Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-06-01
CREAMERY FOLKS
MEET, TALK SHOP
Annual Summer Land O'LakeS Oper.
atOr'S Event at Spring Lake is
Successful.

What is reported to have been the
largest annual summer round table
and banquet to the creamery opera.
tors of District No. of Land O'Lakes
Creameries was held on May 25 al
Spring Lake. The spirit was eXcep-
tionally fine and both the afternoon
session and evening banquet were
presided over by Herman r. Berg,
president of the district.
Art Rentz, field manager, reported
that although there had been a fall
ling off of 3O4,793 pounds in butter
produced for the year in comparison
with last year, the quality had i'm
proved, the percentage of Land
OLakes butter being SO, while last
year it was IS.
This district was the winner for
five years straight of the Vendome
Trophy, given to the district having
the highest average score. Although
this year it lost out by a margin of
.O2 of 1 per cent, it bettered its
own score of last year. For the first
three months of the year, it's average
is new record, 9S.65, Mr.. Rentz
announced.
In citing some of the advantages
OF membership in the Land O'Lakes
organization, Mr.. Rentz said it has
established uniform standards of eff
ficiency and workmanship, had i'm
proved the quality of the output, had
developed sweet cream butter, pro-
Ui6nS tho oh rr,hD
can be sold without competing with
the neighbor creameries and where
the highest price can always be OBJ
tanned.
Tom johnson of Spring Lake, gave
the address of welcome. The Rev.
Gunnar Olson of Spring Lake, sang
two beautiful solos at the afternoon
meeting and led the spirited COM
munity singing in the evening.
The main speaker at the afternoon
meeting was A. ]. Mcguire, general
manager Of Land OIakes Creameries.
He urged the Importance of a reali-
cation by farmers of a need for gen.
eral prosperity so that Industrial
workers would be able to buy more
farm products at a higher price.
F. E. Harris of the state depart
ment of cooperative accounting,
stressed the Importance of uniform
charge-offs for depreciation of ma
chinery. M. E. Gardner and F.. L.
johnson of the state department of
agriculture, dairy, and food, discussed
the forthcoming butter contest, urg-
ing operators to enter.
Anton Nelson, state-federal butter
grader at Duluth, and C. w. Fryhofer,
supervising state-federal grader ex-
pressed admiration of the way the
standard of quality had been main
tanned.
An interesting round table discus
sion on control of composition par
ticipated by five outstanding butter
makers of the district: Percy Robin
son, Sandstone; Harry Wyman, Zim-
norman; Art Sjostrom, Milaca; Frank
Bartlett, Mora; and E. ]. Holmgren,
Ogilvie.
Nels Lundorf of Sandstone, just be-
fore the afternoon meeting adjourned,
in an optimistic talk, said the farm
ers were glad to see a reduction in
production and that they were
stronger for Land O'Lakes than ever
before.
Lawrence Anderson and Carroll
Waller, the Push and Pull" orchestra
of Stacy, played in the afternoon and
during the evening banquet with
much spirit.
The principal speaker at the ban
quet was j. o. Christianson, principal
of the School of Agriculture, Univer-
sity of Minnesota. Mr.. Christianson
said that education was more import
ant than ever now, that a new spirit
of liberalism was sweeping over the
land bringing new conceptions of So
cial purpose in industry, agriculture,
and government and it was essential
that educational institutions lead in
interpreting these new concepts.
Much false propaganda is being cir
culated and more will be circulated
in the future to prevent the fulfill
ment of these new ideals. Educators
must teach economics, the purpose
and control of money, and the rela-