Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1914-03-11
Northern Minnesota Notes
From Organized Farmers.

Molue, ST. Louis County, raised money
to purchase pure bred Guernsey sire
and put in community telephone line
that will later run to the homes of
thirteen members of the club. They
have also sent in petition for an
r. F. D. route to Molde.
The Meadowlands community has
shipped in two carloads of HOlstein
COWS, and are planning to operate a
creamery this coming summer.
County Agent X. D. Van Wagenen
will conduct in st. Louis County seven
snort courses of three days each-be-
ginning March Oath and ending the
first week in May. Organizing Boys
and Girls Potato Growing and Canning
Clubs and school exhibits of farm
products, to be held this fall, will be
one of the features of these courses.
The Farmers Club of Cromwell.
Carlton County, Minnesota, has pur-
chased two pure bred Guernsey sires
and are helping to support cooper
alive creamery at Cromwell. They are
in the market for dairy COWS.
The Farmers Club of Wright, Carl
ton County, purchased last month a
guernsey bull from F. D. McLaren of
Wrenshall, and two more from the
Guernsey herd of Mr.. Williams of Lit
tie, Falls. ~ . ~..0- = -
John w. Erickson, Aitkin, Mime
sofa, is looking for a pure bred Hol-
stein bull for the Aitkin Farmers
Cup, OF which he is member. Mr.
Erickson makes a specially of growing
celery and small fruits, and engages
with his brother in dairying as side
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and produce manure for his intensive
crops.
The Consolidated County School near
Nemadji, Carlton County, has four col
lege graduates as instructors, and
Manual Training, Domestic Science
and Agriculture are taught in it's course
OF study. This school will also under
take Field Work in Agriculture the
coming summer, under the direction of
Principal H. b. Hervig. Four teams
are used to transport the children to
the school. z..- .-.'-..
The Maple Grove Farm Club of Grow
Wing County has decided to purchase
pure-bred Holstein bulls for the men,
bers of the club. ~t
The Farmers Produce Club of Brain
erd started to do business in February.
1t will operate creamery at Brainerd
and build warehouse to handle pota-
toes and other farm products and such
stock feed and supplies as farmers may
want to buy in wholesale quantities.
The list of Consolidated Rural
Schools grows from month to month.
Koochiching County now has six Con-
solidated Schools, Carlton County has
four, Itasca County, four; Aitkin Coun-
ty, three; Cook County, two; st. Louis
County, two; Beltrami County, four
These teach Manual Training, Home
Economics and Agriculture. The coun-
try school is an important factor to the
prospective settler. A good school
Improving Potatoes.
There will be strong effort made
by Farmers Clubs, County Agents and
agricultural instructors in the schools
and also many potato growers to i'm
prove the type and quality of potatoes,
grown in Northeastern Minnesota the
coming season. More care than ever
before will be given to the selection
of seed free from any form of disease,
to have all seed treated for scab and
to provide spraying outfits in each
community so that the crop can be
treated during the growing season to
prevent leaf blight or other prevent
able diseases as well as the destruction
Of potato beetles
Potato Growers Association for
Northeastern Minnesota.
It is time for the potato growers
who read the Agricultural Magazine to.
get together in some kind of an asso-
citation to promote and protect and in
crease by cooperative marketing the