The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-01-01
TAKING.
ACTIVE Interest
OVER 100 IN ATTENDANCE AT
THE SHORT COURSE SEES.
SION DAILY.
LADIES LEARNING TO COOK
HOME ECONOMICS DEMONSTRA-
TION BY EXPERTS ATTRACTS
GREAT NUMBER.

:
About 100 farmers are daily attend
ing the sessions of the Farmers One
Week Short Course now being held in
Sank Centre.
The meetings are in charge Of E.
c. Davis, one of the instructors in the
agricultural school but who has been
transferred to the extension depart
ment during the winter. He is as
sisted by brother, C. j. Davis of the
Ames, Iowa, Agricultural School.
john Bowen of the Animal Hus-
bandry Department of the Agricultur-
al School, Norton Chapman, expert
poultry man and Mrs. Bowen as head
of the home economic or domestic
science department. The latter is
very ably assisted by Miss Jean Muir
of the local schools.
The stock sessions are held in the
Dubois building, the grain and corn In
the gymnasium of the public school
building and the domestic science and
home economics in the high school
assembly room and domestic. science
rooms.
Only about SO farmers registered TO
attend every day Of the course but
the attendance is running well over
100 every day, while Mrs. Bowen has
an audience of from so to Is ladies
each afternoon. A number of the town
ladies are taking an sstiye interest IN
Der demonstrations and m6re than
likely Mr.. Man will have his grub DGE.
we'd 70 him with new tangled ideas 81
the future. In many instances it win
be the same old grub but disguised
an6 embellished beyond recognition
Il the man from Iowa or Illinois
could drop in at these meetings and
see the magnificent field corn on dis
play, all grown in this vicinity, the
question as to whether or not this
section can grow good corn would be
forever settled. Considerably over 50
exhibitors are contesting for the priz-
es hung up by the local business men
for corn.
There is also an abundance Of
wheat, barley and oats.
:. Notwithstanding the fact that To-
day is legal holiday the instructors
are keeping open house and regular
sessions are being held. This after
noon Mr.. Brown potato expert dis
cussed the tubera and diseases with
which they are afflicted.
Friday morning the judging con-
tests on grain, cows and livestock will
be held. There will be a number Of
participants as the rivalry is keen.
Mr.. Davis will lecture on beef cattle,
his talks by practical de-
Friday noon luncheon will be ser
we'd the farmers at the Domestic
Science rooms by the Sank Centre
business men under the supervision OF
Miss Muir.
Friday evening at 8 p. m, F. w.
Murphy, of Wheaton, president of the
Western Central Development Asso-
citation will be present and address the
farmers and business men on the OBJ :
jects of the associations and what it
means in the developing Of this great
section of Minnesota. This meeting.
the Herald understands, will be held
in the high school assembly room.
Saturday forenoon will be set apart
for the judging Of dairy cows and
horses will be considered -in=3he at
ternoon.
Mr.. Davis informed the Herald that
this weeks course was one Of the best
be has held so far this season. he
complimented Sank Centre on their
school equipment and ef-
licient management, the Agricultural
Society on the splendid co-operatiou
It was giving the farmers in develop.
ing their resources and the progress
sive business men Of Sank Centre -
back Of the short course so
whole heartedly.
Wednesday afternoon an exhibition
by milking machine expert attract
ed wide attention. In explaining his
the gentlemen said that only
about one out Of every is hand-milk-
ers was good mixer and that It was