The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-25
URGES STICK BY THE COW
= Chicago Authority Urges the Far.
mers to Stand by the Cow
and the Creamery.

and the Creamery.
Among the interesting speakers at
the convention Of the Euttermakers
Wednesday afternoon vas S. B.
Shilling, Of Chicago. In discussing
the dairy business he said be regret
ted that there we're not more farmers
present to hear something thai
would be OF benent to them in the
future He said he wanted to Inn
press on them the absolute necessity
OF Keeping up the dairy industry on
the farm, and he felt that he had
but to revert to periods Of depression
which existed a few years ago, when
the good old COW came to the rescue
OF the farmer and carried him over
that time. paid the mortgage on the
farm and put him on his feet when
the era Of good times dawned. Mr..
Shilling said he fully realized that
when be talked to a farmer about
the dairy industry, when that same
farmer was at the present time
selling a good three-year-old horse
for $3.50, and that hogs we're bringing
such a very good price, and that
wheat and oats and corn were being
raised so abundantly and command
log good figures In the markets,
that to try and encourage him to
keep at the dairy work would appear
foolish to the farmer, but neverthe.
less he felt that the farmer was really
undertaking the value of the cow in
the excessively high price for the
other products. He feared that
should the time come when the
country had to go back to the COW
and her milk for a sustenance that
the average man would not be pre-
pared for this contingency. Mr..
Shilling expressed the opinion,
which. he said, was borne out by
the condition of the ground In New
York state at the present time. that
the farmers Of this state were taking
more out Of the land than they we're
putting back into 1t. He declared
that the time would come, II such a
policy ere pursued, that South
Dakota's land would be as %unproduc-
tive as that of old New York. He
said that any farmer who kept up
the dairy industry on bis place that
he would always have the life-RivinR
quality to put back into the land and
that the farmer would not be robbing
himself Of what was his due In the
future. Mr.. Shilling likewise en-
oouraged the farmer to place a silo
his farm. He declared that he
would not run q farm t%wenty-four
hours without 1T, and from his own
statement he has had considerable
experience With the silo-that was
the reason whv he endorsed 1t so
thoroughly. He considered the silo
to be the very best fertilizer that
vas ever brought to the farm and
with it land would never 60 back on
its producing qualities.
Secretary Andersen read the official
scores of the judge In the hutter-
makers contest. There were seven
teen entries sent in from the Co
operative creameries of the state.
Mr.. Anderson stated that it was
unfortunate that a missing of train
made it impossible for
Walter Anderson to be a competitor
in the contest, for his butter was
given a complimentary scoring and
it touched the point Of IS, which
was a higher figure that gave the
first prize to the winner. Geo. A.
Crook. If Crooke, who was also late
on the same account, was given a
complimentary score Of 90. The
is the list Of contestants
and their scores:
Henry Subr, Visit, first, score
94h; E. Il. Baldwin, Storla, second,
93h; A. Anderson, Sayo, third 80;
E. A. Paulson, Webster, 90; A. w.
Welander, Berestoro, w; u. II.
Hoover, Egan, 9lk; Thos. Baup,
Lynn, 91h; Redfeld Cry Co.. Red
field, 81: o. L. Dislad, Pierre, 909:
K. q. Fossum, Baltic, 9o9; A. b.
Halls, Garretson, 90; B. Fl. Blissen-
back, Madison, 90; j. W. Reynolds.
Harrison, 90; ]. M. Henrikson,
Lennox, s91a: LIE Roy Marsh, Park
ston, 80; f. f. Smith, Salem. 80;
G. W. Sly, Mitchell, SO.
Fl. T. Sondergaard, Of Minnesota,
who scored the butter, was called
upon to make a few remarks With
reference to the scoring Of the
butter. in the course Of which be
took occasion to offer some timely