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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31

''The second years work begins
with dairy chemistry, which teaches
the students the chemical properties
of milk and it's products. Dairy
husbandry is introduced, and the
students learn from lectures and
practice the more important matters
connected with dairy husbandry as
whole. Different types of ami
mails, the ones that are best adapted
to the dairy, are studied, and in the
practice work students actually
make butter and cheese under a
skilled instructor, and in a short
time learn to become quite prof.
cient in the manufacture of these
dairy products. They also learn
the very important art of dairy feed
ing, feeding according to scientific
principles. They learn of what a
balanced ration should consist, how
to prepare it and how best to feed it.
Gin addition to these we have
vegetable gardening, which includes
the study of how to plant grow and
harvest the important garden prod
ucts suitable to our climate, field
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31

the material at hand in it's prepare
ton for the table and how best to
serve it. The value of many good
things when properly cooked is Of
ten-times lost by improper serving
The students are taught the chemical
properties of the more important
dishes used on the table, and the eff
feet upon them of cooking. By
this knowledge it is believed that
the housewife may be able to serve
for the sick or the convalescent just
that quality of food most needed.
1t is also believed that a great saw
ing will be made by using just those
things at the proper time that are
most needed for the growth and
nOurishment of the human body.
Our farm homes and surroundings
have been very much neglected.
Household art is introduced as a
subject that the students may learn
how to make the home beautiful and
attractive. 1t is not always because
we ito not have the means to make
our places attractive, but because we
do not have the ability to shape
these means into attractive forms,
that many homes are so uninviting.
Students not onl y study this impor-
tant art, but they visit the numerous
attractive homes in and near our
city, gaining a practical knowledge
of the elements required in beauti-
full home. Sewing is also a most
important part of lady's education.
This is not neglected in the School
of Agriculture, for it is given every
year but one in the school curricu-
lum. TO know how to select, how
to cut, fit and finish a garment is
most desirable and useful accom-
plishment. Very few women in
deed who have imposed upon them
the various duties Of homemaking,
have full knowledge of this art.
1t is the aim of this institution to
give ust the knowledge that is
! needed, and to strengthen these peO-
pie where they are weakest.
'Before closing, word should
be said of our Dairy school, the in
tluence Of which upon the dairy in
duStry of our state cannot be over
estimated This school is a special
course, given in the month of Jan
AIRY each year to those who are
actually engaged in the manufacture
of butter or cheese in a commercial
way. During period of four
weeks. the students actually make
butter and cheese on large scale,
under conditions that are similar to
those obtaining in the factory.
Lectures are given on the chemistry
Of milk from the time it is drawn
from the COW until it is received in
to the vat for separation: on the care
of dairy products: on the care and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31
DESCRIPTIVE.

The HERALD acknowledges it's in
debtedness to the Hutchinson Lead
er for the following, written by J..
A. WYE, secretary of the State school
of Agriculture, and printed in that
paper on December IA. F. .
''Minnesota has just cause to be
proud of it's educational institutions.
Even the remotest corners of the
state are dotted with little school
houses, and it is gratifying to note
that the wages of the teachers
throughout the state have been ma
terially advanced during the last
two years. These little schools
educate the country youth and pre-
pare them for the graded schools.
The graded schools prepare them
for high schools and the high schools
prepare them for the great State
University, which is located at Min
neapolis, and has an enrolment in
all departments approximating
3,4OO.
"Not the least among the depart
ments of the university, in fact, it
may now be said to be one of the
greatest, is the Department of Agri-
culture. 1t consists of the College
of Agriculture, where students are
trained in the sciences to do adj
vanced work in agriculture; the
Experiment Station, which has for
its function the investigation of new
and untried problems; and the
School of Agriculture, which has
for its mission the education of the
farmer boys and girls of the state
to become broader and better men
and women, and to be able to adapt
their knowledge to the surroundings
of rural life; in short, to acquire the
ability to supply the wants made
necessary by the increased standard
of living. This school was estab-
lished in 1888, and enrolled the first
year forty-seven students. This
number has steadily increased until
in the spring of 1900 there were en-
rolled SOB students.
''T'he school takes the boys and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31

AS to the excursion: BY dint of
4 vast amount of correspondence
and expenditure of time and money,
Is. Willis How of this city succeed
ed in securing special concessions
from the Great Northern railroad
company for conveying an excursion
party to st. Anthony Park, where
the farm is located. and made an APP
pointment with the Dean of the
Agricultural college to set apart a
day for receiving the party, and
afford the members of it every OPP
portunity possible for an inspection
of the farm and it's equipment, with
such information as Il few short
talks from the instructors could give
in the narrow compass of one all
too-brief day.
Tuesday, the 18th day of Janu-
arv, was selected, and the following
persons assembled at the station
during the evening, and boarded the
sleeping car which had been pro
vided for them. and which was at
tached to the early morning train
eastward:
MEIER GRovE-F. koettke, Nick
Schultz. ii. G.. lilies, JOS. ln.dicke.
II. G. Meyer, III. ii. Meyer, Ben
Ellering. a. Mathe, JOS. Meyer.
+. Deters. Ben Cite. John Caspcrs,
\. Thule. J. THULE. JOS. Schoen-
berg. II. Korf. Henry ln.dicke,
Herman Imdickc.
SAuK CENTRE.-Nick Minnctte,
Chas. Dix, David Pangburn, a. NJ.
Stiles. :. a. Irish. l.. :. Bishop,
y. ID. Barker. O. :. CaSS. J. ~.
Norris. W. +. DobbS. +. IIultgrcn.
Il. EngIc, y. Nelson. VI. Nelson. O..
W. Hoffman. y. Mahlon, Nick Orth,
Anthony Miller, {. W. Parker, :.
Jardinc. John Love. John Barnard.
W. II. Parker, Chas. Gray, Jam' :
Swift. w. J. Lyman, {. Z}hrer, a..
f. Lyman. =. Minnctte, Charles
Buchholz, {. SIynn, Jacob Botz,
John Schwartz. Fred Bergman. W.
f. Smith, Henry Botz, J. w. Sim
mons. a. +. Klugc, b. W. How.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31

learn not only to slaughter, cut up
and cure meats, but they also learn
what are the important and best
parts of the carcass and how to treat
the meat from the time it is slaugh-
tered until it is ready for the cook.
''The domestic side of farm life
has been very much neglected in
the past, and it is hoped that, by a
better understanding of the subjects
which are most intimately connected
with the farm home the surroundings
of the farmers life may be greatly I'M
proved. Among the important sub
jects that so far have received little
attention may be mentioned cooking,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31

cnce from an unwilling soil. 1t
costs a student comparatively little
to get the advantages offered.
There is no tuition fee. and the
total necessary expenses are only
about $500 per week, including
board and washing.
1t was fine trip, and all are en-
thusisatic over the cordial rccep-
ton accorded them. and the pains
taken by the Dean and the members
of the faculty-everybody in fact
to make the visit pleasant and prof
liable.
An option of two days on their
return tickets permitted any who
desired to remain and visit the twin
cities, and many of them accepted
an invitation for the following day
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31

feeding of dairy cattle; on account
ing in our creameries and cheese
factories; on the bacteriology of
milk; on planning barns, silos, rum
ming a steam engine etc. 1t is the
aim to give just that knowledge
which will be most beneficial to the
factory operatives.
CAT the National Convention of
Dairymen, at Lincoln, Neb., in
February, 1000, Minnesota won the
grand sweepstakes, and at the Paris
exposition, the grand prize for
American butter was awarded to
Samuel Haugdahl, graduate of the
Dairy School.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31

girls from the country, W no have
had what is known as a common
school education, or an education
sufficient to qualify them to obtain
a third grade teachers certificate.
The curriculum of the school is
based on plan which is broad
enough to acknowledge that the ed
ucation of farmer should do more
than train him to pillow, harrow and
care for stock in a cursory manner.
1t believes that farmers educa,
ton should be broad and liberal.
that he may know how to read and
think and act intelligently. Botany
is introduced, that the student may
learn the fundamental principles of
plant life. English, which is very
much neglected in all our systems of
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31
MINNESOTA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
What the State is Doing to Improve it's Choicest
Industry.
The Proud Distinction Having the Finest Experimental
Station in the Country.

The HERALD briefly mentioned
the visit of sixty or more farmers
and other citizens of Meier Grove,
Sank Centre and vicinity to the
State experimental farm, deferring
any special mention until such time
as it could possess itself of some
additional matter relative to the
State Agricultural College and it's
work, that better idea might be
conveyed of this most important
branch of the states educational
work.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31

field agriculture. Farm accounts,
physiology and the study of breeds,
with plant study continued, are
iaAs-" u" in ii" ~-cond term: these
subjects are given to both boys and
girls. Boys continue in carpenter
ing, drawing, blacksmithing and
military drill, while the girls take
up cooking, drawing farm houses,
home management and physical cul-
tllre
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31

WEST UNIoN.-Byron King, J.
Nolkman.
WEsTpoRT.-Mike Fitzgerald, c.
III. Cooper.
1t was a right jolly crowd, and
wlthal intent upon getting informa-
ton rather than pleasure out of the
trip, and they succeeded in getting
an abundance of both. Arriving at
Minneapolis the party breakfasted
at the Pauly House, and at nine
O'Clock, packed like sardines, they
took special trolley car to St. An.
thony park, where they arrived an
hour later, and were accorded a
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31

sewing, household economy and
household art. Very few people
even in the city, know how to cook
a good meal when supplied with the
best products that the market af-
fords; much less do many people in
the country know how to provide
such a meal with the meagre sup
plies at their disposal. 1t is the aim
of the instruction in cooking to
teach the girls to make the most of.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31

of every practical farmer in time.
1t is not expected that every
farmer in the state, nor everyone
in the visiting delegation, will rush
pell nell into new lines of farming,
abandoning their present systems
and practices at great loss, at once.
Standards and ideals were advanced
as objective points to be reached by
degrees.
Prof. Green dealt with plant life,
and told what the college is doing
in the line of instructing it's pupils
in the science of chemistry and its
application to different sorts of
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31

warm reception by the faculty, Prof.
Hayes doing the honors o the oc-
casion.
The buildings are in themselves
INTELLECTUALLY handsome, and beau
tifully located on high ridge, the
grounds being handsomely laid out,
the rolling character of the land
lending itself to admirable land
scape effects. The visitors were es-
corted to the Dairy lecture room
where Prof. Hacker delivered an
interesting and instructive lecture
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31

a study of poultry, handling grain
and machinery, veterinary science.
plant propagation. and the dressing
and curing of meats are also taken
up. The latter subject is a new one,
and Minnesota may claim the honor
of being the pioneer in this branch
of instruction. Here the students
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31

to visit the Minneapolis Thresher
Works at Hopkins-one of the
busiest of Minneapolis suburbs
and they were amply repaid for their
time and trouble. 1t is a great
manufacturing enterprise, up-to-date
in every particular, and it's operation
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31

was pleasurable revelation to the
tourists.
Every one who attended certainly
'' s:r:J 1cP::;a c:.o ;.:i:" a.::l
money expended, and would not
part with their experience for sew
eral times it's cost.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31

V7rr'' r. Fo'3rr0
and this COS could be reduced on
tn" average farm. The topic OF
stock raising for meat was discussed
by Prof. Palmer. and equally favor
abb showing made where scientific
methods were adopted. And these
methods are not eXtravagant and
impracticabIe, but within the reach
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31

on the earning capacity of the dairy
COW, and other kindred topics. He
told them how it is practically pos
sible to more than double the prod
uct OF butter from a COW, and how
by judicious selecting the annual
product of butter can be raised from
the present average of less than a
half pound dav TO two, three, and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31

education, is given preference dur
ing the first year. Blacksmithing,
carpentry, military drill and agricul-
ture are given to the boys, in addi-
ton, while the girls, as an offset for
these last named subjects, take laun-
dering, sewing, physical culture and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31

agriculture,
such as tn e
growingof oats,
W h e at, corn,
bar ev, etc.
"A gricul t ural
{ h e m i strv
which is a study
of the soil and
it's composition
giving the stu
dent the ability
to decide what
crop is most
suitable for his
different lands;
f ntom ology
and Zoology,
which give the
Studcnta knowl-
edge of the in
sects and ami
mails which are
both injurious
and helpful to
plant life, in
order that he
may be able to
combat the de-
Structivc ones
W it h proper
remedies a II d
protect tn g
friendly ones:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-01-31

in exceptional
cases to four
times h a t a.
IN Oun t. III e
dwelt upon the
com parativ re
values of differ
erent kinds of
fee d, stating
that corn meal
is not a milk,
but a fat-pro-
ducing f 90 d;
whereas there
is nothing bet
ter than bran
to stimulate the
flow of milk.
II h e 100, 900
COWS of Mime
sofa produced
an average of
no pounds of
b Il t ter worth
appro XII mat ely
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-13
KING LEOPOLD II.
LlrhtnInr super.tltlons.

It is well known that lightning plays
some truly remarkable tricks, and the
recent thunderstorms in France have
called attention to the different ways
the French peasants have of preserv-
ing themselves from It's disastrous ef-
tects Some, like he arciept Rnmans-
believe that 3 skin eonfers immunity
from lightning, and it is reported that
the peasants Of the Cevennes twist the
cast-of skins of snakes round their
hats to preserve themselves from dan
ger. Some believe that silk will do
the trick, and the idea that a garment
made of silk exerts some influence
upon the matter Is rather borne out by
a catastrophe which once occurred in
a church at Observation-Disclosures
when two out of three priests who
were officiating at the altar were Sc
verely injured during a storm, while
the third, VINO was dressed in silken
garments, remained quite untouched.
Some believe in sleeping on a pile of
mattresses heaped in the center Of the
room; some retire into the cellar of
their houses, and many farmers at the
commencement of a storm Immediately
proceed to put all their milk out OF
doors, knowing from experience that
thunder turns milk sou
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-13

Hidden in the fir-clad hills and ra-
vines of FL Dorado county, Cal, there
is a place called H%angtown. The place
was originally known as "Old Dry
Diggings," but in January, 1S49, it re-
ceived its new baptism.
One night three men were playing
poker in a saloon. probably a te1at or
hut, when one Of the party Event
broke" That in itself was probably
not extraordinary, but what followed
was enough out Of the ommon toI af-
feet the little camp to no slight de-
gree. The proprietor of the place had
fallen asleep in the room, and as it
was known that he had some dust in
his possession, It occurred to the gen.
tleman who had lost that a glorious OPP
portunity of replenishing purses was at
hand. Needless to say, the proposition
found favor in the eyes OF the others.
The sleeper. was aroused and requested
over a gunbarrel to 'antel" A favor
asked in such terms was not to be re-
fused, and he responded with alacrity.
The accompanying threats Of sure
QedLu IL ne DEW were ulSIeBdICeQ Dy
the victim, however, and he "blew" as
promptly as he had "anted' on the
previous evening. The camp was wild
and wanted justice done. No time was
wasted, and the robbers were arrested
before they had time to escape, a court
vas convened, and logging and exile
were chosen as a sentence in keeping
with the enormity Of the crime.
The promptness with which the
whole procedure was gone through
might have served as a warning
to wiser men. But this was not the
case with u gambler-robbers. Next
day they appeared in camp very drunk
and very noisy, vowing dire vengeance
on their publishers. Such Ignorance
and insolence was too much to ask any
respectable forty-niner to stand, and
at a mass meeting Of righteously in
dignant miners. hastily convened, the
decision to hang the men was made
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-13

II there Is any living creature that
you think you know, It Is the ny. But
while you have seen flies. and have.
perhaps. been tormented by some Of
that family. how much do you really
know about them? The flies you know
best are the house fly. the stable fly,
and the mosquito. Their general fam
lly name IS diptera. which Is given as
well to other members OF the family.
for II is legion. "Diptera' means twice.
winged-a term which belongs to all
two-winged insects. The larvae Of the
house fly and Of the stable ny are born
in filth, but as soon as they are fully
developed they soar into the sunshine
and free air. Only on damp days do
they care to enter houses and stables;
for flies cannot bear to be out in the
wet. So sensitive are they to moisture
that they will go almost anywhere to
avoid Il. We do not need to tell you
that to drive flies from the house you
should darken the rooms and give the
little creatures a chance to escape into
the sunshine. They will avail them
selves Of It readily enough. As the
flies Of which we are speaking develop
in filth, it is natural that clearly hui
nan beings should do their best to be
rid Of them. Flies swarming upon ar
ticles of food are a menac to health,
as any physician will tell you.
scientifically Considered.
To keep to the house fly and to be-
gin at the beginning, we must tell
you that it is one Of the short-horned
diptera, it's special name of brachycera
meaning short-horn or antenna, be-
cause the antennae are short. They
are also three-iointed with the third
joint ringed. II you can look at a
common house fly under the micro
scope you will at once see what we
mean. This fly lays its eggs in
anu or other filth, and as 100 or
200 eggs are usually laid by a single
female, you see that a mother fly is
very much like the famous old woman
who lived in a shoe. In warm weather
It takes only a few hours for the eggs
to hatch in maggots or larvae; it takes
only a week for the maggots to be-
come full grown flies; within two
weeks they are busy starting families
Of their own. If the common fly had
no enemies it would torment mankind
far nor than it does. Nature man
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-13
CHINESE NOT DRINKERS.
Rarely Seen In Saloons and Only the
oafcrs Smoke Opium.

Rarely Seen In Saloons and Only the
Loafcrs Smoke Opium.
I'VE are a temperate people," said
a ChiDaman Of Race street, as he re-
garded one Of his brothers coming out
Of a saloon with a kettle of beer, "and
a sight like that Is rarely to be seen
here. Joe Kee has a white wife, you
know. Maybe the beer is for her.
Anyhow, not one Chinaman in ten
in this colony would take a drink II
you should ask him, and not one in
1000 would get drunk. Did you ever
see a drunken Chinaman? Are there
Chinese among your barroom loafers
and hangers-on? But you will say
with a sneer that we all smoke opium,
and that an opium smoker, Of course,
will not drink because the pipe gives
n an aversion to alcohol. It is true
hat the opium smoker can't drink, but
it is not true that all Cinnamon
smoke. For no one can smoke and
work. and it is only the loafers of
Chinatown, the card sharps and con
idence men, who hit the pipe.
The true reason of Chinese tenn
perance in this country" continud
the Chinaman, according to the Phila-
delphia Record, "ls one. of economy.
We can't afford to drink, to get
drunk, to be arrested and to be fined,
and therefore we don't do it. But the
Chinese as a race would like to be just
as Incorporate as n o her people,
only they control themselves"