Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-11-08
TIE DAIRY MEETING
Valuable Talks Given.
Much Information Gained
by Those Who Attended

by Those Who Attended
The dairymens meeting, GOV ering
the territory of Morrison, Pentcn and
the eastern part of Stearns ana Grow
Wing counties, which was held Tues.
day st the court house in this city,
was not as we'll attended as expected,
but thcss not attending we're the
losers. as the meeting was very
interesting. and the speakers we're
authorities on the subjects which they
presented to thoss preee: It.
L. A Sweet. of Fairmont, president
of the state dairymen's s associa alton
callsd t1e meeting to order, and in
short talk stated the objsct of the
meeting.
E. G. Parke:, assis ant agricultnrist
at the agricultural farm, was intro
d1c:d and took as his subject tie
uso Of "Manures'' The speakers aid
that while there was much fertility In
both the liquid and solid manure, the
mans, or organic matter, which
decayed in the laod. helped to form a
very valuable condition toward plant
life Mr.. Parker said that malnres
should not be left to stand in pile, but
should Immediately be taken and
sire IN over the land, as the rains and
heat would rob the manure of much Of
its richness causing the nitrogen it
would pass of as vapor The manure
shoald be spread evenly and thlnly on
the pasture, meadow, or on dress land
which has been plowed for corn
Many good points We:5 bro 1ght out
in tho 6iaonosios, xnhi0h f011nw
Crop rotation was takea up by n r.
Parker at the afternoon session. He
gave an example of piece of land
having been sewed to wheat ten
straight years. and then crop rotated
for term of Eve years this includ.
ing the planting of clover one year,
small grain two years, corn one year,
and used one year for pasture. This
system gave q higher profit per acre
than the continuous wheat crop.
This is q matter. however. that the
farmer is more and more becoming
aware of. Not only would the lands
produce more by the change, but it
would produce q condition whereby
the land would become moro lasting
in producing qualities.
Cattle Improvement by Breeding
aRd Selection" was the subject taken
up by Mr.. Morely secretary of the
State Dalrymen' y ass citation. He
said that dairying was the most
profitable branch of live stock raising.
That the raising of the live STOCK
was necessary to n0mically dispose
Of the forage crops in the rotating
system, and which system with the
growing of crops, like cl .ver, was
necessary to maintain the richness Of
-. the sell. He stated that this part of
the state was especially adapted to the
raising OF stock ana for the dairylng
industry. as the soil is peculiarly
fitted to raise the clover and grasses
necessary for the profitable carrying on
OF this class of farming. That if
the farmer provides himself with the
right kind OF dairy cattle, give them
the right kind Of care and feed,
they must be sr ccessful.
Bat, the trouble with many farmers,
IS that they do not have the COWS
which will produce the best results
A god COW will produce more, with
tins same feed or less, than u p or
one. When it Is seen tnat COW is
not up to standard, she should he
disca sded, ard replaced with a better
one. If possibls the dairyman should
always bread his dairy cattle along
better lines by the selection of
through bred sires Where this is not
possible the best among ths native
stock should be CHOSEN as slres. The
offspring Will tend AS a general rufe
to inherit the qualities Of the better
stock.
Cow was dwelt on by l.. A. Sweet
He said that if the best Of result, was to
be obtailed that the cattle should pe
we'll housed, kept warm. clean AID
well fed. In the winter thev should
be kept in warm stables, that the
water given them should be warmed
to about sixty degrees. and they
shO lid be fed two.thirds the amo2nt
milk. Be stated that he fed his cows
meal. IS pounds of silage. and about
three pounds of clover hay. In sum.
mer they are fed pasture grass and q
light feed for bran; in the fall q
liberal feed of green corn is given.
when the pasture is dry, and some.
times pumpkins are fed. The COWS
should be kept warm and treated
kindly, and MIXED at regular
intervals night and morning, and by
the Same person if possible.
Mr.. Sweet stated that by these
methods, that besides supplying q
large family ard milk used for the
raising of the calves, that milk SOLD
at $1.26 per cwt. gave him gross
earning of $50. % per COW.
The meeting furnished much
information of value to those attend.
ing, and there Is no question but
when another is held here that it will
be largely attended,
FOUR GENERATIONS REPRE-
SENTED,
Mrs. Euphroisine Lescault Of