The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-26
PROGRAM IS SET FOR
ABIG ALFALFA DAY
RALPH GRIMM TO BE PRINCIPAL
SPEAKER AT SAUK CENTRE
NEXT TUESDAY sygt
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS
COMMUNITY CLUB WILL SERVE
. LUNCH AT NOON-BARGAlNS .
IN MERCHANDISE

In MERCHANDISE
The program for the big Alfalfa
Day to be held in Sank Centre Tues
day of next week, March 81, is all
set. and with fair weather many
farmers and their wives from large
territory adjacent to Sank Centre
should attend.
The headline number on the pro
gram will be an address by Ralph
Grimm, Alfalfa expert from the Uni
versity Farm; pupils from the Public
School make up the balance. The
Community Club will serve substan-
tial free lunch at the Club rooms at
noon to the farmers and their ladies',
as we'll as to the business and pro1es-
sional men of the city. The program
will start at the Junior High Scnool
Auditorium promptly at 1870.
Sank Centre business men are Of
fering splendid values in every, de.
partment of their business and IL
will pay farmers to travel distance
of many miles to take advantage OF
these bargains.
Sank Centre seed dealers have a
sufficient supply of tested and scarf,
fed Grim Alfalfa seed to meet all
demands. This seed will be, solo 10
farmers on Tuesday at "A cents per
mound. This is Idaho seed properly
tested and guaranteed by the ldaho
Experiment department. ms seeo
is worth "A cents per pound Whole-
Fourteen students of the Sank Cen
tire Public Schools signified their IN
tention of taking part in the essay
contest: "What the Growing OF AL
falfa Means to the Sank Centre Com,
munitv." These essays will be filed
with the committee this Thursday eve
ming. Ben F. Dubois, A. F. Strebel
and F. w. Sprague have been deslg-,
mated as judges in this contest and
select the winners of the cash prizes
offered by the Community Club.
The following is the detailed pro
gram arranged by the committee IN
charge of Alfalfa Day, at which
Mayor VIM. M. Parker will preside:
1900 M.-Free lunch at Com
munity Club rooms.
1870 P. M.-Program at Junior
High School Auditorium:
Song-School Glee Club. =
Physical Observation-Disclosures
Colts.
Awarding of Prizes in Essay Con-
test.
Song-School Glee Club.
Address Ralph Grimm, University
Farm.
Portland, Ore, has her Rose Day,
Louisville, KY, has her Derby Day,
Why not Sank Centre her Altalta
Day? a.
We are Dairy Community. Our
wealth is built up around the cow.
Cows give butterfat according to
the kind of feed they get. Alfalfa is
the best dairy cow hay. Our COM
munity needs many more acres OF Al
falfa.
The growing of more acres of Le-
gumes is needed in every dairy COM
munity. They enrich the land, in
crease it's value and build for a pros
porous permanent future agriculture:
Where is there "a farm around
Sank Centre that wouldn't sell for
more money if it had Is or 20 acres
of Alfalfa growing on it? Where is
there dairy farm around Sank Cen
tire that wouldn't sell more butterfat
from the cows on it if they were fed
Alfalfa Hay from a good acreage
growing on the place? What other
one thing could we point out that
will increase the wealth of our COM
munity more than the growing OF
more Alfalfa and other legumes, and
properly inoculating them when they
are seeded.
The main reason why Alfalfa,
Sweet clover and other good legume
acreage has been tagging so in most
dairy communities is because the
ones that have been wise enough to
know their value have grown them
and kept still about them. There has
not been enough strong advertising
of the value of Alfalfa. Any dairy
man who has ever grown alfalfa is
a booster for it, and wouldn't milk
cows without it. Until recently
dairy men have not wanted Alfalfa
because they never realized 1T was SO
important as milk producing feed.
Once a dairy man realizes the val
ue of Alfalfa to his own cream check
and bank account he will never be sat
isfied until he has the acreage ne
wants growing right on his place.
1t is just like Bud Potter a Green
county, Missouri dairyman says, "Al,
falfa had to grow on my farm. ]
would have tried till dooms day, il
necessary, to have all the Alfalfa
acreage 4 wanted growing on my
farm" Alfalfa means so much on q
Dairy Farm, its Importance can be
classed along with the cows and q
silo.
A man may run against obstacles
before he has succeeded with it. He
may not get his seed bed firm enough
He NAV select too weedy ground. He
may have acid soil. He might neg
lect to inoculate his seed. He might
get his seed in too deep or seed his
nurse crop too heavy. He might