The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-05-19
KATO TO BE HOST
MAY q And "a
SsLEs OF PUREBEEDs WILL
BE STAGED HERE
SPEAKING LIST, PLANS
Novelties and Everything On
Program of Two Day
Entertainment.

els who will be in Mankato ON May
-, and "a for the Minnesota State
ANAL summer meeting OF the
holstein Breeders association. Be,
ginning al ten o'clock in the morning
ON the first day there has beer
scheduled something out OF the or,
binary Tor every waking hour. Nc
estimate of the number OF visitors
is yet available, but they will be
many.
Several cities are coming here
loaded or bear as was the Mankato
delegation last year at Faribault
where the large numbers and the
the live spirit of the Kato crew
won the meeting for their city this
year,
How Things Will Co
May % at ten O'Clock in the
morning there will be a judging de
monstration at the fair grounds al
which time there will be given
away $3.50 in prizes and ribbons.
A big street parade is scheduled
for 12:45 o'clock. Delegates will
march in groups by cities they re-
present anu number OF novelties
are promised during that parade. A
good natured rivalry is certain as
IL is understood that there are sew
erai cites angling for the le2S
meeting.
Former Governor Frank o. Low
den OF Dsinois, president of the Ma.
tional Iolstein- Friesian Breeders
association, will be the speaker al
the meeting TO be held in the Or
pheGx7 theatre in the afternoon al
two O'Clock. The meeting will begin
soon after the close of the street pa
rade and the addresses are certain
TO be of unusual interest to all those
interested in Holstein cattle.
An hour later all delegates will
be taken for a tour OF Mankato and
north Of this city. That will close
the Official program for the after
noon and there will be no further
session until eight o'clock in the
evening when program will be
given in the Orpheum theatre.
Advance notices indicate that the
evening viii be entirely devoted to
fun and fruaic and that complies
Program of this nature has been
prepared for the occasion. No charge
Will be made at this meeting u
anyone who cares to attend
The information booth of the as
ISOLATION will be kept open at the
Sanlpangh hotel at all times and
there viii be an attendant there al
all times for the convenience OF Wis
fting men and women.
Sale On Following Day
On May "a, activities begin al
ten O'Clock. The state sale Of pure
grounds where some of the finest
animals owned in the state viii be
bred animals win be held in the
sales pavilion at the Mankato faii
offered a. auction.
At eight O'Clock in the evening
there viii be the final get togethe 81
: meeting of al delegates at the
Saulpaugh at which time there viii
be gwen away five Hnastein pure
bred calves. Prizes will he given 10,
the longest shortest. fattest and
leanest persons attending the ga
travelling the farthest distance u
arrive here and the person present
with the largest family.
For the county IN this state reg
istering the greatest number OF pait
up me1nbeGs registering At the Hol,
stein booth at the Sauipaugh.
On May rs, r. H Sohre & Son Of
Good Thunder viii hoid their dis
persai sale at Good Thunder.
Following is. a story OF a Mime,
sofa breeder and his experience with
lIoasteins which has been taker
from Hozr6s Dairyman and speaks
for itself.
The following account OF the per.
Torrance OF our herd of HolsteiI
cattie for year 1871, we believS
proves again the well known fac
that in hard times or poor croI
years the dairy COW stays right OF
the job and often saves her ownel
from bauHup&cy. During the yea
milk and cream TO the amount Of
$zlI1 90 was Sold from registered
COWS and three grades. The min
was delivered to a condensery, ana
as last year was very poor yea
for selling whoae milk the cash re.
ceipts would have been practically
as large IL cream had been sold en-.
tireiy. The sales Of surplus animal;
come Of S. 400 for the year.
Part Of the herdwas on semi Off
cisl test, the best record being 81.
lbs. of fat and 23,55S lbs. Of milk
The inventory showed the herr
worth $4,000 more at the end o
the year than at the start, as there
were % pure bred animals of al
ares instead Of IL and the five cow
on official test all made good re-
cords, increasing their own valu,
and that of their descendants. Thil
totals $5,4o3 besides nearly 500 o
milk and cream used in the house.
These eAeHen cows averaged H.
S02 lbs. OF milk. 1--WE OF them beins
under mature age, and all excep
two being dry for six weeks or tive
months.
Perhaps a few remarks as TO how
the herd was handled would be %
interest Records OF every milkin,
of each COW have been kept for FIVE
years. This is perhaps the most i'm
portant factor of all. as It. Is neccs
sary 10 get this production In orde
to feed grain heavily. A close watcl
: of the milk sheet Is an almost GER
tain preventative of COWS "off feed,
as nearly always they will Civ
warning Of danger by a drop in thu
milk fow. ALSO a drop in the entirt
herdis PRODUCTION will be noticed II
time TO search out the trouble ant
remedy IL before the shrinkage be-
comes permanent. The milk shee
also gives Invaluable information a
10 the results Of various feeds ant
combinations of feeds. Every feed o
grain has been weighed to eaci
(. cow for four years. Silage is fed b!
measure and hay according to cow
appetite. Salt is fed daily. A home
made grain mixture of ground oats
cottonseed meal oil meal, bran
corn meal, homny, and either ffou
middlirgB or corn gluten was uset
last year. Also beet pulp was fet