The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-10
Farmers Shipping
Assn. May Expand
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of Sank Centre should be given an
opportunity to assist the Associa-
ton in its expansion program.
Manager w. H. Rattle, of the
Shipping Association, gave an in
teresting report of the business of
the association since its organiza-
ton. He stated that the surplus
collected each year amounted to
between $4,000 and $4,000 and
that dividends had been paid each
year.
The movement received it's in
ception when many of the dairy
farmers residing in territory ada
cent to Sank Centre felt that thew
should be in position to manufac-
ture well balanced rations for dairy
cattle and hogs, using the product
OF their farms for this purpose.
Investigation proved that there
were at least two successful COOP
erative feed grinding plants owned
and operated by Minnesota farm
ers. One of these is at Litchfeld
and the other is at Madison in the
western part of the state. The
commercial foods cost entirely too
much, or at least they can be man.
ufactured cheaper in a farmer
owned and operated plant. Inves-
tlgatlon of some Of the commercial
stock foods has disclosed that thew
contained quite a percentage of
foul seed which breeds more weeds
when it is returned to the land
again in the shape of fertilizer. :
The discussion was free many
farmers taking part, all however.
soaking in favor of the expansion
program. "a motion was finally
made to give the Sank Centre bus
mess men an opportunity to be-
come stockholders. This was car
RED by a unanimous rising vote.
"A motion was also made and
carried by unanimous rising
vote for committee of Sank Cen
tire residents to work with the d.
rectors of the Shipping Association
to go over the various propositions
and phases Of the expansion plan.
The Sank Centre committee are
B. F. Dubois, Henry Parker, Char
les Bruce, M. P. Mortenson, Geo.
Bergman, DIR. J. A. Dubois. The
officers of the association are: F.
J. Minette, president; Oscar Suk-
Ike, vice president; A. J. Orth, Sec
retrary-treasurer; directors, Chas.
Kortan, Arthur Loid and Emil
Gamradt; w. H. Rattle, manager.
At a special meet of the direc-
tors of the Sank Centre Commun-
ity Club held last evening the fol-
lowing resolution was passed:
Resolved, that the Directors
of the Sank Centre Commun-
ity Club are back of the Farm
ers' Shipping Association in
any manner in which they can
assist them.
w. H. Moore was instructed to
present this resolution at the joint
meeting of the two committees to
be held Saturday afternoon.
In discussing the proposed ex-
pansion with the Herald editor
Tuesday evening Manager w. H.
Rattle, of the Shipping Association,
said in effect:
Balanced rations are recon-
mended by all agricultural experts.
A very good ration is made out of
screenings, ground fine, oil meal,
cotton seed meal, corn gluten feed
and molasses.
"To purchase this from CONNER
cial organizations is very expens-
i've. Some of these foods tested by
the University of Minnesota have
been found to contain about SO
per cent of foul seed which will
terminate when placed on the land
in the shape Of fertilizer.
GAS the Shipping Association is
situated at present we are not in a
position to grind or mix feed. This
brought up the question of expan-
sion. Investigation of the plants
at Litchfeld and Madison has lead
me to the conclusion that the Ship
ping Association can enter the
manufacture of balanced rations
proftably and at a great saving to
the farmers Of this territory.
'The plant at Madison has made
such a favorable record that farm
ers are hauling their grain for a
distance of so miles to have it
manufactured into balanced ra-
tons at the Madison plant"