The Bemidji pioneer., 1903-03-19

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their value for milk or meat pro-
ductions. To make such expert
ments conclusive and of practi-
cal value the details must be
worked out with care and exact
ness. Some of these experiments
require not only months but
years in which to secure results.
1t has been found that the exper-
iment station can do this much
more satisfactory for all the peo-
pie, than for each individual to
attempt to solve the problem for
himself upon his own farm.
The details, results and conclu-
sions of such experiments are
given free to the farmers of the
state through the bulletins and
reports issued by the state from
time to time. Every farmer
ought to receive these bulletins
and utilize the information they
contain as far as practical and
applicable to his conditions. I'D
In the absence of Mr.. White
who was to have talked on dairy
ing, Prof. Hovestad called on Mr..
G. l.. Smith, dairy expert and pi
oneer lecturer, who spoke for q
short time on responsibilities of
improvement in dairying, and H.
Illustrating his arguments by|
facts regarding what had BEEN
done in Minnesota. !
One instance he mentioned as
an evidence of what can be done
by way of improvement: I know
a womanin Minnesota, whotwelve|
years ago was keeping one COW;
Just a good common COW giving
a fair amount of milk. No exact
record was kept; but a reasona-
BILE estimate placed her annual
yield of milk as worth $40, con-
siderable above the average. The
|cost,of feed and pasture was ap--
|proximately 1926. This woman
became interested in the work Of
the Dairymen's association and
the farmers institute. She made
some butter with a little extra
care and won the premium at the
county fair. Then she bought
another COW. :- 4
She began studying dairy lit
erature, attended Institutes and
conventions, made exhibits at the
state fair and won premiums.
Their farm was only small tract
of 38 acres Of rather poor land,
which however was made fertile
nd gradually brought under
high state of cultivation, the num-
Der of COWS increased to- ten.
Each COW was tested and if she
fell below the standard, she soon
went to the butcher. The COW
was bred to some good dairy bull
and some good heifers were
raised.
She studied the growing of for
age crops and the combination
of feeds. The annual cost of food
was kept at or below $50. Three
years ago she reported the gross
receipts of her dairy at S65 per
COW. At the annual Dairymen's
association in st. Paul last De-
cember she reported her pro-
gress; with gross receipts for the
year of $50 per COW, and I have
no doubt she will keep on i'm
proving her cows, methods of
care and feeding until she reaches
an annual income of 500 per COW.
DR.. J. g. Curryer, the horse
man of the institute course, then
closed the morning session with
a very interesting talk on the Sc
lection and care of horses. His
talks were well illustrated with |
charts and drawings. The diff
erent types of horses being shown
by pictures from actual photo
graphs.
Some of the horseman present
said they would not have missed
this lecture for a ten dollar bill.
The institute annual which was
distributed free is q valuable col
lection of useful information up
on a great variety of farm topics.
At the aft ernoon session G. l.
Smith gave an address on Build
ing Up a Dairy Herd" It was a
complete, clear and yet concise
statement of how to secure a
dairy of profitable cows. AS this
is one of Mr.. Smiths regular IN
stitute talks he has promised to
furnish The PIONEER with the