Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-05
Production
OF Dairy to
Be Increased

CrooEston. Minn.. Sept Steps
, =, which are destined 10 double Minne-
ecta'a annual dairy production-mak-
ing s~S40,000,000 instead Of vl70,000,-
600, the record Of last year, hay" hcsn
taken by the Minnesota Holst,ln
Breeders association, 5
81 Fursb. si blils are to be traded -cr
sc"uhs IL fal rlera of Northern .1lu-
ncsota fer tho purpose of leasing
or:GGcticn >ir thar part of the STATE.
The announcement of this rcrLa. X
able move To slew the farmers sow
they can double their earnings was
made by w. S. Moscrip, a member of
the Northwest 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 Oct. 8
to 15.
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 a survey of their counties and
informing the farmers of this oppor-
tunity to trade their scrubs for pure-
bred sires, The association will ale
cept a scrub as the first payment for
the purebred.
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-blooded stock. The breeders
association will carry the rest of the
purchase price for two years without
interest.
"The purebred bulls that are to be
exchanged Tor the scrubs will be as
sembled at the National Dairy Show
at the Minnesota Fair Grounds Oct. 8
to Is, where they will be allotted to
the farmers who trade in their scrubs.
Butterfat Production.
1.-THE COWS of Minnesota, averaging
las pounds of butterfat, produced
$40, 900, 900 for the state last year.
In one county. which holdsst the record
14Q pounds. The minimum yield
should be 900 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 big agricultural, educational ex-
position, bringing together the best
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industry, Is properly received. dairying
agriculture should in two years time
add another $40 300, 900 to the buy
ing power Of the state.
fThe county agents will make their
Recommendations to the breeders as-
ISOLATION as TO the farmers they find
who appreciate -the value Of this
purebred sire campaign, and there,
will be q purebred at the National,
Dairy Show for every scrub turned
An.
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
tstock in the United States will be as
sembled there as object lessons In ami
NAL perfection. The most modern
equipment used In the farm dairy,
the creamery, the cheese factory and
the distribution plant will be shown.
People from all over the United
States and many foreign countries
will be present. This great show has
been brought right to our very doors
and the farmer OF the northwest who
does not take advantage of this un-
precedented opportunity to learn
how to improve his stock and equip
ment and thereby increase his earn-i
|tnga, Will lose aschance that never ma
be presented to him again.
Anyone Interested in obtaining q
purebred bull In this way should write
at nee to- =. "A. Churchill, county
AGENT rookston, MINI.
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