mmmm mm i' SilPi^P *-3®sS(*?. 3*®* N ri Kf,». MOV^ER COUNTY NEWS. AUSTIN. MINNESOTA PAGE THREE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1921. f, TEST to avoid comparisons with other competing "If Minnesota co-operative creameries nois, and t\e very day Mr. McGuire use of purebred sires and by better Do you know products. "It is now a recognized was Mt./ Vernon butterfat was are to hold then* eastern markets," feeding from 124 pounds --to 304 VpifiWean principle of good salesmanship," he says^ "they must make more quoted at 45 cents a pound 'there as pounds. rol!fC SO Ao against 60 cents which was being paid ASSOCIATION 1921 he said, "that no pernjanent advantage butler scoring over 92 per cent and Problems of feed, care and management is gained disparaging the in Minnesota. Mr. McGuire explained less butter scoring' under that mark. intimately concern the efforts that the better price received in Minnesota other man's goods." Minnesota Imakes the best butter in for improving livestock. The the world, bu^ unfortunately only was because /the butter here lOcts from^ farm bureaus last year assisted farmers was better and also because under the one-third of our butter is of the best in rearranging their rotations so Thatcher Advises State Dairymen grade. There are three things cooperative system the farmer gets a Livestock Production Shows one bag ofgf that nfbre protein feeds ceuld be ought to begin to do at once. larger share of the money paid for Ms to "Create an Active Real Progress For Year Just grown conducted 41 forage demonstrations dairy products. in order that better pastures Desire for Your Products by "First, we must bi-fng all our butter Finished. "The southern Illinois farmer is trying up to the standard. Advertising." might be obtained for hogs :n to change his methods and to restore "Second, we must make all our assisted 1,240 farmers in balancing Real progress was made in 1920 in In an address made before the annual the fertility of his land. In doing butter uniform in color, salt and texture. rations and prompted the erection of livestock production work by Minnesota convention of the Minnesota State this he looks for help from methods All the Danish butter is an uniform 1,201 new silos. farm bureaus in co-operation with Dairymen's association at Fergus of M. pursued in Minnesota. U. Specialist Says Foreign in characteristics as though it the agricultural extension division of Minnesota county agents- devoted Falls, Dean R. W. Thatcher advised W Butter Winning Favor has been made by one man. the state university. County agents many days, in 1920, in fighting and Your ad in the News covers all of the dairymen to do more advertising "Third, we must establish our own Because of Uniformity. devoted more of their time to livestock preventing animal diseases. In most Austin territory. and to pattern after the California selling agencies and ship in "carload production activities than to any of the cases they were successful in fruit growers in marketing their products. Butter from Denmark and New lots. The butter should be graded here securing community action in preventing otlu'r project. Zealand is winning favor in New York in Minnesota and shipped .out under the spread of contagion, while Experience of recent years has indicated, The FARMER'S NEWS "Organize for the purpose oft standardizing and other esatern cities and is therefore one sales management. ~f leavingt the treatment of trained veterinarians. says F. E. Balmer, state GENUINE and distributing your products," coming into competition with "I believe that the grading of "BUITDURHAM Tuberculosis was given leader of county agents, that greater The' News wants the Mower he said, "but more than this, the best grades of Minnesota butter. cream and proper pasteurizing o£»the county farmer's news as well as more consideration by the agents than livestock improvement can be achieved create an active desire for the products Butter from Canada and South American that of residents of the city and cream made into butter should be thru breed association rather than any other disease. In 57 counties TOBACCO various villages. If he or members of your dairies by skillful advertising countries is beiing impQrted on a made compulsory by law in Minnesota. general livestock associations. The cattle breeders were interested in of. his family have been visiting of the attractiveness- of milk, rather large scale and is competing ,.(j$ Co-operative creamery companies" county agents, he says in his summary having their herds tested so as to elsewhere, if he has bought butter and "cheese'as food. Rival the strongly with our second grade pro­ should take action at onee." a new purebred animal' of good of their work in 1920, have qualify them for the accredited list. 'Sunkist Oranges' with 'Golden Sweet lineage for his farm, if he-has Mr. McGuire told dairymen of therefore fostered county breed organizations More than \^4,000 cattle were tested Butter,' 'Natures Best Beverage' There are some of the findings reported received a new addition to his and The News,. and your friends southern Illinois at a convention at and in the year just closed for tuberculosis, 1,221 were treated family or if any other event of 'Milk from Contented Cows,' or other by A. J. McGuire, dairy specialist news neighbors are interested in any jMt. Vernon in that state something sixty-four associations have been for blackleg, 25,924 hogs were vaccinated interest is taking place of real advertising slogans, accompanied by We with the agricultural extension that you might have. would appreciate about what co-operative dairying has news interest to Mm and his formed, making a total of one-hund-l for cholera, and 3,930 pictures of beautiful children, of division of the University of Minnesota, it greatly if our subscribers done for Minnesota. The co-operative •friends The News wants to know red and sixty five live stock improvement animals were treated for hemorrhagic would phone any items they might clean and attractive dairies and of about it. Write or phone it in. who has been studying butter idea of dairying has not yet obtained associations in the state. As septicemia. Other factors making for have, great or small, to us for publication. herds of cows in picturesque surroundings. markets in New York and Chicago. a foothold in southern Illi­ many-as four or five were formed in more and better livestock were the Call Main 450. Thanks. •fl Good advertising of both 1920 in some counties. For example, purebred sales and the livestock exrchange the real value and the attractiveness Shorthorn, Holstein, Guernsey, Duroc promoted by the farm-bureaus of the food product is essential to the Jersey and Poland China associations during the year. Some few counties maintenance of satisfactory marketing were organized in Dakota cpunty. still hold combination s^les of livestock conditions." The county agents helped 'to "start but the practice is disappearing. While attractiveness is generally a eighteen new purebred herds in Rice All the county agents but five or-i stronger "talking point," said the 4 county, and at least one hundred new ganized and supervised boy and girl dean, than nutritive value, th^ campaign breeders were established in Rock livestock clubs in 1920. The work to secure the use of more dairy county. with poultry was exceedingly successful. products ought to bexbased in large The work done in increasing the Ten new county poultry associations part, he believed, on their relative nutritive number of pure bred sires had the were organized. A total of 55,261 value because they are economical hearty support of the farm bureaus fowls in 4,637 flocks were culled forms of food. All £he advantages and many local banks. Mr. Balmer and of this number 13,863, or 25 per of dairy products ought to bs points out that in one county the cent, of the fowls were discarded. continually advertised, he said, as a banks loaned money without interest matter of sound education in the economical for the purchase of good sires, and Advertising is the father of goodwill use of food products. money at 6 per cent for the purchase and confidence. In closing he advised the dairymen of purebred females. Ten farm bureaus organized twenty-six co-operative This Week at bull associations with a membership HOW MUCH DO ¥0D of 35 farmers, making a total of fifty-four such associations in jsl. Minnesota. The farm bureaus were THINK OF YODS HUSBAND? instrumental in securing 2012 purebred sires, 1845 purebred cows, and 1491 high grade cows for farmers in the state. SURELY YOU THINK ENOUGH OF HIM TO Marked impetus was given the business of dairy farming during the BAKE GOOD BREAD. YOU CAN MAKE year. The farm bureaus developed -V I 22 cow testing associations, of which GOOD BREAD there are now 29 in the state, representing 794 farmers who have 10,042 cows on test, exclusive of 5,376 BY USING THE FLOUR THAT BRINGS cows on test by individual farmers. Of the total number of cows on test in 1920, four per cent, or G19 cows, were discarded. In Benton county, where a census I I was taken of all cows contributing 11 butterfatvto co-operative creameries, e. 252 herds, or a total of 1,887 cows, OF WINTER COATS ONE LOT if were enumerated. The average .1 fSi/// amount of butterfat produced per Formerly priced up to cow was 152 pounds, the average in /3S /L V~ the highest producing herds being 267 pounds. Herds of purebred and grade $45.00 on sale this week" cows averaged $29.28 more per cow HORMEL'S ii than those of mixed breeding, and silage for ... ~-1**/*• fed cows averaged $15.60 more K' -to. j** p?5 per cow than those not receiving silage. QUALITY FLOUR The state loader of county agents forecasts the information of many ~v testing associations in 1921. Examples ONE LOT OF WINTER COATS of the benefits of testing are DOES BRING RESULTS so clear and positive that large developments may be looked for this 49 lb. Cotton Sack $2.75 Formerly^priced up to year. In Lincoln county, says Mr. Balmer, 24^ lb. Cotton Sack Si.40 one herd was abandoned on account $57.50 on sale this Week of low production and replaced Hormel Milling Co by 11 purebred Holsteins. The following month the production of this herd for a was the second highest in the organization. In one dairy herd in Norman 'S*~x Austin, Minn. county records for the last ten years *2 show that the average butterfat production of a herd was raised by the ALL OTHER CLOTH COATS AND PILE FABRIC PUBLIC SALE On sale this week, at 0*5-s DUR0CJERSEY BROOD SOWS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 2** -I**'- Iff Sale will be held in the heated and seated sale Pavilion on the Mower County Fair ground. AUSTIN, MINN. Sale Starts at 1 O'clock Sharp. FREE TO EVERYONE WHO CAN WRITE HIS NAME PLAINLY, WILL BE GIV Muskrat, Wallaby, Natural Wild Cat,fWolf and Seallne EN ONE TICKET ON PURE-BRED DUROC-JERSEY MALE PIG. Winner must be in seat at close of sale. 1 a*. 7 "|grA -'.v. All sows in this sale will be bred to these boars: formerly priced $100.00 to $335.00 onjsale this week RED ORION SENSATION, CHIEF SELECTION AND A SON OF GREAT WONDERS I AM, ALL OF BIG TYPE AND OF THE BEST BLOOD LINES. TERMS: ONE YEAR'S TIME AT PER CENT. STAPLES, STULTZ AND V0SS Col. Albert Hopfe, H. L. Banfie^d, Auctioneer. First National Bank of Austin, Clerk. if Lf 'TO*