The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-10-12

Inc following figures showing sta
tistics for the month of September,
were furnished The Herald by Prof
M. D. Aygarn, superintendent of the
Sank Centre public schools
HIGH SCHOOL.
enrolment ;. :. >. :. :. :. III
Daily attendance :. :. ;. :. ;. 10
Per cent of attendance :. $50
hardness >. :. :. :. :. =. 3
Library books read :. :. :. :. ;. IA
Visitors -. >. :. .. .. :. :. 5
ALL DEPARTMENTS
Total number of boys enrolled ;. 21O
Total number of girls enrolled ;. 243
Total enrolment :. :. :. :. :. 453
Total daily attendance :. ;. =. 435
Average per cent attendance :. 81
Total cases hardness :. :. :. 80
Total days absent ;. :. >. :. PIP
Total number of library books
reao :. :. 10y
Total number of visitors :. ;. So
High school students taking:
Manual arts, grades and 8 ;. 81
Domestic Arts grades 6, Z, s so
Agriculture, grades Z and 8 >. Al
Zone of the most efficient, simplest
and inexpensive ways of finding out
what each individual COW is doing
is by means of the scales and the
Babcock test. 1t is efficient because
it tells exactly what each COW is pro-
ducing for the good consumed and it
is simple, so simple in fact that a
few words of explanation will enable
any man to make test. 1t is, mex
pensive. The whole testing outfit
for an ordinary farm of 20 to 80 COWS
will cost very little more than So
Yet very few farmers are making
use of this excellent means of weed
ing out feeders" from their herd.
According to statistics from sew
eral representative dairy farms in
this state. it takes about $1,000 to
$4,000 to feed and care for dairy
COW. With production of 10
pounds of butterfat a year she will
just pay for her keep and care. Now
it is evident that anything above
this is clear profit and anything be-
low means loss, and too many are
kept at loss. A good cow ought
to produce from $50 pounds of but
terfat per year and above. Suppos-
ing she is producing $50 pounds, 10
pounds is required for keep and care,
leaving $50 pounds of butterfat clear
profit, which is equivalent to 210
pounds butter or 25 cents per pound
equals $3.50 clear profit.
Several reasons are advanced for
not testing the cows, such as not
having the means or facilities nor
the knowledge of how to do it and
the strongest argument seems to be
the lack of time.
Let us look at the question of time.
What business man would give up
bookkeeping because of lack of time?
1t is equally as important for the
farmer to keep track of the different
enterprises on the farm. In the case
of testing the cows no complex sys-
tenn of records is kept and very little
time is needed. Taking composite
sample of milk from each COW for
two days once a month during the
year and weighing the milk at the
same time would cause perhaps five
hours of extra work per month test
ing and ALL So the question of lack
of time is more imaginary than real.
What is locking is persistent and
systematic effort with definite end
in view.
In order to create an interest In
cow testing as we'll as to furnish
definite proof of it's value, the Agri-
cultural Department of the Sank Gen.
tire schools is now testing the COWS
of a few interested farmers around
Sank Centre Each farmer takes a
composite sample from each one of
his cows. These samples are then
brought to the Farmers Creamery
where it is tested free of charge
K. A. NORSEN.