The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-01-27

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progress was made in 1920 by the
Minnesota farm bureaus, according
to the annual report of F. E. Bal
mer, state leader of county agents.
The membership in county bureaus
has grown from 26,136 in 1918 to
53,282 on January 1, 1921. Sixty
six counties of the state have adopt
ed the SIS a year continuous member
ship plan, and seven additional coun-
ties will do so soon.
The report says that the 80 coop
Grating bureaus of the state worked
upon 1871 projects in 1920 the grand
total of all projects planned for the
year having been 1878. In addition
to farm projects 26 counties, includ-
ed home economic activities in their
programs and II counties included
boys s.ld girls club work. Fifty
eight counties published farm Bu-
reau News or similar publication and
81 issued an exchange list.
To summarize few of the many
great achievements of the year 1t
can be said that 1873 drainage, sys-
TENS, involving 1873 acres, were
planned and adopted in 26 counties.
In ~ counties 1,026 farmers cooper
ated in growing 4462 additional acres
Of alfalfa The acreage of sweet
clover was increased by the co-opera-
ton of GIT farmers in 81 counties to
6,402 acres.
Some splendid results are reported
in the movement for better sires and
better classes of livestock. In II
counties 1920 registered bulls were
procured and in 81 counties 1907
registered boars were added to swine
herds. Fifty-n.ne counties reported
additions of 1885 registered cows
and AZ counties added 1491 high
grade cows. In II counties 619 cows
were discarded as improbable as a
result of cow-testing association
work. Twenty-Five associations were
in operation with 10,042 cows under
test. In Sc counties 1,240 farmers
were assisted in balancing rations
for livestock; in 40 counties 1901 ST.
les were erected. In 81 counties a.
O62 animals were tested for tuber-
culesis, and in 80 counties 25,924
hogs were vaccinated for hog chol-
era control.
The value of farm products sold or
exchanged through farm bureau SER
vice durng 1920 amounted to $1,7O1,-
533 in 46 counties. In 81 counties the
farm bureaus and county agents gave
assistance to the work of $40 asso-
cations previously in operation,
which transacted volume of bust
ness amounting to $4O,665,S and
effected saving of $1,6O3,3Ss.
Proof that the Holstein-Friesian is
one of the greatest breeds in the
world for production is again to be
found in the newly made record OF
the cow Eegins Pietertje Prospect
22l846, who at six years of age, has
made the largest amount of milk
ever produced in year by any cow
of any breed. This record, which
was made under the rules of the Adj
yanced Registry department of The
Holstein- Friesian Association OF
American, is 37,384.1 lbs. of milk
containing 1,445.9 lbs. of butter. Her
daily average for the year was 1924
lbs of milk, or nearly a lbs. of but
ter. During the year she made
seven day record of 1918 lbs. of but
ter. Such yield which was almost
twice her own weight of milk every
month, would mean a gross return
at five cents per qt. of $8694O, or at
fifty cents per Id. for butter, $722.95
for the year. :,
This COW was not officially tested
when she freshened as yearling and
did not drop her second calf until
she was in her senior four-year-old
form, when she made seven-day re-