The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-03-16
N|COLLET COUNTY
BEGINS CAMP Align
Better Sire Movement Is
Given An Impetus
STARTED AT FEAST
An Enthusiastic Meeting Was
Held At St. Peter .
Last Night

Nicollet county il preparing Cor q
better sire campaign TO be put on
during the month Of May. An en-
thusiastic meeting was held in the
! Masonic Temple at st. Peter last
night, following banquet. The
meeting was called by County Agent
! Earl Springer, who asked for the CO.
, operation Of the farmers, business
! men and bankers in helping to put
over a better sire campaign IN that
county A number of those promi-
nent in the Blue Earth county bet
ter sire campaign were invited
guests of the occasion and spoke on
the methods used in this county for
putting over the campaign as Sue
cessfully as it was.
County Attorney George r. Olsen
acted as POSTMASTER of the occasion
and introduced the speakers OF the
evening. In opening the meeting fol
lowing the banquet, Mr.. Olson said
that the purpose of the meeting was
to devise plans for putting across q
better sire movement in Nicollet
county.
County Agent Earl Springer was
the first speaker of the evening. He
told of the great need of better live
stock in Nicollet county He showed
what it would mean i'm dollars and
cents if one half Of the herds in the
county were brought up to the eff
cheney of the herds in the cow test
ing association in that county. With
a system of figures he showed that
It would make, an increase of $3.50
per day in profits to the dairymen of
Nicollet county. Mr.. Springer also
gave figures to show that Nicollet
county at the present time has only
twenty-s six per cent purebred sires.
This leaves about one thousand
farms where nothing but scrub bulls
are being used. Putting a purebred
sire throughout the county for every
two farms. would make demand
for at least 500 bulls.
Talk Made BY Huice.
w. w. Hulce, cashier of the Far
mers State bank of Rapidan, spoke
on the subject of The Value of
Livestock From the Bankers Stand
point" He told of the efforts put
forth to increase the output of the
CO. operative creamery at Rapidan
through the use of more purebred
CoWS. IlV ouiu thCy hdn DCOn
able to increase the output more
than one third. The speaker not
alone believes in the use of purebred
sires, but would start out the herd
with a few purebred heifers. In this
small way dairyman in a period of
ten years could build up very prof
table business.
L. E. Mcmillan, county agent of
Blue Earth county, told of the sue
cessful work of putting over the bet
ter sire campaign in Blue Earth
county. He said that this was large
ly due to the hearty CO operation on
the part of the business men, far
mers, bankers and the press.
Robert Geiger, secretary of the
State Holstein Friesian Breeders
association, said that the better sire
campaign now being put on in Now
er county is progressing wonderful
ly. He said that the campaign. like
breeds of sires. He called attention
to the fact that in Blue Earth county
there had been placed on the farms
surrounding Mankato forty three
Holstein sires, thirty seven Guern-
seys. twenty one Shorthorns, two
Ayrshires, one Hereford, one Aber-
deem Angus, and one Swiss brown
bull
Not Carried Out With Profit Idea.
Mr.. Geiger explained that the bet
ter sire campaigns are not carried
out with the idea of profit to those
back of the movement. He thought
that the best time for Nicollet cous-
ty to put on its better sire campaign
was about the middle of May. In
closing MIR. Geiger spoke of the
splendid CO. operation in the Blue
Earth county campaign.
J. c. NARROW. proprietor of the
Mankato Holstein farm. spoke at
stock, telling of the difference In re-
turns from various herds in Blue
Earth county. He cited the in
stance of the herd of Arthur Rosin
Of Good Thunder, where nine cows
made returns of S22265 during the
month Of January. He cited another
herd of seven cows in this county,
that only returned profits in butter
fat during the month Of January OF
SIS. Speaking from the standpoint
of beef production, Mr.. NARROW gave
some interesting figures. Fourteen
car loads of Texas scrub steers be-
tween five and six years old weigh
ing on an average of $50 sold for
from So to Sc per 100. Sixty head
of grade Hereford steers owned by
the same man were sold of ar the
age of two years and tipped ,he
scales at about 1000 pounds each
and sold for S7S5 per 100 weight.
bringing sS1 Der head as compared
with $40 for the scrub Texas steers.
Other livestock enthusiasts from
Mankato present were Emil Boie
and A. II. SLIDER.