The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-08-13
4 dav out.

There is nothing more celebrating to
the average city resident than drive OF
dozen miles into the country, and at
no season the year is such drive more
enjoyable than at present. Before one is
fairly outside the city limits he cannot
fail to be stuck with the magnificent crop
which stretches away until lost in the
distance. The county south of Sank
Centre is an ocean of gram, with an oc-
casional island of meadow and pasture
land. Haying is practically over, and
while the quantity is rather below the
average-in many localities very light
the quality is excellent.
On the Grove Lake road one ofthe first
features to. be noted is the handsome
farm which has been created by R. o.
Halt out of the old Fish place, to which
he has added by purchase. 1t is neat
and attractive, and Mr.. Hall will have as
fine farm there as could be desired.
Down in the Neville-Kinsella district,
along the town line OF Ashley and Sank
Centre, notable changes have been made,
not only in the farms themselves by inn
proved methods of cultivation, but good
buildings are springing into existence.
The Irish settlement is second to no
section of western Stearns IN the matter
of painstaking and intelligent farming.
1t is impossible to particularize.
L g. r.
ment of chas. Boss has been greatly i'm
proved, and with the pretty house and
great barns and outbuildings, it is in
deed pretty place.
| mat Leuschen has erected good house
and barn, as has also John Morris. Geo.
d. Botz is finishing fine brick residence
and Peter Kline is doing exactly the
same thing. Nick Minnette has large
new barn, and Patrick Neville has put
up - commodious granary. The Wan
ish farm shows excellent care under the
management of Mat Holman. and the
Kusba place fairly groans under heavy
/ crops.
| Wheat and oats are not only rank in
growth but the heads are well filled, and
the yield is calculated to take the breath
of the most sanguine.
i The Frank farm is being furnished
with new house to take the place OF the
one recently burned.
The several farms al Joseph Miller,
Anthony Miller, the Minnettes-especially
Mr.. Peter Minnette, HI. N. Carpenter, pre-
sent scenes OF prosperity beyond descrip-
ton.
Drawing from memory after flying
trip. the writer cannot recall one-third
of the handsome places and beautiful
farms passed so rapidly.
In the town OF Raymond, the objec-
tive point was the farm of Townsend &
Rowe, embracing 600 acres, in charge of
a thorough farmer, Jason Love. 1t has
been herculean task, but Mr.. Love is
rapidly bringing the farm to the front,
and his management is telling. The grain
on the farm is excellent. stock of oats
was pulled from the field, the straw of
which was larger than an ordinary lead
pencil, and was feet II inches long.
This farm is pasturing hundred head OF
steers and some superior brood mares
and colts-some of them verv fine and
valuable. Mr.. Townsend is giving it
general attention, and it is his purpose
to make a model stock farm of it in the
near future.
To one not familiar with the section
of country so rapidly traversed it would
be revelation indeed. There would
seem to be little occasion for the farmers
of this section to have any approximations
| relative to the near future