The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-26

same family should be grown there
for years. All such areas should be
treated with lime at the rate of 100
bushels to the acre.
"Truck gardeners should grow
their young plants so far away as
possible. Buying plants from un-
known sources is inviting trouble
and loss"
Thousands of Juniors Attend
Short Courses-More than 1000 club
boys and girls of Minnesota will have
attended short courses for special
training in club work when all the
county short courses and those at
University Farm, Crookston, and
Morris have been held. In addition,
summer camps for Juniors will be
held in st. Louis, Redwood, and Kilt
son counties. Six or seven counties
also join each year in summer camp
on big Stone Lake.
T. A. Erickson, the state club
leader, predicts registration of
more than 200 at the short courses
at Crookston and Morris the week of
March 80 to April and at Univer-
sity Farm April to IL. More prize
winnig club members will attend
these three courses than ever before,
he says.
The enrolment at University Farm
course is forecast at 600 or more.
The daily programs at the farm will
open with separate assemblies at
7:30 a. m. for boys and girls. Then
will follow class work through the
forenoon, sightseeing trips in the af-
ternoon and entertainments in the
evening. The banquet always big
feature of the week, will be held
Wednesday evening, April 8.
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List of Tools, Plan for Case, All
on every farm for keeping machinery
and building in good repair. A break
down is often serious matter when
work is rushing, unless the proper
tools are at hand to make quick and
adequate repairs. A list of tools and
plans for a case for them that the
handy man can easily make have been
prepared by the men of the division
of agricultural engineering of the
university. Farmers can cut the ex-
pense of keeping up equipment by
having this outfit of tools and a place
to keep each tool. Requests for the
list and plan should be addressed to
the Division of Publication, Univer-
sity Farm, st. Paul, MINI. Ask for
plan No. 249 and enclose 10 cents.
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Here's How to Make a Parchment
Shade-Making a parchment shade is
good fun once one gets started. 1t
really is not difficult nor does it re-
quire great deal of skill. The light
ing effect is very satisfying, one will
need wise frame parchment, artists
oil paints in tubes, a palette, plate or
piece of glass, small package of
cotton or pieces Of soft linen, and
turpentine.
A simple way to make the pattern
is to mark around your wire frame
as you roll it over your sheet of
parchment, allowing one-half inch
top and bottom and for tapping. Clip
the shade upon the frame and with
black thread No. 40, double, sew the
shade to the top and bottom wires,
using an overcast stitch about one
inch apart. Trim the parchment
even with the frame as you go along.
Allow one-fourth inch to lap over
where it joins and see that the lap
is even in width and gives straight
line up the side. Fasten with tiny
brass round headed fasteners. placed
about two and one-half or three
inches apart.
If one is going to make plain
shade the next step is to apply the
background color or colors. Use the
same color on both sides, or rich
err, warmer color on the inside.
When you apply the color hold the
shade frequently over the light to
see what effect you are getting. An
attractive finish for a plain colored
shade is one band of contrasting
color or black, with very narrow