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Focusing on Todays Rural Environment
Family, farm, faith and fun
Lifes losses
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By CAROL MOORMAN
Staff Writer
Scotts Lake Osakis Fishing

Guide business...page 2
Wendlandt uses passion to

beautify...page 12
FREEPORT Operating
a dairy farm with husband
Steve, Pam Herdering works
hard. But she also plays hard.
One recent day, with the
wind on her back, Herdering
drove her 1986 shiny burgundy Gold Wing Trike, a
three-wheel motorcycle, down
County Road 157; daughter
Grace sitting behind her; both
with helmets on and an intercom system to keep in contact
with one another. Herdering
wore a long-sleeved T-shirt
with the words Gold Wing
on the front, a large cross dangling over the words.
Having fun is a lesson
learned by Herdering after her
mother, Grace, who worked
hard, died from cancer at age
51. Losing other family members to death has her looking
at life a little differently these
days, prompting the purchase
of her trike.
My mom died young,
Brian (Boeckermann, Pams
PHOTOS BY CAROL MOORMAN
Pam Herdering and daughter, Grace, enjoy going for rides on Pams 1986 Goldwing Trike. They are
pictured here on their farm near Freeport.
cousins son) and Josh (Harrison, Pams nephew) passed

away at age 27. Im not going
to work my life away. It just
isnt going to happen, she
said.
Pam and Steve own a 290acre, 125-cow dairy farm, west
of Freeport, where they raised

their four children: Matt, who
married Ashley Klaphake in
January; Kristen, who works
as a youth director for the
tri-parishes in Freeport, St.
Rosa and New Munich; and
Luke and Grace, who live at
home.
On a whim, two-and-a-half
years ago, Herdering bought
her first motorcycle, son Matts
Suzuki. Before that, her only
HERDERING
continued on page 4
Pasturedriven
Salzers doing well on family

farm...page 14
Organic dairy farm

uses unique pasture
grazing setup
By RANDY OLSON
Staff writer
FREEPORT Grazing
with pasture and organic dairying go hand-in-hand in farm
country, but the intensive grazing style necessary to support
a dairy herd brings time and
management issues.
For Freeport-area dairy
farmers, Travis and Angela
Scherping, grazing became a
great deal simpler beginning in
the 2009 grazing season.
To manage the pasture
fields their dairy herd grazes
on, the Scherpings utilize a
Freeport fishing
tournament hooks families
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The Scherpings from left: Angela, Logan, Leo, Travis and Levi stand in front of their 62-cow,
tiestall dairy barn near Freeport.
PASTURE
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Scotts Lake Osakis Fishing Guide Service

By BRYAN ZOLLMAN
Staff writer
OSAKIS When Scott
Merwin moved from the coastal
town of Matagorda, Texas to the
Twin Cities to be with his new
wife, it was a shock to his system.
He was so used to catching
redfish, trout, grouper and snapper as a saltwater fishermen off
the coast that he couldnt handle
being surrounded by so much
concrete.
I finally told her I cant
take it here, said Merwin, 41.
I needed to be able to fish.
One of his wife, Kristens,
first trips as a child with her new
adoptive parents was to Osakis.
When the Merwins decided
to look for a lake home to spend
their summers, they settled on
the small town with the big
lake.
We fell in love with it,
said Merwin. Its such a nice
little town.
About six years ago, at the
urging of Kristen, he decided to
retire from his job as an electrician and start his own guide service. These days Lake Osakis
Fishing Guide Service is going
strong.
At the beginning you try
to earn enough to pay for your
hobby, he said. It takes awhile
to get to the point where you
start making money.
Merwin spends most of his
summer days on the water, up
to 40 hours per week, whether
he is guiding or checking one
of the 93 different spots he has
mapped out on his Lowrance Insight Genesis system. His days
of pulling in redfish, trout and
snapper are gone with a new focus on the elusive walleye.
I like fishing walleye because its a challenge, he said.
The saltwater fishing was pretty easy, but these walleye throw
me for a loop every time I come
out.
Merwin said he catches fish
on most days, and gets his customers a limit about 50 percent
of the time. But walleye fish-
which also have a long list of

products.
Im only going to be sponsored by companies that have
products that work, he said.
To Merwin, fishing is first a
sport, but also a science. He not
only loves to be in the boat finding fish, he also likes to study
techniques and new developments in the industry that will
help him become a better guide.
I spend all winter looking
up new stuff, he said.
He uses several techniques
on the water. In the early mornings he likes to troll with shiner
minnows. In the afternoons and
early evenings he trolls or drifts
with night crawlers. In the evenings he will either use crawlers
or pull spinners and hard baits,
or fish with bobbers and leeches.
Im certainly not the best
fisherman, but I have learned a
PHOTO COURTESY OF WWW.LAKEOSAKISGUIDE.COM
lot from a lot of different peoScott Merwin owns and operates Lake Osakis Fishing Guide Service. ple, he said. You learn a little
He is originally from Texas where he used to saltwater fish. Since bit from everyone you fish with.
moving to Minnesota, he has found a new love, which is fishing
And sometimes you learn what
walleye.
not to do.
ing can be like the Minnesota mapping is very important. It Kristen is no slouch herself.
weather unpredictable.
can show where the hard bot- She is the vice president of the
Every time you think you tom transitions into the soft bot- Women Anglers of Minnesota.
have them figured out, some- tom, Merwin said. The wall- She baits her own hook,
thing changes, he said.
eyes like to congregate there.
said Scott. Now if I could just
Merwin has been fishing Although he doesnt fish teach her to clean fish!
ever since he can remember. tournaments, he has sponsors. Cleaning fish is part of the
But fishing has changed dra- Merwin is a stickler when it service Merwin provides to cusmatically since he was a young comes to the angling products tomers. He offers half day andS
kid, mainly due to technology. he uses.
full day guides, usually startingO
Inside his 18-foot Alumacraft His main sponsors are Low- early in the morning and later in
propelled by a 115-hp Suzuki rance, Clam, and Pure Fishing, the evenings.
outboard is a Lowrance
My goal is to make
system that reads chips.
my customers happy, he
It contains maps that
said. The best way to do
show different structhat is to catch fish.
tures, depths and con Merwin supplies the
tours of the lake.
boat, the gas, the bait and
Its a true map of
all the equipment needed.
the lake, he said. Its
The only thing a cusnot something sometomer needs to bring is
body drew.
their Minnesota fishing
Because
Lake
license and if they want
Osakis is such a large
something special to
body of water, having
drink, he said.
the proper electronics is
When hes not guiding,
essential for any fishing
Merwin is still likely on
guide. Having up to date
the water. Recently, in
technology is worth evbetween a morning and
ery penny, Merwin said.
evening guide, he ven Insight
Genesis
tured out to a new spot
and landed close to a limit of walleye and a couple
northern pike within an
Scott Merwin cleans the fish for his customers.
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He headed in to clean
fish and grab a bite to eat
before getting ready for
his evening guide. Being
up early and on the lake
late can make for a long
day.
Sometimes I am up
at 4 a.m. getting the boat
ready and up until midnight cleaning fish, he
said.
In addition to guiding he offers fishing
seminars at some of the

resorts dotting the shoreline of Lake Osakis. He
also posts a weekly fishing report on his Facebook page.
I teach people what
to use and how to use it,
he said. But I dont tell
them where.
Fellow anglers will
have to hop in his boat
to find out where the fish
are, but putting people
on fish is what makes his

job enjoyable.
Looking forward, he
hopes to be a guide for a
long time and eventually
make a decent living doing it. This summer, he is
planning on guiding on
lakes other than Osakis.
Looking back, he is
happy he made the move
from Texas to Minnesota
where he has found the
land of 10,000 lakes fits
his passion perfectly.
I just love taking
people fishing, he said.
Im lucky to have the
life Ive got.
For more information on Scotts Lake
Osakis Guide Service,
visit Scotts website at
www.lakeosakisguide.
com or visit his Facebook page.
PHOTOS BY BRYAN ZOLLMAN
Merwin nets yet another walleye on a recent trip on Lake Osakis.
Scott Merwin holds up a 15-inch walleye from Lake

Osakis where he guides during the summers.
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HERDERING continued from front_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
An intercom system allows Pam and Grace Herdering to keep in contact with one another while riding together.
experience with motorcycles was

growing up on the farm, with brothers,
Greg and Tom who had cycles.
When I was 16, I drove Toms
Honda 450 into Freeport. The cop
pulled me over. He said, Do you have
a license? I said,No, and he said,
Why dont you go home, said Herdering.
She upgraded to a three-wheel trike
in 2012, purchasing a 1982 Gold Wing
from a guy in Faribault, taking her sis-
ter, Karen, along with, and a trailer.

I looked at it (the trike) and I said
to Karen, Dont let me leave without
it, said Herdering.
She was hooked, and put on 4,000
miles in two years.
Its more stable. Its more comfortable for Grace, too, said Herdering, of why she liked the three-wheel
trike.
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Steve likes to fish and doesnt
care to ride motorcycle. After chores,
I will hop on the trike and go for a ride
for an hour or so, she said.
Shes taken friends, like Alice Westrich and Cathy Wiechmann, on short
rides and driven her trike on longer
trips, traveling with fellow trike owner
and friend, Sharen Gaebel.
Steve, Pams husband of 26 years,
has had one ride on Pams trikea Fa-
thers Day surprise for him.

You should have seen heads turn
when Im driving through Melrose and
hes sitting in the back, said Herdering, smiling.
If its a nice day, Herdering will
take the trike to pick up machinery
parts in Freeport, Greenwald or Sauk
Centre. Someone said something to her
about driving her trike to Sunday mass
at Sacred Heart Church, and she took
them up on it.
A lot of women drive bikes, said
Herdering.
Shes even got a bikers bandana
and leather coat and quarter-chaps,
stored in the back of her trike.
Herdering pampers the trike just
a bit, polishing it sometimes daily and
storing it in the garage at night. One
year she was so anxious to drive it, she
took it for a spin on her birthday, March
29, with snow on the ground yet.
Herdering has her own trike bucket
list. She told her brothers it would be
cool if the five of us (them and sisters, Karen and Peggy) would go on an
overnight cycle trip. Thats still a tripin-progress.
She gets a smile on her face when
admitting she hasnt yet told Steve
about a possible trike trip, some year,
to Sturgis with Sharen Gaebel.
But hes gonna know, now, she
said.
To this 48-year-old motorcycle
mama, life is for living.
We have a very nice farm, and
Ive learned you need to work hard,
but you gotta have fun, said Herdering. Are the kids going to remember
that mom and dad worked hard? Yes, I
hope they do remember that. But I also
hope they remember that we had fun.
Fun comes in a close fourth to family, farm and faith.
Im going to go down swinging,
said Herdering.

But before that, shes got a lot of
living yet to do, more than likely sitting atop her Gold Wing, driving down
a Stearns County county road.
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prototype fence-moving ma- that spools the fence line as it
chine that automatically moves moves down the pasture. The
the fence line throughout the shaft is connected to a large
day. Depending on the height metal box housing the electric
and quality of the stand of the motor with a solar panel as its
grass and alfalfa, the machines cover. On each end of the cylgearbox speed can be turned inder are large metal wheels.
The fence line runs through
up or down.
Making it even more us- fence posts that are welded
er-friendly is its solar-powered onto narrow metal skids each
design, a set up that Travis connected to the shaft. Spools
Scherping hadnt seen before are on each side of the shaft to
on other similar models.
stretch the line out and create
Ive heard of the same the pasture area for the dairy
type of set up but with herd.
gas-powered engines. My en- With traditional paddocks
gine uses solar power, so we youre moving cattle every one
dont have to run a gas engine or two hours. You never get
all day long, he said.
anything done in a day. Thats
I had talked about build- why I dreamed this up.
ing the fence machine while Scherping began tinkering
my dad still owned the farm. with the design and building
He kept saying that sounds the machine in 2007. The geargreat, son, and once you take box was delivered the followover you can go ahead and do ing winter, and he spent the
what you wish but not giving summer of 2008 tweaking it
the idea a full endorsement.
into operating condition.
The fence set up is cen- To water the herd, two A 1,500-gallon tank feeds water to the drinking tank in the dairy herds pasture plot. The hayrack
tered around a large shaft 1,500 gallon tanks are hauled carrying it is moved daily to keep up with the shift in the fence line.
out one at a time on a hay rack.
The hay rack is parked next to
a watering tank that sits in the
pasture area and is moved daily.
Being on pasture, the
cows keep clean. Theyre a lot
healthier too, said Scherping.
Part of the Organic Valley
certification brings a requirement to utilize pasture. The
Scherpings use roughly 35
acres of grass and alfalfa each
year for the dairy herd.
Ive got younger stock
out on rented pastures. Having
them graze also cuts down on
labor, Scherping said.
The Scherpings operate
350 acres of farmland, with
60 to 70 of that being alfalfa
ground for cutting and storing
for winter. The home farm is
200 acres.
The Scherpings dont use
traditional housing for their
dairy herd. Instead the herd is
housed outside even in the
winter.
The only cattle who see
a roof over their heads at night
are cows close to calving or
anything about one year old or
younger. The other cattle are
The sun not only gives life to the pasture but also powers the slow, steady shifting of the fence line at
the Travis and Angela Scherping farm.
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To get the herd through
winter, the key is having
enough bedding, according to
Scherping.
The colder it gets, the
deeper the straw has to be. At
times I get a good-natured hard
time for having them outdoors
that much, but it works out,
Scherping said.
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gNewborn calves and youngstock under one year old are housed indoors, but
herd spend little, if any
under a roof
oolder cattle and the dairy see better cow health as time major benefit throughout
the year. The Scherpings
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to utilizing
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e
tbunch of boys, quipped Scherping. They love to play around on the farm
dand get as involved as they can with what goes on here.
s Angela works in the water-testing lab at DHIA in Sauk Centre.
She tests our milk at DHIA. I get the numbers before dinner. Im kind of
spoiled that way, said Scherping.
Another unique aspect of the Scherping farm is that Travis didnt attend
college. His father, Richard, attended St. Johns University to become a Cathsolic deacon for the St. Rosa, New Munich and Freeport parish.
By definition Im a self-taught dairyman, although I learned quite a bit
tfrom my dad, said Scherping, whose father, Richard, and his wife, June, converted to organic dairying from conventional dairying in 1999. Theyve marrketed with the Organic Valley co-op since that time.
y It was a process. It took years to switch over. For anyone considering the
omove to organic, you have to have patience and dont get discouraged easily,
Scherping said.
While converting to organic farming, Richard Scherping was in a sustainable agriculture group that formed a support network.
h They had pasture walks month to month at different farms. Seeing what
nother folks were doing really helped us out, Scherping said.
e The Scherpings took over the farm in 2008, although Richard still remains
eplenty active in the farms operation. One big part of that is giving tractor rides
5to Levi, Leo and Logan.
o Its great to raise our kids on the farm, said Scherping. You get a terrific
sfeeling when they come home from daycare and barrel their way through the
barn, playing with the cats and their toys. Knowing theyll grow up learning
sthe values I did on the farm is as good as it gets. Were very blessed that way.
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Thats a mouthful, but what
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So my hope for you this sumGrowing Degree Days, or Heat
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nature
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appreciate the warm weather. Leukam certain wonder and serenity to
Anything is warm compared to our be found in that.
last couple of winters. But we are so Sit outside and listen to the birds
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ple come in to the office and complain Listen to a little boy talking with wonabout the weather. I get that. But I also der about birds eating worms, about
knew the first warm day we had some- dragonflies and deer. (That was my
one would complain about...the weath- privilege just the other day.)
er. Sure enough, the very first day it hit Sometimes theres so much presabove 80 degrees, it was
sure to make full use of
also humid, and the comour days that we forget
plaining had begun.
to enjoy them at all.
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How long have you lived in the country? We both grew up
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Judy Wendlandt checks some

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By SABRINA LEY
Staff Intern
LAKE HENRY With
summer well under way,
many people have spent time
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Judy Wendlandt, beautifying
her yard is part of who she is.

With over 50 birdhouses, seven flower gardens, and seven
bird feeders, Wendlandt has
made her hobby into a gorgeous landscape.
Gardening and landscaping has become an addiction for me, said Wendlandt.
Once I started, it was impossible to stop.
Wendlandt lives on a farm
just south of Lake Henry with
her husband, Kip. They moved
there about 12 years ago, and
thats when the gardening and
landscaping began.
I had never had this much
room to work with, said
Wendlandt.
Wendlandt hadnt done
much gardening and landscaping as a child except helping
with vegetable gardening. The
hobby was sparked when her
mother-in-law insisted she
plant a few things around the
farm.
She just kept buying me
plants, Wendlandt said. I
wasnt going to throw them
away, so I figured I might as
well find a place for them.
Not long after that, Wendlandt started working to establish her flower gardens. She
started out with the flower bed
around her house to add a little
extra color. Before she knew
it, she had dug up numerous
areas in the yard for more
flowers and decorations.
Wendlandt didnt stop at
just flowers though. She had
decided to pick up a few bird-
houses to add to the yard. After painting them, and finding

spots, she figured on adding
just a few more.
Things got a little out of
hand, said Wendlandt with a
laugh. Ive lost count of how
many I have up.
Wendlandt often chooses
bright and vibrant colors for
the birdhouses like lime green,
blue, purple and yellow. And
her gardens are full of color as
well. One of them even has a
color theme to it each year.
I love the colors because
I feel like it gives character to

the yard, said Wendlandt.
Wendlandt uses the birdhouses and gardening as a
way to connect with her family. Trent and Maddie, two of
Wendlandts grandkids, had
just as much to share about
their experiences with gardening and birdhouses.
Grandma teaches us all
about the flowers and birds,
said Maddie. She even lets us
help her paint the birdhouses
and decide where they go.
Sometimes we get to go
with to pick out the new birdhouses, said Trent. Its fun
to see what Grandma wants to
add next.
Wendlandt buys her birdhouses from a couple different
places, one located near Bird
Island and the other near Eden
Valley.
If Im going through
withdrawal, I usually just stop
and buy another birdhouse,
said Wendlandt.
For her kids and grandkids, presents are usually easy
to pick out for Mothers Day
Judy Wendlandt and her husband, Kip, moved to their Lake Henry farm 12 years ago. Thats when she
began gardening and landscaping.
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and her birthday. Last year
they all chipped in to buy her
a brand new bird bath to add to
the yard.
In one specific flower bed,
Wendlandt has numerous lawn
decorations. Each decoration
is a bug, which represents each
of her grandchildren.
Grandma picked me to
be a bug in the yellow dress,
said Maddie.
Its a fun way for the
grandkids to be connected,
said Wendlandt. They take
pride in where their bug gets
placed.
Wendlandt gets a lot of her
inspiration while at her job,
driving for UPS. She travels
close to 200 miles each day
and has the opportunity to see
a lot of different yards.
I like to experiment with
new layouts, said Wendlandt.
Its interesting to see how
other people landscape and
it gives me new ideas for my
own yard.
After work most days,
Wendlandt spends about 30
minutes to an hour out in the
gardens, either weeding, planting or rearranging landscape.
She considers it her escape for
a while.
I see people all day at
my job, said Wendlandt. I
like that the plants dont talk
back.
Wendlandts landscaping
has become a hot spot for traffic on County Road 19. Lots of
people will stop by to take pictures or get a tour of the farm.
Last year, one of the Paynesville nursing homes came out
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Cutworms in the garden

By BETH BERLIN
University of Minnesota Education
Wendlandt often chooses bright and vibrant colors for the

birdhouses.
bus tour of the place.

I love what my yard has
to offer people, said Wendlandt. It makes all the work
worthwhile.
Wendlandt feels a sense
of pride with the yard that she
has created and hopes to keep.
Even though she doesnt plan
to expand anymore, new ideas
always come about.
The yard says a lot about
my family and what we consider important, said Wendlandt. Its really become so
much more than just a hobby.

Growing your own vegetable garden is rewarding in many ways, the
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and more. The cutworms species common in Minnesota are the bronzed
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Cutworms are the larvae or caterpillar stage of several kinds of
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the larvae that feed on the plants. Cutworms curl their bodies around the
stem and feed on it; causing the plant to be cut off just above the soil surface. New transplants or young plants are more susceptible to cutworm
damage because their stems are more tender. Damage is most severe in the
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To determine if you have cutworms, regularly check your garden, especially in the morning for damage. Damage could be a complete sever or
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the area within one foot of the damage; the cutworms will curl up into a
C when disturbed. If damage or larvae are discovered, you can:

1) physically remove and crush or drop the insects into soapy water
2) create barriers made of aluminum foil or cardboard collars. The
collars need to extend a few inches into the soil and several inches above,
physically creating a barrier so the cutworms cannot damage your plants

3) mow the edge of the garden and avoid using organic mulch down
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FREEPORTA little over
25 years ago, Art and Sharon
Salzer purchased their farm
outside Freeport from George
and Rose Funk.
My home farm was near
St. Joseph, said the 56-yearold farmer. We bought our
farm in March 1989. Weve
made several improvements
on the farm including a few
new buildings, a heifer facility
and machine shed.
In 1993, Sharon took a job
with the Stearns County Farm
Service Agency. With careful
management, they blended
their ability to raise crops on
the 170-acre farm with a practical sense of dairy management and developed a Grade
A dairy herd of about 156
head with 65 milking cows.
Most importantly, about 10
years after their purchase, Art
and Sharon took on a partner
their son Ryan. For Ryan, it
was a natural fit. He always
wanted to farm.
When I was a kid, I went
with when my dad helped at
his brothers farm, he said.
I saw them baling hay and
watched how they farmed the
land and how they ran the
dairy operation. That got me
thinking I wanted to do that in
the future.
Ryan was nine years old
when they moved on their
farm. When he graduated from
Melrose Area High School in
1999, he started helping on the
farm. His sister, Jennifer, has
also kept close to her agricultural roots.
She is now a large animal
veterinarian and works at the
Sauk Valley Veterinary Clinic
in Sauk Centre, said Art.
Ryan and Art Salzer farm together on their farm near New Munich. They crop 170 acres and milk 65 cows.
Ryan has gradually assumed more responsibility and

expense of the farm operation.
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crops, said Art. He likes

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I also do the farm maintenance, said Ryan.
Ryan has also become
the equipment and machinery purchaser. This has led to
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He likes working with
equipment, and I like working with the dairy herd, said
Art. I take care of the cows
breeding program, and he
cares for the heifers breeding
program.
The Salzers have a tiestall
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We milk the old fashioned way, using five units
with automatic take-offs said
Ryan.
We like to stay small.
We can make it with 65 cows.
Why change? Art said.
Ryan will gradually assume more control over the
farm and eventually will take
care of managing the dairy operation. Currently, he is also a
seed salesman for Producers
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By mixing their interests
and talents, the Salzers have
created a nice lifestyle for
themselves. They are aware
of the daily needs of running
a farm, but they also have
learned to create family outings.
We go to Twins games
once or twice a year, said Art.
Theyve been doing better
this year. We also take time to
go fishing.
The partnership between
the father and son has allowed
them to make long- and shortterm plans for keeping the
farm in the family. They work
together and appreciate each
other. So far, the plans are on
track for Ryan to take over the
farm.
Its going good now, Art
said.
Art (front) and Ryan are father/son partners on the 170-acre farm
near New Munich. Ryan manages the field operations and Art
cares for the dairy herd.
Art said Ryan quickly learned

about farming.
When he first started he
once asked, Where do the
mornings go, Art said.
While the days can be
long, there are times Ryan
enjoys one of his favorite activities. The family are Twins
fans. If Ryan has put in a long
day, and the game is still being
televised, he can catch an inning or two before hitting the

hay.
The crops he plants and
harvests, about 80 acres of
corn and 50 acres or so of
alfalfa, as well as hay they
purchase from a farmer near
Richmond, provide feed for
the dairy herd. Both men help
with the daily chores, but the
Plants still feel the

effects of winter
By BETH BERLIN
University of Minnesota Education

Did some of your trees and shrubs not leaf out or seem to skip having flower blooms this spring? This winter really was a battle for our
plants. Many plant species struggled because of the dry environmental
conditions it has endured for the last few years plus the harsh winter.
The question now is does the plant have a chance and what can we do
about it?

Regardless of the adequate snow cover which serves as an insulation layer; this winter was one for the record books. Soil frost depths,
soil temperatures, wind chill, and repeated daytime and overnight lows
of below zero caused very challenging conditions for our plants and us.
In addition the winter persisted on and it was a cool wet spring, which
did not give relief to the stressed plants.
In the landscape spirea shrubs have seemed to be a go-to, hardy shrub for years. However this spring many spireas havent leafed
out and look dead. The harsh cold winter apparently affected the spirea plants pretty hard. Spireas are rated for USDA hardiness zone 4.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which was revised in 2012, is
based on the average annual minimum winter temperature, not extreme
low temperatures that were reached or could be reached in the future.
Therefore, the cold and very long winter, plus other environmental conditions appear to have set back the spirea even though predominately
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FREEPORT Minnesota is known
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Favorite spots are part of family
lore (sometimes kept very secret), and
stories of the one that got away can
be heard every week after the state
fishing opener. While that opener is a
big deal, for many area residents, one
that comes close is the annual Freeport
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For Paul Middendorf and his son,
Drew, the tournament is a must-do
event during the fishing season.
This is our fourth time coming in
five years, Paul said. Its a great tournament for kids. There are a lot of nice
prizes for them.
The tournament started 17 years
ago and has grown every year. A big
attraction is that its for children. Tournament organizers make sure all the
children who participate leave with
something. Those landing big fish earn
tournament prizes. But all receive various donated gifts from the tournament
sponsors. The gifts also help participants gauge about how many children
participate. There were between 120
and 130 children who participated this
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Ethan Borgerding was happy with this bass he caught

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At some point, the top fish is brought
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He pulled some big fish from the lake. He
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The temperatures were a bit on the
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the number of participants did not exceed
the previous year. The cold weather did
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fun for some of them.
We catch lots of fish. You sometimes
get prizes, said Drew Middendorf.
This year Drew wasnt that lucky. Part
of it was just unfortunate circumstances.
We had some boat troubles, said
Paul. We didnt get a whole lot of fishing
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While they didnt come back with a
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Courtney Klaphake, 16
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Cindy Klaphake
Freeport
What are some of the chores you do on the farm during the summer? I milk
cows morning and night with my dad. I feed calves and give the heifers grain. I
bed the cows and calves and I also keep track of the breeding dates and when they
are supposed to calve.
What do you enjoy about living on a dairy farm? One thing I enjoy about
living on a dairy farm is you never get bored and I always have something to do.
What is your most memorable dairy farm experience? My most memorable
dairy farm experience would have to be feeding my favorite cow, Speckles, as a
calf and watching her become a cow. She has had three heifers already. Her first
heifer just calved last winter and she also had a heifer calf. I like knowing that my
dad would ask me first before selling any of them because they are like my cattle.
What is your favorite farm activity or game? My favorite farm activity would
have to be feeding calves. They can be a pain in my butt sometimes but when
my dad sees them and tells me they are looking great and that Im doing a great
jobits all worth it.
Tell us about your favorite animal on the farm. My favorite animal on our
farm is Speckles. I showed her twice at the Stearns County Fair. After she calved
the first time, she came in milking on three quarters. I was disappointed. But now
she is in her third lactation, still only milking on three quarters and is producing
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Loren Herkenhoff, 13
Parents: Bernie and
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St. Rosa
What are some of the chores you do on the farm during the summer? Inside
the barn, feed calves, scrape the aisle and mangers, bed cows with the straw chopper, throw down hay and straw, let cows outside for exercise and let them back
in, feed cows TMR mix with an automatic feed cart, sometimes fill the TMR,
clean out pens with the skid loader every two weeks and deliver calves. Outside
the barn, I drive skid loader, haul manure, scrape the heifer barns every other day,
haul gravity boxes, silage boxes, hay racks and semi trailers. I cut hay, rake and
invert hay, round bale hay and straw and sometimes cut and trim the lawn.
What do you enjoy about living on a dairy farm? I enjoy having all the room
to do anything you want to do. I enjoy the cows and the calveshow they grow
up and change through their different stages. I enjoy seeing how the milk is produced and cooled and brought to the milk plant and which milk plant it will go to.
Another thing I enjoy is never getting bored or have nothing to do.
What is your most memorable dairy farm experience? When we moved the
pole barn into the pasture, built the heifer barns and an addition to the dairy barn.
What is your favorite farm activity or game? Driving the Gator and the four
wheeler and walking my fair animals down the driveway.
Tell us about your favorite animal on the farm. My favorite animal is my cow,
Satin. She is a 3-year-old red cow. I showed her at the Stearns County Fair the
first time I showed cattle for 4-H. She enjoys being led around with her halter on.
What is your favorite dairy treat? I have two favorite dairy treats. My most
favorite is the milk shakes at the Stearns County Fair in the dairy booth. My other
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What do you enjoy about living on a dairy farm? I like having a lot of space
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What are some of the chores you do on the farm during the summer? I fill up
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What do you enjoy about living on a dairy farm? There is always something
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Before the others, there was Arban

There was nothing commercial
about it, just the Holdingford
High School band and the 22
parish families that each had a
float in it, depicting their family and family history. The men
were mostly in beards, as they
had a beard-growing contest
for the occasion. The Jerome
Young family float featured Jerome dressed in black, sporting
his beard, holding a Bible and
sipping on a jug.
He recalled with a twinkle
in his eye, Some of the people
did make a little moonshine at
one time, we were told.
Darlene remembers many
years of parish festivals with
barbecue chicken dinners and
advertising that welcomed visitors to the smallest parish in
the St. Cloud Diocese. Her
favorite memory, though, is the
centennial celebration.
When asked about his favorite memory, Jeromes is
the second Mass, when after
Mass, the parishioners would
stay and talk on the church
steps. In the winter, the men
talked in the entry and the women inside the church.
They used to call it the
High Mass, said Darlene,
chuckling. Youd stand for an
hour talking and didnt realize
the time had passed. Father Voigt (author of the book) loved
that people stayed.
Though Arban came before St. Wendel, Avon, Holdingford and St. Anna, it didnt
stay. Once the railroad came
through, towns where it stopped
grew, and towns it missed, like
Arban, didnt. The Sacred Heart
Church building was moved in
1989, leaving only the steps and
the cemetery. This year marks
25 years since that move, and
PHOTO BY DIANE LEUKAM
Dorothy and Jerome Young, in their home near Holdingford,

hold a newspaper article from Arbans centennial in 1973
entitled: Before the others, there was Arban.
By DIANE LEUKAM
Staff writer
HOLDINGFORD Two
miles south of Holdingford,
then one mile east and down
two blocks on the right,
there used to be a tiny town
called Arban. All thats left
of it now is a cemetery and
an altar that is built at the top
of the stairs to what used to
be Sacred Heart Church.
Jerome and Darlene
Young have many connections, and many stories, to go
with the little town. In fact, it
was Jeromes great-grandfather, Franz Young, who donated 20 acres of his farm
land to the Benedictine Order out of St. Joseph, to be
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Jerome Young sips on a

jug of moonshine during the
centennial parade at Arban
in 1973.
used for building the church,

and for a supply of wood to heat
it. There was also a school, later dubbed Arban University,
which is where Jerome went
to school. Across the road, in
someones home, was the post
office, out of which they also
sold groceries, according to stories told by Jeromes dad, Ed
Young. There was no bar, which
may have set it apart from other
small towns in Stearns County.
The name Arban was not
from a saint, nor from a town in
the Old Country, but according to the book written by Father Robert J. Voigt, The Arban
Way, it may have been a misunderstanding from the beginning. Back when the postmaster
general said the town couldnt
have a post office unless it had a
name, it is thought the German
settlers applied for the name
Urban, after a pope, but that
the German U was so close to
the English A, that when they
were given their name, it had
become Arban.
Darlene was quick to point
out, The church was not Arban.
The town was Arban. Sacred
Heart was the church.

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Editors note: Darlene Young submitted recipes for our
July 2013 issue of Country Acres. One of those recipes was
for Arban Chicken, which was used for their annual parish
dinners. Here it is, reprinted in its entirety, for you to enjoy.
Marinade:
1/2 cup melted butter or margari
ne
1 cup lemon juice
1 quart water
1 tsp. pepper

In large bowl, mix together
2-3 hours. Put on grill, and while and add chicken. Marinate in refrigerator for
gril
chicken is nicely colored, remove ling, baste frequently with marinade. When
cover and bake for 30 minutes at and put in roaster with remaining marinade,
350
My family calls this Arban Chic . Make sure chicken is thoroughly cooked.
ken, because its the recipe tha
used during parish festivals in
t used to be
Holdingford and St. Anthony. the town of Arban, bordering our land between
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The following recipes came from Kathis grandmother, Grace Schoell

Halloran. Her descendants recently celebrated A Day of Grace in her
honor. Grace was born in 1900 and grew up in luxury for her time, her
father being a pharmacist. She married and moved into a typical farm
house with no running water or plumbing. Cooking was done on a wood
cook stove and the house heated with wood. She got milk from their cow,
eggs from the coop and grew and canned enough vegetables to feed her
family for the year. She gave birth to her seven children at her parents
house and drove a team of horses, living through the depression and
praying for her sons in the military.
Graces Date Cake

1 pkg. chopped dates
1/2 cup nuts
1 tsp. soda and 1 cup hot water
2 Tbsp. butter
1 cup sugar
2 egg yolks
1 3/4 cups flour
2 egg whites
Pour hot water with soda over dates and nuts. Cream butter and
sugar. Add egg yolks and beat well. Add flour and egg whites, beaten.
Pour into 9x13-inch pan and bake for 40 minutes (no oven temp listed).
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Graces Soft Molasses Cookies

1 cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
3 tsp. soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 cup molasses
1 cup buttermilk
5 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. salt
Mix well. Let dough stand awhile. Roll out and cut. Bake at
350 for 10-12 minutes.
Graces 7-Minute Frosting

1 cup sugar
2 egg whites
3 Tbsp. water
Pinch of cream of tartar
Beat in double boiler for seven minutes.
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2 cups flour
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. baking powder
a little salt
2 eggs
2 cups rhubarb
Sauce:
2 Tbsp. corn starch
1 cup sugar
2 Tbsp. butter
1 cup water
1 tsp. vanilla
Mix batter ingredients well. Pour into greased baking pan
(9x9). Bake at 350 for 35 minutes. To make sauce, cook to a
boil, cool. Serve with cake.
Graces Oatmeal Ambrosia

2 cups flour
1 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
Variation 1: 2 cups oatmeal, 2 cups rice cereal, 1 cup coconut.
Variation 2: 1 1/2 cups oatmeal, 1 cup coconut, 1/2 cup nuts, 1
cup dried cranberries (raisins or dates), 1 cup chocolate chips.
Shape into cookies and bake at 375 for 12-14 minutes.
Graces Hamburger Dills

Cucumbers, sliced with peelings
Onion, sliced
Garlic clove
Dill
1 cup water
2 cups vinegar
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/4 cup salt
Slice cucumbers. Place slice of onion, 1 garlic clove and
some dill in bottom of jar. Fill jar with sliced cucumbers. Combine rest of ingredients and boil. Pour hot over cucumbers and
seal.
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