The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-05-08

-ASSOcldIlOu On MOnQdy evening, Mdy
IS, Leo Callahan was chosen manager
for the ensuing year.
At the organization meeting on
Wednesday, April 80, the following
board of directors were chosen:
John Murphy, president; Nick Mach
ren, vice-president; A. E. Welle,
secretary and treasurer; members OF
advisory board, John Smith, Joe
Roche, John Rossmann, Joe Fisher,
ED. Callhan, Frank Precursor and
Nick Schmitt. Over IS farmers from
the neighborhood of Avon attended
The organization meeting.
With the forming of this farmers
association practically every shipping
point in Stearns County is repre-
scented by a farmers company. The
Avon Association will draw stock
from at least four townships which
are tributary to this point and under
able management should prove one
of the most successful associations
in the east central part of the coun-
.ty. The stockholders of the associa-
4tion voted to allow their manager &c
a hundred on stock shipped and to
deduct three cents on each hundred
to be placed in a sinking fund to cover
and losses in shipments made.
MIR. Ben Cole of the University
Farm and P. w. Huntemer, Farm
Bureau manager attended and help
ed in the organization of the associa-
-tion.
Every Holstein breeder in the coun-
ty should try and attended the auto
excursion which has been arranged
by the Stearns County Holstein
Breeders Association cooperating
with the Farm Bureau for Sunday
afternoon, May IL. The object OF
this excursion is to give all breeders
of Holstein cattle and their neighbors
interested in this breed an opporun-
ity to inspect two of the best herds
in the county.
The first farm visited will be the
farm of Thomas Zaczkowsh which
is located about a mile north and
quarter of a mile east of Roscoe.
All autos taking part in the excur-
sion will be expected to meet at the
rrZaczkowski farm at 2:3O Sunday
afternoon. From here the excursion
will continue to the Paynesvllle
cStockfarm which is operated by f..
B. Heller. The Heller farm is about
two miles southwest of Paynesv1lle.
Mr.. Zaczkowski has recently pur-
chased over 80 head of pure breds
from New York and Mr.. Heller has
received this week large conslgn-
ment of pure breds from Wayne,
Michigan. The stock in these herds
will compare very favorable with any
of the leading herds in Central MIN
nesota and visits to these farms
should prove interesting to all Hol-
stein breeders as we'll as farmers ex-
Meeting to make their first start In
Holstein cattle in the near future.
Every Holstein breeder should try
and take part in this excursion and
boost for his breed the black and
white on Sunday afternoon, May IL.
Load YOUR auto with members of your
family and if the family is not
large enough to fill the car bring some
of YOUR neighbors. Remember our
meeting place will be the ZaczkoWskl
farm at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, May
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This excursion is the first OF
series which will be arranged during
the summer by the Farm Bureau.
The object of these excursions will
he to visit a number of Stearns coun-
tvs leading herds. On dates to be
announced later, trips will be arranged
to some of the larger Short Horn
herds, Brown Swiss, Herford, Aber-
deem Angus and other breeds repre-
scented by stock of merit on farms in
The county.
P. W.. Huntemer, County Agent.
The Metre Grove creamery, located
in the center of Stearns County's lead
ing Holstein community, has estab-
lished an enviable record during the
month of March paying out Sill ,212.07
to the creamery's patrons. This
creamery has an even seventy patrons
including a few that live within or
near the village of Metre Grove and
deliver cream from only two or three
COWS. Of the farm patrons forty
eight received checks of over 500.
H. n. Meyer received a check for
the month of $539.92 which is most
likely the highest cream check given
to any farmer in Central Minnesota,
Mr. Meyer has built up a large herd
OF pure bred and grade Holsteins. His
herd. contains foundation stock pur-
chased from the best herds in the
state including the E. c. Schroeder
herd Of Moolhead, Senator Hack
ney's herd of st. Paul and the w. b.
Schilling herd of Northfield. Mr..
Henry Nietfeldt with a herd of grade
and pure bred Holsteins and some
grade Guernseys, draws second place
on the Metre Grove paw roll with a