The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-21
DIR. BOSS WILDE
HONORED AT FEED
Live Stock Men Will Do Hon
or to Distinguished Min
neSOtan Dec. 1
EXPERTS TO BE THERE
Banquet a Tribute to the Out.
standing Ability of Gopher
State Soon

best known and most respected
farm leaders, will receive homage
from leading livestock men of the
nation at Chicago, during the COM
ing International Livestock EXPOSE
ton.
Sunday evening, Dec. 1, DR.. Boss
will be the guest of honor at the
annual banquet of the American
Society of Animal Production, the
membership OF, which includes
deans, directors, and animal hus-
bandry staff men of agricultural
colleges and experiment stations
throughout the united States, as
well as others professionally engag-
ed in the interests of animal pro-
'duction. Annually the society holds
its banquet at the Saddle and Sir
loin club, located at the Union
Stock yards, Chicago, each year Sc
lecting some outstanding individu-
al as its guest of honor and arrang-
ing its program to emphasize his
contributions to the livestock in
dustry.
This will be the first time that the
honor has been conferred upon a
resident of the Gopher state.
Among those similarly recognized
in past years are Dean Eugene Dav-
export, of Illinois, Dean H. L. Rus
sell, of Wisconsin, Dean c. F. Cur
tiss, of Iowa, Dean F. B. Mumford,
of Missouri, and Dean H. w. Num-
ford, of Illinois Oil portraits, of
men so honored are hung on the
walls of the Saddle and Sirloin club,
and the distinction has come to be
looked upon as one of the great
est that can be accorded any ami
NAL husbandry worker.
Several outstanding contributions
to livestock production are credited
to DR.. Boss, who is now vice-direc-
or, of the Minnesota Agricultural
Experiment Station, University
Farm. The most important of
these contributions are his studies
in the field of farm management,
relating to the economics of live
stock production. 1t was the who
first developed a definite idea as to
the economic place which livestock
has in the farm business. In tine
1905, he began to demonstrate
the advantage of livestock for uti-
LIKING farm by-produces and max
ing profitable use of waste land.
Since then he has taken a leading
part in evolving the principles
which are now generally accepted
with regard to the real purpose of
livestock in various types of farm
ing.
Aside from his work as a teach
er, DR.. Boss was a pioneer in arous'
ing interest in livestock improve
ment among farmers. A quarter
century or more ago, he helped es-
tablish the idea of cattle breeding
circuits or "bull rings" composed
of half dozen or more farmers
banded ogether to make co-opera-
tive use of superior sires.
DR.. Boss is likewise acclaimed as
having been the first to stress the
study or meats and carcasses in
connection with animal husbandry
instruction. When he joined the
University Farm staff in 1891, fol-
lowing his graduation from the
Minnesota School of Agriculture, he
was asked to develop a course in
animal slaughter and meats. Hav-
ing had some experience on the
farm, he studied the methods used
by wholesale slaughtering plants in
the Twin Cities and preceded to
develop a teaching program and
technique which he followed for
many years.
AS a result, the University of
Minnesota was the first TO have an
abbatoir or meat laboratory. The
original abbatoir was a remodeled
silo of the early square type with
a lean-to addition. The present
one was constructed about 1907
DR.. Boss work along this line at
tracted much attention outside the
class rooms, and in 1908 the U. 8.
Department of Agriculture publish
ed Farmers Bulletin 1873, entitled
.'Meat on the Farm" written by DIT.
Boss. In a letter transmitting the
manuscript to the secretary OF ag-
riculture, "Jim" Wilson, D. e. Sal
mon. at that time chief of the
bureau of animal industry, wrote:
at have the honor to transmit here
with the manuscript of an article
on meat by Mr.. Andrew Boss OF
the University of Minnesota an en-
inent authority on the subject"
AS stated, DR.. Boss Joined the
staff of the University Department
of Agriculture in 1891 as foreman
of the experimental farm, but in
1902 he was made associate profess
sor of agriculture in charge OF live
stock. From January 1908 to 1910
he was chief Of the division or
agriculture and animal husbandry.
In 1911 he was made chief in agro-
nony and farm management which
nosition he held until 1928, when he
was relieved that he might give
more attention to the expanding &C
tivities Of the Minnesota agricul-
tural experiment station which ne
had served as vice director since
1916. 800 I.
During the years from 1902 to
1910. when he was directly in charge
~ fhe livestock work, DIR. Boss was
AGGRESSIVE in breeding and fitting
animals for exhibition at leading
livestock shows and won many
notable honors at the international
livestock Exposition at Chicago
and other like events. he Is also
known widely for both his early
and later work in initiating and