The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21

enterprise could not be made To
succeed. The cheese industry in
New York state has been giving
away to the rapid strides that have
been made by the cheese makers in
Wisconsin and Minnesota. 1t is
made in Wisconsin and Minnesota
is shipped to New York state
There 1t is relabeled and shipped to
the Badger and Gopher states as
products Of New York state. A CON
siderable portion Of the Swiss
cheese manufactured in Green
County, Wis, is shipped abroad, re-
shipped TO the United States and
sold here as the real honest to
goodness imported article. With
some people an article must bear
foreign tag before it is regarded
as fit to eat or wear.
asked Mr.. Schilling if the dairy
industry could be overdone. He
looked, at me with big penetrating
eyes and with smile remarked
that it would be some years before
the dairy industry would be over
done. Those people who may pos
ses, the thought that the dairy in
low me for several weeks. They
would learn something about the
consumption of milk alone. The
population Is growing and it must
be fed" Here is a significant state
ment: '"The Twin City Milk Pro.
ducers' Association has increased
its output $50 per cent and during
the same period the consumption
has increased 2S0 per cent. And the
dairy Industry in the United States
has nothing to fear from foreign
imports. They have no effect on the
industry in this country" Mr.
Schilling then went into a discus
sion Of cheese making-how this
article Of food is, and will be fur
ther popularized by manufactures
who can see the need of putting It
up in pound packages for the small
family. The smaller the package
the easier 1t will SELL.
There are twelve creameries in
Rice country that in 1921 paid to
patrons $1,103,6 sos for butterfat.
The amount was increased In 1922.
1t is the claim of men like Her
man Roe, seditor of the Northfield
News, that more purebred cattle
are sold In the neighborhood of
Mortified than in any other com
munity IN the northwest.
Northfield Community" is tie
unique name given the territory
adjacent TO that city. Its claims are
as follows:
The Northfield Community is the
Oldest community center breeding
Holstein cattle In America. Il
There are more herds of Holstein
cattle in the Mortified Community
than in any other community In the
state.
There are more thirty pound
sires used in the Northfield Com
munity than in any other commun
tty In the country.
used in the Northfield Community
han in any like community in Am
erica.
The first herd of COWS in Mimi
esato to be placed on yearly test
was in the Northfield Community.
Spring Brook Bess Burke. the
greatest mother of the breed. was
bred. in the Mortified Community.
There are more tuberculosis free
cattle In the Northfield Community
than In any other country or com
nunity In this state, which is not
ed for its Holsteins.
The Mortified Community is the
Holstein center Of Minnesota and
OF the entire Northwest. having
over 300 breeders and 5000 COWS.
There are over seventy members
of the Folstein- Friesan Association
~ America living in the Northfield
Community.
1t is claimed that tho annual
production averages $500 pounds
Of milk per COW, all due to the pure
bred sires. This is the whole min
section OF the northwest.
There are twenty federal accred-
tied herds in Rice county. which |
means that these cattle have stood
three consecutive tubercurn tests. |
Northfield takes pride in It's Hol- !
stems. its Guerneys and all other
brands of cattle. This city Is the |
home Of Carleton and ST. Olaf COL
rege, two educational institutions
that are famed the country over. /