The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-17
Dairy Gossip by
Joe Reynolds

OF late q considerable number of
purebred cattle have been shipped
/ into Olivia to be distributed among
/ the farmers of Renville county. The
| fourth shipment of forty head was
received a few days ago. The farm
ers in the county are taking added
interest in the dairy industry. There
are eleven creameries operating in
the county with 1000 patrons.
Speaking of cream checks, one of
1 the patrons of the creamery at Litch-
field drew one not long ago for $500,
| in payment for one months supply
of cream and butter fat. 1t is said
that this mans cream check runs
from $3.50 to $3.50 almost every month.
In my travels about the state and
in discussing the dairy industry.
heard one story that had its humorous
side-that of a creamery manager
who refused to buy the product OF
his own plant because the price was
so high. He contented himself with
eating oleomargarine. Can you beat
it?
Otter Tail county is one OF the
largest in the state. It's butter pro-
duction in 1922 was 5,682,937, am
bunting to $2,086, 1881. Otter Tail
has fifty-four townships. In COM
parison to its size, Todd county
outstrips Otter Tail, producing A.
461 500 pounds, valued at $1,731,17
OF.
Of the particular group, Otter Tail,
Todd and Wadena counties, Wadena
shows the largest percentage of in
crease in butter value for 1922, which
was thirteen per cent.
Poultry associations are being or
ganized in Minnesota under the direc-
ton of the University Farm Exten-
sion Bureau. The plan is, briefly
stated: The poultry raisers are to
organize county units with shipping
station at some central point in the
county. Eggs will be received at less
err units and shipped to the central
point where they will be sorted and
prepared for shipment. A manager
will be employed who will sort and
ship the eggs. The purpose is to have
larger egg markets with the hope of
obtaining better returns to the pro-
ducers.
A dispatch from New York says:
'Is dairying being overdone and is
there any danger of over production
of dairy products Returning from
a tour of the northwest on the Trans
continental Dairy Special, ]. c.. Nc
Dowell of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, registered an en-
phatic negative to that often repeated
inquiry from this and other states.
To support this answer Mcdowell is
directing critical attention to the
comparative low production per cow
of the American dairy industry and is
contrasting that with the growing ap-
probation of the value of dairy pro-
ducts in the diet and the increasing
consumption of these products.
Should there be slight, or temporary
overproduction,' he said, it will not
fall on those who have high produc-
ing cattle, or who are doing dairying
in the regions of cheap feed supplies
for the dairy herds
Business men in Marshall are in
terested in a proposition that may
result in the erection of a new hotel
there. That another hotel is need
ed is quite evident from the crowd
ed condition of all the hostelries in
Marshall one night this week, when
a goodly portion Of the travelling pub
lie was forced to go on a hunt for
rooms.
The milk stations in Mcleod county
have drawn patronage to such an ex-
tent that several creameries in that
territory have been forced out of
business.But at that the dairy indus
try is not being overlooked.
Benson is approached from the
north and south on fine paved road
which gives the rider in an automobile
feeling of kindness toward that en-
terprising little city.
The Minnesota Better Dairy
Train," carrying business men of six
central Minnesota counties, left the
Great Northern station, Minneapolis,
at 10 a. m. today on a five-day tour
of the state in the interests of the
dairy industry. Presentations of pure
bred bulls and heifers, speeches, de-
monstrations of practical methods of
farming, movies and athletic contests
will feature the trip which will take
the train to eight towns The train
was made up at the University Farm
and will carry experts in the dairy
and farming industries, whose duty it
will be to instruct farmers along the
route in modern methods of agricul-
ture and farming. Towns listed on
the specials itinery are: Litchfield,
Willmar, Donnelly, Graceville, Han
cock, Benson and Kerkhoven. F. E.
Balmer, state leader of county agents,
will be in charge of the train.