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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-07
By M. A. NYE
Blue Valley Farm Service
Sank Centre, Mimi.
WELL PREPARED SEED Red

WELL PREPARED SEED BED
After we have obtained real Grimm
Alfalfa seed or very hardy variety,
and have decided where we are going
to seed it, the next important step is
to be sure we have our seed bed in
fine condition.
The seed bed for Alfalfa should
be firm, clean, moist and fertile. Any
manner of preparation that will pro-
vide such seed bed will do. Fields
that have produced cultivated crops
the preceding year are easily pre-
pared by thorough diskng. Next to
these, fall plowed land is to be pre-
ferred. Early spring blowing fol-
lowed by frequent disking and har-
rowing to make the soil firm will do
when necessary.
Ground should be worked as soon
after blowing as possible in order to
save the greatest amount of moisture.
On sand with a hot sun, the water
from heavy rain can be drawn up
in few hours unless it is checked by
stirring the surface. Don't be afraid
of overworking an alfalfa seed bed,
nor of getting it too well packed.
The richer the ground, the better. 1t
should have good surface and under
drainage.
An excellent bulletin from the Min
nesota Extension Service says:
Preparation of the Seed Bed
"The cropping of the land to clover,
followed by some cultivated crop, as
corn or potatoes, makes good foun-
dalton preparation of the seed bed
for Alfalfa. Potato ground need not
be- plowed for Alfalfa unless it is
weedy.
"The presence of a liberal supply
of organic matter in the soil aids ma
terially in securing good stand Of
Alfalfa. Fall blowing and manuring,
followed by thorough and frequent
cultivation to kill weeds, conserve
moisture, warm up the soil, and pro-
vide firm seed bed, is good practice.
If not MANFRED in the fall, 10 or Is
tons per acre may profitably be ap-
piled to the fall plowed ground dur
ing the winter and spring, and diskeG
in as soon as the ground is in condi-
ton to be worked. Disking or har.
rowing every week or ten days after.
wards up to planting time will keep
the soil mellow and kill the weeds.
Thorough preparation of the
seed bed is essential for any farm
crop in order to get the best results
Too much emphasis cannot be laid on
the proper preparation of the seed BED
for Alfalfa. 1t is much better prac.
tice to prepare the seed bed well sc
that all the seed sown will have q
chance to terminate and grow than to
sow several pounds additional seed
per acre on a poorly prepared seed
bed" ,.a
DON'T SEED TOO HEAVY
The opinion of Mr.. Hartung, a
veteran Alfalfa grower near Little
Sank, is that many farmers seed it
too heavy for their land.
cit looks fine when it first comes
up" says Mr.. Hartung, "but the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-07

Willard, and R. E. Hodgson. The eve
ming meetings will be addressed by
Rev. Roy L.. Smith of Minneapolis,
Major Clements of Owatonna, Curtis
M. Johnson of Rush City, and Charles
F. Collision Of Minneapolis.
The sum of 1850 in cash premi-
ums and eight silver trophies will be
awarded exhibitors at the annual seed
show. The major part of this fund,
or $1,000 will be paid to exhibitors in
the amateur class; the remainder will
be disbursed to winners in the pro-
fessional class which is made up Of
exhibitors who have won sweepstakes
at previous state shows. All exhibits
will be judged the forenoons of the
first two days.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-07

stronger than ever is the task to which
the managers and club leaders will
bend their energies. Further am
nouncements in which the young peo-
pie will be interested will be made in
the Herald.
$3.50 In Cash Hung Up for
Seed-The State Seed and annual
convention Of the Minnesota Crop
Improvement association will be held
at Owatonna in conjunction with
the farm bureau of Steele county
February 10, 20 and 81. Programs
and announcements are now being
mailed from the office of the secre-
tary, A. D. Haedecke Of University
Farm. C. E. Brown Of Elk River is
president of the association.
The program provides for after
noon sessions the first two days, two
general evening meetings, the annual
association banquet, the annual as
ISOLATION meeting, and program OF
addresses the afternoon of Thursday,
the closing day. Among the conven.
ton speakers will be Dean w. c. CofI
fey of the University Department Of
Agriculture, N. J. Holmberg, T. A
Hoverstad, E. G. Quamme, D. E.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-07
False Assertions

1t is falsely asserted continually
that our prices here are regulated by
competition, and that if we had no
competition our prices would be low
er in relation to the wholesale butter
quotations.
Those who make these assertions
try to prove them by comparing our
Special Sweet Cream prices at our
SWEET CREAM Creamery here with
the regular Blue Valley prices down
in the Corn Belt and at Duluth and
Bemidji. BY SO doing they try to
mislead the farmer, and they mislead
the farmer again when they say that
the regular Blue Valley prices are
lower because of absence of compe-
tition.
AS matter of fact, competition is
just as keen in the Duluth and Be
midi territories as in Sank Centre
territory; in fact, we find it keener.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-07

The Blue Valley SWEET CREAM
Creamery here in Sank Centre is the
only Sweet Cream Creamery owned
and operated by the blue Valley
Creamery Company.
1t has been established here, be-
cause the farmers in the territory
within a radius of about SO miles of
Sank Centre dairy heavily under con-
ditions naturally favorable to the pro-
duction and marketing of an enor-
NOUS volume of Sweet Cream. The
only way we can serve them better
than they have been served in the
past is by operating SWEET
CREAM Creamery and so pay them
the highest possible price for their
high quality of cream.
1t is good business to do so here,
because by high prices, square meth
DDS and honest dealings so great a
volume of Sweet Cream is secured for
handling under one roof, that spec
ial grade of butter can be manufact-
ured in quantities large enough to
build up a special market for such
butter.
That is why our only SWEET
CREAM Creamery has been estab-
lished in Sank Centre. Thanks to
the confidence placed in us by hun
dreds of farmers, we are already
handling much greater volume OF
Sweet Cream than we had hoped for
after only seven months in business.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-07

And the same is true wherever Blue
Valley buys cream.
Our Nebraska prices, for instance,
have been quoted as horrible ex-
amples of what is going to happen to
the Minnesota farmers "when Blue
Valley has killed off competition :"
AS matter of fact Blue Valley buys
cream in Nebraska in the very same
territory in which is situated a CO.
operative creamery that advertises it
self to be the largest cooperative
creamery in the world!
Competition or No Competition
Blue Valley has always had COM
petition. We always expect to have
it, everywhere. So, frankly. we don't
know what we would do without COM
petition.
However, having been fairly sue
cessful in the creamery business, we
do know that the farmer must get a
fair price for cream to induce him to
milk cows; that. he must get higher
price to make it worth his while to
take good care of his cream; and that
he must get a special high price to
pay him for producing and delivering
Special Sweet Cream.
Having invested considerable mon
ey in the Blue Valley SWEET
CREAM Creamery here, we reckon
we will always bear this in mind and
not do anything that would decrease
our Sweet Cream receipts, COMPETE
ton or no competition. Besides, if a
condition of no competition should
ever come about and such condition
was misused by us or anybody else, it
would simply be an invitation for
others to start in business.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-07
DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGRICULTURETS

plants are so close together that when
winter comes they don't seem to have
the growth and many Of them are
killed. We seed II to IL pounds and
find this amount gives us best results
on our land"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-07
We Pay According to Quality

We, for our part, are convinced
that the farmer who sells US the
highest grade Of cream is entitled to
the highest price.
We believe that is the only way
for the Minnesota farmer to get the
full advantage of his great and ia
vorable dairy conditions.
That is why we operate a SWEET
CREAM Creamery here in this center
of Sweet Cream production. That is
why we buy cream according to three
grades here and according to two
grades at our regular Blue Valley
creameries at Duluth and Bemidji.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-07
Has no Seed for Sale

q
Has no Seed for Sale
The Blue Falley Farm Service is
not selling Alfalfa seed.
We want to find a good home for
20 two-acre plots located in the vari-
GUS directions from Sank Centre. We
want every farmer to grow some AL
falfa of his own. We want more
cows to have it on their bill of fare.
We will help any farmer locate good
seed and get into more of this great
crop.
Alfalfa is the most profitable of
hay crops. We want more people to
realize it.
SEED BED IMPORTANT
cit is important in putting in
Alfalfa, to work your seed bed plenty.
You can't get it too fine and well
pasked." says Mr.. Jennisen, well
known Padua farmer.
Can't Be Too Hard
The seed bed for Alfalfa cannot be
made too fine and well packed. 1t
can look like a tennis court and
make the finest kind of seed bed.
The Man and the Gun
Give any man a gun and send him
up north hunting. Will he bring
home some game? He will if he can
shoot. If he can't shoot he had better
practice on smaller game for while
first.
The man going into Alfalfa is in
the same plight. Don't go into it
heavy, but grow into larger acre
age. Learn to shoot on small acre
age of it. Study your soil and the
crop. Find out what they need and
you will have success.
n
Heels Won't Sink In
"When you walk on a piece of
ground that's properly fitted for AL
falfa seeding, it can be so well packed
that your heels won't sink in" says
DR.. Away of University Farm, St.
Paul.
Safe Guide
The only safe guide in getting
Grimm Alfalfa seed is to be able to
trace the pedigree back to the original
Carver county Grimm.
n
The Cultipacker
A cultipacker if you have one OF
have one in your neighboEhood is the
one great tool to use in getting
ground ready for Alfalfa.
Buy Clover Seed Now While Buy
ing is Good-The Importance of buy.
ing red clover seed now, instead Of
waiting until March or April, is again
emphasized by farm crops division
men of the university who realize that
it will be very difficult to get gooe
seed later in the season.
According to A. C. Army of the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-07

other states, with due regard to diff
ference in average quality of cream,
percentage of cream below the Blue
Valley standard, local sales of but
ter and distance to other butter mar
kets. 1t is this basic price of our
Minnesota creameries with which all
other Blue Valley prices-in Missouri,
Nebraska and elsewhere be
compared.
To compare the higher prices we
pay for Minnesota Sweet Cream with
the prices we pay for the quality of
cream received in the Corn Belt is
just an attempt to fool and mislead
the Minnesota farmer. Everybody
knows that Sweet Cream is worth
more money. Every good co-opera-
tive creamery in Minnesota pays more
for Sweet Cream than for sour. We
do the same.
The record of our prices at our
three Minnesota creameries also
shows that at all three points we pay
premium of Five Cents for Sweet
Cream. At Sank Centre we call this
grade "No. l." At Duluth and Be-
midi we call it simply "Sweet
Cream. There is no discrimination
whatever between the three plants,
just as there is no discrimination any.
where between the prices paid b.
Blue Valley creameries.
Special Sweet Cream
In addition, the Blue Valley
SWEET CREAM Creamery at Sank
Centre at present pays Four Cent
premium over the No. 1 price for
Special Sweet Cream, the finest grade
of Sweet Cream that can be pro-
duced.
We require such cream not only to
be the very finest cream, but also that
it tests at least 80 per cent fat, which
is considerably higher than the aver
age Minnesota cream test.
We hope some day to offer the
same price at Duluth and Bemidji,
but at present there is not enough of
such superfine cream produced In
those territories to warrant us in do
ing so. The volume received would
be too small to affect the quality of
the butter.
Shipping Distance Limited
Each of the three Minnesota
creameries solicit Sweet Cream only
within a radius of about fifty miles
of each plant.
We do not believe it practical at
present for the individual farmer to
ship Sweet Cream over fifty miles and
be sure to have it reach the factory
sweet.
Farmers living at greater dis
lance at times succeed in shipping us
Sweet Cream and, of course, in such
cases we pay them the Sweet Cream
price, but we do not solicit such
shipments. We expect that warm
weather will put an end to them.
Hence, in nine cases out OF ten,
the farmer living near Sank Centre
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-07

Mems Conscience.
A memorandum book acts as a con-
science for the mind.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-07

considerable less than our total pro-
duction.
"On sandy lands much less clover
and much more alfalfa should be
sown. In the western part of the
state from north to south, comprising
nearly one-half of the state, biennial
white sweet clover should be used al
most entirely for rotation pastures for
cattle and to large extent for hay
until acres of alfalfa can be estab-
lished. Liberal use of Grimm alfalfa
and biennial sweet clover in the Sec
lions indicated will make the demand
for red clover seed materially less.
"Those who buy clover seed early
from reputable seed houses within the
state not handling imported seed will
stand the best chance of getting good
seed"
Il
Short Course Dates Postponed One
Week-The dates of the Boys anC
Girls Week Short Course at Univer.
sity Farm have been changed from
March 81, April 5 to April z to IL il
order not to conflict with the com
mencement activities of the Mime
sofa School of Agriculture the first
week. To make the course better anc
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-07

DIR. r. H. SWEETMAN
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Hospital and X-Ray Laboratory
Office in Hilsdale Bldg.
Hours 1870 to 5
Mornings by appointment.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-07
Other Blue Valley Creameries

All other Blue Valley creameries
handle good, sound, but SOUR cream,
That is the only kind of cream pro-
duced in commercial volume in the
territories from which these cream
cries draw their supply. Therefore,
none of them have sweet cream prices
except our creameries at Duluth and
Bemidji.
Our Duluth and Bemidji creamer-
les at present pay premium of five
cents over their regular price for
Sweet Cream. This is done in an
effort to encourage the farmers in the
northern part of the state to take adj
vantage of their favorable climatic
conditions and produce and market as
high a grade of cream as possible.
However, the Duluth and Bemidji ter
ritories are as yet too undeveloped in
dairying to produce volume of sup
crime cream large enough to warrant
Special Sweet Cream price.
Minnesota Prices Same for Same
Grade
The record of our prices at Sank
Centre, Duluth and Bemidji shows
that the regular price at the latter
two points corresponds exactly with
our No. 2 price at Sank Centre. This
is logical, because at all three places
the cream receiving this price is
cream that will make butter scoring
not less than 80 points.
This is our basic price, in full
harmony and accord with the prices
paid by all Blue Valley creameries in
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-07
Blue Valley Prices and
Cream Grades

and who would ship Sweet Cream to
Blue Valley will get Five Cents (No.
1 price) or Nine Cents Especial
Sweet Cream price) more if he ships
it to the Blue Valley SWEET CREAM
Creamery here than if he ships it to
Duluth, for instance. On account of
the longer time consumed in ship
ping, the chances are very much
against his cream reaching Duluth in
the grade of Sweet Cream and GER
tainiy not as Special Sweet Cream.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-07
Aim Is Sweet Cream Only

The Blue Valley SWEET CREAM
Creamery in Sank Centre, because it
is SWEET CREAM Creamery, is
interested only in sweet or slightly
sour cream.
1t does not care at all to handle
any other cream. 1t will buy good
sour cream that will make butter
scoring not less than 90 points, but
it doesn't care particularly for it, ex-
cept that by taking such cream it
gets in touch with farmers whom the
Blue Valley Farm Service may help
to produce better cream.
Cream below the No. 2 grade is
either penalized by cut in price or
returned, according to its condition.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-12-26
HIGH SCHOOL HOLDS
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM.

An elaborate Christmas program
was presented before high scnooi
assembly FRIDAY.
w. 4. Englund, superintendent
of the schools, rendered Christmas
greetings TO the students. upon
the waters, put on by the public
speaking class under the direction
of Ms Simerson, met with the ap-
prevail of the audience. Donald
Denley as Mr.. Anderson and Mary
Yadlosky as Becky interpreted the
leading roles in a polished manner.
The other members of the cast were
Bertha Edwards as Martha, Violet
Maxi as Gilmore, Sylvia Koski as
Miss Simpson and Henry Kanienen.
A pageant reading was also
pleasingly presented. Miss Tomlin-
son did the reading while William
Spreitzer, "FatherT, Inez Lamp
Mother, and John Govatos, "Sants
Claus, panton1imed the reading
Winnifred Cloutier sang a Christ
mas solo and the Freshmen Girls
Chorus rendered several numbers
The assembly engaged in som.
Yuletide singing and the program
concluded. Miss Ruth Olson hat
charge of the arrangements. A
3 o'clock a two week vacation 70
the schools began.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-12-26
TEACHERS SPENDING
VACATION AT HOMES.

School was called at three o'clock
Friday to enable the teachers to
entrain on the Highball for their
homes where they viii spend the
holidays Many took the Saturday
trains and Marguerite A. Wing left
here Thursday.
The following is complete list
of the vacation addresses OF this
districts teachers: Esther N. And
erson, Two Harbors; Ida Ahtilla,
Duluth; leila Austin, Minneapolis;
Laura Bake, st. James; Lucille
Barrett, Staples; Celia Barrett,
Sioux City, Iowa; Florence Bates,
Elmwood, Wis; Edward Buckley,
Minneapolis; Rose Burke, Bemidji;
Marie Brainerd, Blooming Prairie;
Frances Campbell, st. Paul; Hazel
Campbell, Winona; Gertrude Clan
cy, Saltwater; Lillian Coyne, Min
neapolis; Lulu Cummins, st. Paul;
Mary Chimzar, Ely; Kathleen Coffey,
Ely; Marion Davis, Little Falls;
Fern Eads, Omaha, Neb.; Ruth En-
erson, Minneapolis; Elaine Fenske,
Ely; Mary Flatley, Joe Fleming
Superior, Wis; Joanna Gohla, Man
kato: Kathern Gianotti, Ely; Elsa
Grovall. Minneapolis; Genevieye Gnu.
hus, Milwaukee, Wis; Marie Hodapp
Mankato; Jean Hughes, Virginia
Gladys Hawkins, New Richmond
Wis; Anne B. Hanson, Austin
Frances Jeffers, Lake Geneva, Wis.
Inez M. Johnson, Ely; Idella John
son, Spring Grove; Edna L. johnson
Minneapolis; Ruth Johnson, Hinrk
ley; Ann Johnson, Stanley, Wis.
| Florence Johnston, Nashwauk; Al
bena Kotchevar, Ely; Helia Koski
Ely; Mary Kraft, Minneapolis; Susal
Lovald, Duluth; Laura Laurin
| Waseca; Gerda Lindberg, Ely; Lydi
] c. Makela, Ely; Marie McGreevy
Duluth; May Meenahan, Marble
Grace Morgan, Amherst, Wis: Ma,
ion Mitchell. Ely; Irene Mikkelsor
Clontarf; Gladys Merrill, Ely; Ros
Mccarthy, Ely; Kathleen McGuir,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-12-26

Rush City; Lena Munson, Akeleyi
Layerne Murphy, Minneapolis
Mabel Magaard, Rice Lake, Wis
Florence Nankervis, Ely; S. Olson
Madison, Wis; Ruth Olson, Mazep.
pa; Elsie 0strom, Minneapolis;
Clara Powell, Eveleth; Julia Ruble,
Hurley, Wis; Inga Rogstad, Detroit
Mimi; Viola Richie, Minneapolis
leila Richter, Union City, Ind; Hen
rietta Simpson, River Falls, Wis
Florence Simerson, Belmont, Ia,
E. May Smith, Minneapolis; Gayle
Shirley, Minneapolis; Clara Sinnett
Minneapolis; Mrs. Myrtle Slant, Du.
luth; Florence Smith, Winton; Flor.
ence Schaefer, Glencoe; Emily Stem.
Der, st. Cloud; Helen Tomlinson
Eau Claire, Wis; Mayme Uehren
Chippewa Falls, Wis; Laura Uhler
st. Peter; Marguerite A. Wing, Du.
luth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-12-26
Ely Outplays Duluth.


Although outplayed in both games
the strong West Duluth Legion
team, headed by John Benda, man.
aped to secure an even break in
the two games played here Friday
and Saturday. The former nights
game was punctuated with thrills
and Duluth barely won out by
1926 score but Saturday night Ely
defeated the visitors decisively 25-
10.
The finish of the first game bor-
dered on the spectacular With Du-
luth leading 17-15, Lindbeck made
three shots from the field in quick
succession and Ely forged into the
lead. But Duluth with the smooth
playing Benda emulating Lindbeck's
example began to find the hoop with
accurate precision and again went
into the front During the seconds
before the final whistle Ely was
a one point lead but failed.
Lindbeck and Benda were the
outstanding players of the contest.
Exhibiting uncanny skill in shoot
ing Lindbeck was able to garner 10
field goals Many of his shots re-
suited from excellent passing on the
part of his teammates. Benda, who
starred at the Cathedral high school
for many years, played al elusive
and heady brand OF basketball
His passing was perfect and he dis
PLAYED strong defensive powers al
though he was the keynote of the
attack. His polished performance
was pleasing to the fair crowd which
attended.
Ely had little difficulty in work
ing the ball down to the basket
but were a bit weak defensively.
The local team led at half-time LOG
but Duluth evened the count at the
close Of the third period at 15-all.
Then came the series of thrills
which accompanied the sensational
| finish.
Simonson Plays the Second Game.
Strengthened by the return of
Simonson to the lineup Ely led all
the way of the second encounter.
With the score in their favor dur
| ing the latter minutes the locals
| played safe and used an effective
stall play which Melted them two
baskets and brought their total to
% against Duluth's 49,
A tightening up in the defense
and the same easy-working offense
was too much for the visitors to
cope with. Lindbeck again led the
scoring with four filings from the
court Dinsmore fell down in his
shooting missing many pot-shots
which would have made the victory
more secure.
Ely jumped into the lead and
were never headed Duluth was
tagging behind an 81 score at the
end of the first quarter but they
staged a short squirt to narrow the
gap before the second period was
over by caging three baskets. Ely
repeated by making the same num-
Der of points and the score was Ia
s. From then on the result was
never doubtful although Duluth was
on the verge of threatening on sew
eral occasions.