The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-30

baby beef enrollments, in 1889 there
were SO, and in 1910 there are AZ
baby beef members. In this pro-
ject the All club member feeds
and keeps a record of baby beef
for approximately an 8-month per-
iod. The Farm Bureau and Gen.
trail Cooperative Association assist
the members in purchasing and fin
ancing these baby beeves. The fin
al show for this project is at the
Junior Livestock Show at st. Paul.
The poultry project in club work
for 1910 has shown a very decided
increase in the number of partici-
pants. In 1888 there were Sc poul-
try members, in 1889 there were
II, and in 1910 there are 100 poul-
try members. The fruit project
which was added five years ago
to the All club program is growing
steadily in Stearns county. In 1888
there were six fruit members, in
1889 there were II, and in 1910
there are IL fruit members. The
forestry project in the county is
attracting a little interest. This
year the AAA offers benefit pay
ments to members who carry on
the forestry project according to
their regulations. There are All
club members in Stearns county
this year carrying the fruit project
as against 2 in 1889 and no men,
bers in 1888. The Junior Leader
ship project has shown a little in
crease over last year. In 1889 there
were At junior leaders and in 1910
| there are SO.
In the Home Economies projects
the cake and clothing projects are
most popular. One hundred forty
members have enrolled in the cake
project this year and 135 enrolled
in clothing. There is no outstand-
ing increase this year in any of
the home economics projects.
These figures may change some
what as All enrollments in the
county close on June 1st. 1t is
expected that there will be approx
mately $50 members signed up in
Stearns county this year. There
are at the present time 80 All clubs
organized in the county and there
is possibility of organizing two
more clubs before June LIST.
| $50
| Farmers in areas in Stearns
county that have been infested with
grasshoppers in years gone by
would do well to be on the alert
for the Matching of hoppers at this
time, according to the county
agents office, St. Cloud. 1t is well
to remember, if possible, from ear,
lier years where the grasshopper
infestationS were located. When
hoppers first hatch they are often
in patches which will vary in size
from two yards to several acres
with as many as several hundred
hoppers per square foot. The new
ly Matched grasshoppers are often
overlooked when they are in con-
centrated numbers, just at the time
when it would be most economical
to poison them with bait.
Grassy fence rows, ditch banks
roadsides and grass field margins
may always be expected to produce
grasshoppers in grasshopper-infest-
ed areas. The sod banks of road
sides near alfalfa or corn fields are
very common sources of grasshop-
per infestation. Sometimes millions
of small grasshoppers hatch from
small grassy areas close to alfalfa
corn or other crops, and such places
should be watched.
1t Is very wise practice to watch
for young hoppers in infested areas
on any waste or reverted land, in
grass patches, grassy field margins
and along roadsides, remembering
that it is more economical to con-
troll young grasshoppers in concen-
trated numbers than to protect
crops after the 'hoppers are scat.
tered over large areas, particular,
ly after they have obtained their
wings.
An ample quantity of poison ma
terial is kept on hand in Stearns
county to take care of most any
need that may arise. AS soon as
infestations appear township offic.
ers should be contacted because
it is through them that the supply
of material is distributed from the
county agents office to the rural
areas. This procedure has beer
followed for a number Of years in
Stearns county and has been found
to be satisfactory.
In years gone by in Stearns coun.
ty a rather well organized program
for rat control was carried out
through the county agents office
st. Cloud. For some time now a
lot has been done in an organized
way to take care of this pest on
farms. Each year, according tc
H. L. Parten, extension entomolo-
gist at University Farm, the av-
erage rat consumes from So to SO