Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-03-02
THE ASKov HORSEBREED-
ERS ASSOCIATION.

Ine meeting at the town hall
Feb. 18th for the final organiza-
zion turned out very satisfactory,
21 members signed their names
for 48 shares and paid for these
shares in cash and notes. After
| that constitution and bylaws
were adopted and a committee
was elected to buy stallion for
the association. Elected were
James Frokjer and Jens Mcrten-
sen. They were allowed to select
a third man to 60 with them. A
managing board of five directors
was then elected as follows.
James Frokjer, president; L.
Mosbak, secretary; r. Simons-
gaard. treasurer; and Jens Mort
ensen and |. Al. Ecklund. After
that it was decided not to COM
mence business until 40 members
had subscribed for shares.
| Up to date there are 70 MEM
bers and 123 shares subscribed.
| 1t looks bright for cooperation
among the farmers the way this
breeders Association Isl taken
hold of. Quite a few have taken
lshares although they have no
mares to breed at the present.
1t is by all deemed to be q good
thing to have a first class stallion
brought into this community and
none expect big dividends from
the investment in shares.
| wrote to farmer in the
southern part of the state for i'm
formation or rather his expert
ence in regard to breeding asso-
Citations. | received the answer
dated February 18th, after the
meeting and therefore take this
means to translate and communi-
cate part of this letter to the
members. He says: 1T is diff
cult to give advice, but you must
not expect to make money on
that business. There are very
| few associations of this kind that
come out even. / have have
handled stations for Ia years,
some of my own and some fer
our breeders associations. If
you need a good stallion in Askoy
do cooperate to buy one and il
you don't get all the money back
you have paid out for one you
will gain by getting a uniform
stock of horses in the communit,
in few years which will more
than repay possible loss if loss
there should be. You plan to
have the whole community as fan
as possible to subscribe for a linz
Iited number of small shares is in
my opinion a good one. That
shows community spirit. If you
can carry it through, make your
bylaws so that members are
bound to let all their mares breed
to your own stallion, and don't
guarantee either a standing or
sucking colt but let the service
fee be due when the mare is in
| foal. If you guarantee sucking
colt you take the whole risk and
the owner of the mare is often
careless and the result is either
weak colts or abortion. 1t il
better to charge only SIS. 90 when
mare is in foal than $40 and
guarantee a sucking colt.
/ Appoint a good man to take
care Of the stallion and give him
free hands. Don't let a 8 year
old stallion cover more than 8
mares a week; an older one can
cover IL. A stallion ought to
work moderately the 8 months OF
the year or walk from 5 to 10
miles a day. Appoint two or
three men to buy the stallion and
let them look around. You can
generally buy the very best stall
lions from small breeders. look
out for horsepeddlers. Buy an
American bred; he is just as good
and often better than an import
ed stallion, and save at least
$1,000 on the deal. Yours truly,
EHc II Cnranopy,