The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-11-22
FIELD CROP BREEDERS
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From Fridays Daily.
4 Mankato has practically secured
the meeting of two big state assocl-
ations for the last week in Febru.
airy. The directors of the Minnesota
Field Crop Breeders association held
a meeting at the West hotel in
Minneapolis yesterday, and with
them met Senator T. NJ eastman of
Owatonna, who is president of the
Minnesota Corn Growers association.
Senator eastman proposed that the
two associations consolidate, as they
were working along practically the
same lines, and this met with favor
on the part of the Field Crop men.
1t was found that the two assoca-
tions had best meet together and
consolidate at the February meeting.
The directors of the Field Crop
Breeders association considered the
matter of holding it's meetings and
seed fairs in cities other than the
twin cities hereafter, and it was
discussed from all points of view.
The meetings and shows have here
tofore always been held in the twin
cities, but it was thought that the
farmers could be reached better by
meeting in the smaller cities, and it
was decided to do so hereaftr. This
motion went through unanimously.
The matter of the date for the
holding of the next meeting was
taken up and it was thought that
the last week in February would be
time when farmers could best at
tend, and there would be little dan
ger of bad weather Or snow block.
AIDES, and it would. also be good
time, as the farmers could put into
practice the ideas that they gath
cred.
When the time came for deciding
upon q place for holding the meet
ing, Mr.. Beckman invited the asso-
citation to meet at Cokato, presented
some reasons, and f. F. Soaring,
secretary of the Mankato CONNER
cial club, extended an invitation to
/ the two associations to meet in Man
katO, and gave reasons why it might
be best for the meeting to be held
CokatO business men had raised $500
i'm agricultural implements to be
given as premiums, and Mr.. Scar
ing promised $500 or more in pre-
miums and cash, with more if the
corn show was to be held in the
city, also. George Atchison, one of
the directors, said that if Mankato
was selected he would personally
give $40 i'm addition to the amount
raised by the Commercial club. The
Mank3to offer seemed to please all,
and there was a practically unani-
nous feeling that the meeting had
better be held in this city.
! An executive session was held, at
which the matter of The place of
holding the next meeting was left
to the executive committee and Pres
ident C. w. Glotfeter of Waterville
and Professor C. p. Bull of the
state experimental station, secretary,
will come to Mankato tomorrow at
ternoon and meet with the advisory
committee of the Mankato CONNER
J Cial club, to see what this city has
to offer and what it's facilities are
: in the way of hotel accommodations
aud halls. There seems little doubt
that Mankato will set these impor-
I tant meetings if the business men
will do their part by offering prizes
or giving cash. There ought to be
mot less than $500 i'll premiums and
$500 in cash raised. The Corn Grow
ers' association met at Owatonna
last winter and that city raised
$1,000 for it.
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The meetings will be a big thing
for MankatO and particularly for the
Farming community adjacent, for the
best field grain raised in all parts
of the state will be entered in COM
petition for the liberal prizes and
premiums that will be offered, and
at the same time professors from
/ the state agricultural college and eX-
perimental farm will be present to
give talks. 1t cannot help but be
of very great educational value, and
ought to lead to greater yields per
acre, and more of money producing
crops being raised
Around COkato is crop breeding
association with eighty members, all
of whom make n study of field crop
breeding and raise to sell for seed,
anu tHSS nave SuCCeCueu III TdlSlUS
much better corn and much more
: to the acre than in Blue Earth
county, in spite of all of the advan-
tages here. Southern Minnesota
f3rmers have been doing fairly well
and seem to have adopted the pol
icy of leaving well enough alone,
but the time has come when they
will be left in the shade by the
farmers of other parts of the state
unless they adopt the best methods
Other sections are using better
methods and getting better results
The first prize corn for two years
has been raised at Pine City, when
it could much easier have been
raised in Blue Earth or Nicollet
counties.
When the farmers adjacent to
Mankato are securing a bigger in
come per acre it will mean more
business for The local merchants and
every far seeing man ought to strive
to this end.