The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-04-27
Announce 1899 Wool
Crop Loan Plan

wishes to play the game both ways.
Such an individual watches out
come Of the crop until the middle
of July or early August and if the
crops are favorable he chooses not
to participate. If crops turn out
poorly then he joins the measure
and carries out the necessary pro-
visions to cooperate in the program.
Farmers not yet signed up and
wishing to do so are urged to con-
tact their community committee
men at once or make application at
the county agents office at St.
Cloud.
Sleeping sickness or equine en-
cephalomyelitis can be prevented in
1889 according to the county agents
office, by vaccination now with
chick embryo vaccine. This dis
case has taken a heavy toll of
horses in Stearns county during the
last few years and farmers are
urged to take the necessary pre-
cautions at this time. The preven-
tive treatment mentioned above is
by far the cheapest method to use
in the control of the disease. If
the vaccine is used now, immunity
will exist in the horses for a period
of about six months and that is long
enough to take the horses past the
danger period since few or no out
breaks of sleeping sickness ever oc-
cur after October 1.
Once sleeping sickness breaks out
among horses then the serum treat
ment must be used and this will
be from three to five times as ex
pensive as the vaccination and there
are bound to be losses even when
the serum method is used. For
that reason the county agents Of
flee urges farmers to vaccinate
horses at this time to guard against
losses this year.
FSA Gardens Gus Living Expenses
Well planned gardens have con-
siderably reduced the expenditures
for the home food supply and help
ed insure good health for the bor-
rover families of the Farm Secur-
ity Administration in Stearns Coun-
ty, reports jeanette r. Goldthorpe,
FSA home management supervisor
at st. Cloud, MINI.
Many families in the county have
been able to meet all vegetable
requirements of the family through
out the entire year because of the
fresh, stored or canned vegetable
supplied by the gardens. In addi-
ton, meals can be made more in
teresting because of the variety
available.
According to the home supervisor,
gardens are planned to furnish a
good supply of fresh vegetables
needed during the summer months
and enough additional so the home
maker may can about 25 quarts of
tomatoes and 35 quarts of other
kinds of vegetables for each MEM
Der of her family. In addition,
three to five bushels of potatoes
and three to four bushels of veg
etables, such as carrots, cabbage,
beets, rutabagas, and turnips, are
recommended for storage for each
person.
After carefully considering the
preferences of the family and their
requirements to provide an ade-
quate year-around diet, the family
garden is planned to meet these
specifications. Farm gardens are
an important contribution to the
family living, reducing the cash ex-
penditures for the home food supply
by $3.50 or more, depending upon
the size of the family. This mon
ey, formerly spent for food, will be
available for other living expenses
or for paying on Indebtedness, the
home supervisor stated.
During the year, FSA borrowers
who need the help are advised as
to the best methods of caring for