The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-07-30
THE HOLST!E:|NlS
DAIRYMEN HELD VERY FINE
OUTDOOR MEETING
Merits of Cow Were Related to
Large Audience At the
Brush Farm

A. M. Brush & Son, proprietors of
Lakeside Dairy Farm near Amboy,
where the hosts Wednesday evening
to a large gathering or enthusiastic
boosters for better livestock and more
of a series of outdoor meetings held
under the auspices of the Blue Earth
County Holstein association and the
Blue Earth County Farm Bureau, and
more than 500 people were present
from all parts of the county to en-
joy the fine program and meet neigh
bors and acquaintances. Mr.. Brush
had the entire place about his build
ings and yards nice lighted with a
farm light plant and when several
head OF the type black and white cat
tie were brought out under the cleo
trio lights and one saw the interest
shown by the hundreds of people pres
ent, 1t made one feel that there Is a
great future for the man on the farm
who is reeding good livestock.
Value of Producing Cows.
Professor A. B. Rayburn OF Univers-
ity Farm. st. Paul, gave a very in
structive talk on the value of good
producing cows of correct dairy type
stead, the firms senior herd sire as a
fine example of correct dairy type, he
explained the many excellent points
of the animal and emphasized. the
rapid Improvement possible when
such sire is used to head the herd
He said that it was we'll demons
trated fact that the use of such a
sire would greatly increase the milk
flow in the first generation of of
spring. The dairy cow is a highly
developed machine for converting the
raw materials into the finished prod
uct and needs good care and feed.
Not all cows, however, are equally
efficient in this respect and Profess
sor Rayburn has found the cow test
ing association very satisfactory
means of determining the most prof
liable cows.
Several Musical Numbers.
The audience was favored with
several pleasing musical numbers fur
nished by mixed quartete composed
of Mrs. l.. E. Cornell, Miss Truwe
and Messrs, Cornell and Scramlin, al
so a duet by Mrs. Cornell and Rlbert
Scramlin, and a cornet solo by Ar
thur Busse. All responded to en-
cores and their music was greatly
| appreciated and added variety and
spice to the program.
Present NARROW of the Blue Earth
County Holstein association talked
convincingly on the merits of the
Holstein cow and declared that mon
ey paid for good Holstein cows was
one of the most profitable invest
ments that any farmer could make
| He related some of their experiences
at the North Dakota state fair held
at Fargo last week when the Mankato
Holstein farm herd won II out of a
possible twelve first prizes in the
| classes shown.
Mrs. William Sharp pleased the au.
dience with couple of humorous
and MIXED Cows" and "Finnegan to
Fannegan."
Cow Testing Association.
Harry Brush told of his experiences
| in the cow testing association. He has
found that the Association has not
| only helped him to determine his
most profitable cows but has also
made those cows of greater value for
buyers are willing to pay more for
cows of proven value.
Mr.. Withrow, buttermaker at Am
boy, told Of his efforts to get some
of the patrons to test their cows and
now they finally became deeply in
terested in the work.
The Farm Bureau.
County Agent Mcmillan spoke
briefly on the relation of the Farm
Bureau to the various breed associa-
tions of the county and to live stock
improvement. He feels that since the
Farm Bureau is entitled to the support
of every farmer because it is a farm
ers organization working to make
farming more profitable not only be
! securing better cows but in every
other way.
The meeting closed with singing
the official Holstein song, III H Hol
stein, beautiful Holstein, You're the
only c-c-cow that l adore. When the
m M moon shines over the c-c-cow
shed. You'll give forty quarts of milk
or more"