The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-01
News From
Co. Agents
Office
Interesting Items of
Interest To Stearns
County Farmers
WHEAT INSURANCE
New REA Lines To
Be Built-Many Apply
For Farm Storage
Wheat Farm Storage

A large number of wheat pro-
ducers in Stearns Couny are begin
ming to make applications fer loans
for the farm storage of wheat ac-
cording to the county agents office
at st. Cloud. So far more than 35
have left their names at the office
requesting the sealers inspect their
bins and place seals on the Same
preparatory to the completion OF
the wheat loan. A district meeting
was held at st. Cloud on Monday OF
last week at which time the detail
for the handling Of the wheat loans
were gone over quite completely.
For Stearns county two sealers
have been designated, the west IT
twps. will be covered by Edwin
MANI Of Paynesville and the east
20 twps. will be taken by Jos. M.
Kunkal Of Rockville twp. Under
the plan agreed en- following Mon
days meeting a sealers fee Of $500
must be paid to the treasurer Of
the county agricultural conserva.
ton association at the County
agents office at st. Cloud plus 1c
a bu. for the completion Of the
loan. The 1c per blu. is usually de-
Quoted out of the proceeds Of the
loan.
For wheat to be eligible for the
lean it must grade at least No. 3 or
better and must be stored in a suit
able building on a farm that will
keep the wheat in good shape for
a period of years or more. The
loans values in Stearns County
range firm Toe to &c depending on
the grade Of wheat offered for
storage. The loans are made
through the commodity credit cor
pcration and run till May 81, 1889.
The interest rate is per cent. If
wheat should not rise in price by
that time the producer would have
the privilege Of turning in his
wheat in payment Of the loan. This
would pay the loan and also the in
terest and commodity credit cor
poration would pay the grower &c
a blu. storage for having the grain
stored on his farm. If grain Of
course went up in price the pro-
Queer would seal the grain to his
own interest and have the benefit
of paying the loan complete.
The county conservation COM
mittee is interested in keeping the
leans to practical size and are
not interested in making a loan on
a quantity loss than 100 blu. Inter-
ested producers might take advan-
tage Of the privilege of having
separate loans made for each Of the
several bins Of wheat that they
might have on the farm. This way
he loans can be paid separately as
the various bins are sold without
making it necessary to sell the en-
tire quantity at one time.
Wheat Insurance
The wheat insurance program in
Stearns County is making continu-
ed progress. To Gust Leverscn Of
North Fork township gees the dis
tinction Of being the first farmer
in Stearns county to pay the prem
ium for his policy on the 1889 crop
insurance. Since Mr.. Leverscn paid
ulAS PICA1Aull OCucTS nave dlSO ScIlL
in their remittance to Francis J
Rooney, county crop insurance
supervisor working through the
county agents office at st. Cloud.
For growers Of winter wheat the
time for filing an application has
practically elapsed, growers Of
spring wheat however have con-
siderable time left yet in which to
file application. The territory in
the county is being covered as
rapidly as possible by the crop in
surance supervisor and before
spring will undoubtedly have
several hundred policies from
Stearns County. At this time IT'S
farmers have filed application de-
string wheat insurance policies on
their farms.
Under the plan farmers can in
sure for either so per cent or IS per
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