The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-05-29
TOBACCO Is VERY
PROFITABLE CROP
Community Club and Farmers
Hold Very Enjoyable Get
together Meeting
SELLING POOL IS URGED
Best Paying Cash Crop Grown
Ten Acres Should Be
Limit On Any Farm

CluD THURSDAY evening IN cOnJunc-
ton with farmers of the territory
adjacent to the city, proved to be a
most enjoyable affair.
After the minutes of the prev
ious meeting were read and ap-
proved Ven Wedge took charge as
Community Song leader and put
over several snappy numbers with
plenty of pep.
The meeting was then turned
over to Lawrence Herzog, president
of the Sank Centre Tobacco Grow
ers Club. After the reading Of the
minutes by Secretary Arthur Rog-
ers, Charles Lien, st. Cloud, was in
troduced. -
Mr.. Lien is one of the pioneer and
successful raisers of tobacco in
Stearns county. The burden of his
talk was the Minnesota Tobacco
Pool, of which he is secretary. He
said he was well pleased to see that
the business men and farmers of
Sank Cntre were meeting together
and assisting each other in solving
problems in which they had a
mutual interest.
The speaker said the growing of
tobacco was making great Roadway
in Stearns county. Mr.. Lien said
that it was the best cash crop
grown because it was always de-
pendable, and sells at good price.
According to the speaker several
farmers in Stearns had made
enough money from raising tobacco
to pay for their farms. He said the
best success resulted where crop
was grown in a developed diversi-
fled country where there was an
abundance of manure available for
fertilizer.
The Stearn County fair officials
were complimented upon the inter-
est they were taking in the growing
of tobacco.
Ten acres should be the maxi
mum amount of tobacco grown on
any farm. Mr.. Lien said there was
no danger of overproduction. Last
year Minnesota raised 100000
pounds of tobacco and Wisconsin
raised 100000. The tobacco plan
tations of the South are declining
rapidly as the land has been worn
out, growing the crop year after
year without fertilization. Accord
ing to the speaker the average re-
turns to the Stearns county grow
er over a fve-year period was $685.
% per acre. To grow this crop will
cost not more than $4,000 per acre.
raised for much less.
Mr.. Lien said that tobacco was
the best quack grass killer that had
! been found, and that tobacco can
be successfully grown year after
year on the same plot if it is prop
, erly fertilized. Fl + Il
The farmers can make even bet
ter success of the tobacco If all the
growers will go into pool where
the grades will be standardized.
Tobacco excellently fits the land for
the growing of alfalfa, J. B. john
son, Foley, president of the Mime
sofa Pool, showed the advantage to
the grower by joining the pool.
Nick Bromenschenkel, Of this city,
Mr.. Johnson, said, was one of the
organizers of the Pool. He urged
all growers to join up.
A. S. truth, president of the
Rockville Tobacco Club and one Of
the directors Of the pool, made a
talk brim full of humor and COM
mon sense. He was the real card of
the evening.
President ]. B. Schoenhoff ex-
planned that the Stearns County
Fair desired to encourage the grow
ing of tobacco and were willing to
give cash prizes of $1,000, $500,
$500, $500, and $3.50 to exhibitors.
Mr.. Lien said the amount was
ample and was all the Fair Associa-
ton could afford to offer.
1t was brought at the meeting
that some of the members of the
Boys and Girls All Clubs were TAX
ing tobacco growing as their pro-
ject.
At the conclusion of the program
Ben Weiner, Lawrence Herzog,
John Lentz, Henry Voller, N. Brom-
enschenkel, G. Determann and
August Vessel, farmers, were lined
up against Mayor Sig Holme, L. L. |
Kells, Fay Cooper, DR.. J. F. Du-
Bots, DR.. F. c. Vandesteeg and |
Charles Holcomb.