The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-08-15
PROSPECTS FOR BIG
FAIR ARE BRIGHT
STEARNS COUNTY'S ANNUAL
EXPOSITION WILL BE HELD
NEXT WEEK.
HEAVY LIVE STOCK DISPLAY
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL
MAKE DEMONSTRATION
FINE PROGRAM.

Stearn's county's big agricultural
exposition and war exhibit will hold
forth at Sank Centre Wednesday
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
next week.
Every indication points to the
Sixteenth Annual Fair being the larg-
est in the history of the assoclaion.
The managers Of the Stearns county
show have formulated a working
! agreement with the Todd and Benton
county, fairs. Numerous bands will
join the crowds from the various
towns in the three counties.
Thursday, the first day of the fair
proper will be children's and 500 Line
day. The Belgrade band will head
this delegation and will furnish the
music for this occasion. All school
children under Is years of aoe will ba
admitted free on this day only. Til
regular admission is 80 cents for
adults and Is cents for children.
Friday will very likely be the big
day. This is not because the program
is any better but because both the st.
Cloud-Benton and Todd county dele
cations will attend. Several COM
panies of the Home Guard will join
the Sank Centre company with the
drill on this day.
One of the assuredly big features of
the fair will be the display of cattle.
This will be particularly true of the
dairy strains. The Stearns County
Holstein Breeders Association have
taken the matter up and many more
heards than usual win be represented.
The Brown Swiss, Jerseys and others
will be we'll represented, as will the
bee fstrains. The live stock sale to
take place each morning of the fair
has done much to stimulate these ex-
I hibits.
s The free acts and racing cards will
S be stellar attractions each day, while
the war exhibit by the Federal gov
eminent will be very instructive and
will give one a faint idea of what
Uncle Sam is doing along the lines Of
conservation.
The Home Economies department
of the University of Minnesota will
conduct community kitchen at the
Stearns county fair Aug. 21-24. Miss
Helen Rider of the University will
have charge Of the canning, quick
breads, use of syrups as sugar substi-
tues and other interesting demonstra-
lions which will be conducted at the
community kitchen during the fair
week.
Miss Rider has arranged the follow
ing schedule for her work: Thursday,
Aug. 22-Making of quick breads, us
ing all wheat flour substitutes. FRI
day, Aug. % Canning demonstration
oflomeats and vegetables. Saturday,
Aug. Demonstration on the use
of syrups in place of sugar. Miss
Rider will bring from the University
a complete exhibit dealing with child
welfare, food posters and bulletins
which will be distributed to fair wish
tors. Be sure and visit the community
kitchen while at the fair.
The Stearns County Farm Bureau
will conduct milk testing demonstra-
ton and offer help and suggestions in
the keeping of milk records of the
dairy herd. This milk testing demon
stration will be CARRIE on and ex-
planned at the farm bureau booth dur
lug the three days of fair week.
At a meeting of the fair board held
Tuesday evening it was decided to
wire all barns and several of the
buildings.
The matter of making arrangements
for the automobile trips to Long
Prairie and st. Clou5 was taken up.
The Long Prairie trip will take place
Thursday, Aug. 20 and the visit to
the Benton county fair will follow
the next day, Friday, Aug. 30. The
.and will head tn delegation To- both
fairs, while the Home Guard will be
one of the big attractions at the Todc
county fair.
The following is the program of
the three big days of the Stearns
county fair:
Thursday, August 22nd.
1000 Auction, Horse, Sheep and
Swine.
1890 Parade to the Fair Grounds
headed by Belgrade Military
Band.