The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-05-31
BUTTER FOLKS ENJOY /
PICNIC; A BIG CROWD 4
From Wednesdays Daily.

| TToH wednesday . lazy.
The Vernon Center Cooperative
Creamery association held picnic
and meeting yesterday, that proved
one of the. most enthusiastic meet
ings of this kind held this year in
Southern Minnesota. Fully 400 peo-
pie were present. with an excellent
presentation of farmers, as there
were several outside speakers of
more than statewide note.
The meeting was preceded by
picnic dinner held on the lawn of
the E.. A. Barnes: place. In the
morning there was a slight rain
which kept the farmers at home,
but toward noon, this let up and
the SUN came out bright. The new
Vernon Center band gave some ex-
cellent music, making it's first pub
lie appearance this season. This
band is composed of at least twenty
pieces, and speaks we'll for the
| town.
That the meeting attracted more
than local interest was shown by
the fact that many people from Rap
idan and other places were in at
tendance.
Address BY Mr.. schiIling.
w. F. Schilling of Mortified,
who spoke at the Better Farming
convention held here, gave a talk
on the general business side of
farming, and spoke along the more
general lines rather than dwelling
on one particular point. Mr.. Schill-
/ ing has just returned from
months. trip to the east and com
pared the conditions in the factories
there with the farming conditions
here. He gave his listeners an idea
how the people lived in those man
I ufacturing centers, where the peo-
pies ambitions have become dwarf
ed. just as their bodies become
dwarfed from continual straining in
one place and lack of proper condi-
tions..
One person in a shovel factory
had worked at the same job and in
the same place for forty years, sue
ceeding his father, who worked
there fifty-two years, and when ask
ed what he worked for, and if he
! had no aspirations and hopes for
| the future, Mr.. Schilling was told
that as soon as he had worked there
| fifty years, he would receive $25O.
This was about the extent of the
ambition and business aggressive
ness of these factory hands. The op-
| portunities of the west on farm
are unlimited, and the young man
of today with sound business mind
and practical education, who takes
UP agriculture should have some
thing to look forward to besides
$3.50 at the end of fifty years toll.
In conclusion, Mr.. Schilling COM
pared the crop conditions of the
| east with those of Minnesota and
the west.
Talk BY the Champion.
Sam Hougdahl, the worlds cham
! pion buttermaker, spoke along the
! lines of his special work. Mr.
Houghdahl made some butter at the
4 creamery at New Sweden and ship
ned it directly to Paris where it
was placed on exhibition at the
Worlds fair, and carried off the
! first prize, as the best butter in
the world at that time. He told
those assembled, just how he made
this butter, and among the points
he emphasized was the necessity
of cleanliness when handling and
manufacturing dairy products, to
bring good prices and to get the
people to use dairy products. He
also dwelt on the Importance of
testing cows occasionally, to see
that every COW on the farm was do
| ing her share of making profits for
her owner.
Mrs. Margaret Blair of the do
nestle science department of the
Minnesota university, spoke last,
giving illustrations and examples OF
! the selection of dress goods, and
Methods whereby the shopper can
] tell whether or not she is getting
the right stuff She also gave con-
siderable part of her talk to home
decoration, which she discussed at
considerable length.
Following the program at the new
and large opera house, field meet
was held. The day wound up with