The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-02
A GREAT DAIRY STATE
THREE MILLION ACRES STATE
LANDS FOR SALE. !.
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Great Opportunities in MINES ota for
agriculture, horticulture, Stock
Raiang, Dairying, and
Manufacturing.

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Manufacturing.
State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn.-Ths
dairy industry of Minnesota he's jex-
perlenced most rapid development
IN the past decade. The agricultural
sections of the state, which were for.
merry grain producing almost ex-
cluslvely, have become great dairy
ing districts peopled by farmers de-
voted to the pursuit of diversified
farming and stock raising. Mime
sofa mas demonstrated to the world
tnat IN dairy products she takes her
stand IN the foremost rank among
the great dairying districts of the
world, and she may feel justly proud
OF the success which has been OBJ
tanned. There are undoubtedly as
large a number of cows furnishing
milk for private dairies in the state
us are contributing to our creameries
| and cheese factories, and as this fact
| must be borne in mind in studying
| the following statistics in order to
fully appreciate the magnitude of the
| industry. A total of 449,74O cows con-
| tributed to our creameries and cheese
factories in 1903, total of 1892
94S,495 pounds of milk, from which
were manufactured 72,266,34S pounds
of butter and 3,99s,646 pounds of
cheese. A total of $14,385, 090.54 was
paid farmers of the state for the milk
furnished these factories. There are
no creameries and 80 cheese fac
tories. Of these the farmers of the
state own and control COG and 254
are owned by individual parties.
! While the volume of the dairy bust
ness in Minnesota is sufficient to at
tract the attention of her sister
dairying states, her reputation az
the leading butter state of the Union
has been accomplished through the
! superior quality of her creamery but
ter. She began her series of sue
cesses in 1884 when she won grand
| sweep stakes at the New Orleans
| Cotton Exposition. Again in. 1893
she won first premium at the Worlds
Fair in Chicago, and in 1896 gold and
| silver medals at the Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, National Creamery Butter
Makers Contest. In 1897 the victory
! of 1896 was repeated at the Ovation
ma, Minnesota, meeting of the Ma
tional Creamery Butter Makers AS
| ISOLATION, a gold medal and silver cup
being the trophies.
| In 1898 the National prize again
| went to Minnesota at the Topeka
Kansas, meeting. In this same year
four first premiums were won at
the Omaha Exposition. In 1899 the
/! first prize was again won at the Ma
tional Creamery Butter Makers Con-
| test at Sioux Falls, S. D. Again in
! 1900 Minnesota won first place at the
national contest at Lincoln, Nebraska.
At the Pan American Exposition,
Buffalo, 1901, Minnesota took second
place in the sweep stakes. At the
National Creamery Butter Makers
! Convention held in St. Paul in 1901
and in Milwaukee, 1902, where there
were larger entries than ever before,
Minnesota products easily held their
high position, carrying off the larg-
est number of prizes, she having
taken the grand sweep stakes prize
| 1900, where her products came in
Her latest triumph was at the St.
where her dairy and creamery ex-
| ly all the principal prizes and medals.
I
served more than to satisfy the pride
of those interested in the upbuilding
! of the dairy interests of the state
! it has resulted in creating an active
demand for Minnesota butter in the
markets of the world and the peo-
pie who have been producing this
| golden product which has made the
state so famous, have profted ac-
cord1ngly. Minnesota is today re-
ceiving a higher premium for her
! creamery butter in the eastern mar
kets than any other state in the
Union, and this of course means
more money in the pockets of the
producer. The additional price re-
ceived for Minnesota butter over that
sold in any other state, is substan-
tial benefit for the patron who pro-
duces milk for a creamery in Min
nesota,
| In spite of the wonderful growth
which has been accomplished by our
dairy interests, the prospects for the
future are indicative of greater prog
ress. Minnesota is an ideal dairy
state, peculiarly adapted to diversi-
fed farming and stock raising. Dairy
ing thus far has been more confined
to the thickly settled prairie regions
of the state, where the general adop-
ton of the industry has been brought
about\ through necessity, excessive
grain raising having depleted the
fertility of the soil. During the past
five years the business has been de-
veloping most rapidly in the Red
River Valley, and this section is des-
tined to become a great dairying dis
trict. In northeastern Minnesota
conditions are perhaps more favor
able for dairying than any other
branch of farming. In fact, the
country is especially adapted for
dairy farming, both from the stand
point Of a market for dairy products
| and from the natural conditions of
the country.
| Minnesota's natural advantages
should appeal to those coming from
! other sections and who are in search
! of cheap farm homes. where they can
engage in the business of dairying.
The vast empire comprised by the
/ northwest and northeast sections of