The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-09-28
farm which the boys put entirely in
to pOtatOeS thiSSyear. -,

farm which the boys put entirely; in
to potatoes this year. =,
The Rural New Workers are strong
er on the show tables than The Early
Ohios and made better crop this
year as the earlier kinds have shown
best this fall. Some Carmens were
also shown.
The individual farm exhibits were
good with large assortment OF fruits
and vegetables with each group. Carl
Eckberg was awarded first premium
for grasses, grains and vegetables.
The apple display was interesting,
demonstrating from year to year by
its growth that apple raising is on
the increase. There were exhlD.ts
the following types: Duchess. Green
ing, Wealthy, Charlomoff, HeDernal
and Akabena, besides crab apples Of
all descriptions. The plum SHOW was
extensive, while the display tables car
ried every known vegetable grown III
this country.
A model farm worked out in relief
bv Prof. O. E. Stephl of the public
schools was much admired by visitors
to that building, being an OBJECT les
son in farm management.
The Domestic Arts building was ma
turally the mecca for women and for
children. The large building was fair
ly TANNED with bits Of handicraft that
are delight to the feminine eye. There
were tiny doilies and great patchwork
quilts, tiny pillows and big rugs,
needlework of all descriptions, fruits
and jellies and wines, hand painted
china and thousands of other novel
ties. The exhibit was easily up to the
standard of former years.
Another interesting display was
that of the Sank Centre public schools
in the ST. Cloud building. An entire
day could easily have been devoted
te have seen this display thoroughly.
Every grade from primary to normal
| department had exhibits and some of
the work was remarkable. Drawings
and writings of the younger pupils
and the big wall relief maps could
not have been excelled.
However, the big drawing card was
the exhibit of the manual training
department. Here was shown as fine
furniture as can be made, all turned
out by boys in that department. There
was massive library table, hall trees,
taborettes large and small, stately hall
clocks and little timekeepers, book cas-
es, gun cases, little bird houses, lea
Their easy chairs and scores OF other
articles. The girls department with
it's display of made dresses and fancy
needlework was also decidedly interest
ing. The Rural school exhibit was III
a seperate building and this was de-
scribed in detail by Supt. Boerger IN
the last issue of the Herald.
The machinery exhibits scattered
about the grounds showed the marked
contrast between modern farm equip
ment and that of twenty years ago.
A great tractor rolled oyer a portion
of the grounds dragging easily gang
plow that would take dozen teams
to drag.
The gasoline engine is also .revolu-
tionizer. Popping away in some Sc
Guided corner it will be driving wash
machine, cream separator, a litter
carrier, a feed mill or scores Of other
rigs. Almost every implement used
on the farm was on display.
The new Sank Centre building con-
tanned booths of sever al business men
advertising their wares. At the en-
trance stood the refrigerator contain
ing the interesting butter display. Two
small rams fashioned by hand out of
butter by Mrs. John Schmidt and Mrs.
John Fuchs of Cold Spring received
much admiration.
In the rear of the building were the
new comfort stations and they proved
a boon to many hundreds of fair Wis
itrs. All in all the 1916 fair follows
we'll after its predecessors.