The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-16
CHAP MANS GOOD TALK
Excellent Ideas Find Permanent
lodgment in Minds of G0Odly
Number of Hearers
SIX STRENUOUS DAYS
Camuaion Closes With Organization
of Poultry GLIB Among
School Pupils

The campaign for better and more
intelligent farming, carried on here
by n. E. Chapman of the State Agri-
cultural School, extension division,
closed Saturday night with the organ
ization of poultry club among the
pupils of the Sank Centre public
schools, after six days strenuous work.
During the week that Mr.. Chap
man was in Sauk Centre evening
meetings were held in five different
school districts, two meetings were
held in the Opera House. and Satur-
day evening was devoted to the pub
lie schools pupils. Twice each day
for FIVE days Mr.. Chapman addressed
the pupils of the high school and the
eighth grade on the subject of poultry
raising. One day his talk was illus
trated with living fowls furnished by
c. NJ Bryant the well known and
successful poultry fancier.
Mr.. Chapman was ablylassisted by
his hackers, the Board of Education of
Sank Centre, Supt. NJ. y. Ay, yarn, In
structor X. A. NorseD and the citi-
zens of Sank Centre. To the .enthus-
~iasfn of hes,rs. Aygarn and {Norsen
is due the presence of Mr.. Chapman
here. T h Z Board of Education
promptly and enthusiastically second
ed their motion to secure this expert.
The citizens of Sank Centre backed
up the Board, and the result has been
a big boost in the direction of spread
ing the idea of intelligent farming,
stock and poultry raising. w. A.
Berger county superintendent of
schools, attended most of the evening
meetings and was another enthusiast
tic booster. Several Sank Centre Cit
liens went out to the school house
gatherings and some of them made
enthusiastic speeches in favor of the
educational campaign.
The agricultural department of the
public schools ''got busy" early in The
game 1t was established this year.
The instructor, X. A. Norsen, ''made
good" right away with the pupils of
the schools. Last week work showed
that he knows what ne is talking
about: also that the farmers have
confidence in him. 1t is thus clearly
demonstrated that the public school
system and the farmers will work in |
harmony to produce first class results.
Mr.. Chapman's speciality is poultry. |
His practical talks to the farmers and
business men, the boys and the girls,
set them thinking. He mixes in with
his technical talk enough of wit and
humor to keep his audiences in good
nature, and though he takes up more
than hour at time, yet his audiences
do not tire. Unless all signs GO wrong,
it will not be many months before
Sank Centle people will be eating
fresh eggs instead of the cold storage
product that is used in such large
quantities; and instead of scrub"
chic kens, blooded poultry business in
this vicinity will be booming.
Mr.. Norsen's talks about the dairy
COW and her feed and management
were excellent, Mr.. Norsen has not
only the technical education put the
practical knowledge Of his sabjectI.
md places it before the farmers INF.
such language that he WHO ridlfisi may il
read. Mr.. Noysen stands ready, at
my and all times, to test milk. sgssFl
nd other farm products, to judge