The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-09-01
Trade Purebred Bulls for Scrubs.

Steps which ar. destined to double
Minnesota's annual d:iry production,
making it $34O,OOO,O0O instead of
Sic, 900 900, the record Of last year,
have been taken by the Minnesota
Holstein Breeders association. Pure
bred bulls are to be traded for scrubs
to farmers of northern Minnesota for
the purpose of increasing production
in tat part of the state. The an
nounccment of this remarkable move
to show the farmers now they can
double their earnings was made by
w. S. Moscrip, a member of the North
west Dairy Development committee
of 100, which succeeded in bringing
the national dairy show to Minnesota
for the first time to be held at the
Minnesota fair grounds October 8 to
Is.
1.-THE Minnesota Holstein Breeders
association has decided to trade pure
bred bulls for Scrubs" said Mr.. Mos
Grip, "for the purpose of increasing
dairy production in the northern part
of the state The county agents are
making survey Of their counties and
informing the farmers Of this oppor-
tunity to take their scrubs for pure
bred sircs. The association will &C
cept scrub as the first payment for
the purcbred
1.-THE scrubs will be assembled at
the nearest shipping point and taken
to the stockyards, where they will be
sold, and the price they bring will be
applied as the initial payment on the
blue FLOODED stock. The breeders as
ISOLATION will carry the rest of the
purchase price for two years without
interest.
"The purcbred bulls that are to be
exchanged for the scrubs will be as
sembled at tn, national dairy show at
the Minnesota fair grounds, October
to Is, where they will be allotted to
the farmers who trade in their
scrubs
| 1.-THE COWS of Minnesota, averaging
146 pounds of butterfat, produced
$l70,000,000 for the state last year.
In one county, which holds the record
for the United States, the average
was 40 pounds. The minimum yield
should be 800 pounds, so it can be
readily seen that the dairy production
in this state could be doubled by the
use of purebred sires.
'The national dairy show teaches
the use of 400 to 500-pound butterfat
producing COWS, so if the message of
this Dig agricultural, educational ex-
position, bringing together the best
there is in all branches of the dairy
industry, is properly received, dairy
ing agriculture should in two years
time add another $170OO0,00O to the
buying power of the state.
1.-The county agents will make their
recommendations to the breeders as
ISOLATION as to the farmers they find
who appreciate the value of this pure
| bred sire campaign, and there will be
purebred at the national dairy show
for every scrub turned in.
"Never before have the farmers of
the northwest had such an opportuni-
ty to improve their condition as will
be afforded them at this big educa-
tional exposition. The choicest dairy
stock in the United States will be as
semDled there as object lessons in an
imal perfection. The most moderr
equipment used in the farm dairy, the
creamery, the cheese factory and the
distribution plant will be shown. PEG
pie from all over the United State:
and many foreign countries will b.
present. This great show has beer
brought right to our very doors, an(
the farmer of the northwest who doe:
not take advantage of this unprece
denied opportunity to learn how t.
improve his stock and equipment an,
thereby increase his earnings will los
chance that never may be presente,
to him again."