The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29

in the olemargarine case, because
when you feed the American people
you have to face the dairy COW
every time"
Conditions In Denmark.
Mr.. Schilling cited the conditions
in Denmark where fifty years ago the
country was almost bankrupt because
the farmers grew grain; but today
they are rich because they raise
cattle for milk production.
1.-THE best way to enrich q farm Il
to produce cattle. There was no
farm yet that was too rich, when the
people use intensified farming they
will divide the farms up to smaller
portions and Incidentally overcome
thistles, quack grass etc.
1T is better to have four cows and
take care of them than to have
forty COWS and not take care of
them. And in Minnesota there is
no piece of land on which you can't
raise some kind of crop"
Mr.. Viegel then asked Mr.. Schil.
ling if he had ever raised alfalfa
and Mr.. Schilling replied that he
did so about six years but at pres.
ent does not raise it. He bought
two cars recently from Montana. He
also used for pasture just that part
of the land that he could not till
He fed ensilage all one summer and
COWS never did better. 1t is pos
sible to keep ensilage green for
several years when prepared it.
Answered Number of Questions.
Mr.. Schilling then answered a
number of questions asked by in
terested farmers. He advised a
gainst cotton seed oil too heavily as
he thought it had bad effect on
the blood.
'If your farm was such that you
could till all the land, would you
use much land for pasture?" he was
asked.
mo, not very much ! would feed
them in the barn or yard during the
| farmers do not pasture correctly any
way. | have my pastures divided
, into two sections, letting them &C
in one pasture for two weeks and
ithen switching them over to the
| other for another two weeks.
81 keep my cows in the barn
nearly all day during winter but in
| weather like this we let them ont fol
one and One-half hours day.
never keep my barn hot as the cows
do better in medium cold. about 4o
or so degrees" 1t.
Arrival of Mr.. Glover.
A. J. Glover arrived at this juno
ture and after a few moments rest
was given the floor for his first talk
during the convention.
Preceding his talk however, DIR
NJ. B. Wood stated that in looking
| over the government reports he
found that in Blue Earth county the
COWS produced an average OF 14e
pounds of butterfat per COW, while
in lie Sueur county the cows pro
duced an average of 81 pounds each
The Best Crops.
A. j. Glover spoke ON the subject
he was to talk on this afternoon
namely, "The Best Crops and proper
Rotation to Follow for Increased
Production in the Dairy He said
that, Hoard Dairyman paper of which
he is assistant editor, conducts q
large farm and on this farm corr
and alfalfa is chiefly raised. In
speaking about the drouth of last
year he told OF the hay crop on
this farm. He stated that alfalfa
could be grown under adverse con.
ditions He also stated that red
clover was a good crop but one
could not grow as many tons per
acre.
Zone should not grow n big crop
of alfalfa at first There are Ger.
tain fundamental things that must
be done in order to make a success
of this most wonderful croD. And