The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-24
FARMERS SHIPPING
ASSN. MEETS JAN. 26
Officers Inspect Cooperative
Feed Grinding and Mixing
Plant at Litchfied
VENTURE SUCCESSFUL
Patrons Travel Over 30 Miles
and Save Tidy Sums
Dairymen Interested

hold their annual meeting at
the Sank Centre Community
Club rooms Saturday, Jan.
26, starting promptly at 1:OO
p. m. This is very import
ant meeting and all stock =
holders should attend.
Thursday of last week Frank
Minette, Adam Orth, and Chas.
Kortan, directors of the Sank Cen
the Farmers Shipping Association
accompanied by George Borgmann
and Henry Parker, drove to
Litchfeld to inspect the feed grind
ing plant of the Independent CO.
operative Elevator Company.
The Sank Centre association has
an expansion plan under consider
alton and the trip to Litchfield was
made with the purpose of securing
reliable information to present to
farmers at the stockholders meet
ing to be held Saturday of this
week.
The Independent Cooperative
Elevator Company has been sue
cessfully engaged in business for
over 10 years. The farmers in the
territory adjacent to Litchfeld are
very heavily engaged in the dairy
ing business. Several years ago
they decided to grind their own
feed. The results have been very
gratifying. The corporation has
400 stockholders with shares at
$500 each.
Today the really important
branch of their business is the mix
ing of feeds. They charge the
stockholders and other patrons 10
cents per sack for feei grinding,
$1.00 per ton for mixing and $500
per ton for molasses and, spraying,
a total of $500 per ton. Hundreds
of farmers bring their grains to
the Litchfield plant, have it ground,
and mixed and take it home with
them. The result is feed of high
protein content without foul seed
and at a cost much below what
they would be compelled to pay for
commercial feeds containing a
large percentage of foul seed.
Farmers drive over 30 miles to
have their feed ground and prop
erly mixed at the Litchfield coop
erative plant.
If the farmer desires to buy a
properly mixed pure grain feed
and ground alfalfa, containing
not less than "a per cent protein
the company's price is $4o.0O per
ton. The present commercial price
for high protein feeds containing
foul seed is $4,000 per ton.
The company manufactures a
special hog fed hog slau, chick
en- and calf feeds. The calf food
permits the taking of the calf from
its mother as soon as the milk is
fit for dairy use. A folder on this
subject issued by the Litchfield
company gives some very interest
ing information on this important
question. Excerpts follow:
Raising and vealing calves sue
cessfully without using large
quantity of whole milk is the most
important question for dairymen
and breeders today. Feeding whole
milk to calves is no longer profit
able. The various meals and sub
stitutes require considerable fuss
ing and in many cases cause diges-
tive trouble and scours. To over
come these difficulties we produc-
ed Eureka Calf Food which re-
quires no cooking or bother, for
the busy farmer and yet is mex
pensive compared with milk.
A few years ago protein was re-
garded as a substance of just one
definite fixed value. Today it is
known there are many elements in
protein. They have been separat-
ed into what is known as amino
acids. We also know that pro-
tein is valuable only in the number
and kind of amino acids that they
contain. The three most necessary
of these amino acsus for feeding
are, Lysines, Tryptophanes and
Cvstines. al
The proteins In Eureka Calf
Food are rich in the elements that
makes what is known as perfect
protein.
Some feeds that average high in
prOCeln nave WOuQeTlul meufClHdl
value. They are sometimes used as
a medicine and with very good re-
suits. While Eureka Calf Food is
not sold as medicine, many users
tell us that it is the best condi-
toner that they have ever used.
The reason for this is, that
Eureka Calf Food is a balanced
food, keeps the animal in good
healthy condition and will quickly
build up calves that are weak and
run down.
Constituents of Eureka Calf Food
Blood Flour
Blood -four is the richest in pro-
tein of all packing house by-pro-
ducts, carrying from 80 to 80 per
cent crude protein beneficial as a
bowel regulator to stop or prevent
scours.
Oil meal is widely used as feed
rich in protein for all animals and
gives excellent results when used
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