The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-01-19
BETTER SIRE. WEEK
PLANS IN COUNTY
Farm Bureau To Take Part
In the Undertaking
SEEK FINER CATTLE
Interesting Remarks Maze BY
Former Governor Lowden
On Purebreds

EAlSuSiNe,- preparations ufe DeluS
made by The Blue Earth County
farm Bureau ana various 3reeulng
associations in the county Tor con-
quoting OF Better Sire Camp
paign' throughout The county IN
me near future, according to an an
nouncement made today 10 the IKE
! Press by j. T.. Marrow, one or the
leaders i'll the movement. An ala
nounCement will De made at 4 late.
cate as to when The campaign Win
get under way.
The campaign is to be put on Tor
the purpose oil promoting The use oil
pureDred sireS ON all farms in Blue
Earth county, as far as possible.
l1he University OF Minnesota FIX
tension division and the University
Farm department are behind the
movement ana will give the local
breeders all the necessary ala i'll
putting the campaign across.
Preparations are being made at
! present in listing the various pure
bred sires in the county which are
TO be announcer for SAFE during the
/ campaign. The movement Is large
~ for the purpose or putting pure
bred Cattle sres on Blue Earth
County farms. but also advocates
handling OF purebred sheep, hogs
and horses. lists of prospective
buyers OF purebred live STOCK are
also being MADE so that sales can
| be made during the campaign.
inspectors from the university
agricultural department will pc
sent here to examine all the pure
bred sires that are offered for sale.
| During the campaign II is not pro
posed to sell any Of the stock to
purchasers outside OF the county,
as it Is the object of those interest
ed to build up the purebred live
stock of Blue Earth county. I 1t is
presumed by the leaders Of the
movement that purebred stock will
; be greatly increased here is re-
suit of the campaign to be launched.
- What towden Says
The following taken from The
Dakota Farmer" Ab4saeen, S. D.,
will be of interest to the breeders
! of the county:
! Older breeders will recall the
! Battle Of Breeds OF many years
ago. The fight was a most bitter
one. Partisans OF each breed car
ried on a warfare for years in ef-
! forts TO establish the supremacy
of their favogites. Our older breed
ers will likewise recall that the
battle was devoid OF results. A
WASTE OIL 6neISy-- 4>OlhlAso Woo oSb
tied The warriors In the respec-
/ tive camps evidently did not gasp
the present day feeling that there
| is room for all.
Room for all advocates can
| be found among the admirers of
any OF our present day pure bred
animals of all breeds. AS usual,
the unthinking person can still be
found who desires TO build up his
breed by tearing down a competi>
tive> breed. Today'S battle is not
breed against breed but all breeds
against the scrub. The foolishness
of even jealousy between hackers
of different breeds was nicely
touched upon by Hon. Frank o.
| Lowden, president OF the Holstein-
F'riesian Association of America, in
| his address at the National Dairy
exposition, from whom we quote:
- Now there is no room tor jeal-
ousies or riyalries at this show. l
hope that none will be exhibited
and yet it is almost too much to
hope for. In a day and in a time
| in the worlds history when coop
Grafton among the farmers was
more needed than ever before, 1t
seems almost impossible for us to
get along without some or these
differences coming to the fore. That
Is a mistake. Let me illustrate. /
have been over to the various cat
tie barns this morning. | have
seen the best representatives OF the
various dairy breeds. | saw that
wonderful Guernsey COW which is
on exhibition. have seen that
beautiful Jersey in the center OF
the Jersey stable. have seen some
of the best Holstein COWS in the
| United States and l have seen pic
lures of some Of the, scrubs, and
when ! look at these beautiful rep
resentatives of these various dairy
breeds and when 1 am told, as L
was by the Department of Agricul-
| ture over there this morning, that
ouly three percent Of all the dairy
animals in America are pure bred
and that all the balance are scrubs,
| wonder how in the world anybodA
can have it in his heart to say
anything unhndly about any of
| these dairy breeds and why he
should not feel it his duty to fall
into step with his brethren of the
l'other breeds and make a common
battle against this ninety seven per
cent of scrubs which are impov-
erishing the farms Of America and
making hopeless the future Of the
boys and girls upon those FARMS
And so when I went into another
stable here today and saw some Of
the grade cattle and what they have
been doing just by being partially
bred up and then when / was told
that that, was the result of the Cow
Testing association, fact which
we all admit, and when | asked how
many COWS there were in America
belonging to all these Cow Testing
associations that have been in eX'
istence for sixteen years and
learned that about one half of one
percent of all the cows in America
belonged 20 these Cow Testing AS
sociations, which where they exist
and are looked after are revolu-
tionizing the dairy industry in
those sections of the country, it
seems to me as though instead or
having any sort of rivalry as to
what is the best breed Of dairy
cattle we ought to unite all our eff
forts and see if we could not raise
that one half percent to something
else in less than another period of
SeXteen years." -. t..