dunnel1, Martin county, Jan "a; Truman,
Martin county, Jan. %; Comfrey, Brown
4 county Jan. 30; Sanborn. Redwood conn
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