The Minneapolis journal., 1902-11-24
DAIRY SCHOOL OPEN
Special Course. for Butter Makers
Begins at State School Of
Agriculture.
Sam Haugdahl, the Gold Medaller
Is Engaged as One of the
. Instructors. T..

! The dairy school at the state expert
| ment station and agricultural college, ST.
Anthony Park, opened this morning.
Nearly fifty students had registered up to
| noon. The total attendance will probably
be from 100 to 1885,
The dairy school formerly opened after
the holidays, butt now starts earlier -
| order to finish the four weeks Of it's ses-
sions before the opening Of the farmers
short course, az new department. in
which lectures will begin soon after New
Year. -. -. -, ~ .sss.sE=s III &ts -
Professor, T. l., Hacker will again su-
pervise the work of the dairy school. His
| assistants viii be Henry Snyder, W. M.
Hays, M. H. Reynolds, y. A. Wye, c. r.
Aldrich, J. M. Drew, BID. White, A. W.
Park1n, William Boss, H T.. gSonderga ard.
Samuel Haugdahl. e. r. Slater. George
Grout, DR.. H. u. Russell and Miss Julia
Brude. Miss Brude and @Messrs. Haug-
dahl Slater, Grout and Russell are new
instructors. I-Sl> ss
Mr. Haugdahl, who won the grand prize
for butter f1avors at the Paris exposition,
VIII nave charge Of a new section that of
cream r1pening and flavoring" The Sec
t1on was organized to make impossible
hereafter a criticism sometimes heard
that other dairy schools have somewhat
eSceIeu the north star state institution in
the matter OF cream 5aavor.s@
DR.. Russell is already known as one of
the best bacteriologists In the country,
he comes from the University of wis
cons1n. Miss Brude will succeed Jacob
Lennherr In Sweet 3eurd cheese work -
Mr.. Grout will take the place in the
laboratory vacated by r. w. Major, now
paoiessor l'a.et OF daary husbandry at the Uni
Practical! Work; Accomplished.
During the eleven years OF its existence
the dairy school has done much for Min
nesota SO highly is the school esteemed
that the rules which it has prescribed for
manufacturing dairy products are followed
oy all the 750 creameries throughout the
state. " -. -
Illustration of the effective methods
pursued at the school is found in the fact
that the common COWS Of the school herd
produce on an average 290 pounds of but
ter annually. Yet such COWS outside the
school seldom produce more than 1876
pounds of butter year. If this rate Of
increase, equivalent to SIG head every
twelve months. could be secured by farm
ers throughout the United States, the
wealth Of the cuntry would be augmented
In one year by more than quarter of a
billion dollars. Minnesota alone might
thus gain $11,0O0,00O
The influence Of the school is no doubt
to be seen in the augmented volume of
Minnesota's dairy products. The annual
creased, during the schools existence,
from 50, 600, 600 to s12, 900. .Ooo
. a., The Farmers Short Course.
But however important, the dairy school
is only one department Of the big agri-
cultural college at st. Anthony Park
The farmers school, already referred
to. lis another department that promised
rich results when the first classes were
organized last winter.
This farmers short course is ode
signed to meet the needs of men of ma
ture age who are busy on their farms
the greater portion Of the year." and can
not. therefore: become regular students.
During eight Teek~s1ofc the, winter--the
farmers dull lfseasop-Inature pupils will
have an Opportunity to acquire a vast
amount Of valuable information at the
experiment station. Instruction will be
given In. agriculture. dairy husbandry,
agricultural chemistry, farm mechanics,
dressing and curing meats. farm horticul-
ture, veterinary science, farm accounts,
fungus diseases Of plants, economic en-
tomo1ogy and the care Of poultry i.
The course will begin Jan. and will
close Feb. %. '.-I
Last year SO farmers were in attend
ance. This year from Is to 100 farmers
are expected. 49,
The fee for the entire course will be
only SO.
The other departments of the aericul-
tural college have been in operation since