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

| les. The state inspectors also work
hand in hand with the butternlakers
SO that today Minnesota has the
/ largest number of good practical
buttermakers in the country.
"The experiment creamery at AL
bert Lea is filling a great want in
!, the state. Everything done there
| is of practical nature. This ex-
pertinent creamery is fortunate in
| finding itself under only average
conditions. l might say that $685.
600 was appropriated for the con-
struction and operation of this
plant"
No other state has come down
to as practical a side of buttermak-
ing as the state of Minnesota. At
Albert Lea the farmers did not like
to part with their own cooperative
creamery, but it was finally arranged
so that the new state creamery was
installed.
I'VE have a large number of peO-
pie come here who are experts in
their lines and we get the benefit of
their experience. For example in
firing up the boilers. we learn how
to economic. We keep our accounts
so up-to-date and minute that we
know exactly what it costs to run
our steam engine every day.
up.to-Date Machinery.
All the best machinery and labor
saving devices are used at this
creamery. The question of refrigera-
ton is another that comes up foIl
solution. Some creameries in the
Estate have already put in artificial
refrigeration, but do we know that
this is practical? The old method
of using ice is practical but the
matter of securing ice and ice houses
is not always an easy one.
Ice has been used for cooling
cream also and in many instances
has proven very practical The new
refrigerators which use ice yet eli.
nate the handling of it by the but
termaker~ have proven very labor
saving.
There are numerous questions
that come up before creameries and
this experiment creamery is a boon
in solving these questions.
These young men that are sent
out from the dairy school are given
practical education at this creamery
so that they can go out anywhere
and handle the work in large cream
|eries. Hence, Minnesota has become
famous for its creameries."
Mr.. Glover spoke again briefly on
soil and soil fertility. He said that
when settlers came here soil was
loaded with fertility but constant
use in the production of foodstuffs
decreased the richness of the soil.
Buying Expensive Fertilizers.
Farmers cannot afford to buy
commercial fertilizers as advocated
in Hoard's Dairyman. Nitrogen,
phosphorus and potash are some of
the elements required in the soil
to grow a good crop. The only way
to retain these elements is to save
the manure, spread it over the soil
and use the proper rotation of
crops"
y He spoke Oh the conservation of
soil fertility. eve must put the
soil in high state of fertility be.
fore we can grow crops as high as
1OO bushels of corn an acre. The
farmers should keep their soil in
condition to grow clover and alfalfa.
You can get back as much fertil-
lty as you take out, even when you
plant clover. There is always some
waste. Hence you must return some
fertility to the soil.
FOR the purpose of adding humus
to the soil the clover fields are plow-
ed under and raw phosphate added"
He did not like to tell Minnesota
farmers about soil fertility but when
he saw the poor crops in southern
Illinois near Egypt where the crops
were so poor, he could not help but
make plea to the Minnesota farm.
er to guard against wasting the
fertility of SOIL
. In certain parts of New York
there We're farms upon which the
buildings were worth more than the
land itself.
chairman Veigel then thanked the
Commercial club and the speakers
for what has been done for the farm
ers. The meeting was then adjourn