The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-28
Top the Market With
Lambs Will Be Possible
Practical Demonstration VIII Be
Held In Stearns County Week /,
of August 15

Stearns county sheep growers
who want to top the market with
their lambs, may learn how at
lamb grading demonstrations to be
staged in several townships the
week of August Is. These demon
STATIONS arranged by County
Agent e. c. Lenzmeier, will be the
county's part in the big statewide
lamb grading campaign being
sponsored by the Agricultural Elk
tension Division, University Farm,
under the direction of w. E. Nor
ris.
Top lamb prices for every pro-
Queer will be the aim of the state
wide drive beginning July Is and
continuing through August. The
Agricultural Extension Division
will be assisted in this series of de-
monstrations by agricultural re-
representatives. of several railroads,
also by the Genital Cooperative AS
ISOLATION of South st. Paul. De-
monstrations, before starting out
will be specially trained at Univer.
sity Farm under the direction of
the Animal Husbandry division
and Art Bayne, salesman for the
Central Cooperative Association.
One or more of these men will
serve as demonstrators in this
county.
According to Mr.. Morris, lack of
condition is one of the main rea-
sons why only about IS to so per
cent of the lambs from this county
top the market. In a great many
cases, this lack of condition re-
suits from the farmers failure to
understand when a lamb is fit.
Farmers who want to get top
price for their lambs must learn to
recognize good mutton on the hoof
Therefore, at each of the farm de-
monstrations planned for this
county, all lambs will be sorted by
grade and farmers present will
handle the lambs and study the
differences between the various
lots. The demonstrators will show
which lambs are ready for sale
and discuss methods for bringing
others to top grade. Informative
pamphlets, prepared by the Agri-
cultural Extension Division, will
be distributed and farmers ques-
tions answered.
Mr.. Morris says a market study
in North Dakota by the Agricul-
tural Credit Corporation shows
very clearly why it pays to finish
lambs more carefully. In seven re.
representatives. shipments, in Octob-
er and November 1880, only 511
lambs brought top prices, as com.
pared with 795 sold as feeders. The
loss to the seven farmers through
marketing these unfinished lambs
totaled nearly $500, or 40 percent
of the actural amount received
One shipment from Williston, in
cluded 157 lambs, Of which 70 sold
as tops and IS as feeders The feed
ers averaged 50 pounds and sold at
$5.25 a difference Of three cents a
pound. Had this farmer fed the rs
feeder lambs to the weight of "a
pounds and received top price for
them, he would have received $258
or 81 per cent more for the ship
ment. .:a .....
At present feed prices, the extra
Is pounds per animal could have
been added with "a cents worth of
grain making each animal bring
$3.50 more. Thus the extra grain
used would have returned seven
times it's market value.
The county agent shortly will
announce the farms on which the
local grading demonstrations are
to be held. These will be free, and
everyone interested is invited.