Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-12-24
q DA|RYMEN
ARE HONORED
Askov Testing Body Men,
bers get Diplomas for
Good Work.
Testimonial M e ting at
North Star Hall Held
Friday Night.

An outstanding achievement of u
dairymen in the Askov community
and members of the Askov Cow Test
ing association was commemorated at
meeting at the North Star club hall
north of Askov Friday night at which
County Agent Fred B. Willrett pre-
sented diplomas, awarded by the Ma
tional Dairy association to the dairy
men whose herds averaged 800 pounds
or more of butterfat per cow for the
year 1929-30. Of these Jens ArnbaFs
herd was the leader in production
with an average of 1852 pounds of
butterfat.
M. j. Thompson, superintendent of
Northeast Experiment Station of Du-
luth, gave the principal address of
the evening to about one hundred peo-
pie present. Five other men who ac-
companied Mr.. Thompson and who
gave short talks were George M. Jen-
sen, publisher of the Duluth Free
Press; Herman Landre, foreman at the
Northeast Experiment farm; ]. N. OF
tun of Bridgeman-Russel; DR.. A. r.
Burquist; and George w. Kelley, farm
editor of the Duluth Herald and News
Tribune. Mr.. Jensen gave an inte-
resting synopsis of his trip to his
native country of Denmark last sum-
mer while the remainder of the speak
ers said few words each ON various
subjects pertaining to the nature of
the meeting.
w. j. Wilkinson of the Minnesota
Power & Light Co., was present and
spoke a few words on farm lighting
problems from the standpoint of the
power company.
Mark Thompson Talks.
Mr.. Thompson told of conditions in
states he had visited during the early
part of October, including North Da-
kota, Montana, Utah, and Washington.
He also dwelled on cooperative or
CARNATIONS such as creameries and
testing associations. He brought out
the fact that some of the northern
counties are making much advance
ment in their potato work by supply
ing a good grade and quality of po-
tato. He stated that former co-opera-
largely because the matter of quality
had not been stressed and due to the
| fact that many members thought that
through such an association it would
be possible for the producer to COM
mand a price paid for the product
| without regard to the quality of the
product. Experiments that have been
To- ry.iad fnr h0 oct
talked about and though some farmers
may have been dissatisfied with An
thony oats during the past year, Mr..
Thompson thought best that it should
be again tried on many Pine county
farms. Progress wheat was recon-
mended and he suggested that if some
| farmers cared to raise some wheat,
that they have a good source of seed
and possibly the wheat they raised
could be sold to other farmers in the
county.
| Trophy presented.
Mr.. Thompson then presented
trophy to Chr. Sorensen of Askov, who
had the lowest cost of production per
pound of butterfat for the testing year.
Mr.. Sorensen's eight cows averaged
1892 pounds of butterfat and 11,1SS
pounds of milk at a profit of S95.ST
per cow. This cup was made pos
sible by the Marshall-Welk Hardware.
company of Duluth.
Those receiving diplomas were,-
Martin Brandt, Hans Abrahamsen, Eli
ner johnson, C. Sebald, Jens ]. Jen--
sen. Andrew Jensen, A. P. Jensen, l..
A. Ecklund, Harold Sorensen, Paul.
Dubbels, Hans Lunde, Fred Christen-
sen, Wilhelm Nielsen, Chris Petersen,
j. P. Madsen, Fred Hansen, Martin
Andersen, Chris D. Nielsen, Mrs.
Bendt Jorgensen, Chr. Sorensen, and
Jens Arnbal, all of Askov.
The meeting was conducted by A. p.
Jensen as chairman and besides the
speaking and the presentation of
awards, the North Star club song was
sung by the audience; two solos were
rendered by Kaj Simonsgaard; selec-
lions were sung by an octet of male
voices from the Askov community and
lunch was enjoyed by the gathering.