The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-13
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FOR YESTERDAYS LATE PROCEEDINGS SEE
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There were two addresses of notable
value this morning at Masonic tenn
pie at the second days session OF the
annual meeting of the Minnesota
State Agricultural society. A. ]. Love
JOY Of Roscoe, Ill, gave information as
to Swine Husbandry." j. H. Brig
ham, assistant secretary of agricul-
ture, outlined the comprehensive Ia
bors Of his department.
1.-The hog" said Mr.. Lovejoy, rs the
most clearly of all animals, if not con-
Ha,sd too closely. Large herds or
swine should be divided so that not
more than few dozen animals are
kept together. Each SOW should have
a separate pen for herself and her
pigs The boar should not be per-
mitted to run with the herd. The
pens troughs, and all the surroundings
of the hog should not only be cleaned
frequently but disinfected. The
food for swine should he selected care
fully.
be careful to supply enough green
food in the winter time. Sorghum is
specially recommended as winter
food Always heat the hogs food in
cold weather, for the animals COM
fort and well-being. Get out of your
head the idea that anything is good
enough for "a pig; remember, rather,
that nothing is too good for a pig
'In breeding hogs avoid, above an
things, immature sows and boars. Get
good parents; pay a fair price-$35
to $5O-for high-grade boars. Keep
the same brood SoWS, the same bOars
year after year, as long as they live
in fact, provided your first expert
ments show that their progeny was
what you wanted. I've used both
sows and boars for breeding up to the
age of g years, and by thus avoiding
| imma ture breeders I have actually
doubled the average size of animals in
| my herd
U. S. Agricultural Department.
| Mr.. Brigham. an Ohioan, who
| styled himself "sure enough farm
err, said that it was not until 1889
that congress decided to do something
| for the agricultural interests. In that
year $1,000 was appropriated, and a
| clerk in the patent office was COM
missioned to spend it discreetly. In
| 1852 commissioner of agriculture
| was appointed. During many years
| thereafter the Grange labored for the
| elevation of agricultural interests in
| the government, and finally, sixteen
years ago, Governor Rusk was named
the first secretary of agriculture, with
a seat in the cabinet. The depart
ment has grown so rapidly under the
enlightened, practical supervision of
Secretary Wilson that it now employs
1000 persons an depends, 100000
| annually.
Mr.. Brigham told in detail the OBJ
jects and achievements Of the many
bureaus and divisions thru which the
4 agricultural. department assists Amer
/ lean farmers and the community in
i general q; The weather bureau, he
II said, has rec uced it's proportion OF
incorrect predictions to II 8per cent
the bureau of animal industry has ex-
i tirpated pleurO-pneumonla and the
: foot-and- mouth disease; has checked
) the Texas fever; has restored the
foreign pork market to American ex-
!. porters, and has SO improved the
methods of cattle transportation by
sea as to reduce the insurance rate
! from So to 81 a head. The bureau
Of entomology has made possible the
growth, in California, of the fines
figs known; has checked innumerablt
insect plaques, such as those of tn
. cotton boil weevil and the San JOS
scale. The bureau Of plant industr.
has introduced the navel orange, nov
producing crop worth millions; Iia
given new crops, such as the macarO
nj wheat, to- the arid regions of tn
west; has much improved the qualit,
of American rice, and has even cul
tivated tea successfully in South Caro-
lima The bureau of soils has ena
bled Connecticut farmers to grow un
der canvas tobacco equal to the bes
Sumatra.
!. Mr.. Brigham closed with plea 70
s good roads and the suggestion tina
+ the federal government should pa
8 one-quarter of the cost of such i'm
n provements.
: Afternoon Session.
:. This afternoon the society listene
to addresses by l.. H. Kerrick Q
, Bloomington, Ill, upon Cattle Feed
ing'' and by J. J. Hill of st. Paul upo
''The Farmer and the Railroad
Tonight, at Masonic Temple, tn
work Of the agricultural department Q
r the university will be presented b
students in a series Of stereoptico
views.
The annual meeting will adjour
| tomorrow afternoon. The 'sectio
devoted to the Farmers Club of Mir
4 nesota will meet at $3.50 a. m. at tn
chapel Of the state school Of agricu
ture,. st. Anthony Park.
'Ft45 ------'- $1,000 .Ss