Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-07-21


grams.
Again Minnesota is the nations
leader in production of butter. One
sixth of the total is produced by the
North Star, and two-thirds of that
by cooperatives.
Commissioner of Agricultur e
Charles Ommodt has just released a
booklet of facts which shows that:
Total Minnesota dairy income for
1887 was $167 1868, 1864, an increase
of 1888, 1928 over 1896.
Creamery butter accounted for $751;
1875 ,299.16 of the total, with another
estimated $2,900,000 of butter pro-
duced on farms.
Six hundred and twenty-nine of
the creameries are comparatively
owned, only 208 individually owned,
and 33 centralizers.
Coop creameries produced 1885,
$780, pounds of butter, individually
owned creameries accounted for 49,
1894 1923 pounds, centralizers for A.
BIT ,479 pounds.
StearnS county was leader in value
of butter produced, output valuing
S3,763 ,57723; Ottertail was second
with $3,113,678; Hennepin was third
with $2,6O6,208.22; st. Louis fourth
with S2,490,579.
Minnesota's own butter consump-
ton was double that of the national
average.
Classification of tax-forfeited lands
as to whether best suited for farming
or for conservation advanced this
week with a meeting of conservation
department field officers July 18, at
Grand Rapids. Methods of land clas-
sifcation and ways of working out an
effective coordination of work in the
field were thrashed out
Farmer-Labor candidates in the
state campaign last week chose as
their campaign chairman State Sena-
tor Victor Lawson of Willmar. Sena-
tor Lawson, who has played leading
role in party deliberations through
out its history, was active in the lib
eral movement even before the in
ception of the Farmer-Labor party.
Minnesota cooperators are inter-
ested in the recipe for success laid
down by the heads of the Swedish
cooperative movement, who are in
A he Dn1o
tenary celebration.
Gradual extinction of labor-exploit-
ing monopolists has been accom-
plished by price reduction on the
part of the cooperatives, say the
Swedish experts. Reason and fair
play have guided them in their sue
cessful breaking of the monopolists'
death grip on industry. Also, Swedes
don't spend more than they earn,
consequently the credit system is fall
ing into disuse, they declared.
L. J. Taber, master of the National
Grange, expressed the view that agri-
culture is not getting its fair share of
the nations income, during trip to
Minnesota last week. The Oranges
national board met in Minneapolis
Elk River, Mimi, is hailed as the
founding place of the Grange and the
organization has established a shrine
there.
Minnesota farmers are getting a
break compared to those of most 9TH
er states. Income is holding above
the average, and in May actually
topped a year ago. A slight loss was
noted in marketings, it is true, but
added government payments placed
the figure slightly ahead of that of
1887.
The recession has forced Minnesota
farm income somewhat lower during
the first months of 1888, but not so
low as that of most other states.
With the other North Central states
Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, North and
South Dakota and Kansas-it has
continued to be the Nations bright
spot.