The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-11-03
Agricultural
News From
County Agent
Stearns Creameries
Enter Cooperative Dairy
Advertising Campaign
PICK TRAINING CENTER
Annual Farm Bureau
Membership Drive Will
Close November 9Th
Dairy Advertising Campaign


A large number of Stearns coun-
ty creameries and dairy plants
have signed up to cooperate with
the Minnesota Dairy Industry Com
mittee on a vast dairy products ad-
vertising campaign. Still number
of creameries must be signed how
ever, according to the county
agents office before the desired Is
percent goal is achieved. To date
% dairy plants in Stearns county
have entered into a contract with
the Committee. They are as fol-
lows: Albany Cooperative Cream
cry, Avon Farmers Creamery, Hold
ingford. Farmers Creamery, Metre
Grove Cooperative Dairy Associa-
ton at Melrose, Melrose Coopera-
tive Creamery, New Munich Coop
erative Creamery, Opole Cheese
Factory at Holdingford, Paynesville
Cooperative Creamery, Purity Milk
Company at st. Cloud, Quality
Dairy at st. Cloud, Richmond Co
operative Creamery, Rockville Co
operative Creamery, st. Cloud
Dairy, st. Francis Cooperative
Creamery at Freeport, st. Stephen
Cooperative Creamery at Rice, Sank
Centre Jersey Dairy, Sank Valley
Creamery Company at Roscoe,
Farmers Cooperative Creamery at
Belgrade, Freeport Cooperative
Creamery, Padua Cooperative
Creamery, Greenwald Cooperative
Creamery, Lake Henry Cooperative
Creamery at Paynesville and the
Sank Lake Cooperative Creamery
at Sank Centre.
There are Is plants in the coun-
ty that have as yet not seen fit to
come in on this advertising pro-
gram. Producers Of dairy products
are urged, especially in the case Of
cooperative creameries, to get their
managers and boards Of directors
to come in on this plan without de-
lay. With the surplus problem that
exists in the dairy industry, the
activities of the Minnesota Dairy
Industry Committee should not be
hampered because of lack of coop
GRAFTON.
Training Centers
Training centers for the third les
son in Home Furnishing, which
deals with Refinishing of Furni-
ture, have been set for the follow
ing days:
November 1-Holdingford.
November @Sauk Centre.
November 4Kimball.
November 7-St. Cloud.
November 1O-Paynesville.
November 15-Brooten.
November 17-Albany.
Five hundred twenty-three wom-
en- are now enrolled in Home Pro-
ject work in Stearns county, max
ing up forty-one groups in all. The
two previous lessons on Color and
Design and Care and REPAIR OF
Furniture have been received with
much enthusiasm.
Refinishing Of furniture as done
by the women will involve remov-
ing the old finish, restraining, shell
lacing, vanishing or painting, ac-
cording to the previous lessons.
Each woman will work on her own
piece of furniture, thus receiving
| individual instruction for her own
individual problem.
Farm Bureau Drive
The annual roll call or member
ship drive for the Stearns County
Farm Bureau is being brought to
a close with a Victory Night pro-
gram at Albany Saturday, Novem-
Der g. On Monday, October Oath,
almost one hundred volunteer
workers from various townships OF
the county assembled at Albany to
review the plans for carrying on
the drive. Splendid results have
been achieved in most Of the town
ships of the county and 1t Is felt
that before the year 1889 comes to
a close the paid membership viii
be still larger than for the year
1888. In 1898 nine hundred twenty
five farmers signed to become
members of the Farm Bureau and
sol paid their dues. This Is the
largest membership the organiza-
ton has had since its founding.
At Saturday nights program all
the volunteer workers and their
wives from the various townships
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