Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-07-08

shs spraes bslns 80 s. s
tive oonoarn. Many of tho farmers
were led 70 accept the price. This
might have been expscted. Out1idsi
buyers simply Increased the price M
III they had drawn OF from tho Co.
operative association . SUFFICIENT num-.
her Of members, % that the concern,
became . failure. Immediately upon
its failure the outside buyers hrupped
the price and the famers were Just
whore they we're previous to the or.
ganixation of the society. Al . pre-
ventive Of this situation every Danish
cooperative concern pledges each
member to deliver to It his full out
The laborer Farmer.
The greatest care IN taken upon thu
farm to protect the quality OF tho:
milk. The veterinarian Of the COOP
erative society visits the farm every
eighth day and inspects tho cows. the
barns. the equipment, and the feed
Every tenth day also the milk II test
ed TO. butter fat. A record 10 kept
and each cows history ID fully record
ed, 1t being possible in this way TO
weed out the poor COWS. The mem
bers Of the cooperative organisation
ARE also under the strictest obliga-
lions to report Immediately any slight
indisposition of the COW and to sepa-
rate the milk Of the indisposed COW
from the other milk.
: Contamination Of the milk as Won
Jas the spread Of any disease is thus
well guarded against. When the milk
he to be used for hospital purposes q
infants food the diet Of the cow IL
further limited. 90 that all feeds
which tend to faint the milk even
slightly are excluded. The cows are
tested more frequently for disease
and are kept under closer supervision.
All milk is cooled as soon as it leaves
the COW and all bacterial growth
checked.
Imported Women Laborers.
Polish girls who are comfortably
housed, we'll fed. and paid living,
Though moderate. wage. It must be
noted, however. that they are import
led laborers. and are not in any sense
Immigrants. They do not come to
make permanent home in Denmark.
but coming in March and April, they
return to Poland in November or De-
cember. The stay In Denmark is
usually limited to from seven to nine
months. It is estimated that each
year about ten thousand farm hands,
many Of them women. come into the
country for the busy season. All
agree that this importation of labor
liz beneficial. The farmers themselves
are loath to put In their time on the
hard hand labor necessary in raising
many Of the root crops which are so
important in this part of the country
and are glad to get the cheaper for
eign labor when it presents ITSELF
Quality Of Milk.
Again we proceed and this time
pick out what is evidently a small
farm. The owner Of the farm. which
is only about six acres in extent, 10
one Of the eleven drivers employed
by the local creamery, it being his
duty to collect the milk and return
che cans and skinned milk each day
to the farmers. His duties are not
extensive, his wages are moderate,
and he finds 1t necessary to depend
largely upon his little. farm for sus-
tenance. He has recently bought
three of his six acres, borrowing the
money for the purchase price from a
cooperative credit society which is
aided by the government. His interest
is at the rate of three per cent. per
annum, in addition to which he Is pay
ing each year a small installment up
on the principal. He had in cash
when he bought the farm only ten
per cent. Of the purchase price, but he
capitalized his character. as is posi-
BILE here, and made the purchase.
Originally a farm laborer he under
stands thoroughly the principles Of
the scientific farmer. He appreciates
the value of rotation of crops, the nee
essity for fertilization and all methods
of conservation of the fertility Of the
soil.
Upon the next farm live an elderly
couple who own three acres from
which they obtain the major part Of
their living, although the farmer
spends some Of his time in making
wooden shoes which he sells at a low
price and from which he obtains only
q meager amount. In the adjoining
house we found a farmer who had
about four acres. He ekes out his
support from the farm aided by lit
tie salary received for acting as Sec
rotary Of a local cooperative society.
None of these three small farmers
are at present wholly dependent upon
the farm although each is looking for
ward to the time when he can secure
a little more land and thus become in
dependent of the outside earning. All
realize that good farming methods are
necessary to success. All are loyal to
their cooperative societies, evidently
believing that without cooperation
agriculture In Denmark would be an
absolute failure. All have been farm
laborers and all are indebted to the
rural credit system for the opportdni-
ty to own their farms.
Helps Town Merchant.
We took luncheon in little village.
Here the hotel keeper who consented
readily to an interview upon the sub
ject. fully appreciates that the welfare
Of the villages and cities as we'll az
that of the country denanda aha0lnfelv