The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-08
4-H Members
Bears
For Sale
Will Be Sold At
Auction At Benton
County Fair Grounds
THREE BREEDS IN LIST
Offspring of Three
All Breeding Units
Started In 1887

In the spring OF 1881 the county
agent and All club leader in
Stearns county, after making a
check-up Of the swine situation in
the county, established three All
pig breeding units. It seemed nee
essary at that time to bring in some
purebred pigs from the outside to
take care Of the needs Of All club
members for satisfactory pigs for
their club projects. With that in
mind club members in the Luxem-
burg and Rockville community were
contacted with a view of getting in
the Poland China breed. Five club
members purchased purebred gifts
at that time and one of them a
purebred boar to serve as a sire for
the entire group of gifts. These
club members were Donald Barth-
elemy, Ben truth, Leroy Molitor,
Victor Kunkel and Alois Thole.
Club members in the Raymond
Ashley community were encouraged
to get Duroc Jersey gifts. Again
five purchased purebred Duroc gifts
with one purchasing the purebred
boar. These club members were
Hazel Payne, Edress Beidleman,
Marvin Judes, Erwin Schlief and
Lucille Bisaillon.
In the Paynesville and Richmond
community five club members were
contacted to purchase Chester
White gifts and one of the five pur-
chased the purebred boar. These
were Earle Boldt, Ralph Bolt, Will
fred Willenbring, Roy Wendland
and Robert Terrier.
These club members raised their
gifts to maturity and practically all
the gifts narrowed a litter Of pure
bred pigs in the spring Of 1888. A
number of the gilt pigs born from
the 1888 litter were sold to other
club members that were enrolled
in a purebred gilt project. Each
of the club members now have a
number of purebred boars for sale.
These boars will be sold as part
of the auction of the st. Cloud Pub
lie Sales Company at the Benton
county fair grounds on October II.
There will be about rs boars, all
March pigs, weighing from 225
pounds to 275 pounds offered for
sale. These boars will be of the
Duroc Jersey, Chester White, and
Poland China breeds and all will
be worthy specimens of the breed.
The st. Cloud Sales Company in or
der to promote club work in the
county will sell these boars for club
members without any charge. The
boars will be sold as purebreds
guaranteed to breed. Any farmer
purchasing a boar in this sale If he
wishes pedigree application for
registration the same will be furn-
ished by the club member since the
sire and dam of all the boars offer
ed for sale are registered purebred
pigs of the three breeds mentioned.
This sale will be the first Of it's
kind scheduled in this section Of the
state and will offer an opportunity
for farmers of this territory to pur-
chase q high class purebred boar
for their own herds. The parent
stock for these breeding units were
purchased from some Of the best
herds in Minnesota. The Poland and
China gifts were secured in the
spring Of 1887 from the herd Of F.
]. Jordan at Beardsley, Minnesota,
the Duroc gifts were bought at the
farm Of John Hartle, Owatonna,
while the Chester White gifts were
purchased from Mike Helget,
Sleepy Eve.