The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-04-28
DAIRY men ENJOY
FEAST AT AMBOY
BANQUET SERVED THERE
LAST NIGHT
TALK OVER FINE COWS
Interest Is Shown In Holstein
Associations; Milk Produc-
tion Is Discussed.


at the opera house in that village
to over 100 men from the surround
ing country, and members OF the
Blue Earth County Hslstein Breed
ers' association who gatheI
around the banquet board and talk
ed carrying.
1t was demonstrated last night
that Amboy community is rapidly
climbing to the top in the dairy in
dustry in this county. Twenty five
new members signed up in the
Amboy unit last night. One of the
pleasing features OF last nights
meeting was the spirit OF harmony
and CO. operation between the bust
mes men and county residents, in
the one great topic before them of
developing the dairy industry to
its fullest capacity. Robert Geiger,
secretary OF the State Holsteia
Breeders association was the prin-
cipal speaker of the evening.
At the meeting last night Amboy
decided to attend the state Holstein
breeders meeting to be held at
Mankato May % and "a, and they
will take the Amboy band with
them.
Dr.. ]. E. Merrill gave the address
of welcome. Music was furnished
by the Amboy band. Several very
good talks were listened to with
very much interest. Among the
speakers we're Robert Geiger, sec
rotary of the State Holstein Breed
ers' association. L. e. Mcmillan,
County Agent for Blue Earth coun
ty. Judge Harry Johnson, Mankato.
J. c. NARROW, secretary Of the Blue
InlSfpin RrpndAT-S
Association, Mankato. Emil A.
Bote, cashier National Bank OF
Commerce. Mankato. H. L: Sohre,
president Blue Earth County Hol-
steia BAeders association, Coed
Thunder
Ruttermakers Were Present
The two we'll known buttermak
ers, William Withrow of Amboy,
and A. H. Dannheim of Good Thun-
der gave very interesting and in
structive talks. These men who are
in a position to know the true con-
ditions of the dairymen surrounding
their respective cooperative cream
cries, gave some very good COM
parsons between some OF their
customers and it was brought out
by these comparisons that some
farmers keeping less than one half
of the creamery and were getting
larger monthly cream checks which
means that they are stabling, car
ing for and feeding only about one
half as many COWS, and shows that
these men are keeping their cows
at a very fiAe profit while some of
the others are actually keeping
their cows at loss.
Cow testing was urged and IT
was shown by the report of the one
Blue Earth County Cow Testing
association which is now going on
its third year. that the men who arc
testing out their herds are making
much greater profit than those
who are doing things in the blind,
as there are boarder cows in every
herd where the owners are not
testing and these boarders are eat
ing up the profits from the good
cows.
Some of those present expressed
themselves as believing that it
would be possible, in the course OF
a year or two, to have at least one
COW testing association around
each CO. cooperative creamery in the
county. Mr.. Mcmillan urged that
more COW testing associations be
formed.
County Coming To Front
Robert Geiger, secretary of the
State Holstein Breeders association
stated that Blue Earth county was
coming to the front faster in Hol-
stems and in dairying than any
county in the state, and that it was
his firm belief that with the great
interest the business men, breeders,
and farmers are taking in dairying,
it would finally put Blue Earth
county in the lead as a Holstein
dairy center in the state.
Mr.. Geige- stated that he was
much impressed with the fine herd
of grade Holsteins which he had the
pleasure of inspecting, earlier in
the evening, at the Earl D. Oliver
farm, west of Amboy. This is one
of the finest grade herds in the
state, not only among Holsteins but
all dairy cattle. They averaged, the
past year, over 500 pounds butter
fat per cow. Old BoneS-as she Is
known-one of the grades known
throughout the country as the high
est record grade Holstein cows in
the state, by having produced al
most 1000 pounds of butterfat last
year. Bones bellies her name as
she is a big, fine, slick Holstein,
anu II WOulu NC udiu W tell uci
from purebred. Mr.. Geiser
thought it possible that Old Bones.
her daughter and a granddaughter
would be selected for an exhibit
which win be put on at the Nation
al Holstein Breeers meeting which
will be held at Kansas City this
coming June, to show the results
obtained by the use OF pure bred
Holstein sire.
High Producers Of Milk
1t was shown by certain records
that were quoted that the Holsteins
ere not only high producers of
milk, but in many cases their milk
is very high in butterfat contents.
A Senior yearling heifer just re-
Gently on official test averaged six
ty-seven pounds of milk per day,
and tested 6.2 per cent.
The Amboy community is Ger
tainly going to the top in member
ship in the local unit. They signed
up twenty five new members at last
nights meeting. The very finest
CO. operative spirit exists between
the men in the country and in the
town. They now have a total mem
bership in the Amboy local unit OF
the county association Of forty one
members, passing Good Thunder
that was formerly in the lead with
twenty eight members.
Short talks were given by F. w.
Brusche, mayor of Good Thunder,
Fred Bosch, cashier of the First
National bank, An1boy, l.. M. Tyr.
holm, DR.. William Getty. Walter
Smith, c. E. Mullen and DR.. Camp