The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-05-23

Was productive Oh IuOIc 4uStIuCllVC
speeches and genuine enthusiasm
than any other meeting of similar
nature ever held in this city. 1t had
been the intention to hold the meet
ing in the city hall, to begin at 10
o'clock in the forenoon, but as there
was but limited number of men in
the morning the meeting was post
poned until 2 o'clock in the after
noon, and was held at the court
house.
]. ]. Opsahl acted as chairman of
the meeting and introduced w. R.
Ingram, who is interested in the
South St. Paul Union Stock Yards.
Mr.. Ingram explained that he was
substitute for Mr.. Mckinney, who
could not attend on account of ILL
ness.
Mr.. Ingram spoke on live stock
industry in Minnesota and made
many recommendations for the inn
provement of the industry in the
northern part of the state. He
stated that there were $4,000 car,
cases of meat shipped into this
state from outside states, the cattle
being originally raised in Minnesota
and sent to Iowa and other parts to
be fed, afterwards being shipped
back here and sold to Minnesota
consumers.
Mr.. Ingram asserted that the
animals should be fed here, and that
northern Minnesota has land espec-
tally adapted to grazing of cattle.
Mr.. Ingram pointed to Iowa as
one of the best stock raising states
in the union and also the greatest
diarying country. He said that
one reason, probably, for stock rails
ing to be followed more successfully
in this part of the state was the fact
that the right kind of cattle were
not raised. He advised the rails
ing of thoroughbred stock. The
thoroughbred ate less and showed
twenty per cent more gain. He
told of the raising of baby beef:
being cattle from eight to twenty
months old, which matured from
twelve to fourteen pounds and made
fine beef cattle.
Farmers should take care OF their
live stock, whether for dairying pur-
poses, or for beef purposes.
Mr.. Ingram gave some interesting
facts concerning hogs and the rails
ing of bacon hogs" dwelling par
ticularly on the desirability of pur-
chasing thoroughbred stock.
Mr.. Ingram stated that the stock
yards company was willing, at all
times, to assist in raising thorough
bred animals; and he also explained
the workings of the stock yards and
the conditions of the markets. His
speech was very entertaining and
full of interest.
The next speech on the program
was A. J. Mcclure, superintendent
of the Northeast Experimental Farm
of Grand Rapids.
MI. Mcclure spoke of two former
visits to this city at which times
there was but a small attendance
at the meetings and said that he
had about concluded not to make
any more visits to Bemidji. How.
ever he was pleased to see good
crowd present at this meeting: .
Mr.. Mcclure mentioned the back.
wardness of farming in this part of
the state and attributed that con.
dition to the fact that the land was
not cleared.
The farmers should get out the
stumps. Mr.. Mcclure said that he
had not taken out any stumps of the
farm since he moved there until this
spring, when he cleared about three
and half acres as a sort of expert.
ment. He had used dynamite and
advocated that method as the prop
er way for getting clear of stumps
and roots. He said that the dyna
mite should be placed as far in the
ground as possible and not near the
top because of the fact that if placed
near the top it would lose half Of
it's force. By putting the dynamite
low every vistage of the stump and