The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-10-06
Agricultural
News From
County Agent
AAA District Committee
Meeting October 18th,
At st. Cloud
SOIL PROGRAM
How To Direct
Attention to Agricultural
Surplus In County
AAA District Meeting

"A olStrlcI meeting OF community
committeeman on the AAA program
in this section Of the state will be
held at the st. Cloud Armory on
Wednesday afternoon, October II,
at loo p. m. While community
committeeman from probably twen-
ty counties will be present, others
interested are invited to attend. A
number Of the state agricultural
conservation committee will be on
the speaking program that after
noon as well as staff member of
the North Central states division
handling the AAA programs in this
section of the United States. The
economic situation at present as it
partains to farms will be gone over
quite thoroughly at the meeting and
the AAA program for 1888 will be
outlined to the gathering from the
various counties. In order to per-
NIT committeeman from distance
to get back home in good season
the meeting will start promptly at
one o'clock and adjourn at $3.50.
Soils Conservation
Township and community COM
mitteemen to handle the soils con-
servation program in the various
townships in 1889 are being elected
in various townships of Stearns
county this week. Following the
election of the community commit
teemen, the organization of the
county association will take place
on Wednesday morning, October
IL, at 1000 a. m, in the commun-
ity room of the court house. At
this time the officers of the assoc
iation will be named and members
of the county allotment committee
will be named. "A report of the COM
mitteemen named will be announc-
ed next week. Duties of the COM
munity committeeman in 1889 will
include the work Of contracting
farmers in the township relative to
participation in the program in
1889. The setting Of allotments on
general soil depicting land, setting
allotments of tobacco and wheat
and any other matters that need to
be acted on in the community.
Agriculture Surplus
From time to time agricultural
producers and others are making
inquiry as to where to make con-
facts for the sale of surplus agri-
cultural products to the Federal
Surplus Commodities Corporation.
The county agents office at st.
Cloud has recently been advised
that any person desiring to direct
the Federal Surplus Commodities
Corporations attention to an agri-
cultural surplus in a county should
notify the county agent for the
county in which a surplus is locat-
ed, including pertinent information
as to the approximate quantity,
grade, local prices and the market
ing organizations. The county
agent will then notify the Federal
Surplus Commodities Corporation
through the state extension service
at st. Paul. For Stearns county
the commodities that will probably
be available for such sale will be
potatoes, wheat and butter, altho
requests might come for the dis
posal Of others. Individual produc-
ers and organizations having these
commodities can make their re-
quests through the county agents
office but it is not probable that
there Is any opportunity to receive
anything more than the going prices
for the sale of these commodities
as the Corporation generally makes
its purchases on a large scale and
are generally able to buy at the
lowest possible prices.
Baby Beef Projects
All club members desiring to
carry the baby beef project in 1889
are urged to make arrangements to
get their calves for feeding at this
time. 1t has been conclusively
proven both in Stearns county by
winnings at the county fair and by
the results at the Junior Livestock
Show at South st. Paul that calves
that are started in the fall and fed
almost year are the ones that
land in the top money when ex-
hibition time comes along. The
county extension office at st. Cloud
can help a number Of club men,
bers in getting desirable type calves.
Some of these can be had through
the Central Cooperative Association
from the western range calves that