The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-07-06

The Stearns County Farm Bureau
office has received reports from
twenty-four of the twenty-slx CO.
operative creameries of Stearns
County on butter made during May
and price paid for butterfat. The sum
mary of twenty-four reports shows
the average price for butterfat dur
ing the month Of May to be 3S cents
and GLIB pounds of butter maniac
tured during May by the twenty-four
creameries reporting.
The two creameries from which
reports have not yet been received IN
ali probability made in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 pounds of butter IN
Nav which would make total OUT
put for the cooperative creamerles
of the county of over $4,000 pounds.
Figuring the butter on an 80 percent
fat basis the patrons of Stearns Coun,
ty cooperative creameries received
over s193, 900. for butter fat delivered
in cream at the CO. operative cream
cries during May.
The Sank Centre creamery, Wnlcn
was in first place in the April MAKE
hold first place again in May with
make of $3.50 pounds. The Albany
creamery had the second largest
make with 47,601 pounds OF butter.
Belgrade was in third place with
46,935 pounds.
Stearns County's cooperative
creameries are located at the follow
ing points: o.,
Albany, Avon, Belgrade, Cold
Springs. Elrosa, Freeport, Farming,
Georgeville, Greenwald, Holdingford,
Lake Henry, Metre Grove Melrose,
New Munich, Padua, Paynesvllle,
Richmond, Roscoe, Rockville, st. Joe,
st. Anthony, Sank Centre, Spring HILL
St. Martin, and St. Rosa. There is also
a cooperative creamery at st. Step
hen in Brockway township from winch
we do not receive reports on account
of their paying on a different basis
than the other cooperative cream
cries of the county. The general prac-
tice made by the cooperative cream
cries of the county is to pay their
patrons for the butterfat delivered IN
cream about the 25th Of each month
for the proceeding month delivery.
This gives the creamery secretaries
an opportunity to pay patrons for the
butterfat after they have received
returns for butter shipped to the
eastern markets and made necessary
deductions for operating expenses.
Several creameries of the county
make practice of advancing cash TO
patrons at time of delivery baslng
price on generally paid by cream
stations and furnish premium checks
to patrons each month at the time
payment is made to patrons not
receiving cash at time OF delivery:
May and June are always TWO OF
the high months in butter manu-
facture by the cooperative cream
cries and our county make OF over
636,OOO pounds is very credltable
showing for Stearns County. espec-
ally when we take into consideration
the fact that more cream is hauleo
by farmers of Stearns County TO
.creanieries of other counties than is
brought into this county by farmers
living outside of the county. The
creameries at Eden Valley and Wat
kins are Just across the county line
in Meeker County and about half OF
their make should be credited TO
Stearns County farmers. A large
amount of butter is made by priv
ate creameries at St. Cloud, Paynes-
vile and Kimball from cream de-
Iivered by farmers of Stearns County.
Brooten, Belgrade and Georgeville on
the 500 Line in the southwest part
of the county are the only cream
cries inN Stearns County which draw
a considerable portion of their cream
from outside of the county.
With active county breeders as
sociations representing all dairy
breeds in Stearns County and the inn
provement in dairy stock, which is
quite general over the county, our
ter production is bound to in
crease.
P. W. Huntemer,
County Agent.
A crowd ov over 800 gathered at
the Sunday afternoon visiting day
scheduled by the Farm Bureau Office
at the Ben Offering farm on Sunday
afternoon. July End. The visitors
found the Offering family excellent
hosts. Arrangements were made to
serve the entire crowd with sand
witches, lemonade, ice cream and
cake. Although the crowd was larg-
er than Mr.. Offering had expected,
every one was served in an orderly
manner.
The Offering farm is located in Oak
township three miles southeast OF
Freeport. Mr.. Offering is breed
er of Brown Swiss cattle and has
made an excellent record in grading
up his herd which, at the present
time, consists Of Ia pure bred females
and between 25 and 80 high grades.
Mr.. Offering has been able to bald
up the excellent herd which was ex-
hibited at his farm on Sunday after
noon with comparatively small in
vestment in the foundation stock.
The first pure bred cow and bull
were bought into this herd in 1911
with an investment of 1888 made in
these first two pure breds purchas-
ed. Since the date of this. pur-
,,,,,cboco Mr. ElforinU has bought