Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-16
FARM SCHOOL NOTES.


Dean Olson babe the Agricultural
College goodbye on the 31st OF jan
uary.
Mrs. Olson, Of Atwater, one Of tho
ladies SO much interested in tho high
school short courses, paid visit to
the University Farm and gave enthu.
siastic reports of the recent short
course In her city and at Howard
Lake.
A Holstein COW was recently
brought to the Experiment Station
from Duluth and was on exhibition to
the Stock Breeders Association q
short time ago. She IL regarded "a
one Of the most valuable additions 10.
Gently made to the Station herd.
Mrs. Blair, Of tho department 81
domestic art and home decoration. ut
the School Of Agriculture, has Just 70.
ceived from Gov. Dberhart q commits.
sion as vice-president at large Of tho
First Minnesota Conservation and d.
velopment Congress, to be held in st.
Paul, on March 10th to 18th, incla.
sive.
w. c. Palmer, a graduate OF tho
Minnesota College Of Agriculture, and
for some time dean of the Winela
School of Agriculture. was at the Uhi-
verstty Farm a day or two recently,
He is now engaged in the agricultural
extension and Farmers Institute work
in the North Dakota agricultural d.
partment.
William Schwager, Of Lake Park.
Iowa, who was attending the farmers
short course at University Farm. was
taken sick with appendicitis and 70.
moved to hospital in Minneapolis.
where an operation was performed.
He died day or two after the opera
ton. The short course people raised
a purse of about twenty dollars and
sent to the young mans father, with
which to procure flowers for the fu-
neral.
The Dairy Division at tho Univer-
sSty Farm has Just bought a Holstein
bull through F. w. Sch filling, Of North
field, which is regarded as one Of the
best animals Of his kind In the state.
considering pedigree and conforna-
ton. He won first prize at the New
York State Fair in 1909, second at tho
Great Eastern Fair at Brockton, Mass.
and second at National Dairy Show in
class of fourteen, and since coming
to the. Farm he has improved greatly.
He Is 4 valuable acquisition to tho
state.
It il certainly to be hoped that tho
farmers Of Minnesota will appreciate
the efforts the Dairy Division of the
Experiment Station at st. Anthony
Park is making in tho interest of CO.
operative breeding. The station is In
receipt Of a valuable Jersey bull from
Trenton, Kentucky, known az Brook
Hill Fern. His sire was sold in Ken
lucky for $4,000, and his dam sold ut
auction for $3.50 In 1906. The intro.
duction of this blood into the herd
will put the Experiment Station at
the top of the list of Jersey herds in
Minnesota. This bull is a grandson
of the famous COW, Brook Hill Rose.
She was first prize and champion win.
ner OF the Island Of Jersey, and said
to be the most famous COW ever raised
on the Island, giving % quarts of milk
daily.
The Dairy Division of the Univer.
sity Farm recently sold four Guernsey
bulls to Duluth breeders, and loaned
one. There are several Guernsey
herds at Duluth and an effort is being
made to improve their milking quail.
ties by the uses Of known sires:
Monthly tests Of milk will be made.
A supper was given to Dean and
Mrs. Olson by members Of the faculty.
at one Of the tea rooms in st. Pau.
recently, on the eve Of Dean Olson's
departure fro N the Agricultural
School. State Superintendent schuits
presided as POSTMASTER. Many loleit
Gus addressesswsrs made.