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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-02-12
(e) Poultry Husbandry.

have conducted thirty culling
demonstrations in ten different
communities of this county hand
ling two thousand five hundred
(2,500) birds at these demonstra-
tons. We found thirty per cent
of the birds handled being culls.
tuberculosis seemed to prevail
in several flocks, approximate
ly ten per cent of the birds be-
ing affected by this disease. One
hundred and fifty flocks have
been reported culled as the re-
suit of attending these culling
demonstrations, making a total
of twelve thousand $4,000 birds
handled in these flocks. And as
a result of these culling demon
STATIONS considerable money will
be saved to the poultry producers
by being able to get rid of the
non-profitable hen. 1t is impos-
sible for us to report the number
of flocks actually culled in this
county during the past year as an
extensive campaign has been put
on by one of the farm papers.
(d) Agricultural Economies.
Q) Marketing.
During the winter of 1923 and
1924 an active campaign was put
on in Pine county in the organi-
zation of the Minnesota Potato
Growers Exchange. Publicity
and arranging of meetings were
taken care of by the county ex-
tension office. Twenty-six meet
ings were arranged. These meet
ings were all attended by the
county agent at which time the
marketing of farm produce was
discussed. In order to place Pine
county over the top in this mem
bership campaign, which was car
ried on under the contract sys-
tenn, it was necessary for Pine
county to secure four thousand
fourteen acres (4014). The result
was as follows: Nine hundred and
forty-fve members .(945) with a
total acreage of four thousand
two hundred and six (4206) acres
which are under a five year con-
tract. Local warehouses are in
use at the following points:
Sturgeon Lake, Willow River,
Brook Park, Pine City, Denham,
Askov, Bruno, Sandstone, Finlay-
son, Hinckley, Groningen and
Rock Creek.
The officers of the county or
CARNATIONS are as follows:
Philip Wood, president, Brook
Park; August Wickstrom, vice
president, Pine City; A. w. Som
mers secretary, Pine City;
Charles Gebhart, director, Hinck-
ley; A. p. Jensen, director, Askov;
Alvin Ahlbrecht. trustee, Willow
River; j. M. Currie. trustee,
Hinckley; Philip Wood, trustee,
Brook Park.
The Eastern Minneota Egg and
Poultry Producers Association
was organized on April 4, 1924,
at Hinckley. Minnesota. The ar
ticles of incorporation were pre-
pared by this office and filed
with the secretary of State. This
association is organized under the
Marketing Act of 1928, under the
five year contract system. Five
hundred members have been
signed to date under this plan
but as yet the association is in
complete. Twenty-Five receiving
stations are already assured with
the central point to be located at
Hinckley. Minnesota. The fol-
lowing are the names of the in
corporators:
C. l.. Wosgaard. Askov; E. l..
Mansmith. Braham; ]. w. Holi-
day, Pine City; E. B. Greenwald,
Sandstone; Myrtle Schwitter,
Hinckley.
(e) Clothing Project.
The clothing project was or
vanized in Pine rounty in tha
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-02-12

WIN Va tAiN NAhD
rolled finished. William Won
Busch, local leader for the Cheng-
watana dairy calf club finished
one hundred per cent. Other local
leaders that did very well are as
follows: ]. P. Hill, local leader
for the Bruno calf club; ]. M.
Jewell, local leader for the Poke
CANA calf club; Mrs. Dwight Ken
nedy, local leader for the girls
club work in Markville; Mrs.
Edith Nowling, local leader for
the Pokegama girls club.
Given in order of name, adj
dress, project and trip won.
Vera Schaur, Sandstone, bread,
State Fair.
Inez Goring, Willow River can
ming, State Fair.
Vera Goring, Willow River can
ming, State Fair.
Maxine Coleman, Markville.
garment, State Fair.
Evelyn Bergman, Markville,
garment, State Fair.
Raymond Hill, Bruno, dairy
calf, State Fair.
Stanley Jaglowski, Rutledge,
dairy calf, State Fair.
Arthur Blomberg, Pine City,
dairy calf, State Fair.
Willis Mccullough, Bruno,
dairy calf, National Dairy Show,
Milwaukee.
Eden Cullen, Hinckley, judg-
ing, State Fair.
Earl Luikhart, Hinckley, judg-
ing, State Fair.
Paul Winslow, Hinckley. pota-
to, Farm Boys Camp.
William McFerran, Hinckley,
pig, Farm Boys Camp.
Margaret Palm, Brook Park,
lamb, Junior Livestock Show,
South St. Paul.
Edward Fischer, Brook Park.
lamb, Junior Livestock Show,
South st. Paul.
Edward Blomberg, Pine City.
lamb, Junior Livestock Show.
South st. Paul.
Henrik Palm, Brook Park, fat
barrow, Junior Livestock Show.
South St. Paul.
Outlook and Recommendations.
The present condition of the
extension service in Pine county
with the cooperation of local
people throughout the county
together with business enter
prises presents a very different
situation than we were confront
ed with at the beginning of the
year. The outlook for the work
in this county is by far better
than last year This, we believe.
has been brought about by the
cooperation of the local papers
in publishing the news items and
articles of interest to the extern
sion service together with the
splendid cooperation of the
banking institutions of this
county in cooperating with MS
IN the one main project: namely
the land clearing project through
the distribution of war explosive.
The extension office has come in
contact with more peonle
through this one project than
any other project carried on.
Through the organization of cow
testing associations, through the
work of I. B. testing and through
the boys and girls club work and
last but not least, the clothing
project carried on by thirty-two
local leaders, this office has had
la special opportunity to be dis.
cussed by more people than ever
before. We feel that very LITTLE
II any, change should be made in
our program of work. In WORK.
ing out the program last year
the idea was to adopt a LONG
time program therefore the suo-
gestlve program has very few
changes from the program suo.
gested in the fall of 1923.
w. F. Hammar
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-02-12

No quicker nor easier method
OF getting results than through
American Want Ads.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-02-12

These reports were. on motion u
unanimously carried. approved.
A resolution was unanimously a.
doptcd. guaranteeing the keep OF Luz
ellie Valley AZ the Sanatorium At
Walker. Minnesota.
A resolution was also unanimously
adopted appropriating $500 to the
American Legion Post No. ISL.
Sandstone. for defraying Memorial
nay expenses In 1894
On motion the board adjourned
untfi thc srd day of February. 1928.
a. nine O'Clock A NJ.
Auditors ONCE. Pine City. Min
ncsots. rebruary :. 1873 Nine
O'Clock A. NJ
The board met this day pursuant
60 adjournment An members pre-
erns.
TIE enrineer was authovixed To
order cabines 10 Be used for Ming
road and bridge piana
The services OF the assistant en-
rfneer were On motion dispensed
Win unffl further notice By the
board
Following applications fer ecrree-
lion Of assessments were received
and favorably recommended TO the
state Tax Commission.
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COUNTY AGENTS
REPORT FOR 1924
CONTINUED from Page -

NN-~-
hundred attended this demonstra-
ton at that time.
Pine county soil conditions are
such that they reqire lime in or
der TO insure good growth of al
falfa. In order to determine
whether the soil on various
farms needed lime we have made
one thousand two hundred and
fifty soil tests finding that in the
majority Of the cases lime was
needed. Twelve carloads of lime
containing four hundred and fifty
ton of limestone have been pooled
and delivered to forty-five far
mers in Pine county. This lime
has been used to prepare the soil
for the growing of alfalfa. Far
mers at the following points
have received lime during the
past year: Bruno, Askov, Hinck-
ley, Beroun, Brook Park, and
Pine City.
Commercial fertilizer is rela-
lively a new thing in this county.
Four farmers have co-operated
the past year in adopting i'm
proved practices in the use of
commercial fertilizer. These four
used forty ton of fertilizer dur
ing the past year. In checking
on the w. A. Guptil farm at Ber-
oun on a field of peat, growing
Irish Cobblers, we found that
where fertilizer was used a very
good crop of marketable potatoes
were produced while on the un-
fortified field they were not
worth digging.
(b) Dairy Husbandry.
During the past year the two
old COW testing associations have
been recognized, one of these
taking in the territory around
Pine City and Henrietta, the
other, taking in the territory in
Partridge Township. One new
association has been organized
taking in Brook Park and Hinck-
ley territory. Altogether these
associations comprised of one
hundred four members with a
total of nine hundred and seven
ty-four cows. We have found
through these associations during
the past year that ninety-fve
cows originally started in the as
ISOLATION have been weeded out
as improbable. One association
at Sandstone has been started
but is as yet incomplete. The
plan followed in this county is
mostly on the herd basis that is
three dollars a herd per month
regardless Of the number Of cows.
However. we have one associa-
ton organized at Askov that is
organized on the COW basis; name
lily, one dollar and seventy-fve
cents per COW. We find, however.
that the herd basis is the most
satisfactory.
(2) Feeding Schools.
Six feeding schools were held
at Pine City in cooperation with
l.. V. Wilson, dairy specialist
from the University Farm. St.
Paul. These schools were atten-
ded by thirty-five farmers that
had signed up to attend these
schools. The result Of holding
these schools was that twenty Of
the thirty-fve farmers improved
their methods of feeding.
(s) I. r. Testing.
During the past year this Of
flee has sent four hundred and
fifty-three application blanks to
the Minnesota State Livestock
Sanitary Board. st. Paul, apply
ing for T. b. tests. This makes
a total of eight hundred and one
herds that are accredited or in
the process of accreditation. Dur
ing the past year according to
the records available in this of
flee we have reported the test
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-02-12
(e) Clothing Project.

The clothing project was or
ganized in Pine county in the
month of December. 1923, for the
purpose of training local leaders
to carry on the work of the state
extension in various communities
of the county. Sixteen commun-
tiles were organized with two 10
cal leaders in each community.
These local leaders having at
least ten women that would come
in and get the work which the
said local leaders had received
from the state specialist. There
were thirty-two local leaders APP
pointed in the following COM
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-02-12
PROCEEDINGS OF
COUNTY BOARD
Official Minutes of Pine
County Commissioners
Meeting

Auditors Office. Pine City. Min
nesota. February 2. 1925. One
o'clock p. M.
The Board OF County Commission
ers. Pine County. Minnesota. met
this day pursuant TO adjournment.
All members present.
Minutes OF proceedings OF this
Board OF their sessions OF January
and 7, also OF special meeting held
January 20. read and on motion APP
proved as read
The petition by Mrs Emma Sin
delar asking that she with her lands
to-wit; SEX OF SEA Section Z.
Township 80. Range n, be set of
from School District No. % TO Dis
trict No. rs came duly on for hear
Ing AZ no one appeared In oppo-
sition TO II. the petition was on mo-
ton granted.
Mr.. Frank Howell. Manager OF the
County Farm. filed petition asking
that said County Farm be set on
from School District No. 20 to Dis
trict No. @ Hearing on this petition
was set for the End day OF March.
1925. az one o'clock r. M.
Register OF Deeds. p. l.. Hamlin.
filed q surety bond in the amount
OF 100000 asking 10 have that sub
stituted for the personal bond nled
by him January gard. His request
was on motion granted and the new
bond approved.
Report OF the Public Examiner as
90 the Financial affairs OF Pine
County received and presented to the
board Ordered fled.
The County Treasurer asked the
board TO approve following securi-
ties held as collateral for County
deposit:
Security State Bank Sandstone,
Liberty Bonds. s10.50000.
First National Bank Sandstone,
Liberty Bonds. 100000.
State Bank OF Beroun. Liberty
Bonds 100000.
Kerrick State Bank. Liberty Bonds
100000
These securities were on motion
duly carried approved.
The County Treasurer also called
the boards attention to the fact that
the Public Examiner requested that
any collateral held by the County
not authorized by statute should be
replaced by collateral that was au-
thorixed The County Auditor was
on motion duly carried, ordered to
write TO the banks that had furnished
such collateral. and explain the sit
uation to them. also ask them to re-
place the collateral objected to.
The board entered into an agree
ment with the Berger Mfg. CO.. that
they furnish Pine County what cub
verts are needed for road mainten-
ance during 1925. at following pri-
ces: Toncan metal. ~ In. SIC
foot: Is In sf.o2 a foot; IS in. si.1s
foot: ~ In. si.s1 a foot: 30 In
t2,si foot: SO In. $3.50 foot.
Following County officers fied
their report OF fees and emoluments
received for the year 1924:
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until March .. 1925. at one o'clock
p. M.
Nels Oakland.
Chairman.
Attest:
Andrew p. Edin,
County Auditor.
auditors SeaD
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-03-19
BERRYVILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. John Gehring and
family entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
old Graham and son Harold, Jr., and
Miss Julia Kollar of Racine, and the
Misses Ruth Hazel Graham and Ed
ward Field of Milwaukee on last Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mako and family
visited Mrs. Marko's brother and fami-
in South Milwaukee last Sunday
Mrs. Ncttie Schreiter is able to be
about again after long siege of ill
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Heath are just
little ahead of the rest of their
neighbors for they have had their first
rhubarb from their-ow garden.
Six of the children of Mr.. and Mrs.
Barney Bose are ill at their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Wensing had
daughter born to them last Sunday,
March 10.
The "Old District School" will be
given at the Hansche school as a repe-
tition performance next Friday night,
March 20, at s o'clock. A large house
is expected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Schoeppe en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. Gerdes of Oak
Park, H., and Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Loney of Chicago, over the week end.
There will be meeting of ell voters
living on the Lake Shore and in our
school district, the purpose of which
is to nominate some one to represent
the east side of our town on the town
board.
A caucus for nomination of officers
for the tewn board takes place Satur-
day and we should have a representa-
ton on the board. Come Thursday
az S p. M, 10 the school, and let's
talk over this matter
Last Friday night, Miss Grace
Kruger and Geo-ge 4rreger enter
tanned ;he Misses Ruth Bornhuetter,
vera julius, Tsene Horvath, Martha
Radks, Marie Struub, Ihekia Kelnme
! and Eobsrt Jsage-, Rayn end Hau-
brieh. Arthur kuenklar, Clarence
Becker, Alvin Petzke. Walter Born
hnetter, Wiliiayn jaeger. Gamss and
music furnished entertainment for the
evening. Lunch was served at late
hour, the decorations being in Emerald
green and white.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellsworth Harcus en-
tertained last Friday at dinner at a
double birthday party. The guests
were: Mr.. and Mrs. A. ". Hansche and
daughters, June Eta and Doris Jean,
Mrs. Samuel Harcus and Mrs. Morris
Wickham.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-03-19
Jack Rabbits Yield
Profits After Demise

Cordova, Washington and
ether states of the union mighS pro-
fit from the jack rabbit pest If they
killed the animals, powdered the
meat and sold 1t to Alaska fox farm
ers for summer feed, in the opinion
of j. Williamson, owner of the larg-
est fox farm along the Russian River
on the Kenai peninsula.
More than 5000 rabbits were slaugh-
tered By Williamson last winter. The
meat was ground, placed on racks
ever a stove where it was dried, and
shen rulverized ard stored In sacks.
The rabbit powder was mixed with
water and vegetables, boiled and
served to foxes during the summer
making an agreeable change of diet
from fish and porcupine.
Another form Of preserving the
meat is to paci. i when fresh into
ve-gallon oil cans. About So rabbits
are put into one can. Water ID pour
ed over the meat and the can ret out
doors until its contents freeze. The
cen is then thawed loose and remov-
ed from the block containing the meat
The block is stored in ice houses that
prevent it thawing until feeding time
in summer.
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entered a plea of guilty with this in
mind.
"And it'll be long time now be-
fore I'll advise any of my clients to
plead guilty. he said. ''I'll let the
district attorney get convictions here
after"
City Manager Speaks.
The city manager, c. NJ Osborn,
took his turn at discussing the case.
II think the district attorney hit the
nail on the head when he said that
unless licenses are taken away, we
will lose control of the situation and
every bartender will bring his stool
pigeons in to plead guilty. The police
department can't made understandings
contrary to city ordinances if they
did, which is doubtful"
az think city manager is in poor
grace saying the police department
can't make such agreements" inter
rupted Attorney Vaudreuil. $50 far
as whether there was an understand
ing or not, I met Captain Cyzak after
these proceedings were started and
he said he couldn't help it, the news
paper got after them and they had
to start it. This is further prosecu-
ton and if I'd known it was going to
happen that bartender would never
have pleaded guilty"
Tiff With City Manager.
"The attorney is letting his mag
nation run away with him." said the
city manager "Whst he says now is
not what was said two weeks ago."
Attorney Vaudreuil: "The city man
ager in my opinion has shown an alb
senee Of good horse sense in making
such a suggestion as that the police
could not make any Understandings
it is impossible for one man to do all
we have to deal with agents"
City Manager: "As to whether or
not have good judgment, recall the
story of the man who was kicked by a
mule and said he considered the
source and let it go at that.
Attorney Vaudreuil: THAT'S good
comeback at that"
Here the argument about an under
standing was resumed with a result
that Chief Logan arose and deliher-
ately questioned several regarding it.:
"Was there any understanding re-
garding the license ?" he put blankly
to Captain Cyzak.
Capt. Cyzak: "No, sir"
District Attorney Powell: "No,
sir. And moreover this is not further
prosecution but merely the logical Sc
quence of the former conviction"
Alderman Nicoll put an end to the
hearing when he moved that definite
action be postponed until all members
of the council were present.
"Two will then decide without hear
ing the case" suggested Attorney
Vaudreuil.
"You'll have ar, opportunity to APP
pear again." Councilman Barden as
sured him as the council moved on to
other business.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-03-19
ROTARIANS FOR
CITY BETTERMENT
Show Great Interest in Bet
ter Cities Contest
In KenOsha.
RUETZ OUTLINES PLAN

Placing every resource of the Ke-
nosha Rotary club behind the state
wide Better Cities contest in which
Kenosha is a participant, the club at
their luncheon meeting at the Elks
club this noon pledged itself to sup
port Kenosha's part in the contest in
every way possible. 1t was Civic Day
at the Rotary club and Edward j.
Ruetz, chairman of the city betterment
contest committees begin conducted
under the auspices of the Kenosha
Civic council, was the speaker.
Mr.. Ruetz outlined to the Rotarians
in a general way the aims and pur-
poses of the contest in the state. He
told of the personnel of the Wiscon-
sin Conference of Social Work, non
political organization connected with
the University Extension department
at Madison, and which is sponsoring
the contest in the state. Twenty-one
cities in the state are participating
in the contest, each trying to prove
by a system of scoring schedules
adopted by the state conference that
it is the best city in the state in which
to live. The speaker also told of the
excellent prospects which various COM
mittees of the contest now at work
are finding in the campaign here. All
of these committees, he said, are OPP
timistic as far as Kenosha's part in
the contest is concerned.
Prize a Coveted One.
"To the average citizens" according
to Mr.. Ruetz, "the worth or value of
a city is measured by the number of
factories in the city and the number
of workingmen in its population-its
industrial conditions in general. This
is true in a measure. But there are
many more considerations which go to-
wards making up real city. Employ
ment, no matter how advantageous and
prosperous, is of little value without
proper health facilities, proper recre-
alton, good educational institutions,
and many other things down the. line.
All of these things go toward making
a city good place to live in.
''The Better Cities contest seeks to
focus a spotlight on all of these ac-
tivities in a city and to cause each
contestant to take an inventory, or
a cross-section of it's community life.
This contest stimulates interest in
community welfare. in individual well
being, it promotes the activity of mum
icipalities in competition"
Cites Library Plan.
The speaker cited to the Rotarians
the scoring schedule on public library
work as an example Of the thorough
ness into which the contest takes the
cities entered He told of each of the
other branches of work upon which
the city, is measured.
1--WE need the cooperation of Ro-
tarians, Kiwanians and Optimists, be-
cause we realize that they are in a
position TO help considerably in the
advancement of Kenosha's chances in
this contest. If we can bring to Ke-
nosha the distinction of being the best
city in the state in which to live, we
will have accomplished something
worth while. And that is our goal"
Today st. Patrick was feted in a
real old-fashioned manner before the
Rotary club. John Burns was the
center of the entertainment with 9TH
err Irishmen in the club taking part
in a general song-fest celebrating the
occasion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-03-19
Revives Sport
of Olden Times

Cameron, S. C.-Reviewing an old
southern sport which had fallen into
disuse for nearly so years, the people
of this little South Carolina town
have Reconstructed the annual custom
of holding fitting tournaments.
Harking back to the days Of chiv-
airy, the sport of fitting now consists
of series of charges by horsemen
down course in attempts to secure
upon their wooden lances small rings
suspended above the track.
Following the tournament, the most
colorful event of the day is the coro-
nation of the queen at the town audi
forum where, surrounded by her at
tendants, the reigning lady of the
tournament is enthroned. Knights,
ladies, pages and heralds in full re-
gala contribute to the picturesque
ceremony. Plans for the holding of a
tournament here during July are un-
der consideration, it is said.
Originating probably in the "quin-
TAIN" sport of old France in which
FIVE, instead of three, rings were used,
the southern sport of fitting is
thought to have been introduced into
this country by early settlers of
French origin.