The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-04-04
Blue VALLEY PARTY
WAS A BIG SUCCESS
Mr.. Searles of University
Farm Gives Valuable Cow
Feeding Information
SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS
Pure Certified Grim Alfalfa
Seed Given Away-Fine
Musical Program

"a good big gathering of Sank
Centre farmers, their wives and
children, along with several Sank
Centre business men, attended the
Blue Valley Alfalfa party held up
stairs at the local Blue Valley
Creamery last Thursday afternoon.
The speaker of the afternoon
was H. r. Searles of the Dairy Ex-
tension Department, University
Farm, st. Paul, Minnesota. Mr..
Searles first brought out the point
of the big variation that exists in
any dairy community from one
farm to another in the cost of
producing a pound of butterfat o:
the big difference that exists in
pay per hour that different dairy
men receive from their dairy bust
ness. On many farms, he said, &c
or 10c more per pound of butter
fat could easily he realized by max
ing necessary changes to lower the
cost of production.
Mr.. Searles explained how more
money can be made by feeding
cows a balanced ration and feed
ing them always up to their capac-
ity to consume feed and convert it
into milk. The gentlemen brought
out the fact that more protein was
still the outstanding need in a
good per cent of dairy rations and
that the cheapest and best way to
supply this was to grow plenty of
legume hay-preferably alfalfa.
He stated a legume hay was the
basis of any satisfactory, most eco
nomical cow ration.
His plea was not more cows but
for better cows. He urged farmers
to keep records on their herds,
weed out their "boarders" and
build for heavier future production
by breeding up their herds to
good type pure bred bulls with real
butterfat production in their an
cestry.
Mr.. Searles gave wealth of
facts about cow feeds and feeding
and butter fat production costs. All
farmers in attendance were keen
ly interested in his talk and will
welcome any opportunity they may
have in the future to hear him
again.
Lead by Paul Hanson, local band
master, with his musical saw and
several stringed instruments, Sig
urd Holmes, with his "hypnotising
harmonica," and Wilfred Larson,
of the local Blue Valley Cream
cry, with his special sold Black
Joe" Alfalfa song, carried on in
musical merriment for quite few
all too short minutes. Some of
the audience by this time have no
doubt tried to play their saws at
home, but we venture the opinion
that it will take the magic touch
of musician of Mr.. Hanson's cal
ibre to really pull forth those long,
echoing, soulful musical saw vibra-
tions.
Following the musical numbers
on the program, Mr.. M. "A. Nye
displayed a few very interesting
charts showing results of expert
ments conducted on Alfalfa inocu-
lation and growing at University
Farm, st. Paul. These charts
were taken from the University
Extension Division Special Bulle-
tin No. 104, entitled alfalfa Aids
Progress in Minnesota" Anyone in
terested in obtaining a copy of
this bulletin may do so by sending
in their request for it to the Uni
versity of Minnesota, Agricultural
Extension Department, University
Farm, st. Paul.
At the close of the program IL
pounds of Certified Grimm Alfalfa
seed We're given away by Frank
Pangburn, local seed store mer-
chant; "a pounds of the same seed
were then given away by Blue
Valley. There were also 10 pounds
of Blue Valley butter given away.
Hot coffee, doughnuts and cul-
ture milk were served at the end
of the party. A taste Of culture
milk was in great demand by all
present as the long giving
qualities of this high powered milk
were explained to the audience.
While the crowd were assemb-
ling at the start of the party and
while coffee, doughnuts and cul-
ture milk were being served at the
finish, the audience were enter
tanned by music produced by a
fine large Orthophonic Victrola
which was furnished for the occas-
ion by the local Hanson & Elmer
son Drug Store.
An afternoon of instructive,
wholesome and worthwhile enter
tainment was enjoyed by all in at
tendance at the Blue Valley AL
falfa party.
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