The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-07-11
SCHILLING NAMED
AG. BOARD MEMBER
Appointment of Mortified
Dairyman by President
Hoover Satisfies
SPLENDIDLY EQUIPPED
Has Been Cooperative Advo-
cate and Leader for Years
Successful Farmer

st. Paul, July 9. The appoint-
ment of w. F. Schilling of North
field, president of the Twin City
Milk Producers association, to the
new federal farm board today was
hailed by agricultural and political
leaders as victory for farmers of
the northwest.
Not only will the dairy interests
be adequately represented by
Schilling, these leaders said, but
the rank and file of the "dirt
farmers" as we'll
Schilling himself is a farmer, it
was pointed out, and his 67-acre
dairy and stock farm near North
field is one of the show places of
the state.
II am sure Minnesota and the
dairy interests will be well repre-
sented by Mr.. Schilling," a.. j. Oh
SON, president of the Minnesota
Farm Bureau Federation and one
of the Mortified mans well-wish-
ers said" and am glad to see the
northwest get this recognition"
"The farmers of the northwest
will look to Mr.. Schilling to make
real contributions to solutions of
their econ omic problems" N. J.
agriculture, declared j am sure
he will be of tremendous service
to this section o. the country"
Schilling is nativ, of Minneso-
ia, having been ftrn in Hutchin-
son, educated in this STATE. and n
terested in Minnesota Turning for
yo score years.
He is 81 years old is married and
has five daughters and three sons.
Mrs. Schilling and the children
will manage the farm while Schill-
ing is engaged with his new duties
at Washington.
Mr.. Schilling is one of the earl
lest advocates of diversified farm
ing, raising of pure bred cattle and
cooperative enterprises for the
farmer in the United States. Not
only has he been successful as :,
farmer but he is today head of
one of the largest and oldest CO.
operatives in the United States and
is known the country over as
public speaker, largely on farm
topics. Prior to becoming a farm
er, Mr.. Schilling had been a suc-
cessful printer and editor. :
Naming of Mr.. Schilling for the
federal farm board post is the sec
ond time a President of the Unit
ed States has honored him. Last
year he was appointed by Presi-
dent Calvin Coolidge as one of
two to represent the United States
at the World Dairy Congress in
London.
Mr.. Schilling was born at Hutch
inson, Mimi, Nov. II, 1872, one of
Ii children. He received his edu-
cation in the public schools and !.
then learned the printing trade in
the shop Of the Hutchias en- Leader.
La er he worked on :. Twin City
paper and then became CITY editor
Of tie AppIeton, Wis. ress.
His location IN Northfield was
due to a visit he paid that city in
1894. He was offered the super
intendency of the printing depart
ment Of the Northfield News by the
late Joel P. Heatwole, the publish
er. Later he became city editor of
the News and when Mr.. Heatwole
was elected congressman stepped
into the position of editor Heat
wole's Dairy Paper was estab-
lished, later becoming the Mime
sofa Dairyman and Mr. Schilling
served as its editor until its dis
continuance in 1917.
In 1904 he forsook the newspaper
and leased the Spring Brook farm
which he later purchased, in 1910.
The first alfalfa ever planted in
Rice county was on his farm in
1900. The first silo in the COM
also was on his farm. He
also made the first yearly records
in Minnesota for his Holstein cows.
He has been, the father of the
dolstein industry in his commun-
ity.
Sixteen years ago he aided i'll the
formation of the Twin City Milk
Producers Association, and since
1917 he has served as president of
the association, which now has
more than 1000 farmers among its
members.
He has been president of the
Minnesota State Dairymen's Assoc
CATION, vice president of the Hol-
stein-Friesian Association of
america, and a director of the Ma
tional Milk Producers Association.
He also is a member of the board
of directors OF Land O'Lakes
Inc. IL 1921 he was
elected presiden of the $1,000, OOO,-
BOO Farmers Finance Corporation,
subsidiary of the U. s. Grain
Growers, Inc. He long has been
an advocate of cooperative meas
ures in grain marketing.