The Mankato free press., 1920-06-18
THE HOLSTE|N
GRADE OF CATTLE POPU-
LAR WITH AUDIENCE
Interesting Meeting Was Held
At the Saulpaugh Last
Evening

Torrential rain which struck this
section Of the county about the mid
die of the afternoon yesterday pre-
vented what promised to be a very
pleasing entertainment planned at the
Mankato Holstein Farm just north of
the city, owned by NARROW & Randall.
A large tent had been pitched there,
and some of te choicest cows on the
farm were to nave been placed on
exhibition, and Judging demonstration
carried out. 1t was also planned to
entertain the visitors to the farm
ming COWS from all of the principal
Eolstein dairy farms in the United
States. This program at the farm.
was called off and the moving pic
lures were shown in the lobby of the
Saulpaugh hotel. In addition to the
pictures a number Of short addresses
were given by prominent Holstein
breeders throughout the state.
Attorney Harry A. Johnson acted as
toastmaSter OF the occasion and in
troduced the speakers of the even
greatly appreciated by the audience.
Solo BY X. Barrett.
The first namber on last nights
program at the hotel was a well rem
dered solo sung by K. Barrett of Fort
Atkinson, Wis, representing Hoards
Dairyman At intervals throu9hout
the evening Mr.. Barrett favor/ the
audience with vocal selections which
were greatly enjoyed. He has fine
voice.
]. C. NARROW of this city, president
of the Blue Earth County Holstein
Breeders association, was the first
speaker of the evening. He stated
that he was pleased to note the large
number of Holstein breeders present,
but was sorry that the rain had pre-
vented the schedule program from
being carried out at the Mankato Hol-
stein Farm, where several features
which could not be staged at the hotel
would have been carried out.
Mr.. NARROW said that it had come
to be considered as a fact that the
dairy industry is today the most i'm
portant agricultural industry in the
United States. The speaker stated
that at today's sale of Holtseins which
is being held at his farm, cow is
today exhibited that netted the firm
of NARROW & Randall 81 900 in the past
year in clear profit above all ex
penses of purchase, feed etc. During
the year she had produced over 900
pounds of butter and 21,000 pounds
of milk This shows that the poor
cows. should be weeded out of the
herd and cows that produce purchas
ed to replace the poor mixers, even
though high price is paid for the
good mixers. Mr. Marlow said that
it is easy to see at glance what
this cow earned enormous returns for
her owner when it is taken into con
sideration that butter had not sold
under sixty cents per pound for the
of its being much lower.
Winship Advices Young Men.
E. T. Winship of Owatonna, presi-
dent of the State Holstein Breeders
association, in a short well Worded
address said his advice to the young
man, was to get hold Of small farm,
say eighty acres or even forty acres
of land and then go into the dairy
business, for it is one of the best pay
ing industries in the United States.
More small farms, and more black
and white" dairy cattle properly bred
on those farms, the speaker said will
be the making of this state in the
future. Il hope that Minnesota will
never become a manufacturing state,
unless it is the manufacturing of but
ter and cheese" sail President Win
ship. The speaker brought his ad
dress to a close by stating that the
people of this state little realize what
natural dairy advantages nature has
provided in the form OF abundant pas
lures of sweet grass etc. Sales such
as are being conducted today at the
NARROW & Randall farm mean much
to the community in which they are
held.
Great Future For HoIsteins. -
Frank T. Price, business manager
of The Holstein World, of Syracuse,
N. Y, said that Holstein breeding has
great future. The national asso-
citation already has $4,000 members,
and is under the direction of board
Of directors of sixteen men chosen
as many different states, who all have
at heart the interests of advancing
Holstein breeding. Mr.. Price styled
! the Holstein cow as the most efficient
piece of machinery on the dairy farm.
The cry all over the land today is
the production of more food. In or
der to meet with that demand more
intensive dairying must be carried
out. There is no question but what
the east will have to depend more
and more on the middle west for the
greater portion of its food. In or
der to make farming in general a
paying business, labor on the farms
| must get the same wages that 1t gets
other places. This means that the
farmer must get returns from his
products to warrant paying such
wages. This is the only way to keep
help on the farm. The speaker closed
with good word for public sales
such is being conducted today. They
are the means of distributing good
dairy cattle throughout the land, and
this means more food production:
Address BY Scott.
| B. D.. Scott, secretary of the state
Holstein Breeders association, who
conducts e stock farm of his own
near Minneapolis, was the last speak
er of the evening. He said that the
difference between the dairyman and
the breeder is, that the dairyman's s
business is to produce the milk, and
the breeders to produce the machines
| in the form of cows which produce
the milk. No man can consistently
call himself breeder unless he con-
tinually keps in mind the bettering
of the particular strain of cattle he is
breeding Ancestry, in cattle tells.
The milk and butter fat producing
qualities are trans mitted to proster-
Iity, and if properly bred, each sue
ceeding generation grows in strength
in that line. Mr.. Scott closed with a