The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-27
7. Hosken Takes Many
Ribbons At Corn SholU

Boosts Corporation
Thursday afternoon Victor S. Knud-
son, Superintendent of Todd County,
spoke on Cooperation among farm
ers; Prof. S. Larsen, S. D. State Col
lege, Bookings, S. D., used the topic,
Building a Dairy Barn." and w. v.
Gousseff, Owatonna, talked on "Corn."
Mr.. Knudson said successful CO.
operation must have as basis COM
munity Of interests of some sort,
and that they would vary with diff
ferent localities. He mentioned Kan
diyohi County as being, according to
La Follette's Magazine, one of the
most noted cooperative units. It had
grown up quite largely through the
efforts of one man, and among the
enterprises fostered were co-opera-
tive creamery; creameryman's house;
cooperative store; house for store
manager; stock breeders association
and $p5, 900 consolidated school. One
of the requirements voiced was that
for the best success of the enterprises,
there must be the ability to forget
little differences, and after the ma
jority had ruled on some question,
all should boost.
Discuss Barn Building
Prof. Larsen stated that probably
no feature was more deserving of
study than how to build the barn, be-
fore it is built, for a barn once built
is for a long time, and a good barn
probably will mean a good herd be-
hind it. He said that the dairy COW
must have barn of some sort, and
that the barn on the farm was, first,
a business investment, second, that
it bettered conditions to work under,
and third, that it signifed and ele-
waited farm work for, said he, eve
must be proud of our work, and when
pride and interest leaves our work
we have only drudgery.
Mr.. Larsen said first that the loca-
ton should not be over two hundred
feet from the house, so that it would
save steps, and one could more quick
ly detect disturbance. The worst OBJ
lection he said was sanitation, and
that conditions would not be unsani-
tary if the barn were kept as it
should be. He advised placing rea-
sonably near the road as there was
no better advertisement.
His third suggestion was to locate
on well-drained spot preferably un-
derdrained, and to have the drainage
planned and constructed before the
barn was erected; one branch of this
drainage system to reach root Gel
lar, which he very strongly advised
| one to have under the barn, saying
that there was nothing which would
increase milk flow as would roots,
and while they were probably too
costly to raise for every day feeding
could not be surpassed for special
tests, etc.
The barn should be located north
and south to give greater lighting
facilities and increase the life of the
barn. He said he felt personally that
the only advantage the round barn
had was the saving in construction
Two big points to consider were the
material, etc., or from the carpenters
standpoint, and the utility, or from
the farmers standpoint. The inside
arrangement would vary as to peo-
pies tastes, but should be well
planned. Cement was favored as
probably the best flooring, and some
system of ventilation, probably Kings,
was to be arranged for.
Liked the Machines
When one visits some of the fine
dairies around Owatonna and sees
with what. success the milking ma
chimes are performing, he cannot help
but see they are the coming thing.
If one wishes to compare them, a
splendid place is at Bookings, for
here at the Exposition Station six
makes are in use every day. This is
probably the only place in the United
States where this is true.
Gives Seed Advice
w. v. Gousseff said of corn that
poor seed meant a poor stand, and a
yield of thirty bushels or less, in
stead Of. sixty, and that it cost about
twenty-five bushels per acre to grow
the corn; also that there must be a
loss of land and labor. He maintained
that testing was the only sure way.
He said that some farmers were still
making the mistake of cultivating too
deep late in the season. In selection,
one of the strong features was to
have well shaped kernel, placed close
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