The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-12
Refers to Bemidji as Metropolis
of Dairy Section; Will
=. Require Work - r. -.... ....
ADMONITION TO LEARN
BY OTHERS EXPERIENCE
This Section Richly Endowed
for Dairying, He Ayers;
Feed Problem Solved

mornings, When James SOrenSO0, ST.
Paul, Red River Valley state dairy
and food commissioner, was unable
to be present owing to Illness, F. O..
Johnson of St. Paul, also a, state in
spector, did the honors for his col
league, the topic being "The- States
, Relation to the Dairy Industry" It
was a splendid paper, of much value
and in part Is as follows:
"It has been my pleasure to at
tend several conventions of the Red
River Valley Dairymen's association,
and I believe I am justified in saying
that these annual conventions are
doing a great deal of good in en-
couraging more profitable dairy
ing. E ....-. ~ -.
II was very much pleased when l
learned that the Red River Valley
Dairymen's convention was to be
held in this splendid little city, not
only because r. knew that the dele
gates to the convention would be we'll
cared for in every way, but also be-
cause knew that Bemidji is the me-
tropblis of a large area of country
which must eventually become one
of the best dairy sections in this
state. s5E. s5E.r Gsg .l~..,.s--..-.~. D
~ Obstacles are Many. ~:
"The farmers in this section have
many obstacles to overcome; there
are hundreds of thousands Of acres
to he cleared, but this must be ac-
complished gradually and the dairy
cow will help you to do it If she is
given chance. Dairying has done
wonders for the sections Of the state
further south, but it was not de-
veloped to any great extent until the
condition of the soil made it abso-
lutely' necessary that different sys-
~ tenn of farming be inaugurated. In
other words, the people of Southern
Minnesota were gradually compelled
to Cd into dairying in order to re-
bui1ditheir soil which had become de-
pleted BY continuous grain raising.
~. y Learn From Others. -.
ttYou people in the northern part
of the state can learn most valu-
able lesson from your brothers
further south. Do not make the
mistake they made, Of robbing your
land of all fertility before you go into
dairying but, as you start to remove
the. timber and stumps from your
acres, take the dairy cow with you;
she+WiH pay her way and make you
prosperous and happy even while
you are laboring> to provide a COM
Portable home for yourselves and
those who are to follow you. The
history of dairying and the dairy
COW has ever been the same. Pros
perity and happy homes have always
been the evident result where dairy
ing has been developed to any de-
gree, and you people of this section
MAY rest assured that dairying will
do as much for you. .r-
r$a# Value To State. e. a-~~
9'"'It may be Of interest to some of
those present to know that the value
of dairy products in this state ex-
ceeds one hundred million dollars per
year. You may also be interested to
know: that the value of our creamery
butter is close to fifty million dollars
annually. Minnesota now produces
more creamery butter than any other
state in the Union, and this in spite
of the fact that this vast empire of
Northern Minnesota is only in its
infancy as far as dairying is con-
cerned. There are $40 creameries in
the state, $40 of which are operated
on the cooperative plan. In this
connection it may also interest you
to know that Minnesota has more
cooperative creameries than all
other states put together and, this
being true, it is quite evident that
the cooperative creamery has been
an important factor in the upbuild-
ing Of the dairy industry in the
state.
Ideal Conditions Here.
while you know your own local
conditions much better than l do, !
cannot refrain from calling your at
Atentien to the ideal conditions for
dairying with which your are sur
rounded. This section is richly en-
dowed with the essentials for sue
ycessful dairying. You have the soil,
the climate and the water which are
necessary in turning out fancy pro-
duet. With the soil and climate
which produces all kinds of grasses
in abundance, especially clover, you
can provide your dairy stock with the
best of roughage, thus reducing the
cost of butter fat to the minimum.
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