The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-12-09
Annual Farmers and
H0mlemak ers' CONGRESS-
State Wide. Gathering. viii Begin
First Week In January-Will
Last One Week

Farmers and Home Makers Week
University FARMS big annual con-
gress of farm folk. will open at noon
Monday, January 3, and close at noon
Saturday, january 8, 1921. The at.
tendance last winter was 1,500, the
mark for this winter is set at 1000
Outstanding features, some of them
entirely new, will be: K
A big banquet for the farmers and
home-makers.
General meeting in the Auditorium
early each afternoon, to supplement
the evening meeting. Good speaking
and music, with special moving
picture program at night. roz -r
Nine programs running simutan-
eously through the day for the farm
ers and six for the home-makers.
The visitor can give his attention to
the subject matter in which he is
most interested. ~.s.
Daily lectures, discussions and de-
monstrations by experts in farm
agement and farm crops, treatment
of soils, livestock production, dairy
cattle production, veterinary medi-
cine, horticulture, beekeeping, poul-
try raising, and farm engineering
and building.
Special short course for thresher-
men and those who plan to buy ma
chimes, in the care and operation of
separators and traction engines.
Opportunity for special study and
investigation of the best land clear
ing methods, the use of explosives,
and the values of organized commun-
ity and county effort in converting
the cut-over country into real farm
ing land.
Hourly lessons for home-magers in
home management, planning and pre-
paration of meals, dress designs and
house furnishing, home care of the
sick and the welfare of the children.
Exhibits touching many phases OF
farm activity and also portraying OF
the work of the agricultural extern
sion division.
Annual meetings of the Minnesota
Livestock Breeders association, the
Minnesota Horse Breeders associa-
ton and of state breeders of Holste1n.
Guernsey, Jersey, Ayrshire, Angus,
Hereford and Red Polled cattle,
swine, sheep, all in separate ses-
siOns. ....-..
Meetings of the Minnesota FEEDER
alton of Farmers Clubs, the Garden
Flower Society and Minnesota fruit
and vegetable growers, poultry rails
ers and bee keepers
Annual conference for creamery
managers of the state.
DR.. A. V. Strom, director of the
short course, and officials of the va1-
Gus livestock and farm associations
are at work on the official programs,
details of which will soon be ready. d,
This testimony is given by farm
err of Prosper, MINI. "There is no
place farmer can go where he can
obtain a wider vision than at Uni
versity Farm, and at no time can he
do this better than at Farmers week,
The instruction and entertainment
provided cannot fail to be>of lasting
benefit to every person who attends"
A farmer of Mora, Mimi, writes:
"The knowledge l gained during
Farmers and Home-makers' Week
helped me very much last summer in
planning of my bib new barn. l ex-
pect to attend Farmers. and Home
Makers Week again this year.
A Park Rapids farmer sends this
Endorsement: ~ have attended two
of the Farmers and Home-Makers'
short courese at University Farm and
have received a great deal of educa-
tional and inspirational benefit from
them" >la--...r j