The Mankato free press., 1921-12-09
DINNER WAS SERVED
PROGRAM FOLLOWS
An Interesting sessionWas
Largely Attended
|W0RkFOR THEPASTYEAR
This Was Set Forth In State
nent Made BY Officers Of
The Organization

Members OF the Blue Earth County
Farm Bureau held their annual meet
ing and election Of officers today at
the auditorium OF the local Y. M. C.
A The business meeting OF the bur
eau was called TO order at ten O'Clock
tnis forenoon by President George <
AuStln. interesting reports were giy-
OF tne bureaus work by l. E. Nc
MILAN, county club agent, and M.
ID. Coe, boys and girls club agent. Re-
ports Of the treasurer showed that the
bareau Is in a fourishing condition.
AN OF those attending the meeting en-
Joyeo free dinner at noon, which
was served ia the basement OF the
Methodist chuch.
The report Of County Agent l. n.
McMllha1 showed that township units
nave been completed in twenty-th three
townships of the county, and that LOB
new members joined the organization
curing the past year. The organiza-
uon mas passed through the experi-
men1ai staee and Is nov a proven sue
cess. Good seed has been secured
through the efforts OF the bureau and
macn has been done in the control and
eradication Of insect pests. Poultry
Work mas been given an important
place In livestock work. Ihe s .0Otl
DIrds eulieo and the 500 discarded or,
represents small part OF the
work along that line. Help has heel
gwen IN bringing in livestock of ali
given all of the aid possible N Iss.,
~ ,28S.1l7 worth of butter was mar
keted from the Co operativ6 creaIa-
erles p saving through coz oprafion e
a. y least zoo <oQ q Mr: a. Is.1ao s5I
<<1s< q, [Kf snip {0f Ilz
y y great gains to the avez
Of live stock. e -
Thousands Of offics csI|&
Mr.. Mcmillan said that durine f6o
past year the Farm Bureau 6sd = ~
ohice calls, 2,205 telephone calls. sent
OUT 2sl farm hands, 1850 personal let
tres were written and seventy. four cir
cufars were sent out with circula
ton of 20,s12. Mr. Mcmillan spent
20S days in the field, attended 2G3
meetings with an attendance OF Isis
and travelled S,052 miles. During the
year l41 applications for the tubercu-
IN TEST have been mailed from the
once representing 5000 head Of cat.
te; This report shows that Mr.. Nc
Mliian was very busy man, and also
gives an idea of what the Blue Earth
county farm bureau is doing for the
advancement of agriculture in Blue
Earth county.
County Boys and Girls Club AGENT
I'd. II Coe also made very Interest
Ing report OF the splendid work ae-
this county In the way of raising priza
anImais, canning fruits and vegeta
bies, and above al putting Maf1kato
and Blue Earth county on the map as
tne place where the best bread in the
mid west is made. Mr.. Coe stated
that one hundred and sixty members
from twelve clubs took part in the
good work. The vafne OF the pro
16s gardens throughout lie COUNTY
during the year amounted to over
$S,S0 with a net profit OF over $z,5VO
TO. the club members. Mr. Coe COM
p!1mented the good work of the asso-
claflon m their CO. operation IN the
work IN Offering prizes.
The Big Project
One OF the very successful projects
OF the year has been the big project
Thirty boys and girls In ten clubs
took part in the raising OF nifty nine
pigs. Forty eight OF these were pure
bTeds. These boys and girls produced
over 1880 pounds of pork. Mr.. Cne
said that the boys and girls are get
ting the right ideas in a time of NE
which will make them successful
tdI nSTS Ol tu6 IuIure.
What Is true of the success of the
pig clubs might be stated Of the calf
clubs which proved to be very sue
cessful this year.
Taken as whole the work OF the
boys and girls in canning work.
bread making, sewing, dairy Judging,
poultry cuHing etc. have made excel
lent records, which speaks highly in
deed for the splendid instructions or
Mr.. Coe.
A large part Of tLss afternoons pro-
gram was devoted to Home talKs
by community leaders, and the prin-
cipal address of the afternoon was
delivered by ]. F. Comnor, Redwood
Falls, who took for his subject 'Wilat
is in the Farmers Mind"
A pageant was also put on by the
boys and girls club of Good Thunder.
Every Officer Re elected
Every officer elected today is a hold
over from last year and every officer
was elected unanimously. Those off
GERS who will guide the destinies OF
the Blue Earth county Farm Bureau
for the ensuing year are George Aus
tin of Lake Crystal, president; Arthur
Mitchell of Rapidan. vice president:
William Schulz CT Mankato, secre-
tary- treasurer. The directors in ad
dition to the officers named are Jens
Johnson of = Lake Crystal, Robert
Haedt OF, Decoria township, Herbert
Sohre of Good Thunder and G. E.
Whitney Of Mapieton. s h
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