Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-11-28
HOLSTEINS GET
THE LIMELIGHT
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they would be in a better position to
know how much the association has
to spend, and upon motion by Mr..
Wiedeman it was carried. A. p Jensen
brought out the Importance of testing
associations and the care to be eXer-
cised in the purchase of only good
sires. Several men also commented
on the Importance of keeping good
surplus stock in the county and not to
buy from socalled cow jockeys.
THE Little Green Valley" was sung
by Miss Lorna Walters of the Clover
dale community, with Miss Walker of
Sandstone, playing the piano accom-
paniment. Later in the evening she
sang Drifting Down the Trail of
Dreams" She was accorded hearty
applause.
Miss Marguerite Gay, nurse at the
Sandstone hospital, read good in
formative paper on 1.-THE Value of
Milk as A Food" bringing out the i'm
portance of giving plenty of milk to
children especially, certification, pas
teurization, and the proper cooling of
milk.
County Agent Speaks.
The POSTMASTER, Mr.. Gay, compli-
mented the next speaker, County
Agent w. F. Hammargren, stating
that he has sown some good seed in
Pine county which is showing results
Mr.. Hammargren said that the IA
cooperative creameries in Pine coun-
ty manufactured approximately AGO.
600 pounds of butter in 1923, and that
this was one-third of all the butter
manufactured in District No. 2 of the
Land OLakeS creameries which takes
in five or six counties. In the AskOv
cost accounting route the farmers had
an average of $50 pounds butterfat
production per COW annually, COM
pared to an average of 1872 pounds in
Steele county where they also had a
cost accounting route. One farmer at
AskOv, Harry Mortensen, had the ex-
ceptional record of sos pounds but
terfat from one cow in a year. The
way to know, and to get results, said
the speaker, is through COW testing
associations. He also advised that
if an association is not available then
use the mail order testing, a thing
that was started by County Agent
AmundsOn over in Wisconsin a half
dozen years ago. A successful sale
could not be conducted without hav-
ing testing. There must be a good
record of the animals. Because it is
a purebred does not always mean that
it is a good cow. 1t must have a
record. There are $4,000 dairy cows
in Pine county, but the speaker said
the county is encountering too many
COW jockeys. Mr.. Hammargren urged
the interesting of at least four or five
boys and girls in calf club work in
each community during 1880 and cited
NOrthfield as an example in that di-
rection. He added that a good goal
for the association in the county for
1880 would be: The largest Holstein
calf clubs in the state. Mr. Hammar-
gren made it plain that as county
agent he is not boosting one breed
above another but is glad to assist
all breeders with their problems, and
said that there is room for all the
breeds in the county.
State Secretary Speaks.
w. S. Moscrip of Lake Elmo, was
scheduled to appear on the program
but was prevented from coming on
account of having been called to
national dairymen's meeting at Mil
waukee. Robert Geiger of Mime
apolis, secretary of the Minnesota
Holstein Breeders association, spoke
in place of Mr.. Moscrip.
In speaking on the future outlook
OF the dairy industry Mr.. Geiger said
that there are at least 500 farmers
in Pine county who are considered
Holstein breeders, there is room for
more, and also for other breeds. Com
petition stirs on and gives pep.
Mr.. Geiger said that many breeders
are turning from other breeds to Hol-
stems, and person cannot go wrong
in advocating Holsteins. There are
142 Holstein cows in the United States
with butterfat record of 900 pounds
or more for one year. The speaker
said there has been a little drop in
the dairy industry, but that the flu
ture looks good. He said the average
price is from Acc to 48c per pound of
butterfat in good cooperative cream