The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-31
COOPERATIVE FEED
GRINDING FEASIBLE
Properly Managed Plant Will
Pay Big Dividends in Milk
and Money
.MOLASSES VALUABLE
Sank Centre Farmers Ship
ping Association Held An
nual Meeting Saturday

nual Meeting Saturday
The annual meeting of ths
stockholders of the Sank Centr,
Farmers Shipping Association hels
at the Community Club rooms Sat
urday Jan. 26, at 100 p. M, wa.
attended by a trifle less than 81
per cent of the stockholders. Poo
roads and extreme cold weather Gu
the attendance down.
President F. J. Minette presided
The meetings of the last regula.
and intervening meetings were reas
and approved. Peter Robischol
who had been employed to audi
the books of the secretary-treasur
err reported that he found every
thing balanced with Secretary VIM
Rathe's report. He congratulates
Mr.. Rattle upon the excellent &C
counting system in vogue and thj
condition of everything pertaining
to his department.
The detailed report of the seq
retary-treasurer is published else
where in this issue of the Herald,
The terms of Charles KortaI,
Oscar Sukke and Herman Hagei
directors, expired. The presider,
appointed Adam Orth and Jos
Weiner as tellers and called fc'
nominations for directors to sui
coed Chas. Kortan. Mr.. Kortan an
Jos. Beste were nominated. III
ballot resulted as follows:
Jos. Beste
Chas. Kortan .............. \
Mr.. Beste was declared elected
Oscar Sukke, Carl Ecklund an
Chas. Kortan were nominated Il
director to succeed Mr.. Sukke. TH
ballot resulted as follows:
Oscar Sukke ....,......... 4
Carl Ecklund ?. .............
/ Chas. Kortan ............. n
The chair declared Mr.. EcklulI
was elected director for thrS
years to succeed himself.
| Chas. Kortan and Henry Park.|
were named for director to succeI
Herman Hager. The disclosed NI
Kortan and runner-up in anothl
exceedingly close race; as follow
Henry Parker ..............
Chas. Kortan
! Mr.. Parker was declared electaI
| George Borgmann was called
make a report of the trip of inv|
tigation and inspection seveft
of the board of directors and NJ
Borgmann and Henry Parker ma
to Litchfeld a couple of weeks
to gather information from the
ficers of the Litchfeld Independ9
Elevator Co., relative to their
perience grinding feeds and mi
ing. This report was covered vi
| fully in the Herald of last week.
]. l.. Johnson, former mana}
of the Litchfield plant, was pres}
and was called upon to talk to !
Sank Centre men. His address u
most instructive. The Litchfis
company have been going conce
for about 10 years. About
years ago they began grinding d.
mixing feeds for their 400 stol
holders and other farmers. The
suit from the feed grinding
mixing end of the business has be
most satisfactory. The patrs
come from a distance of 80 mi
or more. The farmers have
tanned a better feed than Comm
cial companies make and at pr
much below what the compaI
ask for their product.
| In most instances the patrons
the Litchfeld plant bring til
grains to the mill have it grof
and 200 pounds of molasses ado
making a total of 1900 pounds
| feed. The cost for this very II
protein food besides the grain =
follows: $50.
Grind, per ton ....... $2E
Mixing, per ton ....... II
200 lbs. molasses mixed Il
with feed .......... 81
! Total $a
Mr.. Johnson said molasses had
extremely high food value,
very palatable, and splendid
to digestion. The University
Minnesota laboratory is NAL
exact figures on the value of
lasses. These figures will be al
able shortly.
| Recently feed grinding and ]
| ing plants have been opened
farmers cooperative organ
tions at Mora and Milaca. They
starting off most auspiciously.
business will do much to incri
the milk flow in every commu
where they operate. The com
tee will continue their invest
tions.
The following from the S.
st. Paul Daily Reporter, repoi
the recent meeting of 1000
ers Jan. 16, at Dawson at which
direct buying of live stock was
cussed. Resolutions were pa
against the plan. The folloi
will be of especial interest to
patrons of the Sank Centre F.
ers Shipping Association:
Opposition to direct sales,
live stock in the country to
packers was voiced at Dav
Mimi, following a meeting on
16, attended by about 1000
ers and representatives from
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