The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-11-02
Gust svanberg is Reelected
President; Directors Also
Elected for Year
OTTO BERGH OF GRAND
RAPIDS MAIN SPEAKER
Declares Farmer: Should Keep
All the Cows Cultivated
Land Will Permit

DeltIdIlll .CouHIy 1uCAhooy -
ASSOCIATION was held in Bemidji Nov
ember 1. The minutes Of the March
meeting and the special meeting of
the directors held July 81, 1922, read
and approved. The ,treasurer's re-
port showed a balance Of s19.10 on
hand.
The following officers for the year
1929 were elected;
+. President, Gust Svanberg; vice.
president, DR.. E. A. Shannon; secre-
tary-treasurer, B. M. Gile.
The following directors were chos-
en-: City of Bemidji-Dr. A. V. Gar
lock; Summit .township-John Cam ;
Hines twp.-Otto Niemeyer; Turtle
River twp.-G. I. Goodmanson; Be
midi twp.-Ted ,Getchell; Cormant
twp.-Ephriam ,Wingren Maple Ridge
twp.-Dr. E. A. Shannon; Liberty
twp.-Joe Anderson; Eckles twp
c. A. Newman; Helga twp.-Christ
Holmes; Frohn twp.-O1e Wold.
The following members were pres
ent: Melvin Austring, Andrew Erick7
son, B. NJ. Gile, C. L. O'Dell, Gust
Svanberg, A. j., ;Wiltse, D. c., Dyor-
acek, e. A. Barker, Theodore Gerling-
er, Otto Niemeyer, DR.. E. A., Shan
non, Wallace Winch, A. e. Whiting
and E. L., Washburn.
The business session Of the meet
ing was held in the forenoon and
the following program was given dur
ing the afternoon session. p = :.
President. Svanberg spoke on the
advantage Of advertising the Guern-
sey COW for Beltrami county. E.. II.
Denu of the Bemidji Pioneer offered
to print all Guernsey advertisements
furnished him free Of charge. 8:
Otto T.. Bergh Of Grand Rapids Ex-
pertinent station was present and
gave a very instructive talk relating
to dairying. He stressed the value
of cow-testing associations and said
that they increased the value of. the
offspring from the good cow. saved
the farmer money by eliminating the
poor COW, and improved the dairy
business through better feeding and
care because of knowledge carried
from farm to farm by the official
tester.
He pointed out the value of keep
ing more cows, which would be made
possible by having more acres of land
under cultivation. Many elements
entering into the cost of keeping the
dairy COWS would be same for small
herd as for large herd.
He stated that it was very import
at that the farmers grow more Rough
age and buy their grain, which now
could be bought from the Red River
Valley at less than the cost Of produc-
ton would Be. He advocated four
year rotation consisting of one-fourth
oats, one-half hay, and one-fourth
cultivated crops He said that alfal-
ia should be substituted for the tim
othy seed now commonly sown with
clover and that more seed should be
sown per acre. For the hay crop
legumes, such as clover and alfalfa
should be raised for roug ghage.
"a silo will pay where the farmer
has ten or more cows" said the speak
er, "and where less cows are fed on
the farm would advocate that more
root crops be fed. The silo unlocks
the door Of success and the farmer
should keep all the cows his cult
waited land will permit"
The meeting was grea tsuccess
and the efforts put forth by this as
sociation are certain. to produce great
results for the success Of the dairy
business in this country.