The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-08-28


ton, Inc. The booth was very taste
ing the fair faint conception of the
development which has been made by
the cooperative creameries of this
section of the state for the past two
years.
There was free guessing contest
on jar of butter at the cooperative
creamery booth which was partici-
pated in by large number. The jar
contained five pounds, ounces of
butter.
Edward Arneson of Sank Centre,
Franklin Cliff, Sank Centre; Myrtle
Hillerud, Sank Centre Norwood
White, Livingston, Mont; Rose
Schlichte of West Union and R. A.
White of Sank Centre, all guessed
the correct weight of the jar, five
pounds, four ounces. The winner of
the jar of butter will be decided by
I lot the time and place to be an
nounced later by Buttermaker Meier
ton.
Two other very interesting displays
in the agricultural building were the
booths of the Progressive Farmers
Club of Mccormick Lake and the
United Farmers Club of Cedar Lake
and Birchdale Community. 1t had
been expected and space had been re-
served for the Lyman Prairie Club,
but they were unable to exhibit.
r.
An exhibit of much interest to the
farmers was that of the Blue Valley
Creamery Co., in the Sank Centre
building. Nicely decorated in the
blue and yellow colors of the COM
Ipany, display of the Blue Valley
butter packages in which the butter
lis sold in all the large cities of the
East, was used to- illustrate the sys-
| tenn whereby Blue Valley eliminates
the middlemen in butter marketing
and brings the farmer higher price
for his butterfat Some of the COM
pany's advertising material used in
the sale of butter was also shown. In
of Blue Valley butter were sold, and
| the 1924 sales of this, the best known
brand of butter in America, so far
are running far ahead of the 1928
record.
A large part of the Blue Valley
booth was given over to the Blue Val
| ley Farm Service, through which
practical help is provided for farm
ers to increase dairy production and
decrease production costs. For in
stance, the Blue Valley Farm Service
provided free Grimm Alfalfa seed
this spring for twenty-five two-acre
plots, for demonstrating how to raise
this wonderful COW feed in the Sank
| Centre territory. A low-priced simp-
lie cream cooling tank was also shown.
By the use of this cooler the farmer
| is always sure of producing the sweet
cream which is fast coming to be a
special Minnesota farm crop. Such
cream brings high price, and the
use Of the cream cooler is sure way
of turning the cold water on the farm
into gold in the farmers pocket.
| D.
10000 Acres Of Alfalfa on Our
Farms" was the battle cry of the
Sank Centre Alfalfa Club in their
striking display of Alfalfa. The
manner in which this live club goes
after things, the 10000 acres will
soon be planted around Sank Centre.
This year has already. seen big in
crease in Alfalfa acreage. Any
farmer who is now raising Alfalfa or
pledges himself to grow it next year
lis eligible to membership, and many
farmers were signed up during the
Fair. 1t costs nothing to be MEM
Der of the club, which holds meetings
and Alfalfa demonstrations and helps
it's members to purchase pure seed at
lowest possible cost. The officers Of
this hustling club are: Elbridge
Cass, president; Henry Borgmann,
vice-president; George Grundman,
secretary; Tony Beck, Paul Kruger,
R. B. Kinsella, Mat Jennison, A. G.
Wrate, R. G. Penrose, Ed Schur-
mann, Joe Osendorf and Bernard
Walters, directors; all Sank Centre
farmers and Alfalfa growers.
| e.
Tuesday was Albany, Freeport and
Melrose Day, the Albany delegates
accompanied by their splendid band
who furnished music at the grounds
| in the afternoon. The showing by
these communities east of Sank Cen
! tire, was very much appreciated by
the fair patrons, and demonstrated
that the influence of the Stearns
County Fair is extending more wide
| ly as each year the farmers and the
residents of nearby towns are be-
ginning to realize the fact that the
officers of the Stearns County Fair
although they happen to live to
large extent, in the city of Sank Cen
tire, are actuated only by the desire
to build up and develop the agricul..
tural, livestock and dairy interests OF
Stearns and adjacent counties.
| D.
Tuesday afternoon ball game be-
tween Little Sank and Browerville
was something of disappointment
| to the crowd. The officers OF the
fair believed that contest between
these two teams would be close and
hard fought but the game had not
progressed very far until 1T was ap-
parent that Browerville was entirely
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