The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-03-06
500 FARMERS HEAR PREDICTION that
BEITRAltl COUNTY Will soon Be one
OF NATIONS GREATEST DAIRY CEN1ERS
w. A. McKerrow Enthuses Those ia
Attendance at Monster Institute
by Convincing Remarks.
SCIENCE GIRLS FEED coo PEOPLE


ditions They May Expect Success
to Crown Their Efforts.
With Bemidji's magnificent high
school building filled to it's utmost ca
pacity, 500 persons, including farm
ers, business men and others inter-
ested, the most enthusiastic and sue
cessful Farmers meeting ever held
in this city is in progress today.
Farmers from every section of the
territory surrounding Bemidji were
in attendance when the institute was
called to order this morning and sew
eral clubs had large delegations pres
ent in the hope that they might be
declared the winners in the attend1
ance contest. s5 .
| McKerrow Talks.
Following the count of township
delegations, w. A. McKerrow, in
charge of the animal husbandry ex-
tension department at the state az
ricultural school, st. Paul, spoke. Mr.
McKerrow is an excellent speaker
and by his convincing manner and
evident earnestness he Immediately
became a favorite with the farmers
and others t%.sS.f,.;,g
1 L ho ,oS1
of a Cattle Breeders association; the
test of grains fed to cattle; cow test
ing association, in order that the pay
ing qualities of a COW might be ascer-
tanned and advised farmers to rid
themselves of dual purpose cows and
to devote their time to the raising
#. pure. bred stock. e.. $3.50.
! He Makes Prediction.
Mr.. McKerrow predicted that in
far less than 100 years the farms Of
Minnesota will possess only pure bred
cattle and that in the near future
Beltrami county will be considered as
one of the nations leading dairying
sections and said that if the present
interest and progress continues that
i this county will be the chief dairy
fcenter of the Gopher sta1as 81
''For the promoting of better dairy
ing there is no better methodist pur-
sue than to organize Cow Testing as
Isociations. Denmark has 72O of these
organizations and the United States
is wisely following it's example.
| Are Not Profitable.
II believe that farmers are begin
ming to see where and why the dual
purpose animal is not profitable IN
comparison with the thoroughbred"
said Mr.. McKerrow. ''There is no
questioning the fact that COWS which
are permitted to browse in the field
during cold weather cannot be ex-
pected to bring good results. The
belief that money is needed in order
to make herd produce is now for
gotten idea. Make the sheds COM
Portable with plenty of light, improv-
ed stalls and etc., and your success
in dairying is assured" -
! -. Quotes From Records.
| Mr.. McKerrow quoted from rec
ords showing what other counties
have done and suggested that for
proof the farmers write the lagricul-
ltural department at Washington.
! ~. The Largest Meeting.
i According to Mr.. McKerrqw, the
Bemidji meeting is the largest he has
ever attended and he has made ad-
dresses and travelled in all parts Of
the state in connection with institute
work: He said that although Min
nesota is making progress along
dairying lines, it has not; been near
as rapid as the opportunities permit.
Many farmers complimented and
thanked Mr.. McKerrow for his SPLEEN
did talk and expressed the belief that
they had been benefited greatly by It's
instructive message.
Barker in Charge.
E. A. Barker, president of the
Merchants association, was in charge
of this afternoons session of the in
stitute. The program was given as
planned by Bueford M. Gle, agri-
culturist, to whose efforts the success
of the meeting is largely due.
Several duets by Misses Margaret
Newton and Edith Erwin, supervisor
of music and eighth grade instructor,