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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
By j. z, BUCK.

..-
We have come to the dividing Of the
ways-we have reached 4 critical
point in the history of our agrieui
tural developments. Aside from the
IS, 200, 600 acres in the United States
that can be reclaimed by irrigation.
and the a, 0t0. coo acres OF farm ,ands
that can be made available for cult
walton by means ef drainage. no very
large areas Of virgin coil remain %
be brought under cultivation in our
country. In time. Of course, these
barren lands will be made to yield
abundant harveese-but for the pres
EFT We must look elsewhere to and .
solution OF the problem with which We
ERE confronted II we are to keep
on going forward 1t will be necessary
for US to secure larger yields from the
fields that are already under cultiva-
ton. That is to say, our problem is
not 80 much how to increase the popu-
)ation in rural communities as it is
to increase the producing capacity of
the people already on the farm.
Average Yields. =,
The average yield of corn per acre
IN the United States is only about az
bushels.
Our average yield of wheat is only
1877 bushels per acre-and the aver
age yield of nearly everything we
grow on the farm is exceedingly low,
compared with the yields in other
countries.
1t is high time we were waking up
and doing something.
Better Farm Management Needed.
One hundred years ago the Mohawk
valley in New York was the wonder of
Europe, was the wo..der of the world
for its fertility, and thousands Of car
loads of cattle. hogs and farm crops
were shipped out of that valley until
its fertility has been exhausted The
settlers then moved westward into the
Miami and Scioto valleys of Ohio. and
did the same thing over again. Fol-
lowing the exhaustion of these rich
valleys, the magnificent broad prairies
of Illinois and Iowa were brought I'M
der cultivation, and the same process
is now being repeated. Even in the
Red River Valley of the North, where
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10

which costs may be reduced, either
directly or indirectly. One or the OH
er is applicable to almost every farm.
They are -t
(a) The use of more farm brood
mares.
(b) A better distribution of horse la
Dor throughout the year.
(c) Reducing the number of work
horses Sn the farm.
(d) More economical methods of
feeding.
(e) Use, On small farms, of machin-
cry requiring less horsepower.
The sum of these methods means
simply to so organize the farm, and
the labor force available, as to obtain
more nearly a maximum amount of Ia
Dor from each horse. A sufficient
number of illustrations of the prac-
ticability of this may be obtained, in
ones own neighborhood, to show the
feasibility of one or more of the sug-
gested methods, which are separately
and more fully discussed in Extension
Bulletin Is of University Farm.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
HORSE LABOR IS EXPENSIVE
The Cost Could Be Materially Reduced
on Nest Farms.

A careful study Of The cost Of main
tanning a horse and of the amount Of
bring up the query. How may motive
power for the farm be obtained more
economically?" Power upon the farm,
of some kind or other, is an absolute
necessity. It is probable that, for the
great majority of farms, this motive
force must be obtained. from the farm
horse. 1t is then particularly impor-
tant that methods of cheapening tae
cost of such labor be devised. The
study Of farm conditions and possibiii-
ties of organization, in connection W; h
there are five practical methods by
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10

farly Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado
california and Utah-the great alfalfa
states. We have reached the point
where We know we can grow alfalfa
in the corn belt, and it is now up to
IN to grow it.
Where Alfalfa 10 Grown.
The accompanying map shows where
alfalfa is grown In the United States
to-day. At the present time all the
alfalfa grown in the United States il
less than the area Of the little state
OF New Jersey. The total area under
AaAifa in this country is 400, 1856
acres. or this area Kansas alone has
Sse.S62 acres of alfalfa-or about one
NTH of our entire alfalfa crop.
Nebraska comes second with $751;
2S2 acres; Colorado third, with sos ,S93
acres; California fourth, with 4S4 ,134
acres: and Idaho fifth, with 3OS.S92
acres.
All of the corn belt states are lam
entably shy in the growing Of alfalfa.
as is shown by the following rank in
which they come as producers of the
crop:
Missouri. II; Ohio, 10; Iowa, 20: ILL.,
nois %; Wisconsin, 20; Indiana. "a;
Michigan. 20; Minnesota, S5.
With the unquestioned advantages
OF alfalfa, we should be growing more
of this great legume crop.
Advantages Of Alfalfa.
AS to the advantage of growing al.
falfa in the corn belt, Prof. P. G.
Holden says:
ut produces a large yield per acre,
more than double that of clover
1T is rich in protein, having almost
as high a feeding value as bran.
ut is the most enriching crop for
the ground which We have.
When a good stand is once secured
it will generally last four to six years
in the humid regions and much longer
in the west.
1T can be fed as hay to all kinds of
animals, and has, no superior as a hog
pasture
Builds Up Agriculture.
"No one more literally abets the
growth Of two blades Of grass where
one grew before than he who effect
lively urges the cultivation of alfalfa
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10

upon those who are strangers to it,
and no one is more truly working for
the benefit of agriculture, the basis OF
all prosperity, than he who proclaims
its excellence as the foremost forage"
Ex-Governor Hoard.
Grow Alfalfa.
An acre of alfalfa yields $3.50
pounds of digestible matter; red clo-
yer, 5000, pounds; and corn, $500
pounds.
In every dollars worth of alfalfa
there are thirteen pounds of protein
In every dollars worth of corn there
are only eight pounds of protein. The
great value of alfalfa as feed stuff is
therefore apparent. ..-.
Alfalfa enrishes the soil-grain i'm.
poverishes the soil.
There remains little more to be said
Every farmer who reads this should
begin Immediately to make prepare.
tons for putting in piece of alfalfa.
even though it be only one acre. If
you can grow an acre next year you
can grow ten acres the following year
and then twenty, forty, and even
enc hundred if your farm is big
enough to make SO large a field prac-
icable.
Ten acres of alfalfa on every farm
IN the Cnlred States would give us in
round numbers 100000 acres of al
faifa. Before the next decade has gone
into history we would be growing
100. 100000 acres of alfalfa in the Unit
ed States. IL we do this we will be
infinitely better off than we are today
our fields will be vastly more fertile
and our crop yields will be bigger and
better-our herds will be larger and
the quality of butter fat will be great
~ increased-we will have happier
homes-and we will be better citizens.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
Milk Regularly.

While the routine of the barn work
may be adjusted to your convenience,
strict regularity should be observed
in all things, to maintain as much al
possible the pace of the cows system.
secured when she was in full flow. If
feeding or milking is delayed, the
elaboration of milk is interrupted and
the flow lessened. So, in order to get
a full yield for a long time, every
thing should be done with the strict
est regularity. The milking sh0ul0
be done in such a way that a coz
will receive the largest possible salts
faction from the semi-daily event.
Professor T. l. Hacker, Dairy and
Animal Husbandman, University
Farm, st. Paul.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
NORTH ASHLEY
(ToO late for last week.

L
G. r. Bruce was AT Westport Mon
day.
Mrs. r. J. Thompson spent Satur-
day in Westport.
Fred Thornbloom lost valuable
horse one day last week.
r. J. Thompson took turkeys to
Westport Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Hendricks spent
Sunday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. ID. Cass.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Hendricks ex-
rect to leave for Wisconsin in the
near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. AL. TruaX and family
spent Easter Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Winneage.
Albert and Herman WEIGH have
been confined to their home the past
week with measles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Glockzin of
English Grove spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. r. S. Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Parker of West
port spent Saturday and Sunday at
the home of the formers parents i'm
Ashley.
Mrs. j. Thompson is spending few
DAYS this week in Sank Centre with
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ c.
CURE.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
A WORD TO oRcHaRoIsTs.
How to Combat Two Of the Nest Com
mon Orchard Pests.

In this state perhaps the two great
est drawbacks to the raising of good
fruit are the plum curculio, which
works on the apple as we'll as the
plum, and the codling moth. Fortn-
nately these two insects can be very
successfully combated if the proper
sprays are applied. For the plum
curculio We have found that three
pounds of arsenate OF lead to fifty
gallons of water or some fungicide,
in place of the water, if applied just
as the buds are bursting, and applied
once again a few days after the bios
SONS drop, will save large proper
ton of the crop. With the codling
moth, or apple worm, the spray that
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
CORRESPONDENCE
GETTY" GROVE

Hugie klar, who. was attending
school in Sank Centre, returned
Thursday.
Mrs. Henry Deters, Mrs. +. Es>ler
and Mrs. Chas. Spaeth spent Sunday
with Mrs. Henry Wiener.
Mrs. Willie GritZmacher and son
Robbie spent few days with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. John Ripka.
Miss Marie Kemper, who is employ
ed i'm Melrose, spent Saturday and
Sunday with MIR. and Mrs. Henry De-
tiers.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. GritZmacher.
Winnie Ceynar and sister hianc!l,
Nick Jung and sisters Josie. Louise
and II. r. Hager spent Sunday at
John Bipka's.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
The Man and the Cow.

The president of the Vernon. Cow
Testing association remarked recently
that his association was "as much
man test as it is cow test" His ac-
tual experience was that herd o,
cows kept on the same farm for sever
al years increased their yearly ave.
age of butter fat from IT'S pounds to
SIG pounds a year by the change Of
owners.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10

H1ty buShelS OF wheat to the acre was
not unusual, today not more than fif.
teen bushels is grown.
Food Supply and Population.
To make it possible for the people
of the United States to raise, clothe
and feed future generations, we must
change our system Of agriculture. We
cannot depend upon Uncle Sam for
any more land, and the only method
by which we can keep the United
States On the map is to make two
blades of grass grow where only one
grew before.
During the last decade the popula-
ton of the United States increased rs
per cent. During the same period the
production of beef in the United
States fell off 2S per cent.
A few years ago it cost the labor
ing man $52.05 for his yearly supply of
meat-today the same number of
pounds of meat cost $85.05, an il
crease of $500.
In view Of this what shall we do?
A careful analysis shows that we
need more fertile fields, or rather
fields. with greater fertility.
We need larger and better herds.
We need better roads.
We need larger bank accounts.
We need better homes.
We need better citizenship.
How can all this be done?
Perhaps no one thing will do more
to secure these things than growing
alfalfa.
If that is true. why haven't we been
growing alfalfa?
Because we thought it was impos-
sible.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
Irvine Aotoer ard Cutter.

Every kitchen should be equipped
with Irvine string. Buy a small tin
funnel for five cents, file notch in
the bottom of the snout and turn the
edge up, fling that. Put the ball of
Irvine in the funnel, letting the end
hang through the snout A little jerk
across the upturned edge of tin will
serve as cutter and save fingers and
temper and time.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
Learned In the LAW

Tramp (while the young magistrate
helplessly turns over the pages of
his law booky-"Please allow me TO
assist you, page SIT, the third section
from the bottom.-Fliegende Blaet-
ter.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
Exceptions.

when one reads he should read
something to improve his mind"
quite so. Still. it is imperative fer
some of us to read laundry lists and
time tables occasionally. "-Birming-
ham Age-Herald
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
CHAS. FIESLER
Hcspitahte.

well, did New York appeal to
your Eyes. 1t was .welccme when
l came, and well done when went"
Cornell Widow.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
We Can Grow Alfalfa.

Many farmers in the corn belt do
not believe tn. they grow alfalfa
They are under the impression that it
requires peculiar climatic conditions,
and peculiar type of soil. such as is
found in the western states. parricu-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10

Eleven pounds of alfalfa is worth as
much in feeding value as ten pounds
OF bran. and it costs but half as much
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
ALFALFA ON EVERY FARM IN THE
CORN BELT OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
H C Agricultural Extension Department Makes
Preliminary Announcement.

NOTHING WHICH MORE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT STATE OR MORE TO ITS WEALTH
THAN ATHoRoueH kkoWLEpcE AND UNDERSTANDING OF
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
Photo Mimi. Agricultural College.
MARE AND FOAL,

This mare is certainly paying for
her keep, even at night and on rainy
days.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10

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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10

fifty bushels of wheat to the acre was |
not unusual, today not more than fif
teen bushels is grown.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-01-24

obligation of the borrowers, usually
guaranteed by two associate members
| The affairs of few cooperative cred
it societies have been wound up, but
no failure has ever occasioned loss to
depositors or creditors, or a burden
some assessment on members. Their
solidarity is so widely recognized in
Germany that, in panics, deposits with
drawn from banks have been offered
to these societies.
"The inherent strength of the Coop
erative credit society is easily under
stood upon studying the principles
which govern it. The liability is the
only thing about it which is unlimited.
All loss is carefully and vigorously
limited. The territory of its opera
lions is limited. No speculative or
risky investments are tolerated. The
total amount of loans allowed is lin
tied The maximum for individual
loans is fixed The term of the loan
is fixed, and usually can run no long
er, with renewals than from harvest
to harvest; if not then paid by the bor-
rover, his guarantors become liable.
The money advanced can be used only
for a productive purpose and in the
way especially agreed upon, and,
should the claim be fought or the con-
tract willfully violated, the borrower
is expelled from the society and prac-
tically becomes an outcast in his COM
munity. No loophole has been left in
theory and practice. These co-opera-
tive societies are admitted to be splen-
didly adapted to accomplish the object
for which they are devised. In some
provinces of Germany there is So
ciety within walking distance of every
farm, composed, it may be, of only a
dozen or more neighbors, and having
but few hundred dollars of assets,
and throughout the German empire
there is an average of one bank for
every sixteen hundred persons. The
very smallness rebounds to it's
strength 1t permits the farmers to
watch and encourage each other and
prevents improvident borrowing or the
misuse of loan. These cooperative
credit societies have lowered the rate
of interest to 8 or per cent. but
cheap money is not the only good they
do. Organized and managed as in
diligently as in Germany, co-opera-
tive credit societies would place the
money American farmers make, in
their own control and keep it in cir
culation for agricultural purposes.
'The foreign mortgage loan socie-
ties and companies, and the agricul-
tural credit societies, involve no finan-
cial principles that are not familiar in
the United States. There is no reason
why we should not profit by the ex-
perience of France and Germany and
build up in this country organizations
that will satisfy the financial needs of
farmers here as we'll as the organiza-
tons in those countries take care of
the financial necessities of farmers
there"
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-01-24
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES.

All the Sunday school papers and
literature, which fo- some unknown
reason have been delayed, are now
here. On next Sunday morning at
1890 a beginning will be made with
the new literature for the new year.
The subject of the sermon for the
morning hour of worship beginning at
1880 is the question, TO Whom Shall
We Coz" There will be special pro-
grom for the Epworth League meet
ing at $50 p. m. The evening service
will be almost entirely of a musical
nature. There will be some songs by
the audience some special selections
by the choir, and some renderings by
the quartette recently organized. Come
and help sing and enjoy some good
music.
r. T. Holland. Pastor.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-01-24
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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-01-24

G. c. Tilley is at home again after
an absence of several weeks at Prince
ton.
The express receipts at this station
have fallen off heavily since the new
parcel post law went into effect.
A meeting of the stockholders of
the 49th Parallel was held Wednes-
day evening at which time a board of
directors was elected consisting of A..
Claughton, E. c. Campbell and C. H.
Smith. There is a movement quietly
on foot looking to the Inauguration of
extensive work on the Parallel, but
the directors are mum on the subject
for the present.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-01-24
PAINFUL ACCIDENT.

Subway afternoon Miss Orva Payne
met with a very painful accident that
will confine her to the house for some
weeks. She started out with a party
of young folks to skate on the Simil-
kameen river, below the laundry.
While skating she ran into a patch of
snow and was thrown down and
in the fall broke the tibia, the large
bone, of the right limb, near the ankle.
DR.. Beale set the bone, and the young
lady is as comfortable as could be ex-
pected considering the nature of her
injury.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-01-24
RANCH FOR SALE.

A hill ranch of 100 acres within 3
miles of OrOville. 80 acres can be Gull
tivated, 40 acres contain upward Of
$4,000 feet of standing timber. Fenced
and cross fenced. Good residence and
out buildings. Lease on adjoining
school lands. 1t would make an ideal
dairy ranch in close touch of q
creamery. For price and particulars,
address this Office If.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-01-24
IMPROVED RANCH FOR SALE.

One of the best little home places
close to Oroville will be sold at a
bargain. 40 acres, nearly half in cul-
tivation, part in bearing orchard,
many young trees, running water for
stock and domestic use. Court tested
water right, good house, fine barn, and
out buildings. Excellent price and
terms. Inquire at the Gazette Office. tt
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-01-24
Serial No. 04006
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Proof made according to law under which
entry was made.
Department Of the Interior, United States
Land Office at Waterville. Washington.
December II, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that William
Lawson. of Nighthawk, Washington. who,
on October ; Goth 1906, made h home
Lots 2, and II, NWA NWA, sec. 90,
and Lots 3 and 6. sec. 81. twp. 40 N, r
rs E. w. M, has filed notice Of intention
to make final five year proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, before
Geo. J. Hurley, U. s. Commissioner. at
Looms; WASH, on the 3Oth day Of Janu-
Claimant names as witnesses: w. v.
Champney, Daniel Mulcahy, Allan Pal
mer,. all of LOOMS. Wash, John M
Cutchie. Chopaca, Wash.
W. F. HAYNES, Register.
Dec. 27-Jan. PAST.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-01-24
FOR TRADE FOR TOWN PROPERTY

One hundred sixty acres, one and
three-quarters miles from Oroville,
small orchard, 260 trees planted.
Plenty of good water for domestic pur-
poses. A lake covers five acres Three
room house, stable and granary. All
fenced. Will trade for town property.
For information apply at this office. If
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-01-24
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,

Sunday school, 10 a. m. Worship,
II a. m. Sermon theme, "The Joyful
Religion Christian Endeavor, $50
Topic, Mission Work at Home and
Abroad, Evangelism" Leader, Miss
Mildred Cole. Worship, 1880 p. M,
sermon theme, my Husband, Who
Shall he Be-"
Fred M. McCreary, Minister.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-01-24
NIGHT.

whist party
n under the
| bf the Civic
INNINGS hall
! Is predicted
wen be larg-
Of the previ-
means q big
enjoyed any
will fail to
evening. for
meets awak-
etition of the
MS, and the
rites are a
rent Is an in
BE who have
tend. These
he most sue
s that have
| lie, and have
winter pass
The League
on supplying
| lent, and de-
great deal OF
| ging for the
d feeding the
dainty lunch
People con-
This evening
E games COM
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-01-24
GOOD BUSINESS CHANCE.

The best business location for sale.
30 rooms furnished in first class style,
3 bath rooms excellent dining room,
saloon in connection, general store,
will give purchaser of business a 2
years lease on the house. Owner must
go to Europe.
GEORGE DEVON, Oroville.