Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-11-26

t1ia prizes being pas1 by tfie co.orsras
tive concern Many % the farmers
wefs led to accHp1 rtia price This
might have Deens expectasi 9Htsita
buyers simply increased the prizes an,
I'll they had drawn on from Eaa CO.
operative associations snfiirsent auln.
l5ar If members, ID tstat The G0uearn
beaasne Ii faiitFs Isfsanpttiateiv uuon
its failures tafe autside buyers dropped
tase prina and the tanners we're iiist
where they we're previous 10 the or
gas1iaat:en DC the society 40 pre-
yenfipe OF this situation every Danish
comparative concern pledges each
member To deliver te it hin full ont.
put.
Tlf9 Latsorcr Farmer
Tffe greatest cars III taken upon tsiis
farm III pYptec; tlis quality or the
milk Tile veterinarians Of the coop
sratfya society Visits the farm every
eighth d1g and inspscts the eowss the
barns, the equipment, and the feed
Every tenth day also the milk III tests
cd sor butter fat Al record ls kept
astti eaeii caw,s history ID FULLY record
ed, II being possible in this way TO-
weed out the poor cows The meme
hers OF tlie cooperative organization
are also under taiB ataactast obliEa
tinna To report immediately any slight
lnaignosisiun OF the COW and 10 sepas
rate the milk Or the indiBpased CIV
from the other milk
Contamination Df the milk al we'll
an tiie spread OF any disease liz titus
well guarded against Whan tie milk
il 10 BE used for hospital purposes or
Infants foGd the diet &C the COW IsF
further limited. sG That ali fasds
which tend to faint tfie milk even
slightly ase excluded The cows are
tested more frequently sor discuss
and are lept under closer supervision
All MIX ID cooled as SOM az II leaves
tie cow and all bacterial growth
checked.
lsnpurted Women Lalsorers.
Thers arc upon tsils farm aftean
Polish girls who sra comfortably
housads we'll red, aud paid IivinE
Though mpderasa. wage II must be
untsd however. that they are import.
81 IassprHrs. and are not ia any sense
immigrants They do mt come to
make o permanent iiorns HI nsnrnassis
but coming In March and April, they
return to Poland iii November or De-
es1nbar The stay In Denmark il
sisnaEly limited To from seven To nine
mpntais RI id estimated tllaE aach
year about ten Thousand farm hands,
many og them women come into the
country for The busy season All
agres tliat tsiis Importation of labor
III beneficial Ths farmers themselves
ag8 lnafli 10 uit Ia their time on tlie
hard hand labor necessary III raising
many Of the root crops which are so
important ia tl1is part OF tho country
aud are slad to get tile cheaper for
eign labor when III presents itaelE
Gtlality on Milk
Again we proceed and Tits time
pick ont what iii evidently q small
farm. The owner OF the farm which
IS only atsB1ie sis acres ia extent, ia
one &C the eleven drivers employed
by the local creamery, It being his
duty Co collect the milk and return
tbs cans aud Skinned nilis each dag
10 the farmers. E8is duties ara not
sxsanslve, his waRas ara moderate,
and aS finds Id necessary ts depend
largely upau his little farm for sus.
tenancs. Ffe has recently b0ngfit
three Of his six acress Borrawing the
money FOR the purchase prizes from
eo-oucratlpe creiiie society which IL
allied By t6A government Eaas interest
fs at me rate of giisae per seaE per
annuns la addition ta witch his Ii pay-e
ing each year Il small instailfnanr ap,
on the psiacipal. as had I'M cash
when he hBugilt tina farm only ter
per cent &C the purchases price, but he
capitalized hts character. 80 IL pnasis
Bile hsre, and mada the purchase
Originally d farm laslorsr be- under
stands thoroughly the principles &C
t1ie scientific farmer. Hs appreciates
ms vasne oF rotatson Of crops, ella acc.
essisy FOR fertilization ana all methods
&c conservation og tina fsrttlaJy OF tina
suil
Upon tise naxt farm Ire An elderly
euapaa wiin oswn ttrss acres from
witch they ossSaan tlas major part of
slasir living. a1thaagai the farmer
spsnds some Of his time In making
wsutsn slsnes which be sells al low
prizes ama from which he obtains only
nsaawsF arnnung m tias adjoining
hunsa Ne Eaund q farmer who had
alsoae fUnF acres. Hs eises out his
sappnst svcm rae fsrm aided by q iaf
tia saaaTy eecrsvesf COR aetang ~ SEQ
refagv af lnraG an.uperasGvs society
None DC these tssrsa small farmers
sre af present whaiiy dependent upon
taas farm although each Is looking Tor
ward co tlss time when he can sseare
4 IitfIs more land and taaua become IN
dependent &c the outside earning All
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