The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-08-08

This cow was placed in the Leutmer
herd on May II and her first seven
day period shows milk production of
four hundred and forty and one-half.
pounds. Her second weeks production
four hundred and nirfety-four pounds
and the third and highest weeks pro-
duction five hundred and three
pounds. The average fat content dur
ing the month was found to be 3.8 per.
cent. For the seven day period in
which Norma Pieterje Belle produced
five hundred and three pounds of milk
figuring that with this three and
eight tenths per cent at content we
find that this COW produced twenty
three and eighty-nine hundreds
pounds of butter in this seven day
period, butter figured on the eight
per cent fat basis. In the first thirty
day period with a production of two
thousand and eight pounds of milk
testing three and eight-tenths fat
seventy-nine pounds of fat is found to
be produced during the month. This
fat was sold to the Metre Grove
creamery at fifty cents pound max
ing the monthly return for butterfat
sold from this one COW $3.50.
Mr.. Leutmer has also kept an. ac-
curate feed record on this cow since
the date of her entry into his herd.
The following ration has been used
during the sixty day period cited;
seven pounds Of bran; six pounds c
barley feed; six pounds of corn meal
and one pound of oil meal are fed
daily. Figuring these feeds at pur-
chase price the daily ration is found
to cost forty-one cents and this ration
fed for month cost $3.50. Refer
ring them to the first thirty days per-
iod which this cow was under test in
the Leutmer herd we find that the two
thousand and eight pounds of milk
which contained seventy-nine pounds
of butterfat Sold at $3.50 and deduct
ing from the selling price the feed
cost of $3.50 it is found that the COW
produced a profit of $27.50 over and
above the cost of concentrates feeds.
To this feed cost should be added the
pasture charge which if taken at So
month which is considerable more
than is usually figured we find this
COW returning a net profit of $24.2O
over and above all feed costs.
The second months production
which covers the period from June II
to July II shows a milk production OF
nineteen hundred and forty-three
pounds and figuring this at the same
fat test gives butterfat production
of seventy-three and eight tenths
pounds. The grain ration used during
this month was the same as in the
preceding. This COW freshened on
March IL and a performance of this
kind must be considered as a very
creditable showing during the sum-
mer season and especially during this
present summer with the scarcity of
pasture grasses which dairymen IN
this .neighborhood have had to con-
tent with. More cows of this type
which can prove their value are in
demand in Stearns county at the pres
emit time. This cow and other indi-
viduals on the Leutmer farm will be
on exhibit at the Stearns county fair
from Aug. 21-24.
Peter. M. Lair, chairman OF the
county commissioners, has been ap-
pointed to act as threshing machine
inspector during the coming season.
Mr.. Lair is an old experienced thresh-
man having spent twenty-five years in
threshing work which time he has
owned and operated a number of diff
ferent makes of machine. There is
no question but what Mr.. Lair will be
able to carry on this work in a way
satisfactory to all threshing machine
operators who are trying to do good
work as well as to the farmers OF
this county. Mr.. Lair will as far as
time permits visit from time to time
during the threshing season machines
operating within the county and will
cooperate with the State and National
Grain Threshermen's Division in their
drive directed toward the greatest
possible saving of all grain threshed.
p. w. Huntemer,
+ * ~ = = 49,