The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-11-03
J. G. Winkjer of Department
of Agriculture and Local
Agent Report Progress
INTERESTING MEETINGS
HELD THRUOUT COUNTY
Further Work in This Line
To be Carried Out Next
Spring by Winkjer

j. G. Winkjer of the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture spent the
last two weeks in Beltrami county
with County Agent D. C. Dvoracck
in the interest of cooperative bull
associations. AS result of this
work one more Guernsey association
was organized around Blackduck,
which, when completed, will own six
pure-bred Guernsey bulls, thus en-
surfing the use of such slres for per-
iod of twelve years. Thus the breed
choice or preference practically is
fixed for these communities for
time sufficiently long enough to DEM
onstrate the value of. pure-bred sires
so convincingly that change of
breed to them is highly improbable.
In short, the movement in their herds
will be so marked that the common
scrub cow will be in eternal disgrace.
These associations will also be the
basis for introduction of pure-bred
females and the establishment of
purc-bred herds.
Three more blocks were added to
the Hagali Holstein association, max
ing a total of seven. This makes it
4 strong organization and practically
fixes the breed for that community.
Interesting meetings were held at
During and Shotley, called espcc-
tally to consider the project. An
other Association is in prospect as a
Result Of these meetings in that cor
ner of the county.
At Shotley, five farmers bought
bull together. This hull cost them.
including transportation charges and
incidentals, $4,000. A short time
ago they had to Sell because the bull
had been in the block two years. Not
finding any other market for him it
went into a car with other stock and
was sold for beef. The net receipt
was $40, loss of 500. This a
we'll organized bull association would
have saved. The members are not
over prosperous and the transaction
was rather discouraging and it is
doubtful if they will buy unless they
can work in on the bull association
plan. If they do not buy one some
of the members will drift back into
the old way of indefinite breeding
Carl Nelson had moved into the
Inez School District, from Wiscon-
sin, and had brought with him bull
that was from COW with a 751-lb.
fat record in 365 days. Mr.. Nelson
had to send this bull in a car with
other stock to 60 to the stock yards
and it nctted him SAT. Could he
have had the exchange on a good bull
association, Mr.. Nelson would have
been provided with another bull Cor
no cost and the promising bull would
not have been sacrificed on the block.
At a meeting Of the members of
the Turtle River Bull Association one
block reported that they were get
ting new members. A ncighbor who
did not want to use the breed that
was chosen by the association bought
bull of his own of the breed he
wanted. Now, said a member of this
block, the bull that was bought by
the individual has been sold and those
using him were left without any other
choice than to come to the bull owned
by the association. This instance
and the one related about the five
men at Shotley shows how the bull
association and this meeting showed
keeps the members of bull associa-
ton on a constructive line Of breed
ing at all times:
At a netting of the members Of
the Turtle River Bull Association
this week many of the problems Of
the organization were ironed out and
an honest effort was made to get
the records of their cows and heifers
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