The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-09-28
Stearns Co.
.4-H News

The StearnS county 4-H club
representatives at the Itasca Con-
servation Camp, Esther Hoyer OF
the Sank Valley club and George
Kaschmitter of the st. Martin
club, motored to the camp with
the state leader, T. A. Erickson, on
Friday, September Is. They were
also accompanied by their county
club agent, Everell A. Smith.
The camp opened up Friday even
ing with a large steak fry and as
sembly. At the various assemblies
during the conservation camp the
members gave two-minute talks en-
their activity in conservation.
These talks were divided into three
groups-talks on bird life, talks on
forestry, and talks on general con-
servation. Two hundred Al mem
bers from counties throughout
Minnesota were in attendance at
this camp. Approximately so lead
ers including state club agents,
county agents, and county club
agents were also at the camp.
On Saturday afternoon a tour
was conducted through Itasca State
Park led by Parker Anderson, ex-
tension forester. Sunday afternoon
the group was taken out on the lake
for a two-hour boat ride to study
the various points of interest along
the lakes in Itasca State Park. On
Monday afternoon the groups were
led on hikes around the Minnesota
Forestry School and showed many
points of interest. These assemblies
and hikes were led and conducted
by the extension specialists who
were Parker Andersen, extension
forester of University Farm, M. A.
Thorfinson, soils specialist of Uni
versity Farm, Professor Brecken-
ridge of the Biology Dept. of the
University of Minnesots, and G..
Mccullough of the U. S. Biological
Survey. The conservation camp
was held on the grounds of the
University of Minnesota Forestry
school. This camp was made pos
sible through a grant of $1,000
made by Charles L. Horn of Min
neapolis.
The Stearns county dairy judg-
ing team will be taken to Waterloo
Iowa for practice in dairy judging
at the Dairy Congress being held
there September $3.50. E. c. LEM
meier, County Agent, and Everell
Smith. County Club Agent, will be
motoring down with the boys on
Thursday. The Stearns county
judging team is composed of Earle
Boldt, Paynesville, Conrad Zehrer,
Sank Centre, and Bernard Sonste-
gard. Georgeville. The team is
practicing in dairy judging prior to
their competition at the National
Dairy Show in San Francisco Oc-
tober 21-29. This dairy judging
team placed first in the dairy judg-
ing contest at the state fair in
which 33 counties participated. At
the National Dairy Show the con-
test will include judging of ten
classes of cattle. In these ten class
es the five dairy breeds will be
included-Holstein, Brown Swiss,
Guernsey and Jersey. The boys
will be expected to judge cows and
senior yearlings. Oral and written
reasons are to be given on the var
ious classes.
E. A. Hanson, extension dairy
specialist, University Farm, spent
September 20 and q working with
the Stearns county dairy Judging
team. This dairy judging team is
composed of Conrad Zehrer, Sank
Centre; ard Sonstegard,
Georgeville; and Earle Boldt,
Paynesville. These boys were ac-
claimed state champion dairy
judging team at the Minnesota
State Fair. They are to represent
Minnesota at the National Dairy
Show in San Francisco October
21-29.
On Wednesday Mr.. Hanson.
Everell Smith, and the dairy team
worked on a herd of Guernseys at
the Harvey Kruger farm in Paynes-
vile. On Thursday the group
motored to Hutchinson to work on
classes of cattle at the Mcleod
county fair. The Mcleod county
fair had an ideal dairy show which
afforded the group a fine onnortun-