The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-02-15

Between rs and 100 buttermakers
and dairymen captured Sank Centre
Wednesday of this week at which time
the eighth annual convention of the
Central Minnesota Dairymen and But
termakers' association convened at the
Commercial Club rooms.
President Bayer of Pierz presided
over the deliberations, and after cal
ling the convention to order about
1890, introduced Mayor H. F. Hen
nemann who most cordially feliciated
the organization upon the splendid
constructive work they were doing and
extending to them the freedom OF the
city. He also voiced the universal SEN
timent of the citizens when he stated
that Sank Centre considered it an hon.
or to have as her guests men of their
character.
C. E. Cole, of Minneapolis, Western
representative of the b. & O., made
a happy response to the address Of
welcome. He also discussed several
topics of vital interest to the dairy
men; explained quite fully the effect
of the proposed car load rate of butter
shipments, should same become effect
I've. He contended that his move would
practically place the small dairymen
and cooperative creameries at the
mercy of the monster packing COM
panies, unless they were able to ship
their product in carload quantities. He
said that Sank Centre was ideally sit
uated to combat this movement if it
became effective, situated as it is on
two lines of the Great Northern road
and a branch of the NJ. p. He claimed
the way to combat the movement
would be for the creameries of this
section to ship all their butter to Saun
Centre and have the entire product
shipped from here in car load quaint
ties.
President Bayer made a short and
interesting address in which the work
accomplished during the past year was
revived. The report of the secretary
and treasurer showed a balance on
hand of one cent, which all must admit
is pretty close fnanciering.
o. E. Stephl, superintendent Of the
agricultural department of the Sank
| Centre public schools delivered very
interesting address on "Dairying." He
is great believer in the co-operati> e
creamery idea, and stated that Min
nesota has one-third of all the cooper
alive creameries in the country,
that 70 per cent of the creameries in
AZ per cent of the farmers of the
Minnesota were cooperative, and that
state were patrons of the cooperative
creamery. During the past year these
cooperative creameries made H,934,-
900 pounds of butter, or an average
of $4,000 for each creamery.
He urged the necessity of testing
the dairy herd, claiming that these
tests would show that many cows were
kept on the farm at an actual loss. He
said cow should earn from $50 to $50
per year, gross, and that testing
would show that many Of them fell be-
low $35 and $40. Mr.. Stephl said that
it cost about $50 a year to keep cow,
as follows: feed, $50; labor, $3.50;
taxes, interest on investment, etc.,
$3.50. There are two ways of finding
out the profitable and Improbable
COW. One is by weighing the milk at
regular intervals, and the other is by
testing the milk for butterfat. He
claimed that if this plan were followed
cows thought to be poor cows would
show surprising results and cows fig
ured as being high grade would prove
a grave disappointment.
At the afternoon session Sam Hong
dahl, one of the best known butter
makers in Minnesota, substituted or
the program for Dairy and Food Com
missioner Farrell. His talk was full
of practical advice and very helpful t.
those attending the convention of
which there were a goodly number OF
local farmers. The great burden Of
Mr.. Haugdahl's talk was proper feed
ing. He said it was mistake for any
larry farmer to get along without ::
silo; that a cow should give just as
luch milk in the winter as in the
u--mer.
Mr.. Robinson, farmer recently
'ernoved to Osakis from Oregon made
4 verv interesting talk on Coop
Grafton" He said he did not believe
hat it was necessary for the farmers
70 co-cncrate to the extent of going
in to the mercantile business, as the