The Mankato free press., 1923-12-21
MEET OF BANKERS
STARTS THE MOVE
Business Men Also Showing
Lively Interest
M'MILLAN is SPEAKER
lnsplrational Session Al Which I'm.
proved Livestock Doctrine
Was Freely Preached

was TIOGSUSo
-
Immediately following the first of
the year, Redwood county viii start
a campaign for better livestock and
the introduction ,of better sires in
that county among the dairy herds
This was the decision reached at
very enthusiastic meeting of breed
ers, bankers and business men held
Tuesdaf night at the Commercial
club rooms at Redwood Falls. The
meeting was marked with great en-
thusiasm among I'll those present,
and at its conclusion il was unani-
mously voted by all of the business
men and bankers to get back OF the
bettre sire campaign which will
start the firstsef the year, with the
view Of bettering the livestock con-
ditions OF that equity. -
Robert Geiger of st. Paul, state
secretary OF the Minnesota Holstein
speaker of the evening. He said
thatsthe better sirs campaign had
been put over successfully In seven
countitse of this state, and that 400
purebred sires had been placed on
the different farms Blue Earth
county, the first one in the state to
put on q purebred sire campaign,
was still in the lead with 106 pure
bred bulls placed Oh Blue Earth
county farms.
Z. e. Mcmillan Of Mankato, Blue
Earth county agricultural agent,
was the next speakel Mr.. Mcmillan
said that there are 2,548 farms in
Redwood county, and that the value
of the dairy products in that county
for the year 1920 was $62S,795, or
less than $3.50 to each farmer en-
gagged in dairying in Redwood
county. The speaker called atten-
ton to the fact that a-great many
sociations are producing more than
that amount above thlr keep. This
should be an example ito grade up
the dairy herds. Mr.. Mcmillan said
that it Is high time that the men
of Redwood county SIT up and take
notice, for they are bsing outdone
Dy the women of the county, who
have turned their attention to pouI-
try raising. During the same year OF
1925 the poultry profWts Of the
county amounted to $Sl0,222.
More Money For butter ="
Another thing urged by the
speaker was the raising Of more
legumes as q means OF furnishing
home grown proteins, and increas- 1
ing the profits from the dairy in
dustry. He cited the fact that a
pound Of butter in 1898 is bringing
thirty three percent more to the
farmer than it did in 1898. That 80
cents Of the dollar paid BY the con-
sumer for CO operative Creamery but
ter goes back to the producer, which
is larger profit than any other agri-
cultural product The speaker de.
veloped the fact that the raising Of
livestock is a valuable industry in
more ways than one. Aside from
the profits acrueing from the sale
Of the livestock, there is the main
tenance of the soil to bel taken into
consideration. For EXAMPLE six
teen year experiment i'm the state
of Tennessee showed thAt the av-
erage production of corn was twen-
ty bushels to the acre. o. the live
stock farms the yield wal increased
to eighty bushels per aacre. On
straight grain farms the1 yield had
fallen of from twenty bushels to
the acre to 7.50 bushels pkr acre. In
the state of Iowa the BAsf Breed
ers association in nineP counties
Of corn on livestock farms was SO
bushels to the acre as compared to
thirty eight bushels 10 the acre on
straight grain farms. Clover on
straight grain farms had been in
creased from IL tons to the acre to
2.2 tons per acre by the introduc-
ton of livestock. =
In closing, Mr.. Mcmillan said that
where one finds the best livestock,
one f1nds the best people, the best
homes, best churches and schools
and the best community in which to
live.
Charles F. Collision, agricultural
writer for The Minneapolis Tribune
told Of the efforts Of the paper he
represents, in furthering livestock
problems. The speaker said that
diversified farming had saved many
Of the North Dakota farmers from
ruin.
Farmers Favor Better Livestock Il
Lynn Sheldon, county agent Of
Redwood county, said that farmers
and business men were thoroughly
sold to the proposition of better
livestock IN that county. The farm
ers are about equally divided on
the production Of beef and dairy
r. Potter Of Springfield. one of
the members of the livestock firm
OF l.. e. Potter e. Sons, said that
when they purchased their first
purebred Hereford sire twenty
years ago that the first crop of ten
grade calves increased returns so
that the sire was paid for the first
year.
At the close. of the meeting the
Redwood Counky Breeders asBocia-
tion, the businessmen and bankers
voted unanimously to get back OF
the better sire campaign in that
county Immediately following the
first Of the year.
" Some farmers have long held
the belief that cows give much
more milk when MIXED regular
- ly by the same mixer. Tests by
the United States department of
agriculture, however, show that
the advantage Is very slight.
Twelve cows were MIXED in ar
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