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Hundreds Attend Sessions of Farmers'
Institute at Court House on
Friday and Saturday.
Much Valuable Information is Gath=
ered From Experts on Various
Branches of Farming.
The farmers' institute invariably
proves interesting and instructive and
that held here on Friday and Satur
day was no exception. Each ses
sion was well attended and the speak
ers were practical farmersmen who
have made a careful study of the
branches upon which they discoursed.
Subjects particularly applicable to the
existing conditions in this part of the
country were selected by them for dis
cussion and they handled them well.
That their work was much appreciated
was fully demonstrated by the en
thusiasm manifested by the farmers,
their wives, sons and daughters, who
listened to their addresses.
J. J. Springer of Zuaobro Falls con
ducted the institute in place of F. B.
MoLeran of Wrenshall, who is laid
up from the effects of serious injuries
received in a railroad accident. Mr.
Springer was assisted by L. D.
Staples of St. Cloud, Frank Gibbs of
Merriam Park, and T. B. McCul
lough, farm superintendent at the St.
Cloud reformatory. E. W. Smith of
Parkers Prairie, one of the institute
men who had been at Milaca, arrived
at noon on Saturday and also gave a
short talk, while Messrs. Gibbs and
Staples left for their homes on the
morning train of the same day.
Mr. Springer, who is one of the best
dairymen in the state, opened the in
stitute with an able talk on the con
servation of soil fertility, advocated
the growing of clover and the sys
tematic rotation of crops. He said
that clover is the only crop he knows
of that will assist in the destruction
of the Canadian thistle and told how
he brought about the practical elimi
nation of this pesfc. During the prog
ress of the institute Mr. Springer also
discussed the dairy cow, its feed and
care. He said that dairying was a
branch which no farmer should over
look as it was a stable industry at all
times dependable. His talk on the
sanitary cow barn was very interest
ingevery detail of construction was
clearly explained. Mr. Springer also
explained the septic tank for house
hold use on the farm and advised his
hearers to install one of these sani
tary conveniences. He touched upon
the silo and said that its adoption
meant an advanced step in animal in
dustry. The man who has a herd of
reasonable size and plans to take
good care of it and to make the most
out of it cannot well afford to be with
out a silo. A good description of
silos, their construction and use will
be found in the Minnesota Farmers'
Institute Annual, a large number of
which have been distributed free and
a copy of which anyone may obtain
for the asking. Throughout his sev
eral talks Mr. Springer added much
spice to the subjects he handled by in
jecting a number of short humorous
stories.
L. D. Staples, among other things,
talked on poultry and told his hearers
that there was no reason why chick
ens should not pay. Chickens in the
cold months should have a warm
house with plenty of light and ventila
tion, said he, but he advised against
placing stoves in the henneries. He
displayed a model of the kind of
chicken house which he said he had
tested by experience and found to
fully answer all requirements. Mr.
Staples spoke on corn growing and
the selection of seed. He advised the
farmers to gather their seed corn from
the stalk, then put it in a place where
the air can come in contact with it
and test it in the spring. Upon mak
ing such test all seed which does not
come up to 90 per cent germination
should be discarded. He said the
best seed for Minnesota cultivation
was seed grown in the state. He had
obtained first class results from'Min
nesota No. 13. Hog raising was an
other of Mr. Staples' subjects. lb did
not pay, he said, to raise hogs entirely
on corn for they would eat their heads
off. They should have, in addition
to corn, shorts, clover hay, bran,
pumpkins, skim milk, etc., and a pas
ture to run in. In choosing a hog
select one with an arched back and no i
wrinkles on the sides, also see that its
legs are strong
variety of hog as
which count.
Minnesota HistoricalSpciely
B. C. DUNE, Publisher. Terms $1.00 Per Tear.
MAM W EE THERE
were in strawberries. The plowing of
land for strawberries should be-done
in the fall and the fertilizer applied.
In the latter part of April or early in
May the plants should be set out, and
these plants should be obtained at
homeit does not pay to bring in
plants from a distance, where the
climate and soil conditions are vastly
different. Gooseberries and some
other small fruits are also profitable,
but the blackberry is not. He told
how to lay out a home vegetable gar
denin oblong instead of square
patchesand how to plant, care ior
and make a success of most vegeta
bles from A to in the seed cata
logue. He warned the, farmers
against novelties advertised in the
seed catalogues, telling them to stick
to the standard varieties, and also
advised against the use of commer
cial fertilizers, especially for the stim
ulation of potato growth.
Mr. Gibbs kindly furnished the
Union with the following list of
vegetable varieties for the farm gar
den, all of which, in his large experi
ence, he has found reliable:
Asparagus Conover's Colossal,
Columbian White. BeansGolden
Refuge, WardwelPs Wax, Davis Wax.
BeetsDetroit dark red. Carrots
Danvers. CabbageEarliest, Jersey
Wakefield largest, Charleston Wake
field best for summer, Early Summer
for winter, Danish or Holland for
pickling, Red Dutch. CeleryGolden
Self Blanching. CornBest early,
Golden Bantam summer, Crosby
late, Country Gentleman. Cucumbers
For pickling, Early Cluster for
slicing, Davis Perfect. LettuceLeaf,
Black-seed Simpson and Grand Rap
ids head, Big Boston. Canteloupes
Early Citron, green flesh White
Jasper, yellow flesh Miller's Cream,
yellow flesh. WatermelonsKirby
Sweet and Light Iceing. Onions
Soutbport Red Globe, Southport Yel
low Globe and Southport Michigan
Globe. ParsnipsHollow Crown.
PeasNott's Excelsior. Radishes
Scarlet GJobe and White Strasburg.
SpinachLong Season. Tomatoes
Earlianna. Rutabaga American
Purple Top. Pie PlantVictoria.
SquashesFor summer, Yellow
Crookneok for winter, Green Hub
bard.. ,__ ^.-.n .-.,-^.^e __
T. B. McCullough, farmer at the
St. Cloud reformatory, gave his ex
perience uf many years in dairying
and much valuable information was
gathered from his talk. He advised
the introduction of a good blooded
sire into the dairy herd and the
gradual weeding out of cows which it
did not pay to keep. "The prime
question," said Mr. McCullough, "is,
Are the cows keeping you or are you
keeping the cows?" You can easily
ascertain this by testing your cows
individually and, if the cows are not
keeping you it is your fault. From
a herd of 45 Shorthorn grade cows
Mr. McCullough said that a profit of
$2,043.06 was obtained at the reforma
tory for the year 1911, but he does not
advise Shorthorns for dairying pur-
posesJersfeys, Guernseys or Hol
steins, he says, are much more profita
ble. The Holstein, of which the re
formatory has one, and that a regis
tered cow, costs twice as much to keep
as the Shorthorn, but it gives three
times as much profit.
E. W. Smith gave a very able talk
on the rotation of crops and the in
stitute closed at 3:30 o'clock Saturday
afternoon.
Those who did not obtain an Insti
tute Annual at the meetings may se
cure a copy from Ira G. Stanley at
his office.
A. Valuable Addition to tne County.
Another good South Dakota farmer
will make Mille Lacs county his home.
The Milaca Times says: "Chas.
Geddes of Tabor, S. D., has
purchased the Beever farm in section
30, Milaca township, consisting "of 160
acres. Mr. Geddes is a progressive
enterprising farmer, and will
and move here next spring. He will bring
a herd of registered shorthorn cattle,
and a bunch of thoroughbred horses
with him, which is what this country
needs. The Beever farm is well im
proved, and under the management of
Mr. Geddes will become one of the
leading farms in this section."
Terribly Cold in Oregon.
A letter from Fremont Townsend,
who resides at Salem, Oregon, says it
has been "terribly" cold in that
countrythe silver thread in the
thermometric tube dropped down to 27
degrees above zero and people
suffered intensely. There was also a
snowfall of fully an inch, which
It is not so much the destroyed the beautiful blossoms on
its characteristics the rose bushes and impelled strong
men to weep. Fremont, who is suffer-
Frank Gibbs, who for 20 years has ing from a complication of la grippe
been shipping vegetables and fruit to and rheumatism, hopes never again to
market, gave much valuable advice in see such a severe winter. He wishes
raising the products above mentioned, to be remembered to his many Prince-
in fruits, be said, the largest profits ton friends
A SUCCESSFUL YEAR
The Princeton Co-operative Creamery
Holds Its Annual fleeting and
Elects Officers for 1912.
West Branch Creamery Also Elects
Officers for Ensuing Year at
Long Siding on Monday.
Nearly a hundred representative
farmers were in attendance at the an
nual meeting of the Princeton Co
operative Creamery association at
Brands' opera house on Tuesday
afternoon and much interest was
manifested in the proceedings. Those
present were not all shareholders but
all take an interest in the creamery
and seemed gratified with the progress
it has achieved. August F. Meyer
presided and M. C. Thorring was the
secretary of the convention.
President Meyer read a narticle from
the Dairy Record which showed the
prices which have been paid for
cream by Bridgeman & Russell in
towns where they had no opposition
and those in which they had. It
ranged from 11 cents where they had
no competition to over 30 cents where
a farmers'creamery had been estab
lished. "Of course," said Mr. Meyer,
"it is the aim of the centralizers to
kill the co-operative creameries and,
this completed, they will pay just
what suits their fancy and no more."
The secretary's report was then
read, which shows that the creamery
is in a flourishing condition:
RECEIPTS.
Cash received from butter shipped..
Cash received from stores
Cash received in creamery
Cash received from patrons..
Cash on hand Jan 1,1911
Profit above all expenses.
$48269.04
2404 76
840 2-
391.22 423.7o
Supplies on hand, Jan. 1,1912.. 202.00
Total..
sundries rr r.~ r,\.-.'.'.:'.'
Cash and supplies on hand Jan. I,"l9is
Total
52531 03
DISBURSEMENTS.
Butterfat Labor
al.
Taxes
Insurance. Tubs
Salt. Supplies Refrigerator, etc
Interest to First National Bank.'.'..'..'.
Interest to scareholders
Co-operative Dairy Assn
Freight Salarv to board of directors
Supplies on hand Jan. 1, 1911..".'.'.".'.'.
Paid patrons in butter
$46582.41
1417.94
409 24
75.13
69.9t
753.89 170 00
694 2i
209 02
230.00 301.00
25.00
81.23 91.00 64.60
391.22 670 99
$52531.03
Cream received pounds 659185
Averagetest. percent 28.51
Butterfat in cream .pounds 186883
Average overrun per cent-*- 20
Total butter sold pounds 224.264
It will be observed by the above re
port that the amount paid for butter
fat in 1911 aggregated $46,582.41.
The amount paid for the same purpose
in 1910 was $49,149.66. Yet more
cream was received in 1911 than in
1910. But this is easily accounted for
by the fact that during the summer of
1911, when the receipts of cream were
the heaviest, the prices were the
lowest known for many years.
The matter of replacing the .steam
plant at the creamery with an electric
motor, to cost $350 per year, was dis
cussed and it was decided to leave the
question to the board of directors.
President Meyer suggested that the
by-laws be so amended as to provide
that no dividend be paid to such
stockholders as sold their cream to
centralizers or elsewhere other than
to the co-operative creamery. Upon
this matter there was considerable
discussion in which Mike Kaliher,
M. C. Thorring, Henry Murphy, R.
S. Shaw, Aug. Meyer and ^others took
part.
Peter Van Someren, one of the
wide-awake young farmers present,
then offered a motion that any stock
holder who sells .his cream to other
than the Princeton Co-operative
creamery be deprived of all dividends.
Following further discussion Lucas
Slagter offered an amendment to the
effect that any stockholder of the
Princeton Co-operative creamery who
patronizes a centralizer shall be en
titled to and receiYe 'no dividend.
This was carried unanimously and its
adoption cannot do other than result
in much good.
George Schmidt then gave a short
talk and, among other things, said he
could not see why the farmers were so
foolish as to patronize centralizing
concerns when it was entirely due to
the co-operative creameries that prices
of butterfat were kept up. "Before
the Princeton Co-operative creamery
was started," said Mr. Schmidt, "the
prices of cream were down to the
bottom notch and they would recede
to that point again, or lower, were the
local farmers' creamery to go out of
existence. It is the aim of the cen
tralizers to effect this." Mr. Schmidt
advised the farmers to" Jook to their
own interest and patronize the
cern which they have created.
Peter Jensen, one of the best dairy
men in the county, said that three or
COn-
four cents a pound more could be ob
tained for butterfat if the farmers
would bring in better cream. "You
can't make good butter out of poor
cream," said he, "and therefore a
high price cannot be expected in the
eastern markets so long as farmers
persist in bringing in cream a week
old."
M. C. ThorringMany creameries
are now buying cream on the grade
system, but I think the best way for
us to do would be to refuse all bad
cream.
August JaenickeIt is no use talk
ing this matter over and over. It was
settled a year ago that farmers should
bring in their cream twice a week and
that the buttermaker should use his
discretion in the quality he received
or, rejected.
A motion was then made to re-elect
la^ year's officers and board of
directors, and the same was unani
mously carried. The officers are
August P. Meyer, president A. P.
Nelson, vice president M. C.
Thorring, secretary-treasurer. Direc
tors: John Dalchow and Peter Jensen.
I West Branch Creamery Meeting.
The annual meeting of the West
Bijanch Creamery association was
held in Uglem's hall, Long Siding, on
Monday afternoon and the attendance
was larger than has ever been known
upon a similar occasion. Gust
Anderson, buttermaker at the cream
ery, delivered an address on improv
ing the condition of cream which was
full of salient points. The speech
would have done credit to a profes
sional lecturer.
Various subjects pertaining to
dairying were discussed and a motion
was adopted direoting the buttermaker
to-receive nothing but good cream.
The treasurer's report was read and
it howed the creamery to be in a
healthy condition. The report:
I RECEIPTS.
On'hand from last year $ 442.86
Receipts from butter, including sales
to patrons 27526.87
Keceipts from other sources 26b 42
Total. $^8^36.15
DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid patrons, including butter sola
them 523997 78
Paid cream haulerss 488 3
Ruonin expense
Paid into sinking fund.......'....'.
Balance on hand not in sinking fund.
2249.43 3
861 31
639 33
"jTgtoi.,m.~.7.. ~.r ..~r.~. .15
RUNNING EXPENSES.
But termaker's salary
Secretary's salary
Other officers'salaries...
Fuel
Tubs and other packages
salt
Color
$ 247.23
oa
Total.
$ 880 00
123.50 137.00
225.00 515.20
73.75 10.45
6.50
74 50
55.00
ICf Butter hauling
Incidentals, parchment, paper, acid,
bottles, stationery 148.50
$ 2349.40
SINKING FUND.
Paid into sinking fund $ 861 31
Insurance.. 5"' 11
Taxes 3 4 7
Interest H5.00
Repairs. ,55.00
New machinery 35 50
Balance in sinking fund 562 23
tal $ 861.31
Cream received pounds 347811
Average test of cream 27.10
Butterfat from cream pounds 94272.11
Buttermade pounds 112843V4
Butter sold to patrons pounds 2065
Butter shipped pounds 109516
Butter sold elsewhere pounds 1262
Price paid patrons for butterfat. us 27. 0
Overrun percent 19.70
Cash balance Dec. 31.1911. S 563 23
Balance rom 1910 44286
Supplies on hand. &50 80
Total. $1355.89
The officers elected for the ensuing
year are as follows: Andrew Larson,
president Jacob Ellenbaum, vice
president John Teutz, secretary R.
G. Bemis, treasurer. Trustees: Oscar
Erickson, Fred Warner, Albert John
son.
Brlng Another bnlt.
W. H. Ferrell & Co. have brought
another suit against the Great
Northern Railway company to re
cover for the wrongful and negligent4
failure to furnish cars for potato
shipments from Braham, Foley,
Anoka, Ronneby, Foreston, Pease
and other points. These causes of
action were originally included in the
first suit brought, but were dismissed
without submitting them to a jury, as
it was deemed advisable to submit
them in a later suit.
It is noticeable that since bringing
these suits there has been no further
difficulty in obtaining cars for potato
shipments, to the great benefit of the
general public in this locality.
K. S. Chapman Reappointed.
The state highway commission has
reappointed R. S. Chapman district
engineer for Mille Lacs, Isanti and
Kanabec counties. His .duties con
sist of making all necessary sur
veys for road construction in his
district under the direction of the
board of county commissioners, and
to give such advice and engineering
assistance as he can to all road
authorities. Mr. Chapman is one of
the most efficient civil engineers in the
MISS A. ORTON WEDS
Married at Home of Her Parents in
Qreenbush to Clifford Sweet
of Carlyle, flontana.
The Young Couple Left for Their
Home in the West on Tues-
day florning's Train.
On Friday evening at 8 o'clock the
wedding of Ada Isabella Orton and
Clifford Sweet occurred at the home
of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
N. G. Orton, in Greenbush. Rev. E.
Service of the M. E. church, per
formed the ceremony in the presence
of about 60 friends and relatives.
Miss Ida May Schmidt played the
wedding march.
In attendance upon the bride and
groom were Miss Mae Orton and
Price Orton, sister and brother of the
bride.
A beautiful and becoming gown of
blue messaline was worn by the bride
and a gray messaiine dress by the
bridesmaid. Both carried large
bouquets of American Beauty roses.
The bride is one of the most popular
young ladies of Greenbush, having
lived there all her life and having
been one of the most successful
teachers of this county. The groom is
an enterprising farmer of Carlyle,
Mont.
At the conclusion of the ceremony
the bridal party and friends partook
of a bountiful wedding supper, and
Mr. and Mrs. Sweet were the recipi
ents of many beautiful and useful
presents consisting of cut glass,
silverware, etc.
During the evening a number of
appropriate and pleasing readings
were rendered by Wm. McVicar, also
several readings and instrumental se
lections by the young people. The
"newlyweds" left for Carlyle, Mont.,
on Tuesday, where they will reside on
the groom's farm. A large number
of friends deluged them with Chinese
wheat as they boarded the train and
they seemed to enjoy it.
Hale and Hearty at Ninety-Two.
Yesterday that sturdy old veteran,
*rr1*"Owe Bracken of Greenbush,
called to renew his subscription to the5*4rb*trise
Union. Mr. Bracken was born in
King'* county, Ireland, February 2,
1820, and he will be 92 years old to
morrow, and bids fair to reach the
century mark. He is as spry as most
men at 60 his memory is unimpaired
and he relishes a joke as keenly asv
a
youth of 20.
Mr. Bracken left Ireland when he
was 25, came to New York and worked
at his trade of marble-polisher for
five years, then he moved to a farm
in Madison county, that state, where
he remained until November, 1856,
when he migrated to Wisconsin and
cleared 109 acres of timberland on a
farm in Washington county he en
listed in the Thirty-Fourth Wis. Inf.
in 1862 and later in the Twelfth Wis.
Inf., and marched with Sherman to
the sea in 1869 he came to Mille Laos
county and homesteaded the southeast
quarter of section 8, Greenbusb, later
he purchased 80 acres additional
after the death of his wife, nearly three
years ago, he sold bis farm and makes
his home with his son, James, in
section 8, Greenbush.
It is a pleasure to meet and talk
with such a bright, jolly old man as
Mr. Bracken, and his friends hope he
will be spared for years to come.
Mr. Bracken is probably the oldest
white resident of Mille Lacs county.
Mr. Joseph Young of Milaca is a
close second, being less than a month
younger than Mr. Bracken.
Jndge William Lochren.
That gallant ex-soldier and eminent
jurist, William Lochren, is no more
he passed away at his home in south
east Minneapolis last Saturday after
noon.
William Lochren was a native of
County Tyrone, Ireland.,a county,
by the way, that has been the birth
place of not a few famous menand
was born April 3, 1832. His father
died in 1833, and Mrs. Lochren and
her infant son came to this country
the same year and settled on a farm
in Vermont. He worked early and
late on the farm, and in the mills in
the winter time, devoting every spare
moment he had to acquiring an educa
tion.
In 1856 he was admitted to the bar
of Vermont, came west the same year
and located in St. Anthony, where he
made his home the remainder of his
life.
In April, 1861, he enlisted in Com
pany E, First Minnesota volunteers,' years the Anoka hospital has been
was with that body of gallant fighters regarded as one of the model institu-
in every important engagement in tions of the state, and the reason ia
which they participated, including the because there is a big-bearted^
state and always performs his work memorable charge at Gettysburg, was capable and energetic business man at.
in a satisfactory manner. ^*vf 1 promoted to first lieutenant but on the head of it.
account of poor health was obliged to
resign from the service December 30,
1863.
He then returned to Minneapolis
and resumed the practice of law. In
1881 he was appointed judge of the
district court in the third district by
Gov. Pillsbury. In 188r he was
elected for a term of six years and
was re-elected in 1888. He was ap
pointed commissioner of pensions by
President Cleveland in 1893, and in
1896 was appointed judge of the
United States court for the district of
Minnesota, a position which he ably
filled until March, 1908, when he re
signed on account of the increasing
infirmities of old age.
In politics Mr. Lochren was a demo
crat, but he had the confidence and
support of men of all political parties.
He was as just and fearless in the dis
charge of his judicial duties as he was
brave on the field of battle in per
forming the duties that devolved upon
him as a soldier. Demagogism was
foreign to his nature. He had a
loathing contempt for time-servers
and men-pleasers, and was intensely
loyal to his old comrades of the First
Minnesota.
Judge Lochren was a warm
personal friend of the late C. H.
Rines of this place, and was half
brother to the late James Lochren of
Foreston, this county.
Badly Crushed by Iioga.
Lawrence Kaliher, son of Dennis
Kaliher of Princeton, met with a seri
ous accident at Orth, 50 miles north
of Bemidji, last Thursday afternoon
and had a narrow escape from being
crushed to death.
The young man was working as a
teamster, hauling logs in the woods,
at the time of the accident. His sled
was going down a steep hill when the
chains parted and the load broke
loose. He jumped from the sled but
not a sufficient distance to avoid be
ing caught by the logs, which piled
upon him and buried him deep. When
taken from beneath by fellow woods
men he was thought for a time to be
dead. A messenger hastened for a
doctor and upon his arrival young
Kaliher was rushed to St. Edward's
hospital, Bemidji, where an examina
tion disclosed tne fact that he had
sustained a fracture of four ribs j^nd
of-one lung.
Thomas Kaliher, his brother, in
formed the Union this morning that
Lawrence is on a fair way toward
recovery.
Second Only to Potatoes.
Mille Lacs county is famous for its
potatoes but its creamery output is
not to be sneezed at, and the creamery
industry is still in its infancy in this
county. Princeton is the great potato
market of the countyPrinceton is
the greatest primary potato market in
Minnesotabut Milaca leads in
cream. At the co-operative creamery
in Milaca $97,721.90 was paid out for
cream during the year 1911, and there
is another well-patronized creamery
at that place. The amount paid out
for cream at the Princeton co-opera
tive creamery for 1911 was $46,582.41
there is also another creamery in
Princeton that paid out a goodly sum
for cream, but the figures are not
available at this writing. Corn,
wheat, oats, rye, barley, etc., are al
ways profitable crops in this county
for timothy, clover and wild hay Mille
Lacs cannot be excelled.
There is no better diversified farm
ing county in the state than Mille
Lacs.
A Splendid Rendition of Hiawatha.
It was a full house that greeted
Miss Frances Peterson in the as
sembly room of the high school on
Friday eveningthere were no vacant
seats. Miss Peterson had acquired
quite a reputation as a reader and
elocutionist when she was connected
with our high school, and on every
public occasion her services were in
demand. Her rendition of "Hia
watha" last Friday evening was
simply perfect so vividly realistic
was Miss Peterson's word-portrayaLI
of the "Wooing of Minnehaha," and
"The Famine," that one could almost
imagine "Minnehaha" and old
"Nokomis" were present in the flesh.
Miss Bliss of Albert Lea presided at
the piano and contributed not a little
toward the evening's enjoyment. It
was a delightful entertainment from
start to finish. The Princeton
orchestra furnished several selections
and well deserved the applause which
it received from the audience.
A Model State Institution.
Last week's Cambridge Indepen
dent-Press compliments Mr. John
Coleman on the management of the
insane hospital at Anoka. But for
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