The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-10-12
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Farmers Of cornoht, During
and Battle Display Com
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mendable Progressive
Spirit.


gressive farmers living in Cormont
During and Battle River townships
who are determined to make a
success of dairying and diversified
farming. "a ;
The association was organized a,
well-attended meeting Of farmers
which was held at Cormont Sun.
day.. A. J. MCGUIRE of Grand Rap.
ids, superintendent of the Northeast
Experimental Farm, attended the
meeting and assisted in the organi.
cation of the creamery ASSOCIATION.
A canvass of the territory which
is proposed to be covered by this
new creamery associations shows that
there are about sixty farmers who
are in a position to become share.
holders of the association. The
number of cows owned in the: terri
tory is estimated at 800.
The association organized by
electing the following officers:
President. Arne Solberg; secretary,
Peter Krogseng; treasurer, J. M.
Arntson; board of directors, J. P.
Rust, Carl Wallin, Jens Wolden,
O. Rensvold, N. B. Pettengill and
P. T. TenEycke.
Superintendent Mcclure delivered
an address,, and gave thesfarmers
present the following reasons why
they should have a creamery and
engage in dairy farming:
A dairy COW is the most produc'
tive of all farm animals. When
properly cared for, she will produce
from 5000 to 1000 pounds Of milk
yearly. This amount seems i'm
possible to most farmers who have
not weighed the milk, or kept :
record, but a little figuring will
show that it is possible.
Nearly every farmer tells of hav
ing a COW that will fill with milk {
ten-quart pail, night and morning
A quart of milk weighs two pounds
Twenty quarts a day would be fort,
pounds; and if the old COW was made
to keep it up for 800 days (the time
COW may be made to milk during
the year, she would produce not
only 5000 but $4,000 pounds o
milk. ...--.@
7 While this is extraordinary, il
is possible for the average farmer
to have his cows Common cows.
produce from 1000 to 5000 pound
of milk year, or from 200 to 25(
pounds of butter.
with butter at rs cents pc
pound, the price that may be real
lied in a good creamery, after al
running expenses have been paid
the common COW producing 2O|
pounds of butter would bring he
owner $500 a year.
IF farmer would keep ten COW
and do nothing else but grow fee
and care for them, he could make
better living than most farmers ar
making in their small logging ope1
ations, with the cow as side issue
"Dairyine is the best branch {
agriculture for the farmer living ia
from market. Even when there is
good. market for vegetables, hay,etc
if the farmer has to spend all da
on the road, going and returnin
from market, it don't pay. The loa
will bring only from 500 to $50
often less.
From the creamery one man an,
team may take the produce of th
whole neighborhood to market in til
form of butter, and a load that, Z
the present time, brings over 5000
ton.
To make success of creamer,
!, these three things are necessar.
!, First, there must be 800 cows {
more; second, the farmers must pu
, together, every farmer being shar,
holder; and third, the farmers mu'
grow feed aud give their cows goo
care.