University of Minnesota School of Agriculture - Agrarian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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T011 Row: DON JOHNSON, Coach, DAVID POTTER. First Row: MILTON SWENSON, CARL SIERK, GooDxv1N SONSTEGARD. The Livestock Judging Team HE Livestock Judging Team offers another opportunity for the students enrolled in the School of Agriculture to gain recognition and valuable experience. The team, consisting of three members and an alternate, is chosen from the students who demonstrate their ability as livestock judges in many evenings of judging practice. Unlike other team activities, the Judging Team has but one opportunity to repre- sent the School. This is in the contest held annually in connection with the Red River Valley Winter Shows at Crookston, Minnesota. The Schools of Agriculture from Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Manitoba, Canada, send representatives for this event. In order for a team to make a good showing in this competition, it is necessary that the members of the team be good judges of all kinds of livestock. Three classes, consisting of four animals each, of beef cattle, dairy cattle, hogs, sheep, and horses are placed, and reasons are given on one class of each kind of livestock. It is, therefore, imperative that each member of the team be able to talk in a convincing manner as well as to judge correctly. This year the team was composed of four seniors, David Potter, Carl Sierk, Goodwin Sonstegard and Milton Swenson. At the contest at Crookston, the team placed first. Carl Sierk was high man, Goodwin Sonstegard was second high, and Milton Swenson was fourth, two points below third place. Carl Sierk was also first in horses. -DON JOHNSON, Coach. Page Eiglaly-five

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M-R - iz- , A I it AR o M an . EL 1: Soni-I EN GOODWIN SONSTEG RD, EMIL BLOMBE G, WILL D H L un G The Dairy and Livestock Club I-IE Dairy and Livestock Club is a very practical organization. Its members are students of the School of Agriculture who are interested in Dairy and Animal Husbandry. I During the past year meetings were held every other Monday evening. Instructors from the Dairy and Animal Husbandry divisions gave interesting talks, which greatly encouraged the members in this line of work. Graduate students told about the methods of livestock production emplo-yed in foreign countries. Musical numbers and other features gave variety to these programs. On February twenty-second the general Livestock Judging contest was held. Two classes of horses, beef cattle, sheep, and hogs were judged. In one class placings only were given, and in the other both placings and reasons. The following Saturday the Dairy Judging contest took place. A week later came the Dairy Club banquet, at which medals were awarded to the School Judging Team, and ribbons, medals and silver loving cups to the winners of the contest. These awards were given by the State Fair Association, the Land O'Lakes, the Central Co-operative Co., the Jersey, the I-Iolstein, and the Guernsey Breeders Associations. The McCarty medal was presented by Professor McCarty, of Pennsylvania State College, formerly an instructor in this institution. Many of Minnesota's most successful livestock breeders are graduates of this school, who during their school days were members of the Dairy and Livestock Club. -ELMER SOEHREN. Page Eighty-four

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