The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-12-08

gram off sealing and inspection
fee Of $500 should be sent to the
treasurer of the conservation as
ISOLATION in care of the county
agents office, st. Cloud. Before this
is done however, prospective bor-
rowers should make sure that they
can qualify for loan from several
standpoints. First they must be CO.
operators under the conservation
program for 1888. Then also they
must not have exceeded their de-
pleting allotment under the pro-
gram in 1888 and corn must be of
satisfactory grade and finally they
must have satisfactory storage
place for the ear corn. Loans will
be made on ear corn only. The ex-
pense for handling loan will be
1c bushel in the county. Where
for example man is making a
loan on 600 bushels of corn and he
pays the original sealing and inspec-
ton fee of $500 an additional $500
will be charged against this loan
when the loan papers are complet-
ed, making a total charge of $500
or 1c per bushel. In the case of
an exceedingly small loan of 200
bushels for example a $500 sealing
and inspection fee will be the max
imum charge that can be made
since this exceeds the 1c per bushel
rate.
Most of the good corn cribs in
Stearns county will qualify under
the loan program. AS in the case
of wheat, a good reef is required
on the crib. The sides should be
Slated and the crib should be so
situated to permit free access of air
from all four directions. The crib
likewise should be at least s or 10
inches off the ground to permit free
passage of air under the corn and
to prevent damage from rates and
other rodents.
Farmers Of Stearns county inter-
ested in the corn loans are warned
by the county agents office to be
on the alert concerning the mois-
ture content of their corn. A good
| many farmers of Stearns county
grow variety of corn that is far
too late for the territory and in
ordinary years a good portion of
this corn carries far too much mois-
ture. A corn carrying more than
20 percent moisture is often consid-
cred as being fairly dry corn by
most farmers and yet it must be
below 20.5 percent to qualify under
the loan program.
These loans come due August 81,
1889, and bear 4 percent interest.
The limit of time for making loans
Is April LIST. Tenants living on
farms for which they do not have
possession until October 1, 1889,
must secure an agreement from
their landlord to permit the corn
to be stored on that farm until
October 1, 1889.
Farm Bureau Meeting
Richmond will be the scene Of
the annual meeting of the Stearns
county Farm Bureau which will be
held in the Village Hall on Tues
day afternoon, December Doth.
Meetings of the executive board, the
auditing committee and resolutions
committee will be held on the fore
noon of that day beginning at ten
o'clock. Any party in Stearns coun-
ty wishing to bring various matters
before the resolutions committee
are urged to send the information
to the president, c. L. Arnold, Wat
hns, or Edwin MANI, of Paynes-
vile, or deliver the information to
them personally.
The general meeting will begin at
1870 in the afternoon and will in
clude the annual reports of the
county agent and home demonstra-
ton agent. The Farm Bureau anna
teur contest, and talk by y. 8.
Jones, executive secretary of the
Minnesota Farm Bureau Fedora
ton. Entries in the amateur con-
test are limited to members of Farm
Bureau families in Stearns county.
These entries should be made with
Ellen L. Moline, home demonstra-
ton agent, post office building, st.
Cloud. The winner of the amateur