The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-11

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Childs, Crookston.
AT the afternoon session~-laald-unde the
auspices of the Minnesota Live Stock
Breeders association, O. e. Bradfute, Of
Cedarville, Ohio, spoke of Live Stock
| Improvement" - = -
Even the Red river valley, Mr. Brad
fute said, would yet devote itself to stock
raising on a large scale. ss@r
To improve live stock definite. aim
was necessary and also concentration or
specializing. In this respect much good
was accomplished by the agricultural co1-
leges and the state apd-ceunty fairs.
Minnesota, Mr.. Bradfute asserted,
has the best fair on earths- muoh better
| than those of Illinois, Iowa or Ohio, as
excellent as those fairs are. ~-r-z
Everyone he added, cannot breed
pure blood stock, but everyone can use
pure blood sire, and this, influence will
amount to more than half the herd..'
Hear Prof. Thomas Shaw s-ssz
An informal talk was made by Prof.
Thomas Shaw, of the state agricultural
school, who said in part:
I'VE cannot -overeStimate the value of
the live stock industry ste the state. The
value of farm S return per acre pears
direct relation to the livesst took cyl turesn
quantity 1T Of Mnnssota live stoek Is
This state, 1 believe, will soon be the
best pork producer in the country and
Will SuTpdSS even the corn Dell
Prof. Shaw suggested that farmers
should consider the fact that 95 per cent
of the oil cake from Minnesota fax is
shipped away, instead of being kept here
for the benefit of Minnesota stock.
The professor declared his belief that
the live stock interests of the state would
eventually exceed in value the agricul-
terests.
Telling of 1.-THE Dairy Cow That Pays
A. J. Glover, of Fort Atkinson, Wis.,, in
sisted that farmers lack clear conceptions
of what they want in the form of stock.
Otherwise they would raise better cattle.
1t was necessary not only to get we'll
bred cattle but to care for them and to
breed them intelligently.
- I'm pursuance of this definite aim for a
definite type" Mr.. Glover said, the stock
breeder cannot successfully raise several
breeds of cattle along the same lines;
each must have its individual treatment.
These were truths announced with en-
phasis at all experiment stations, but the
reports of such stations are not generally
read by stock breeders
Mr. Glover read, in detail the records OF
a herd which had been nssystematicallysi Jim
proved during three years by more scien-
tific care and feeding, and by the re6ec-
tion, from time to time, of animals proved
inferior. The result was that, on an-ay-
erage, each COW gave 2.7a9 more pounds OF
milk during the third year than had been
given by each cow of the herlsin the first
year.
The Evening Session
The evening session was4hnaeF-the aus
pices of the Minnesota Field Crop Breed
ers, association
In a discussion following a paper read
by Hon. John III. sheppeTd. Of Fargo,
upon Improving Field Crops.,,,,. M, Shep-
perd reiterated the statement published
recently in T h G. G 0 b se that seed a
rusted wheat plant may be planted with
utsthe least danger of conveying I1fst to
the crop raised from that seed He. said:
There is. no more dangsf OF yp5foducing
rust by planting rust ted era if the
grain hadn't been rusted. The kernels
chosen as seeds, howeveT, allla be- the
well developed ones. They will constitute
about one-fifth to one-half of the kernels
from the rusted plants.
This seed, carefully selected, will pro-
duce good. grain, sand tits IpRch safer. t22
use it than TO take chances on seed from
outside
Mr.. Shepperd maintained that, in rota-
tion of crops and in the selection of
seed, the important thing was to consider
the special needs of each locality. No
system of rotation, no, variety, of seed
| was equally good for all farms in the
same section. e ss nstsi siit c.7oisn..
Fred Meier, of Sleepy Eye, whose sub
sject was 1.-THE Selection of Seed Corn, -.
described practical methods for choosing
the best seed. Generally the largest,
plumpest grains would prove superior
seed. e,..s-ss.ssaes.-s
The advantages enjoyed by the farmers
liof the Northwest in the oppoft tufiity 'bf =
fered by the seed trade for SECURING the.
very best varieties of grain and grass
were described by ]. E. Northrup. a MINI
! neapolis seed dealer.
"There is corn raised in Minnesota that
produces 100 bushels to the acre was
the comforting assurance given by Coates
p. Bull, of the state school of aggicul-
ture. He outlined the difficulties of rais-
ing corn in this state, where theseason
ranges from 120 to 125 days. He said that
many practical benefits had followed the
cooperative efforts of the Minnesota
| Grain Breeders association.
Three sessions of the agricultural So
ciety will be held at the old capitol to-.
day, and the annual meeting will finally
| adjourn at noon tomorrow.