The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-27

or the camp; Farm Management
Problems" by Andrew Boss of ST
Anthony Park; Abortion and Steril
ity in Cattle" by DR.. Williams OF
New York, and Rotation and Soil
Fertility" by J. H. Shepperd of Far
go. N. D.
The annual banquet of the Live
Stock Breeders association will be
held in the Commercial club rooms
Minneapolis, at $3.50 p. m. Wednes-
day.
Thursday morning will be devoted
to the reports of officers and com
mittees, and that afternoons pro-
gram will be under the auspices OF
the Minnesota Association of Fed
Grated County Fairs, many subjects
of interest to members of that as
ISOLATION being scheduled for con.
sideration. The fair association will
hold it's annual banquet at the Com
mercial club at $50 p. m. Thurs.
! day.
Friday morning, January II, will
| be devoted to the election of Off
GERS.
! Production of corn in Minnesota
has been trippled the past ten years,
according to figures given out today
by H. j. Maxfield, state commission
err of immigration. In 1902, accord.
ing to figures compiled by the fed
eral government, the total corn crop
aggregated 33,826,559 bushels. This
year, the crop reached the enormous
figure of 100000 bushels.
This means that the southern
counties of the state are changing
their crops, Mr.. MaXfeld says, SO
that production of corn equals, if
not exceeds, that of any other grain
And Southern Minnesota was at one
time the leading wheat producing
section of the country. Continuing,
he said:
pine county, somewhat north OF
the center of the state, has taken
the prize for corn at the state fair
two years in succession, in competi.
ton with all the other counties in
the central division. The northern
part of the state does not make a
speciality of corn raising, and the
acreage there, planted in corn, is
small as compared with the other
grains: but it is the judgment OF
agricultural experts that corn viii
be, in the not far distant future
one of the leading corps of that
section.
"In the northern counties of Min
nesota, many silos are found today
and quite an acreage is planted III
corn and fodder. With the develop
ment Of this important branch OF
agriculture in Minnesota, the stock
raising industry has kept pace. This
is illustrated in the fact that in 1911
Minnesota contributed to the receipts
of live stock, at the South st. Pau
market, IS per cent Of the tota
number received, slaughtered and
distributed there. .@'r-
"All over Southern Minnesota car
be found stock farmers who are
feeding cattle on home grown corn
With corn as one of Minnesota s
leading products, it's value amount
ing to $35,OOO,C0O this year, and with
the dairy industry contributing ap
proximately $50,000,000 more to the
wealth of Minnesota farmers, ant
with the wonderful possibilities il
d, the state in producing hay and
roughage, the state is destined tC
be one of the Lead. Cqrn and cat
tie states in the Uuion."
Pleasure was unconfined' at the
Indian Lake School house last night.
Christmas exercises were carried out
in a manner that was enjoyed by
the pupils and their parents. The
program was made up of songs, reel
tations and drills, all of which gave
evidence of the excellent training
the scholars had received from the
teacher, Miss Cecilia Neubauer of
Minnesota Lake.
The attendance was large and the
evening was one that parents and
pupils will long remember.
! Another pleasing feature was the
distribution Of apples by the Indiar
Lake Literary society. This organ
izatioh had purchased a barrel OF
apples for the occasion and literally
distributed them among young and
old. The evening was one of delight
to all.
Business men of Mankato are ia
vorably impressed with the PROPOSE
ton to purchase couple of blood
hounds that can be used by the au
thorities to track down those per
sons who may have committed a
crime. The dogs can be purchased
for 1925 per pair already trained. II
is said that at Waterloo few days
ago, two dogs were instrumental in
tracing a burglar that had stolen
clothing from a store in that city
The dogs tracked down promi
nent citizen of Waterloo and located
the stolen pants in an upstairs room
in his home.
1t is understood that several bust
ness men in Mankato have offered tC
donate money toward the purchase
of couple of dogs.
st. Paul, December 21.-Surviv
ing members Of the old First regi
ment, Minnesota volunteers, appeal
ed to Governor Eberhart today tt
cooperate with them in obtaining
an appropriation with which tt
transport all that remains of til,
: regiment to- the celebration at Get
. tysburg in July, 1918. The part.
was headed by Major C. b. Heffel
. finger. With him were Ed A. Stev
ems, G. A. Bracket, J. B. Gilfilial
, and Fred B. Snyder. Governor Eber
. hart promised to assist in any wa,
+ he could in obtaining the appropria
ton.
Death of John lans. II