The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-10-08
200 Adults
On Western
Stearns Tour
Large Attendance Indicates
Great Interest In
Poultry Project
ENJOY SPLENDID DAY
Visited Fotir Flocks-Pro-
gram of Talks, Stunts
AT Noon
ENJOY SPLENDID DAY

Approximately 200 adults attend.
ed the Western Stearns County
poultry tour held last Friday as q
elimination Of the countrywide pro.
jects conducted during the past
year by the County Home Demon.
stration Department. Starting al
nine-thirty the caravan travelled in
"a cars, with the first stop. at the
Carrot Bouman home near Padua
-Four stops were made on this tour
the other three being at the Clyde
Cooke farm, the B. H. Otte farm
and at the Home School farm.
At the B. III. Otte farm, neal
Sank Centre, where the Western
Stearns group enjoyed a picnic
lunch in the large barn, Al cars oil
adults gathered to enjoy the pro.
gram Of stunts and talks. Commun.
ity singing began and ended the
afternoon program.
Groups from Grow Wing, South
Ashley Lyman Prairie, Melrose
Raymond, Sank Centre, Getty
Crow Lake, CROW River, East North
Fork, South Raymond and East
AsdyllOii WCLV dUlt1QduCG. Fl
In the contests staged by the
Western Stearns group Henry
Pope of Melrose, won the Growing
contest; Miss Winifred Bastien, OF
Westport, the chicken calling con-
test; Mrs. Ted Anderson, of Broo.
ten, drove the. oldest car, and the
Lyman Prairie group had the larg.
est number of adults present. There
were "a in this group. Stunts, songs
or yells were given by the Grow
Lake, East North Fork, East Ray.
mond, Lyman Prairie, Sank Cen.
ire, South Ashley and Crow River
groups.
In the report of Miss Moan An,
derson, County Home Demonstra,
ton Agent, it was revealed thai
1913 members enrolled in 90 group.
had helped 1888 others, reaching 8
total of 1855 farm flocks in the
county. Eighteen new laying houses
were built, 1874 houses were i'm
proved and 324 new non-waste
feeders were installed during the
year.
Seventy-six demonstrators In
chick sanitation demonstrations re-
ported approximately $4,000 chicks
with 1892 pullets on hand netting
return above expenses of $3,749..
81. The sanitation method of raising
chicks whereby they are raised In
portable breeders on clean ground
fed with mash and fenced from the
old flock proved the most profitable
method of raising chicks.
Following the culling lesson, 703s
hens were culled out leaving 2,25:
for breeding purposes or to be sold
later in the fall.
Miss Cora Cooke, poultry expert
from the University Extension De.
partment, complimented the group
upon it's enthusiasm and the splen.
did turnout. She stated that the
tour was a fitting climax to the
Stearns County Poultry project, In
which 80 groups with 1913 members
had taken part. In the completion
Of the project as far as the forma
work Is concerned they have made
a small start, but a noticeable i'm.
provement was shown on this trip
She advised poultry raisers to
watch improvements discussed, sc
as to learn as to whether they ap
ply in this community or not.
She continued that although the
egg price will hold up longer thar
normal this year, and that poultry
prices will advance as time pro
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