The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-17

Milk produced 100 ........3,144.551
Farm value, principal crops 1880:
................. 3.063,3
Our soil Is lighter that that in
Southern Minnesota" said Mr.. Pet
erson. but at that we take pride IN
talking about what we have done
in every line of agriculture endeav-
or Wealth has come from the
sand. 1t has been demonstrated
that we can raise crops hereabouts.
We claim to be the banner Amerl-
can cheese producing rection In the
world. over 100 carloads OF dairy
cattle have been sold out OF Wood
county the past year. Marshheld
Was once the home of Minerva
Beets, COW that took the blue
ribbon at the National Dairy show,
Chicago, in 1919, and sold for $1,000.
This cow was owned by T. +. Van
nedom, who raised her from calf.
Alfalfa is a big crop IN Wood coun-
ty. also the leading producer OF
cranberries. The largest paper mill
in the world is located at Wisconsin
Rapids.
I'VE do not hear anything about
hard times or farmers IN distress
in this section, said Mr.. Peterson.
We can raise anything that can DO
grown from soil There is no dan
ger OF the dairy industry becoming
Ioy- heavy or Overdone. The con-
sumption OF milk Is increasing eY-
cry year. More people are drink
ing milk than ever before. A Few
years ago anyone who called for
glass oil milk in restaurant or ho-
tel dining room was looked upon as
liz 10
by thousands at their daily meals.
People realize that they can pro-
cure the pure liquid. The Consump-
ton OF butter and cheese grows. in
fact the cheese is consumed with
such rapidity that it has hardly
time in which to age properly. My
advice to all farmers is to grow less
wheat and raise more COWS OF the
purebred brand. We are eliminating
the disease and cattle from the
herds in Wood county. We have
four testing associations. There are
three breeders associations-Hol-
stein, Guernsey and Brown Swiss.
These are divided up into units
ten Holstein and four Guernsey.
There are $50 accredited herds in
the county and 125 boys and girls
belong 10 the calf clubs, while 500
youngsters are engaged in club
work Of various kinds. Wheat?
Yes, we have raised as high as for
ty bushels OF wheat TO the acre in
this territory, but we do not pre-
tend TO be a wheat producing coun-
try. Corn? You can see for your
self what we can do here. The al
falfa grows fine. Was out to see a
ditch that had been dug on farm
not far from here and found alfalfa
roots two or three feet down and
still growing" 1t was one of the
delights of the trip to converse with
Nj. Peterson.
The John Kelly bull day at Bara-
boo on Saturday was a feature that
attracted thousands of breeders.
This bull day was conceived by Mr..
Kelly, who is a lawyer by profess
sion, but a live stock man by choice
and love for the animals. With
him the COW is queen and the bull
is king. He is the legal advisor fer
the Ringing Brothers. circus men.
but he takes a deep interest in al
vising farmers to raise purebred
cattle. because he knows that there
farmer. Bull day brought to Bara-
boo many prominent breeders and
a large number of herd sires were
on exhibition.
The trip into Wisconsin was a
delightful experience and a revela-
ton of what is being done on the
farms in that stare. Only a small!
Eart OF the state was visited, but
enough was covered in a hurried
journey to convince anyone that
Wisconsin is making great strides
in the dairy industry. She is a
great cheese making state. Also
her butter production is astonish-
ingly large. Minnesota should fol-
low suit in cheesemaking also the
butter production in Blue Earth
county could be increased to a
considerable degree. Minnesota. the
south and central part OF the state,
has far better soil than that portion
of Wisconsin visited, and yet the
farmers In Wisconsin have done won
ders. We had no idea that such stalks
Of corn could grow in the light soil
and in a section farther north. Now
we are beginning to believe that
corn can be made to take root In
the arctic circle And Northern
Wisconsin can grow fruit. We saw
it with our own eyes. The high
ways are in excellent condition. The
poorest road encountered in our
travels was between Kilbourn City
and La Crosse, where we were for
ced to detour for miles. About the
worst spot was near Sparta. That
highway was a disgrace and II
Sparta has any live business men
they should see to 1t that the road
is bettered-f only temporarily.
6 y y y
! On our ride from Ladysmith to
Kilbouru we tarried a few minutes
at Adams, where we found Charles
Elliott, former editorial writer on
what was formerly the The Man
kato Review. He is proprietor OF
The Adams Advertiser. He was as
much surprised to see US as we were
him. He was cordial and wanted
The Free Press men to linger a
day or so, but we were forced to
decline the invitation as time was
knocking at our heels. Mr.. Elliott
and wife conduct the paper. They
have been in Adams two years, and
enjoy their labors. Adams is a d.
vision point on the Northwestern
road. with Friendship village about
mile away.
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Kilbourn City entertains thou
sands OF visitors every day during
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