The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-15
mimi S0TA NEWS.
Climate and Crop Bulletin

| s ! Climate and Crop Bulletin
| The week.-mrs. cold and wet. The
minimum temperatures were below
the freezing point from the morning
of April 2Sth to the morning of Nav
lst In nearly all parts of the state,
and in some portions till the morning
of the 4th. On the 3Oth the minimum
temperatures. lin western and north
central counties were below 20 deg
rees, and in the same region the
highest temperatures of the 2Sth and
29th were below the freezing point.
There were general rains on the 2sth,
except in middle western and some
southern. portions, which turned to
snow late in the day, or on the goth,
with fall of snow which ranged
from trace to from to inches,
and which in some places was piled
into deep drifts. In the southwest
ern corner of the state severe sleet
storm on the 2Sth covered the
ground, trees, wires, etc., with a thick
coating of ice. The soil was frozen
on the coolest days to considerable
depth, and it remained frozen till
late in the day, or all day, so that
very little work in the soil could be
done. The heavy soils in southeast
ern counties are saturated with wa
ter; farther west a little blowing has
been done during the week for corn
and flax on high and light soils, but
in the whole state the amount of
work done this week is very little.
The early sown grains are coming
up slowly.
Cheese.
W. w. P. Mcconnell, state dairy and
food commissioner, is much pleased
at the way in which the cheese maxi
ing industry of the state picked up.
He says that throughout the state,
and particularly in the northern part
where creameries are scarce, more of
the farmers than ever are turning
their attention to cheese making, and
almost invariably they find it profit
able. At present two cheese factories
are being constructed in Dodge coun-
ty itnd one at Hugo, Anoka county.
recent test made by Prof. Har-
ry JSnyder, chemist at the state ex-
pertinent station, of samples of the
BEST quality of Minnesota, Wiscon-
sin and New York cheese, that could
be found on the market showed the
leafst moisture in the Minnesota
chd'ese, and that it was richer in fat
th3ln either of the other samples.
THE New York cheese was found to
CONTAIN little more than 1 per cent
9aore protein. The result of the test
Ahowed that, as whole, the Mime
sofia cheese was the best of the three
samples submitted. This, Mr.. McCon-
elell says, shows that the climate,
grass and general condition which
make Minnesota famous as a butter
producing state will also make the
IT Fate famous for it's cheese.
Not a Trust.
IA decision was filed in the district
'dburt at Fergus Falls in a case in
Yo1ving the rights of newspaper pub
4isherS under the antitrust laws. The
publishers of the county have for
some tears had an understanding
Whereby different papers bid in the
publication of such matters as the
financial statement and a delinquent
tax list Pt legal rates, and furnished
the othf papers with supplements,
the amo,nt received for the work be-
ing dividld by the publisher who bid
in the p,b lication.
Last fan an appeal was taken from
the allowtnce of the bills on the
ground that the arrangement was a
combine aAd conspiracy, and was
forbidden y the antitrust laws of
1899 a nd 19u. The case was argued
at the Necen{ term, and Judge Baxter
holds that there is no ground for the
appeal and o'ders judgment in favor
of the publishers.
He takes, THY ground that the anti
trust statutes 10 not apply in a case
Of this kind, and that the facts set
forth are not Sufficient to constitute a
conspiracy at common law. The case
will be of mucH interest to publishers
as the same ar angement is in vogue
in many other counties.
Collapsed.
Another of thy concrete bins of the
Peavey elevator system at Duluth
burst. With it Invent $4,000 bushels
of flax, and as t1is- rushed upon the
ground it poured under the railroad
trestle with such force as to raise
the tract three feft, crushed through
the side of train shed opposite ant:
poured grain forty feet into the
house. This is THU third accident of
the kind, and the fourth bin to give
way. Two of them collapsed about
three years ago, and another on April
Is, this year. The accident was not
unexpected, howeve}, for since the
bin burst three wee ks ago this one
has shown signs of Weakness. More
than half the grainl was removed