The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-01-28

home erected especially for them by
Minneapolis business men. The
building is 400 feet long with base
ment and two full stories, with ground
enough for substantial additions as
more room may be required. Under
the terms of the contract the cor
Grafton will pay less rental per foot
than where they are located at pres
emit and at the end of 20 years a
deed of the property free from all
incumbrance will be given to the As
ISOLATION.
Mr.. Brandt said that price-fixing
of farm products will not do any good
unless there is a sufficient high pro-
tective tariff to protect the American
farmer against the invasion of the
foreign nations. The standard of liv-
ing in European and other countries
was much lever than in America and
that the American farmer had right
to expect arc demand "a price for his
pro.luc5 sufficient to maintain this
high standard of living.
As indicative of the progress made
in the sale of butter manufactured in
Minnesota cooperative creameries
Mr.. Brandt stated that two years ago
not a pound of this butter was sold
in the Twin Cities. It took a long
| and hard fight to get in. In fact for
months this brand of the business was
conducted at a loss but today over
one-half of the butter used in the
Twin Cities bears the Land O'Lakes
label.
The consuming public, according to
Mr.. Brandt, does not know good but
ter. When the public once appre-
ciates the food value of butter he
said there never would be any dang
er of production of dairy pro-
ducts. A well-known trade brand,
backed by good value is what is
counting more and more every day.
Mr.. Brandt bore down especially
hard ON the absolutely necessity of
| cleanliness on the farm and in the
manufacture of butter. The farm
ers of Minnesota have it in their
hands to make all butter manufac-
tured in the cooperative creameries
score "a or better. This would mean
an increase of at least one cent a
pound in selling price. He said Sank
LakeLake Creamery could not afford
to allow patrons to carry buttermilk
home in the cans used for the deliv-
cry of butterfat because of the pro-
liability that the cans would not be
properly cleaned. A couple of cans
of off flavor cream would reduce the
quality of an entire vat of butter. He
said soap should never be used in
cleaning cans under any circum-
stances. He strongly urged the use
of washing powder and brushes in the
cleansing of all utensils. He urged
every farmer to install cooling tank.
He said there was nothing like cool
water Ito cool milk. Water will cool
milk 80 to 40 times quicker than
air. He said it was just as neces-
sary to use cooling tank in the
winter as in summer.
Mr.. Brandt made one Of the most
instructive talks ever listened to by
the patrons of Sank Lake creamery
and at its conclusion he was given
hearty and prolonged applause.
President J. B. Schoenhoff and
Secretary Gunther Hillerud of the
Stearns County Fair were introduced.
They thanked the farmers for the
splendid support given the 1925 fair
and promised with continued coop
Grafton to make the 1926 fair the
best in the history of the organiza-
ton.
A motion was made to sell the
buttermilk all to one firm at the best
price the officers could secure. Seven
ty-nine votes were cast on this pro-
position. Sixty were in favor of SELL
ing, 16 against and three blank bal
lots.
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The following report of Secretary
Strauss of the receipts and disburse-
ments for the year 1925 was unani-
mously adopted: ..