The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-01-26
meet WAS HELD
Plan PUT ACROSS
Several Speakers Interest
Audience In Cattle
FAIR DEAL SLOGAN
No Partially Will Be shown Any
Particular Livestock
Brand.

More than three score farmers,
bankers and business men Of Blue
Earth county gathered In the base
ment of the Mankato State bank
last Saturday afternoon to hear and
discuss proposed plans for the con
Quoting of Better Sires Campaign"
in this county in the near future.
The Campaign which will be state
wide proposition is being inaugerat-
ed in Blue Earth county by the Min
ton because it was felt that the
farmers here have shown themselves
to be more interested in the produc-
ItiCn of purebred live stock than else
where in the state With the compile
ton of the campaign here, similar
movements will be started in other
counties of the state.
During the talks given by speak
ers at the meeting on Saturday the
greatest point of the campaign which
was emphasized was the fact that
would be shown partially i'm the
campaign. The purpose Of the move
|ment, it was stated, had as its ultim-
alive motive the increasing of all
purebred live stock in the county
and not any particular breed.
Value of Livestock Production
L. e. Mcmillan, Blue Earth county
agent, opened the meeting and told
the gathering of the value OF live
stock production and the work 1t me-
Icessitated in reaching a hign stand
member of the State Holstein Breeze
ers' association as the chairman OF
the meeting.
I'VE are here to discuss and to
plan what are to be the proper me-
thods to be undertaken in carrying
on the, Better Sires Campaign"
said Mr.. NARROW in opening his talk.
This will be the first campaign of
its kind in the state, and the plans
which we have spent good deal OF
time on are the best we know OF at
successful. This is q state wide
movement.
First in The State
The campaign in Blue Earth couH
ty will be the first in the state, be-
cause the breeders here have shown
the greatest interest and CO. opera
ton in the movement 1t was felt
that the government would ger
started easier here than elsewhere.
Our aim in this manner is to sin
cerely try to make It a great suc :
getting behind the movement and
doing their share"
mo one breed will be shown any
preference in, the selling Of the pure
bred sires over another. II that
should be done the purpose or the
campaign would be so disastrous.
The selling of the sires will not be
easy but we have set our goai &C 100
sires to be sold. That will be our aim
during the entire campaign. In an
swer to circulars sent out by Coun
sent in list of $50 sires that will he
offered for sale Of these there are
some that are very young ana Others
that are aged bulls"
Losing Ground in Butter
Mr.-Marlow read an article from
New York Production firm In which
1t stated that America was fast los
ing ground in the production or hut
ter The article stated that the coun
try was 30,000,000 pounds OF grader
butter short last year, and that this
New Zealand. The cause of this fact
was laid to the indifference of farm
ers in their dairying work. The chair
man introduced Robert Geiger, sec
rotary of the State Holstein Breed
ers' association as the speaker TO
explain the plan to be carried ON
during the campaign.
Mr.. Geiger in opening his talk
stated that the university extension
division, university farm, County
Farm Bureau and various breeders
associations, were behind the big
movement to make it success
Farmers Desire Better stock
I'VE feel that farmers in this
county have the desire to have bet
ter stock. The trouble that has con-
fronted them in the past is that
there has been nobody on the Job TO
sell them the better stock. 1t is our
plan to furnish these men to sell the
farmers the stock. Men will be sent
into this territory to inspect the
live stock offered for SALE They will
place their colorings or photographs
in the hands of the statesmen we
furnish so that they win be able to
tour the country in making their
sales"
Our first plan will be to>line up
all good prospects in the county for
sales. We will list these men who
have shown they take good care of
the scrub cattle and have shown an
trade The purpose of the seiiing win
be two fold-to get q good price for
the sires and to keep the price at
such figure that 1t will not be ex,
cessiye for the farmer doing the pur-
chasing"
Mr.. Geiger stated that the sires
would be sold at the prices given by
the farmers when the sires were
listed with an additional ten dollars
added to the price for the commits
sion of the salesman
Following the talk by M. .Gieger a
discussion of the plans offered and
of the work that was to be done dur
ing the campaign was held by those
the meeting
Movement. IL Endorsed
Att the close cot the meeting the
Holstein, Hereford, Shorthorn and
Guernsey Breeding associations OF
the county unanimously voted to
get behind the movement for the
Better Sires Campaign" The
gathering also voted their thanks
to the Mankato State bank for the
use of the hall in the basement OF
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