The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-16

by your county commissioned to
arrange to meet with the committee
of Blue Earth county on June 4,
1918, at 10 a. m. at the court house
at Mankato.. In case your county
commissioners see fit to appoint
committee YOU will see to it that
one of the committee of three is a
Regularly licensed physician, a citi-
zen and taxpayer of your county,
then appoint two other representa-
tive citizens; these three constitute
your committee and could be In
structed to investigate the matter and
could meet with our committee and
with our board, of county commits
sioners, on June and could report
/ back to the hoard of county com
nissioners of your county. The com
mittee will consider it a great fa-
yor if you will give this communi-
cation your careful consideration and
see to it that the committee shall
eceiVe an official answer from your
county board on or before May "a.
Another letter is being sent to
he clergy, the physicians and the
own clerks in d Blue Earth county,
| asking the several gentlemen to an
swer set of questions, the answers
If which will be valuable data in re.
| sard to the building of the SAM
arium. The questions are as fol-
ows:
First. What is the liberal aver
age total number of tuberculosis
PATIENTS in your care annually?
Second. How many tuberculous
PATIENTS in your care now ought to
wall themselves of the proper and
modern sanitarium treatment?
Third. In your opinion, is it i'm
oerative for Blue Earth county to
construct a county tuberculosis SAM
arium at this time?
Fourth. Do you favor Blue Earth
ounty building such sanitarium
separately or jointly with one or
1ore adjoining counties?
Fifth. How large a tract of ground
hould such an institution have for
I site?
Sixth. Answer to question first and
second should include any and all
orms of tuberculosis. This informa-
ion is not for publication, but will
,e considered confidential as to an
wers to questions first and second
Except that the total number of tu-
lerculosis patients at this time in
his county will be published.
When the answers to these letters
ire received by the chairman of the
Committee, DR.. A. F. Schmitt, the
committee will again meet, and pre-
lare report which will be based
tpOn the information received. The re-
aOrt will be presented to the coun.
commissioners at their next meet
ng on June 4, and from it, a rec
mmendation, for or against the con-
truction of a county tuberculosis
anatorium will be made.
The next annual meeting of the
Minnesota Swine Breeders assoeia-
ion will be held in this city Friday
md Saturday, June 6 and Z. This
S the first time that the associa-
ion has met outside of the. twin
titles. goodly attendance of men,
1ers from over the state is expect
ID, and the farmers tributary to
Mankato are invited to attend the
essions, which will be something
N the order of an agricultural short
curse on hog raising. Some of the
,est authorities in the west have
)een engaged as speakers, and the
meetings will be of great benefit to
II who attend.
The program will be as follows
Friday Afternoon, 80 O'clock
Market Requirements" j. ]. Fergu-
on, with Swift & Co., Chicago,
ecture illustrated with live hogs,
moving the kind of hogs for which
packers will pay the highest price.
Te is a meat expert and swine
Judge of national reputation. Judg-
ne demonstration, by S. McKelvie,
sr., Lincoln, Neb. group of four
n more swine will be ranked ac-
ording to their excellence. There
will be a discussion of what should
We looked for in an ideal hog, with
criticism and reasons for place
tent. The speaker is an expert.
A banquet is planned for the even
ng. 49, a.
Papers and Demonstrations.
Saturday Forenoon, Nine O'clock
Swine Houses and Shelter. by w.
:. Hagerman, University farm, St
'aul. Discussion by all present, led
w. j. Gregg of Pennington. The
breeding Herd" by S. MeKelyie of
ineoln. with discussion led by w.
J. Shanks of Warrington. Market
ng Pure Bred Hogs" by H. o. Tel
Ter of Whiting, Iowa, with discus
ion led by H.. c. Krum of White
Bear
Saturday Afternoon = "Fattening
Market Hogs" by F. W. Peck of the
University farm, with discussion led
by C. W. Hale of Stewartville and
i. S. Muir of Winnebago. Meat
demonstration, by ]. J. Ferguson of
Chicago and T. G. Paterson, who is
in charge of the meat work at the
university farm, ST. Paul
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