Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-07-01
Little Journeys Here and There
By j. A. WE

There is hope, good cheer, and
prosperity at the Finlayson
creamery. Go down the main
street past the bank and post
office and tucked away to one side
of the village you find the Finlay-
son Farmers Cooperative Cream
cry Association. 1t leads the
farmers in efficiency, in the pro-
duction of better and more deSlr-
able commodities, and so brings
hope, cheer and prosperity to the
community.
During the calendar year end
ing December 81, 1925, it receiv-
ed for butter, cream and butter
milk $13O,221.39 and paid to its
260 farmer patrons $109, 457. all
in cash. Not an insignificant sum.
These golden dollars came from
without and added that much
wealth to the community. The
creamery made 283,825 pounds OF
butter and the. excess of butter
over butterfat (overrun) was
22%. The patrons consumed
4,79O pounds of this butter and re-
ceived for their butterfat an aver
age of Ats cents a pound.
Last fall the creamery began to
handle flour and feed for the
farmers and last spring farm
machinery and Irvine from the
States Prison were added. The
president of this organization is
Matt Kari, the secretary-manager,
Einar w. Koivisto, and the oper-
ator, Oscar Bergseth. If you milk
| cows and have cream to sell, re-
| member the farmers own organi-
cation is the place to have it made
into butter and to receive in re-
turn the very highest price OBJ
tainable.
Joseph Schilling, three miles
north of Finlayson, has just COM
pleted modern barn commanding
a slightly place on his farmstead.
1t is 34x5O, will hold 20 cattle and
4 horses, and so tons of hay. 1t
has stanchions, a ventilating
system, and hay carrier and fork
as a part of it's equipment. Most
of the lumber used in it's construc.
ton was made from logs grown
on his farm and is costing ap
proximately $500. 1t has cement
basement and ten foot posts.
| Louis WINNER of the town Of
Kettle River, Il miles west of Rut
ledge, is building a new barr
34x6O, ~gambrel roof. It will be
ARRANGED to hold Is cows, 4 horses
and young stock. 1t has a capa
city for rs tons of hay. Mr.. Vim
mer's intention is to equip thi.
barn with swinging stanchions
and drinking cups and to properly
ventilate it with a modern
system. He milks IL cows ant
patronizes the cooperative cream
cry at Finlayson.
!. Edven Carlson of Kettle Rive,
township, two miles west of Rut
! ledge, built a new barn last fal
J 32x52. It's capacity is Is cows
three horses, and so tons of hay
1t has 10 foot posts and gambre
, roof. It cost $4,000. Mr.. Carlsol
is now building a machine she'
20x4O.
Peter Kovistra, q miles north
, west of Sandstone, in Finlaysol
township, is building a new bar
E 30x48. When completed it wi
! hold IA cows, 6 young stock,
horses, and 35 tons of hay.
E. N. Bengtson of Finhysol
$ township, two miles south Of Fir
layson village, is building a ney
z triple wall stave silo with a caps
) city of As tons.
n Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Greenwal
e living four miles north of Sane
y stone, left Wednesday morning fo
: Detroit, Mimi; Fargo, Vale
: City, and Marion, N. D., and wi
g also visit points in South Dakota
n They will return by way of Littl
e Falls, calling on w. w. White
formerly of Sandstone. Charli
n Greenwald is considering the d.