The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-08-05
EXPERIMENTS ARE
Often EXPENSIVE
SCHOOL AGRICULTURISTS NOT
ENTHUSIASTIC OVER SWINE
IMPORTING PLAN
BUY OF YOUR HOME BREEDERS
E. M. GILLIG GIVES VERY GOOD
ADVICE TO FARMERS AFTER
INVESTIGATION

LIN AheCloIdtC L SWlu6 AS
ISOLATION has an agent at work in the
vicinity OF Sank centre, selling reg
istered Duroc Jersey swine, which
they guarantee to be of the best
breeding in the country. Their agent,
John Cosgrove, is former resident
OF this nelghborhood. 1t is said that
the association had its origin in Iowa
where its greatest membership is To-
Gated. They are now working in
Minnesota and Wisconsin, and Mr..
Cosgrove states they intend to work
in North Dakota next. The Cenral
office of the organization is in Min
neapolis.
Their plan in this community, as in
others, is to sell number of Duroc
gifts for future delivery and then to
organize local association among
buyers, to be affiliated with the In
terstate Association. When the pigs
are sent in, they are numbered and
the purchasers draw numbers for
their pigs. They have all paid stip-
ulated price per pig, and get what is
allotted to them. The county agent
at SherbOurn county reports that
down there the gifts were sold for
$175.00. Mr.. Cosgrove states that the
association will help the purchaser Of
these gifts dispose of the best young
pigs in the filters to come.
E. M. Gillig, the local agriculturist,
connected with the Sank Centre high
school, has studied the matter, and
discussed it with Mr.. Cosgrove, and
with some of the farmers. Mr.. Gillig
says that he is not particularly en-
thusiastic over the enterprise. With
in the last 48 hours he has been
gathering as much authoritative N.
formation on the subject as possible.
which is quoted herewith.
A. D. Wilson, director of agriculture
al field work for Minnesota, accord.
ing to Mr.. Gillig, says, "My advice is
to leave this thing absolutely alone,
and if farmers want to get some good
hogs, either go Independently to a
regular hog breeder and buy what
they want, or preferably to seek the
help of the County Farm Bureau, or
local Agriculturist."
Mr.. Wilson continues, eve believe
that these men are financially faith
full and will deliver purebred sow,
but we did not approve of their plan
for two reasons. First, we are salts.
fled that farmer can go to a regular
breeder and purchase a better sow
for the same money. This is true be-
cause the method they are using for
selling these sows is very expensive,
and they can't afford to do it except
on large margin. Our second rea-
sem Mr.. Wilson states. "for not ap-
proving of this plan is that it takes
rather clever salesman to put over
such a proposition, and we believe
there is danger of selling high grade
stock to some farmers who are not
ready Or equipped to handle it. This
together with our belief that they are
selling stock at a higher price than
necessary, makes the proposition
real detriment to the live stock in.
dustry." a
P. w. Huntemer, the Stearns county
agent, was interviewed Tuesday by
Mr.. Gillig and was not overly ems
thusiastic about the work of the In.
terstate Association.
The statements the Herald are
quoting seem to speak quite clearly
for themselves. Agricultural authors
ties do not seem to approve of the
work of the Interstate Pure Swine
Association at all.
The Herald has it from Mr.. Gillig
that there are number of very fine
herds of all the popular breeds Of
hogs in Stearns county and adjoining
places, from which very good stock
can be purchased, and he is of the
opinion that it is to the mutual benz
eft of both the buyer and the seller,
to do business locally. as there is
sufficient high grade pure bred stock
in this territory to meet all demands