Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-02-01
WARREN IS GOOD
Market FOR CREAM
The Buying and Shipping Of
Cream from this City Is Be.
coming a Big Trade.

lars worth of cream shipped from
Warren. That represents the money
paid to farmers for cream. Probably
fifteen thousand dollars worth of
butter was sold, during the same
space of time, in the city. That
makes the respectable total Of thirty
seven thousand dollars.
This record Is peculiarly gratifying
both to the city and to the farmers
who have received the money for
these products. Heretofore the but
ter market has been unsatisfactory
to both producer and consumer. The
larger proportion Of poorly made but
ter spoiled the market for the good
butter, too. The merchant lost
money on the poor butter and the
farmer who had good butter to sell
lost money, because the merchant
could not discriminate without
offending good customers.
All this has been changed by the
establishment of a market for cream.
The joint market for cream and
butter and eggs has enabled the mer-
chants to handle these products at
about the same expense that each
had individually before, and bad but
ter has been rated at it's proper figure
without injuring any feelings or
driving away any customers.
The farmers take kindly to the new
order of things and are increasing
the number of their COWS annually,
as they see the profits from that
kind of farming. The results are
hardly to be appreciated. First, is
the money the producers make, and
next, the increased business and
profits to the merchants; and in this
Warren gets the lead for this market
is 50 far ahead of surrounding points
that much trade is drawn to this city
by means of it.
The keeping of more cattle cannot
be said to increase the farmers pro-
fits in the sale of beef as yet, as the
market for beef cattle has been very
poor, but Indirectly it is a benefit to
the farm, and the effect it has upon
land seekers coming from older re-
gions where stock has already taken
the place of greatest Importance. A
farm with fine herd of COWS on it
will bring more per acre itself and
also helps sell surrounding land.
Smaller farms, more stock and
more people builds up the country ex-
ceedingly fast and the cities and vii
ages will become more prosperous
and substantial.
Much preaching has been done for
the farmer but the markets show
that the farmers of this region are
not slow to take advantage of oppor-
tunities as soon as they are offered.
Conditions are changing very much
in this locality and it appears that
Warren merchants and the farmers
in Warren's territory are keeping
step with the music. Letters from
other points are received very often
asking about the dairy markets here
and how it was established and how
conducted. - Warren is known as a
leader everywhere in this respect.
Thief River Falls is talking of orga-
nizing company of state militia.
The Northern Minnesota Editorial
Association meets there next spring.
The thirty and odd members. of
the X. P. order at Thief River Falls
are considering a reorganization of a
lodge at that place. A membership
of that size ought to make a lodge
a hummer.
According to the Sunbeam, the SET
tiers living up near Highlanding are
going to build steamboat to run on
the Red Lake river from that place
to Thief River Falls. The shares of
stock are $40 each and already some
$4OO has been subscribed r. f.
News.
Readers ofthe Sheaf will remember
John Bye, of Grygla, who was so
severely burned while attempting to
save his daughter from prairie fire
late last fall. She had almost reached
home. on her way from school when
a sharp turn of the wind brought the
flames down on her. Her father ran
RI meet, her. h1t, could not, save her.
She died from her burns while he had
to be taken to the hospital at Thief
River Falls. Last weeks papers
bring the information that he is now
entirely we'll
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