The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-03-03
Articles of Interest to the Farmer
Edited bv p W. Huntmer County Agent Merose Minnesota

could obtain with the same effort on
a larger field. At present there is
strong indication that all growers
who apply or certification will be re-
quired to maintain seed plot as
part of their development program.
As it is necessary to limit the
number of counties that can be as
sisted in this work, county agents
should lose no time in getting in
communication with Mr.. Rose.
Although indorsing the "open mar
ket" bill pending in the Legislature,
which would permit them to establish
their own selling agency at South
st. Paul, members of the Minnesota
Central Cooperative Live Stock
Shippers association in annual meet
ing Thursday at the Old Capitol, re-
jected proposition to start such an
agency at this time.
H. l.. Halverson, president of the
association explained that the Com
mittee of Fifteen, reprensting live
stock producers of the entire coun-
try, now is studying the marketing
problem and ways to remedy any
present defects and he thought it adj
visable to await the report of that
committee before acting on the sell
ing agency proposal. H.
However, Harry Mollenaar of Rem
vile, Mimi, who proposed the selling
agency at the meeting was insistent
that the issue be voted on. His plan
was promptly rejected.
The cooperative shippers adopted
resolutions demanding that Congress
restore to the respective states great
er power over interstate freight
rates and traffic, demanding that the
Interstate Commerce Commission re-
duce interstate freight rates; COM
mending the work of the Minnesota
Railroad and Warehouse commission
in supervising the South st. Paul
market, and disappearing the in
crease in commission rates made by
commission men at South St. Paul.
An effort made by representatives
of the Equity Cooperative Exchange
to get the Endorsement of the ship,
pers' association was unsuccessful.
The morning session was featured
by talk made by R. ]. Wells, state
supervisor of stockyards, in which he
defended the work of his office and
replied to attacks which have been
made on this department. Mr.. Wells
used a chart to show how the costs
of marketing live stock is distributed
at the yards. This comparison was
made in reply to charges that the
state supervision has added to the
cost of marketing and that the extra
cost must be met by he producer.
Nh. Wells produced his charts to
show that the state supervision is
only a small part of the expense as
sessed against shippers at the mar
ket and contended that the benefits
derived are we'll worth the cost.
The Stearns County Farm Bureau
has made application to the Exten-
sion Division of the University of
Minnesota for a second week OF
farmers institute work to be held in
the county the latter part of March.
Each county is allotted one week OF
farmers institute work by the Exten-
sion Division.
Stearns County's one week allot-
ment was spent in Institutes held at
Kimball, Watkins, Eden Valley, Pay
nesville, Belgrade and Brooten dur
ig the week February 18th to 18th.
The Institutes held at these towns
were held under the direction of the
Farm Bureau with Forest Henry and
John Christgau of the Extension
force handling the bulk of the lee
ture work. H. B. Roe of the Engin-
eering Department gave illustrated
talks on farm drainage at Paynes-
vile, Belgrade and Brooten. Atten-
dance at meetings was generally
good ranging from 125 to close to
800.
If the Farm Bureau of Stearns
County is able to secure second
week of farmers Institutes one day
meetings will. be scheduled at six
towns in the eastern and central part
of the county most likely including
St. Cloud, St. Joe, Holdingford, Rich