The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-04-05
HOT BAKED POTATO
LUNCH APPETIZINC
Many Farmers Attend Rally
at the Community Club
Rooms WEDNESDAY
EXCELLENT ADDRESSES
r. C. Rose of University and
County Supt. VIM. Boerger
Give Information

The Big Potato Rally at the
Community Club rooms Monday
was a decided success.
w. A. Moore presided and at
the morning session County Super
intendent Boerger made very in
teresting address in which he re-
viewed the success of the potato
growing contest conducted among
the Rural school children of the
county for several years.
The gentleman said also that
many other crops that were not
now grown in Stearns county
could be made to yield revenue on
land now considered worthless.
Much fertile soil in Stearns coun-
ty has not yet been touched by
the pillow, according to Mr.. Boerg-
err. He called attention to the
success Hollanders had made on
land near Kalamazoo, Mich, on
bog land they purchased for a few
dollars an acre. Mr.. Boerger said
that the Hollander would laugh at
an offer today of $500 per acre
for this land.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Boerg-
er's address H. w. Bishop stated
that when Sank Centre people
wanted some one to talk good
common sense on practical sub
jects they always called on Mr..
Boerger and he never disappointed.
Miss Vogel rendered several
beautiful piano selections while
the room was being prepared for
the hot baked potato, hot dog,
cheese and egg sandwich lunch.
Five bushels of potatoes were bak-
ed and served piping hot. Well
over 200 were served.
r. C. Rose, potato expert from
the extension division Of the Uni
versity of Minnesota, was the
speaker at the afternoon session.
The gentleman knows his pota-
toes.
He outlined the origin of the po-
tato showing that is was discov-
cred in the Andes mountains Of
South America by Spainard long
after Columbus had discovered
America. They were introduced
into Germany during the reign of
Frederick the Great. There was
some difficulty getting them start
ed in France as the story spread
that people eating them did not
live long-that they bred disease
and were poisonous.
While the spud today was COM
monty known as the "Irish pota-
to-" Ireland was the last country
in Europe to grow potatoes. The
first potatoes grown in the United
States came from Ireland about
ITO, and were planted in New
Hampshire.
Mr.. Rose said there are eight
standard varieties of potatoes
which can be grown in Minnesota
successfully, depending on soil
conditions. They are: Carmen No.
1JGreen Mountain; Carmen No.
3-Rural New Yorker; Irish Cob
Ter, Triumph; Burbank Russet and
Burbank Seeding, and Early, Ohio.
He said the two varieties which
give the best results in this section
are the Rural New Workers and
the Early Ohio. Burbanks should
not be attempted here. The speak
er said that if two varieties were
raised it would make handling and
grading easier, with a consequent
better price for the grower.
Wisconsin potatoes sell on the
Chicago market for about Is cents
per bushef higher than Minnesota
potatoes because they are more
carefully graded.
Some farmers false potatoes at
a cost of rs cents per bushel; it
costs others 81 per bushel. Care
full preparation of the soil; using
good seed Of an acclimated variety
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