The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-26
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ers and their wives.
Prof. Mcclure began his tall
! by stating that he had nearly
soured on Bemidji, as he had been
here on several occasions and had
never seen a representative gather.
ing Of business men or farmers al
any of the previous meetings. He
was pleased to sec a goodly crowd
OF both farmers and business men
before him on this occasion.
I Mr.. Mcclure began by telling Of
his experiences with the farmers OF
Clearwater county, and asserted
that the foundation of successful
farming was dairying, and the
dairy cow was. he believed, the
salvation of the country. -.
He had been in close touch with
the sturdy farmers of Clearwater
county for the past three years and
had advised many of them in their
pursuits. He had always advised
dairying and had been instrumental
In organizing several creamery as
sociations and erecting creameries.
Mr.. Mcclure told of the starting
of the creameries and asserted that
the farmers over in Clearwater
county had stuck together and
from the first dav the associations
were started there had not been one
word OF discord; they all worked
together in harmony, with splendid
results; the creameries had all been
paying propositions.
."You should reach out to i'm
prove the class of COWS you have, "
said Mr.. Mcclure. "Try to- make
your COWS improve from the
animals that produce $50 pounds
OF butter per year to the kind that
produce $50 pounds.
The farmers at Meadows, in
Clearwater county, had organized
tor the betterment of their dairy
COWS, with the result that he (Mr.
McGuire) had bought for them
five pure-bred Holstein animals
that would be used in the progress
of raising better dairy cows there.
He was of the belief that within
ten years to come Meadows would
be one of the foremost dairy COM
munities in the north half of the
state-they had started right, and
were using up to-date methods.
"The dairy COW produces more
for the feed given than any
product of the FARM" said Mr.
Mcclure. "Stick to dairying and
you will succeed, farmers"
The speaker related the condi-
tons in Meeker county, where
dairying had been followed quite
extensively. "Meeker county has
not had mortgage foreclosure in
five years, and the farmers are all
prosperous. Dairy farmers are
prosperous, the world over"
! Mr.. Mcclure deplored the small
showing made in the livestock
department at this fair. There
should be more livestock raised
in Beltrami county-and this was
just where the farmers were fall
ing down.
Many farmers had stated to Mr..
Mcclure that he had the state at his
back and could do anything he
desired. This was true, but he had
demonstrated at Grand Rapids that
with economical measures great
results can be secured in dairy farm
ing.
| Mr.. Mcclure advocated the rails
ing of clover as means of sustain.
ing the fertility of the soil, and told
of raising clover at the experimental
farm and the installing of a clover
huller. He had raised clover on
two acres of ground which had pro-
duced six bushels of clover seed -
worth SIS per misunderstanding the
value of the clover as a money-pro-
Queer.
In conclusion, Mr.. Mcclure
importuned the farmers present to
study farming as they would any
other industry and not get the
notion into their head that ali that
could de produced on a farm is
wheat.
BY all means engaged in dairy