The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-03
STOCK SALES ARE
LISTED FOR WEEK
Interesting Farmers In
stitute Held Also
PLACE, LAKE CRYSTAL
Number of Instructive Address
es Delivered BY Agricui-
turaI Experts

Many meetings Of interest to the
farmer will occur this week in this
city and throughout the county.
Among these will be the Duroc Jer-
sey hog sale to be conducted by s.
w. Buckles tomorrow on his farm
southwest of Lake Crystal, where
forty head of fine hogs OF that breed
will be disposed of. Colonel G. L
Pitcher OF Lake Crystal and Thomas
Marshal of. Madelia will act as aue-
tionegs with County Agent L. e. Nc
MILAN assisting in the ring. The
American National Bank of Lake
Crystal will clerk the sale.
Wednesday morning at eleven
O'Clock will open the Blue Earth Coun
ty Guernsey Breeders association
meeting at the Y. M. c. A. building.
Tie meeting will be addressed >by
President s., B. Wilson OF this city,
Professor G. H. Eckies of the uniyef-
sity farm and e. R. FrisSell of Hop
kins. Election of officers for the en-
suing year .Will take ,lace at this
meeting.
Thursday commencing 1t II A. n.
Breeders association viii hold its an
nual meeting at the auditorium of the
Y. M. CA. G. I'll. McNelly OF Dodge
Center, and Robert Geiger, of Mime
apolis, state secretary of tie Holstein
breeders association will be the prin-
cipal speaker of the occasion. Dinner
will be served in the basement of the
Methodist church by the ladies' of that
congregation to both the delegates to
the Guernsey and Holstein breeders
'association meetings.
February 8, the annual meeting of
the Mapleton Co Operative Creamery
association will be held at Mapleton.
A. j. Mcclure of the university farm
and County Agent L. g. Mcmillan Will
be the speakers. Every evidence
points to large and important meet
ing on that date. Both Mr.. Mcmillan
sages to give the dairy farmers. Mr..
Mcclure has spent twenty years In
CO. operative creamery work.
A largely attended farmers insti-
tute meeting was held at Lake Cry
staf Saturday afternoon j, f. Con-
nor Of Redwood Falls, spoke on feed
ing care, and management OF hogs,
and the growing, of alfalfa, which he
thinks is a good. inexDenSive feed for
hogs in all stages of development. n.
+. Marshal of Grove City, Ninu., en-
phasized the need OF business meth :
DDS on the farm. He said that he
was not asking the farmer to produces
more, but to make each acre Of Land
tiled give up better Yields, because 81
costs just as mxch 70 produce sme7
yields as the large ones Ik/is IT,
increase Of yield over tho c6sat Of pr
duG<-~n that gives the pratt.
County Agent L. E. Mcmillan stree
sed the importance Of The value y
plenty of proteins in the ration OF tn
dairy cow, from the feeding OF as
falfa and clover. He also advocated
strongly of plenty of feeding before
freshening, and the cows should be
given plenty of warm water to insure
a better flow of milk. Mr.. Mcmillan
also emphasized the value OF CO. oper-
alton among farmers.
George E Austin of Lake Crystal
presided at the meeting.
Frank Pixiey G Son held very
successful sale at the Jack Martin
Auction Pavilion on South Secppd
street in this city Saturday VIII h
fourteen head of pure Poland SO rs
were disposed of at very 1ood prie4x