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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23

come out unscathed from hay-rida
sleigh-ride, husking bee, and country
frolics innumerable. won't often mis-
behave in the school bus. The driver
can easily control any who show az
inclination to boorishness or indie
cency. And. by the way, since SO
many country women are excellent
drivers, why shouldn't the primmest OF
"Old maids" be often secured to serve
in the double capacity of driver and
chaperone?
Third-The telephone places the
consolidated school in instant commu.
nication with all the homes in its ter
ritory, and little one needing paren.
tai care can be reached more speedily
in most cases, than in the district"
school. Here again, DIRECTORS forget
how modern invention has annihilated
distance.
Fourth-1his is a fallacy. In the
district school, pupils of all grades are
in one room, and the teacher is
obliged to divide her attention among
pupils in so many studies, and in SO
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23
Good vs.. Poor Cows.
BY c. r. Barns, Minnesota uni
sersity Farm.

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Professor w. j. Fraser, CT the Hi
nois College of Agriculture, puts forth
an article, under the above caption,
which bristles with instructive facts,
sucn as may profitably be studied by
dairymen in Minnesota, as well as
elsewhere.
He shows how one dairyman pro-
duced $4,000 worth of milk from TWEEN
ty COWS, or 800 worth per COW; while
another Destowing twice as much la
Dor on forty cows, sold only $1,000
worth of milk, or $45 worth per COW.
The first tested his cows, kept an &C.
count with each, and on eighty acres
OF land made a good income; the sec
ond believed that "a COW is cow"
kept no accounts, and on 40 acres of
land earned barely enough to cover
expences.
He shows how, at a large condens-
ing factory. the three poorest herds
yielded their owner 1852 per cow for
the years milk; while the three best
herds yielded SOS per COW. The own
ers of the last three herds cleared a
profit of over $50 per cow, while the
others "pocketed a loss" as the re-
ward of unintelligent dairying.
He shows the essential difference
between proceeds" of milk and prof
it's" thereon. THAT a man handles a
lot of money does not show that he is
doing profitable business; for he
may not be paying expenses and in
terest."
He shows that cow must produce
about 1000 pounds of milk and 100
pounds of fat to pay for feed and
labor. Below those figures, the cow is
an expensive boarder."
He shows that eight cows, each pro-
ducing 5000 pounds of milk, return as
much profit as forty cows producing
5000 pounds of milk. A cow produc-
ing 10000 pounds of milk returns as
much profit as six cows producing
only 5000 pounds. He says:
There are two million people milk
ing eighteen million cows every day
in the United States, yet one-third OF
this energy is entirely wasted, as
there are six million COWS that never
did anything to help sustain the farm,
and never can or will. This kind OF
cows are bred on from generation to
generation, and when we stop to con-
slider how easy it is to apply the
dairyman's yard stick, in the scales
and Babcock test, to every herd, and
yet realize that not 1 per cent Of the
two million dairymen in the United
States are using this yard stick today
it staggers us that such conditions as
these sho1i2 continue to exist. Such
a waste of energy is appalling"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23

tory in consolidated" district should
cover an entire township six miles
square. Otter the population may be
large enough to support two or more
good eight-room graded schools. I'm
der what is called the Ideal plan, in
Iowa, township lines are in part disre-
garded, and the consolidated schools
so located that no house is more than
three and half miles distant And
readers should remember that, nova
days, distances are to be calculated,
not by the capacity of juvenile legs,
but by that of swift teams and auto
mobile omnibuses. With such vehicles
at command, the. consolidated school,
even If it's territory includes town
ship, is really nearer to the farm house
than the s'little red" school house only
mile away, but to.reach which the
juvenile must usually rely on Foot
and Walkers line"
Second-Against this objection may
be pitted the fact that the well-be-
haved and respectable almost invari-
ably dominate in any crowd of Ameri-
can boys and girls. Youths who have
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23
VALUE FARMER AND MARKET GARDENER
hinnesOta'S
State Forests.
BY E. G. Cheyney, Division OF
Forestry, minnesota univer-
sity Farm.

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A new conception is gradually fo"m-
ing in the minds of the people. All
the evidence has been in their posses
sion for many years, but they have
never really grasped the meaning of
it. They nave read and heard, in in
Vulnerable places, that the timber
supply of the country would some day
give out; and there are few men, of
actually seen the forest melt away In
some locality with which they were
familiar. But the abundance of lum-
Der in the lumber yards kept them
from drawing any general conclusions
in regard to the country as a whole;
kept them from the very logical con.
clusion that, if such thing was TAX
ing place within their own experience,
it was probably taking place else
where; and hence, why not eventual
ly everywhere? Gradually the concep-
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poverished country is growing clearer
the conception which will make pos
sible the development of the forests
in the future.
There is nothing that should i'm
press us with the conception of this
crisis more strongly than the estab-
Hshment of the national and state for.
ests. Why have these forests been es.
tablished, and how? Truly, because
the supply of such forests is getting
more scanty every day, is the why"
and the passage of strictly safe
guarded laws is "how"
Let US lCok for moment at the
history of Itasca State park. Forty
years ago the whole northern half OF
Minnesota was an almost unbroken
forest of splendid pine. Was there
any talk of park at Itasca then?
No, because there was any amount OF
better timber, where it could more
easily be taken out, and the headwa.
tiers of the Mississippi were safe with
out any fences around then, Yet.
twenty years later, it was thought
necessary to reserve to the state the
title to small patch of land around
this historic spot. 1t was necessary to
build fence of law around this little
scrap of timber. And already the
fence was to late-for the title to
more than half the lands within the
specified boundaries had passed to
timber-owners. Such was the rate OF
consumption of the timber in Mime
sofa. The park now stands, an iso-
lated patch of timber surrounded by
cut-over lands; and the great lumber
producing region has passed far to the
northward.
Only one point more is needed. Not
one-tenth of one per cent of the land
thus cut over has grown up again to
merchantable timber; agriculture,
brush and jack-pine have claimed the
land for their own. The national and
state forests alone, fenced in by the
law, will produce the timber of the
future, till the true conception Of tbs
forests place in the economics of the
country is clearly understood. 1t Is
well that that conception is steadily
growing clearer every day.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23
Objections to the
Consolidated School.
BY c. r. Barns, Minnesota Uni
versity Farm.

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So natural it is that every proposed
reform should meet with opposition,
that, if opposition were absent, one
might we'll believe the reform to be
lacking in merit. That educators and
others are found, therefore, who OPP
pose the consolidation of country
school-districts, and who adhere to
the little red" school, with it's single
teacher, as something whose place
can be adequately filled by nothing
else, is on the whole an encouraging
sign. Opposition is the food of Prog
ress.
The principal objections conjured
up against consolidation may be
enumerated as follows:
First-With only one school to
township, the distance to be travelled
by majority of the pupils will be too
great.
Second-If vehicles are used to COL
lect pupils living at distance, in the
morning, and distribute them to their
homes at close of school, the promis-
be harmful to both manners and
morals.
Third-It is not we'll to send very
young children, especially, so far
away from their homes. They should
be within reach of parents in case of
any little emergency.
Fourth-In the small district school,
each child receives more individual
attention from the teacher than is
possible in graded school, where
she has so many to look after.
Fifth.-Better results can be at
by paying higher salaries to teach
ers; by employing, perhaps, two teach
ers instead of one; by supplying bet
ter books and apparatus, and making
the schoolhouse more attractive
than by consolidating a number Of
these to create a single "citiied"
graded school.
Sixth-Service on the district
schooLboard has ever afforded a be-
nehcent outlet for public spirit-some-
thing which, without it, is likely to
be dormant and undeveloped, to the
manifest loss of the community.
Added to these general objections
there is, of course, a chorus from
teachers who apprehend a loss Of
their jobs, and from families especial
ly favored by existing conditions.
The average reader, however, is inter
ested only in those above named. The
answer to each, in brief, is as follows:
First-It is by no means necessary,
and seldom desirable, that the terri
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23

many stages Of advancement, that it
is impossible for each to receive as
much instruction as in roomful OF
pupils of his own grade at the graded
school.
Fifth-The facts do not justify this
claim; and the cost of such improve
ment would be vastly in excess of the
cost of equipping and maintaining Q
consolidated school which would do
far more satisfactory work.
Sixth-Displaced district school Off.
GERS will find sufficient scope for the
exercise of their public spirit in or.
ganizing farmers clubs and co-opera.
tive associations of various kinds.
These call for as much ability and To-
cal patriotism as does service on q
school board.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23

quickened, is recommended as prom.
Using beginning of the annual warfare
against various insect pests. BY Its
application thus early, the best re-
suits are secured, while the damage
is avoided which the lime-sulphur
would otherwise inflict on fruit, flow.
er and foliage. A bulletin giving full
information about spraying is soon to
be published by the Minnesota Expert.
ment Station.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23
shovel. Of Today and the Past.

.ANovela at Today and the Past.
THE longest novels of today are pig
mics compared with those published
in the seventeenth century. Mile. de
,Scudery's lie Grande Cyrus" ran into
ten volumes. its publication being
spread over five years. And when it
was translated, or. to quote the title
page. "Englished by a Person of Hon
or" it appeared in five folio volumes.
OF some 500 pages apiece. Another
novelist of the same pc ,iod, La Cal.
kprenede. was even more diffuse. che
bof his works. Cleopatra" extending
Hover % volumes These novels found
plenty of readers. despite their enor-
nous length. The Paris publisher OF
Tie Grand Cyrus" made 100000
crowns by the first edition alone
Nearly all the works of Scudery and
Calprenede were translated into Eng
lish az soon as they appeared. and
many of them into German as we'll
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23
Blessed is the man whose
vegetable garden was plowed
or spaded in the fall. For him
the cutworm has no terrors.
A GOOD INVESTMENT
Can Perform Variety of Services on
the Farm,

the Farm.
Many a farm supports an extra
horse, the value of which, put into a
gasoline engine, would yield the farm
er several times as much revenue as
he gains from the use of the animal;
while to keep the engine running
costs little if any more than to main
tain the horse. And the engine can
perform a variety of services imprac-
ticable to the horse. 1t can run an
electric lighting-plant sufficient to il
Illuminate house and barn. II can sup
ply both buildings with running water.
1t can run the grindstone, the fam
ning-mill, the separator, the feed-mill,
the corn-sheller, t. : churn, the wash
ing machine-often several of these
at once; and when it is not running it
is costing nothing; while the horse
must be fed working or Idle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23

4 OPPORTUNITIES Here In America.
ter rather extended journey
ugh Europe in the late summer
fall. returned with the settled
fiction that there was Mp place
Z ne world where. whatever his con-
!, IN o. color, the common man had
,reat opportunities or was worth
much to himself. as right here in
.,rica.-Booker T. Washington. in
National Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23
Has Large Parish.

Has Large Parish.
w. w. H. Law of Buffalo has the
st parish In America. 1t is 1900
long by 800 wide and takes in
stretch from Buffalo to Duluth.
Jaw is known as the skypilot of
great lakes and goes from one
N to another holding services.
visits the lighthouses whenever
BILE. The word will be carried
81. all circumstances.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23

The remainder Of March Is
practically all that Is left OF
time for planning the farm
work of 1911. To push that
work ahead without a well-de-
fined, well-considered plan is a
good deal like starting to build
a home without having first de-
termined on a design. In either
case the work is likely to be
more expensive and the results
unsatisfactory.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23
Careful Preparation of Garden Space
Is Advised.

CareruI preparation OF 0dTueh SPaCe
Is Advised.
The man who utilities the space in
his garden for but a single crop each
year robs himself of a large part of
the reward which should come to him
from the careful preparation of the
ground. Good crops of quick-growing
plants, like early set onions, radishes
and lettuce, may be raised between
the rows of slower-growing ones.
Early cabbage, cauliiower, spinach,
wax beans and dwarf peas go nicely
between the newly-set strawberry
plants. Parsley. sage, dill, etc., and
also cabbage, lettuce and kohl-rabi
may be grown along the edge of the
currant-row.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23
Boys Should Be Taught Advantages
of Country Life.

eff the boy is to be kept on the
farm and become trained farmer,
he must be shown that there are just
as great opportunities financially, so
cially and otherwise on the farm as
elsewhere. There should be an at
mosphere in the public school, in the
high school, and in the college, that
will attract the boys to the farm and
lead them to see that individual sue
cess and the opportunities for social
service are unsurpassed in career
on the farm. ID. H. Otis, University
of Wisconsin
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23
BEGIN WARFARE ON INSECTS
Spraying System Recommended for
Early Application.

The spraying of fruit-trees, rose
bushes and grape-vines, with lime
sulphur solution-fifteen pounds lime,
fifteen pounds sulphur and fifty gall
Ions of water-on one of the warm
days of March, before the buds have
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23
ample OF Smiths Poiiteness.

ample OF Smltn'S Potttene8S.
weii-known New Yorker, now
q who during his lifetime bore the
i iation Silent" was accustomed
nploy various means to deliver
Is III from bores and time wasters.
% one occasion, when the New
n was putting in his vacation
W England. there was one native
Id as to visit the taciturn man
+ bungalow.
n W did ye get along with him?"
So some one when the bold one
ed.
l,ae!" said the visitor. Fellows.
item heard that that man was
en- cuss: but l want to tell you
re is one of the po,itest fellows
yer saw! hadn't been settin'
an with him more'n ten minutes
re he'd aske'' me five or six times
lie an see him again!"-Lippin-
IS.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23
BUSINESS CARDS
sNR. H. F. HENNEMAN,
IL DENTIST
Office over
Hanson & Emerson's Drug Store.
81 j. KIRGHIS,
IL PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Office over The Boston Store.
Phone lis
Ube Churches.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Sunday morning 1920 preaching
service. Sunday School at 1850 a. M.
G. E. society $3.50 q. m. Evening
service 500 p. m. Wednesday even.
Sng 800 p. M. prayer meeting and
bible study.
FREDERICK H. OEHLER. Pastor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23

). There is nothing more GER
tain than that sit pays" when
; watering dairy cows in winter,
to take the chill of the wa
ter" by means of a tank heater.
When compelled to drink wa
ter that is icy cold. the COW is
sure to give less milk. Other
classes of stock will also thrive
; better if their drink. in cold
weather. is slightly warmed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23

. Sawdust is valuable as an
. addition to heavy soils, because
. 1t lightens them by promoting
: the formation of humus; and to
. light, sandy soils, because it
. gives more body to the soil and
. increases its power to absorb
. and hold water. But as source
. Of plant-food its value is small
. not more than one-fourth
. that of manure.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
Services every Sunday at 8 O'Clock
=. mass, 10 O'Clock high mass.
ernoon service at Q O'Clock p. m.
cry day mass at 8 O'Clock a. m.
REV. a. ARTz Pastor.
g CHURCH OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
iEPIsCOPAD
4th Sunday in Lent
Evening Service at 1870
Sunday School 1900 m.
REV. S. J.. MITCHELL, Rector.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
), vices, Morning, 1890.
S day School, IL m.
Evening Service 1870
Eyer Meeting Wednesday. Eve 1870
.ible Study, Friday evening 1870
Everybody Welcome.
CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF
THE ANGLES
Arvices every Sunday at s o'clock
mass. 10 o'clock high mass.
arnoon service at 2 O'Clock p. m
ry day mass at o'clock a. m.
REV. T. F. O'CONNOR, Pastor
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23
GOOD FOR SEVERAL CROPS

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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23
OPPORTUNITIES ON THE FARM

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The log cabin Democrat., 1911-06-16
NEW TEACHER AT
 NORMAL SCHOOL

President J. J. Doyne today an nounced the election of Miss Elizabeth Pearl Wylie of Bonneville as assistant teacher in the science department of the State Normal. Miss Wylie will fill the position now occupied by Prof. John T. Buchholz, who has been pro- noted to the chair of science from which Prof. o. D. Longstreth recently resigned. Miss Wylie is graduate of the University of Arkansas with the degree of bachelor of science, and was for five years teacher of science in Galloway College. For the past three years she has been teaching in Bonneville high school. She comes highly recommended and will doubt less prove most efficient member of the Normal faculty.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-06-16

Rev. J. A. Meyers on the road between Sardis and Morrilton, the young peo- pie having obtained their license from Conway the day before, driving out from Plumerville to meet him. As man and wife they returned to the brides home, but did not disclose their secret, the groom returning to his work. Mrs. Roberts was only Is years old at the time, while her husband was 19. The bride has been attending school at Wichita Falls, Tex, and Ponca City, Okla, since that time, but Is now with her mother at Plumerville. The matrimonial problem is as yet a hard one for the young couple to solve, and whether they will go to house. keeping is not given out. The late Joe Clerget, and wife were the only witnesses to the ceremony.-Morrilton Headlight.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-06-16
WILSON TO JOIN
 HENDRIX FACULTY

Announcement was made today of the acceptance of Prof. w. o. Wilson of the chair of mathematics in Hen- drix College to succeed Dr. s. M. God bey, who has resigned. Since the open ing of the State Normal School in this city, Prof. Wilson has been professor of mathematics in that institution and is universally regarded as one of the strongest members of the Normal fac ulty. His acceptance of the position at Hendrix is due to his being offered much larger salary than was pro- vided by the legislature for the Nor nal position.
 President J J. Doyne of the Normal stated before leaving for Little Rock this morning that Prof. Wilson's res ignation would be presented to the Normal executive committee today. President Doyne said the vacancy would probably be filled within short time. He keenly regrets the loss of Prof. Wilson from his faculty, espe- cially since Prof. Longstreth, who has aided Prof. Wilson in directing the athletics of the institution, has also resigned.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-06-16
CONWAY GIRL WEDS
 ST. LOUIS MAN
MISS LETA JACKSON BECOMES BRIDE OF ELIJAH s.
 TINSLEY.

The wedding of Miss Leta Jackson to Elijah s. Tinsley of St. Louis was solemnized at the home of the bride S parents, MT. and Mrs. J. M. Jackson, yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in the presence of only immediate rela- tives and friends. The house wass decorated in green and white. Miss Nina McKissen of Walnut Ridge play ed the wedding march and the cere- mony was said by Rev. E. R. Steel. The bride was gowned in handsome robe of white silk and carried Bride roses. A bridal luncheon followed the ceremony. Mir. and Mrs. Tinsley left on the evening train for St. Louis and other points, and will be at home June 20 at De Soto, Mo. Miss Jack son is one of Conway's popular young ladies and MT. Tinsley is a progress sive young business man of De Soto, Mo. The out-of-town guests at the wedding were Mir. and Mrs. J. M. Huff, MT. and Mrs. w. D. Jackson and Mrs. Unsell and daughter of Little Rock and Miss Nina McKissen of Walnut Ridge.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-06-16
PHARMAC|STSA AND
 DOCTORS 10 MEET
WILL HOLD JOINT SESSION
HOT SPRINGS IS SELECTED AS PLACE FOR NEXT ANNUAL
 MEETING.

Little Rock, June 16.-For the first time in the history of the correlated professions, the Arkansas Pharma- cists' Association and the Arkansas Medical Society will hold a joint ses- sion one day during the next annual conventions in Hot Springs. At the close of the pharmacists meeting here yesterday, pr. Morgan Smith, presi- dent of the Medical Society, appeared by invitation before the meeting and made this suggestion, which was re- celved with great enthusiasm by the members. Little Rock and Hot Springs were palced in nomination for the place meeting in 1912, and Hot Springs was selected by an almost unanimous vote
 Dr. Morgan Smith took occasion to declare that the two professions are very closely related. "The proprietary business is menace to the druggist as well as to the physician" said he, "and the physician is more at fault than the druggist" He said the temp tation to prescribe over the counters is very great among the pharmacists, but it is being overcome.
 A Proposed amendment requiring that all future members be registered pharmacists was defeated.
 The convention closed last night with banquet, at which Dr. John B. Bond, Sr., was toastmaster.