The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-07-07

band refused to remain to play
for the free acts.
The Exhibits
The buildings at the Fair were
well filled with farm produce and
manufacturers exhibits this year,
especially the exhibits on farm pro-
duce was exceptionally good con-
sidering the early dates of this
years fair.
The Agricultural building held
many attractive and colorful dis
plays both amusing and education
al. The interior of the building
was decorated throughout with
sheaves of full headed green grain.
Corn stalks were exhibited which
stood three feet high; the highest
corn anyway in the county at this
early season. Other farm pro-
ducts shown were alfalfa, flax,
timothy, clover and vegetables.
Flax seemed to hold sway in the
grain exhibit.
The tobacco growers of the
county had a very unique and at
tractive display arranged in which
the complete process OF tobacco
culture was shown from the seed
to the cutting and drying and fin
ished product. Miniature imple-
ments were used to portray the
tobacco industryto best advantage.
Mike Loesch, tobacco expert at
KinlbaH was in charge of the dis
play.
! The Land O'Lakes Creamery ex-
hibit in charge of M. P. Morten-
sen, field man was very we'll worth
while to all dairymen. 1t con-
sisted of a small water tank and
windmill and showed the process
of keeping butterfat cool so that
it may be brought to the cream
cry sweet and wholesome.
In the vegetables grown this
year, onions, rutabagas, swiss
chard, head lettuce, carrots, beets,
etc., were the leading varieties dis
played.
The Clubs having booths or
displays in the Agricultural build
ing were the Progressive Farmers
Club, the Bachelors and Boosters
Clubs all of Sank Centre. Each
of the booths were attractively
decorated and showed a variety of
exhibits.
The State Home School for Girls
had an interesting booth located in
the southeast corner of the Do
nestle Art building in which was
displayed various articles and work
done by the girls. Miss Margaret
Kennedy of the Needlework and
| Millinery department of the school
was in charge Of the exhibit.
| Other exhibits throughout the
Women's building were fancy
work, cooking, ETC., exhibited by
housewives Of Sank Centre and
the county. D.
| In the stock barns al long line
of prize winning herds were ex-
hibited, several of them being To-
cal. B. H. Otte, proprietor of the
Oakland Stock farm displayed an
imals from his herd of milking
Shorthorns. Alex Botz exhibited
two bulls under a year old. F.
P. Minette and son were back fol-
another year with their Brown
Swiss prize winners, showing II
head, two bulls, and cows and heif-
ers. Henry Bergman displayed
several head of splendid Holsteins
The Monarchial stock farm owned
by Mrs. Jennisen exhibited fine
herd of Holstein cattle.
Paynesville stock farms We're
represented by Walter Kruger
and A. J. Bork. Guernseys were
the type of animal shown by thesi
cattlemen.
The hog exhibit was rather di-
versified which goes to show that
hog breeders in this section of the
county have not as yet adopted a
particular breed of swine. In
some instances Duroc Jersey hogs
were exhibited which weighed up
wards of 500 pounds.
i The horse barns were reopened
i again this year as there seemed to
be reviving interest shown in
horse raising. Although the ex-
hibit was not large there were
many splendid types of horses from
the well proportioned farm and
work horse to the shetland pony.
There were eight horses displayed.
| The poultry building was filled
to capacity with a large variety of
fowls in the lighter and American
classes. Many forage fowls, Toul
ouse and African geese, Pekin
Ducks, Guineas and turkeys were
shown this year.
| The Sank Centre schools ex-
hibit arranged by Supt. H. "A.
Falk displayed unusual ability on
the part of all students. Very
efficient poster work was evidenced
in the pupils from the First to the
Eighth grades. The Industrial
Arts department of the school was
Iwell represented in the many beau
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