The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
HOW TO keep BOYS ON
/. FARM, FILLING THE | SOIL So
Give the Youth Problems to Solve;
It's An incentive.
4 = + E = Z + = = = = = =
MONEY IN CREAMERiES.

just competed py the state
+ dairy and food department. !
+ The statement shows that I
+ sixty new creameries were I
+ established in 1911, all Of the Z
+ cooperative, making total I
4 of s62 in the state. Fourteen I
+ new cheese factories came !
+ into existence, making a to- I
/. tai of eighty in Minnesota. I
+ The creameries had an out !
+ put of 105,oo0,0o0 pounds of 4
+ butter, an increase Of TO- I
+ 100000 pounds over 1910. Joel I
+ j. Winkjer, dairy and food I
+ commissioner, says he has I
i not tried to make any COM I
j. piIation, but believes that !
+ each new plant will show an I
+ investment of better than !
+ $4,000. He declares there is I
+ 100000 invested in this in I
I. dustry in Minnesota, nearly I
I. all of which are cooperative. 4
+ + + + + i + + + + + = + + 4
From Fridays Daily. /. g.g...
How to keep the boys on the
farm and returning the man to the
filling of Mother Earth. These were
propositions touched on at the Bet
ter Farming congress, in session a
the Elks' hall today. The attend
ance today was much larger thar
that of yesterday and an unusua
amount of interest was manifested II
the discussion.
A.. ]. Glover was the first speak
er, having been assigned the sub
ject, Bull Testing Associations.
Mr.. Glover advised the farmers Il
be satisfied with nothing but TIT
best when it came to the purchasing
of bull. He thought that this wal
one way in which those who had
good start could progress mucl
faster for they could afford to bu!
good bulls. Yet, it was only fo
the rich to dabble with poor bulls
for it is only spending money fool
isly.
One way to keep the boys on TIT
farm was to give them problem tt
solve such as breeding. The boy
would come to love the farm. HI
cited the experience of a rich maj
poor in health, but who finally go
interested in farming and when n
became a farmer he spent most o
his time in the dairy barn, because
he loved the work.
But he started out right by get
ting the best bulls. He thought les
of spending $4,000 for a good bul
than the average farmer would o
buying bull for $40 or $50, but n
has also sold bulls for price n
high as $4,000.
Going Back to the Farm.
Mr. Glover dwelled for some tim
on going back to the farm. Tn
man who hasn't brains enough t
understand some of these princ
p,es of farming must give it up Il
the man who does and go to tn
rant farmer on "a farm valued n
city. He can't afford to be an ignc
500 or 5000 an acre and the tim
| will soon come when the land aroun
| Mankato and in the southern part O
, the state will be priced at SOU a
acre. He explained in detail the cos
of up.keep of pure-bred bull an
then explained what was prohte
through the herd.
| You want an animal that can u
something; hang the pedigree. VIVA
good is an education unless you ca
earn more? And the same apple
to dairy cows ~-.....
He discussed pedigrees, for ther
are many kinds of pedigrees, thos
of fakirs and the real ones. On
must look to the cow and find he
| real record under fair condition
instead of her record on paper onl!
(, Records are a splendid thing Du
let us not look to that only. Anothe
thing to find out about a COW IS I
see if a COW has been good breet
err. Many breeders have a few III
COWS WIFI IeCOIuo duu |hSh 49,. "
rest of the herd no matter how poo
on the merits of the one or wv
record breakers. This of course
not right.
Four Good Dairy Breeds.
There are four good dairy breed
j and it is up to the dairyman to s.
lect which he wants and when
4 farmer wants q herd he should TT
to get uniform breed"
He took up the example Of tn
farmers at Madison Lake. Here tn
seyenty-five members of a creamer
association should get together, for
an association. get their bylaws, bu
good bull and then use the bu
among the different herds. In tn
way uniformity would be secured.
"We have twelve cow testing a
sociations and testing 5000 cows
Wisconsin, but there are breeder
of full-blood cattle who will not joi
the association because they don
want their cows exposed. Not a
pure-bred breeders are honest an
not all pure-bred cattle are good
he said.
"The time is come when all pur
bred breeders must show the rel
records of the entire herd and M
just a few cows TO advertise wilt
hat