The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15
NORWAY DAIRYMEN
LEAD NEW WORLDS
COMPARES CONDI-
TIONS IN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
State Dairymen's Association Reflects
President Trow and Secretary Nor
ley-Haecker, Mcconnell, Slater and
Shaw Among Today's Speakers.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Albert Lea, Mimi, Dec. l5.-The
closing day of the state dairymen s con
.vention opened with a good attendance.
fsThe Care of Cream5 was discussed
by w. H. Miller Of Freedom, and then
Sam Haughahl Of st. Peter told of his
observations in Norway, comparing
farming and dairying there with con
ditions here. Norway leads, he said, in
ing of COWS.
r. T. Noble Of Manchester read q;
paper upon "How l Feed My Cows -
and showed an average OF $50 pounds OF
butter cow year. This was fol-
lowed by a talk by Professor Hacker
Of the state farm, along the line OF
feeding.
The convention will close this after
noon with addresses by w. w. P. Nc
Cornell, Edwin Slater, Professor Thorn
as Shaw and others.
Great Interest in Silos.
The program yesterday afternoon was
opened by l.. A. Sweet Of Fairmont,
who read a paper upon "Silos and En-
that all could understand, and he had
a model silo on the table to explain
his arguments. A long discussion fol
lowed as to when to cut corn for the
silo, and there was a difference of opin-
ion as to whether to plant it wide apart
and permit ears to grow before cut
ting or to sow thick. A vote being
taken, the thin planters numbered eleven
and the others six.
Colonel r. A. Wilkinson of Crookston
was introduced and told of the mis-.
sionary work required in the northern
part of the state to induce farmers to
engaged in dairying and stock-raising
ing.
.. G. Gregg, superintendent Of the
farmers Institutes, then told I" A Farm
er's Experience in the Improvement
of His Stock, - and made it clear that
much could be done in a short time if
intelligent work was done-in reality
that a herd could be changed in the
short space Of four years. .~.
"The Special Purpose Dairy Cow
was the topic assigned to A. w. Mo
bray OF st. Charles. He maintained
that the special dairy cow is necessity
as compared with the all-purpose cow
"U Sam Shifting III l"o OF Mason City, Iowa
president Of the National Dairy union
the organization that fought the pres
ent oleo law thru, was introduced anC
loudly cheered. He gave an account
of the fight made at that time and ap
pealed for funds to fight the movement
w dluOAo IuC p1CSCuG lC1" oO tu1U C4S
tax on oleo is reduced to 4 cents {
pound.
Old Officers Reelected.
Most of the old officers We're reflect
ed, as follows: President, A. W. Trov
of Glenville; first vice president, Rob
ert Crickmore Of Owatonna; secon(
vice president, L. A. Sweet of Fair
mont; secretary, j.. R.. Morley Of Owa
tonna; treasurer, August Ahlswede O.
Jordan.
The women g auxiliary selected tn
following: President, Mrs. V. K. VIII
cox, Benson; first vice president, Mrs
M. L. Holmes, Owatonna; second vic
president, Mrs. J. H. McRostie, DIVA
tonna; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. {
III. Robbins of St. Charles.
In the evening there were addresse
by Frank Clague of Lamberton, Pre-
fessor w. M. Hayes of St. Anthem
Park and Mrs. Bertha Dahl Laws.