The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-08-10
Thursday, August 10, 1889

Lake, Lester Hendrickson Carl H.
Anderson; Krain, Frank Haber-
man; Holding, Stephen Gaida, John
Konsor; Brockway, Frank Mrosla,
John A. Willenbring; st. Joseph,
John Terway, John Meagher; st.
Wendell, Stanley Weihs, Ed Hill;
Getty, John ]. Ceynar; Sank Centre,
Henry G.. Bergman, Frank ]. Min
cite and C. F. Botz.
If this is done by the growers
Of wheat, considerable amount Of
money can be saved by the Stearns
county agricultural conservation as
ISOLATION. The record for expenses
in Stearns county has always been
very creditable and the folks in
charge Of the program are anxious
to keep it that way. Therefore this
cooperation on the part of the pro-
ducers is requested.
On August township chairmen
representing II groups met to dis
cuss the organization of the Home
Furnishing II projects for the COM
ing year. Those present were Mrs.
c. F. Botz, Mrs. George Abeln, Mrs.
Jacob Gilk, Mrs. c. w. Swift, Mrs.
John Gritzmacher, Mrs. George
Barrett, Mrs. Art Markwardt, Mrs.
Harry Brown, Mrs. Emma Merrill,
Mrs. Dennis Mahigan and Mrs. Ray
Koepp. The date enrollments are
due was set at August 18th.
Discussion of the rural youth or
ganization took place. There is a
possibility that rural youth group
for young men and women between
the ages of 20 and 80 years will be
organized.
The safety poster contest which
is sponsored by the Farm Bureau
was also discussed.
Plans were made for the Home
Furnishing booth at the county
fair. Mrs. John Gritzmacher, of
Sank Centre, was named chairman
with Mrs. Art Markwardt, Kimball,
Mrs. Ed Klein, Rockville, Mrs. Faye
Beidleman, Westport, and Mrs. JAG
OBJ Gilk, Albany, as vice chairmen
and will have charge of the pre-
paration of the booth. Exhibits will
include pieces of furniture which
were refinished, steps in upholster-
ing pieces of furniture, homemade
paint and varnish remover, and
furniture polish. 1t is hoped that
the public will spend some time
looking at this exhibit because of
it's significance as far as Home
Furnishing work is concerned.
Large quantities of grasshopper
control material are moving out in
to the various townships of Stearns
county. For a while it appeared as
though the quantities of material
used in the county would be very
small this year. The last several
weeks of dry weather have, accord
ing to the county agents office,
brought the activity of the grass
hoppers to the attention OF the ma
jority of the people.
Future use of the material in con-
troll measures is urged for several
reasons, the most important being
that if the number of mature hop
pers is reduced this year the num-
Der available for egg laying is, of
course, likewise lessened. Then al
so growers of grass seeds such as
red clover, sweet clover and alfalfa
will find it next to impossible to
harvest a crop Of grass seed unless
the hoppers in these and surround
ing fields are kept in check. Ample
quantities of control material are
on hand in the county and no town.
ship should hesitate in making a
request for the material that is
needed in the township. Individual
requests of farmers for control ma
terial should be made to the town.
ship officers. In practically every
township of the county a large
quantity of material is on hand to
take care of the individual needs Of
the cooperating farmers.