The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-05

association. either I'm or out OF the
hog cholera movement, according TO
the members preference. President
Green appointed Mr.. Haedt and Mr.
Johnson.
Mr. Leindecker briefly addressed
the gathering. lie stated that owing
To the effects of the Renville County
Swine Breeders association, OF which
he was president. farmers were not
discouraged in the raising of hogs
after the cholera epidemic of 1913.
In 1914 total OF 100000 hogs was
raised. The highest number ever
raised in any year before that had
been $4,000.
League Meeting.
The chair was now taken by T.
s. Booallie of Tracy. president of
the. Southern Minnesota Better De-
velopment association. Mr.. Bonnal
lie presented Professor Hendricks,
instructor in agriculture at the high
school OF Spring Valley. Just before
the professor spoke, Mr.. Deets said
that some of the prize corn that
was at this show would fill sixty
TO seventy per cent. The professor
declared that this was even better.
II would go as high as eighty per
cent. The professor now took up
several ears OF corn and had the diff
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and bad points. One ear was too
short, another was lacking I'm the
heart. another had too large head.
Mr.. Blanchard, last nights prize
winner, was asked TO tell how large
a yield he could get out of his
prize corn. He answered that he
had gotten eighty bushels to the
acre, but n neighbor with the same
seed had gotten 12s bushels to the
acre. lie said he had no doubt that
he himself could have gotten 100
bushels to the acre. but he sowed
IL more thinly than he would have
done for the maximum yield, be-
cause his object was to raise the
best quality of seed.
Mr.. Deets remarked that August
Freeburg of Berrisford with Silver
King corn had raised 10 bushels to
the acre. Mr.. Deets remarked that
many people thought they had very
good corn until they brought their
corn 10 the show and thus had some
thing with which to compare 1t.
George Atchison, chairman of the
committee on nominations, reported
the following to hold the new, Of
fees for the coming year: Presi.
dent, John s. Tolverson, Fulda; vice
president, II. M. Green. Lake Crys-
tai; executive committee, w. G..
Frank, Springfield, C. J. Blanchard.
Sherburn, and T.. A. Knowlton of
Rochester; treasurer, ]. u. Ludlow,
Rushmore. The report was prompt
ly accepted and the officers thus
elected.
Address BY Briggs.
w. f. Briggs, vice president OF
the Northwestern National bank Of
mlthtdpoliSr duurtsStu tHt Sathcf-
ing on the matter of the conserva-
ton OF the country's agricultural re-
sources He dwelt at some length
on the matter OF waste. and said
that IL the United States had its
agricultural resources properly con-
served there was no doubt that II
could feed its people for many gen.
erations TO come. Otherwise the
time would come when there would
not be enough food to go round.
Mr.. Briggs urged all the farmers
TO raise cattle. lie did not believe
In farms that devoted themselves to
the raising OF grain alone.
The speaker dweit at some length
on the, importance of South St. Paul
as cattle market. He stated that
some years ago he had made the
statement that South st. Paul would
he the greatest cattle market in
the United States. For that he
was ridicuIed, but today he said he
would confidently repeat that pre-
diction. alf a.t
At the close of the morning ses.
sion Mr.. Deets presented Mr.. Rog-