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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-04-14
PEA VINES PROFITABLE.
Some Farmers "Cure" and Sell Them
as Hay or Silage.

Some Farmers "cure" and Sell Them
as Hay or Silase.
Every one is familiar with the story
that the packing houses make their big
profits from the byproducts. from the
materials that formerly were consid-
cred absolute waste. Some people
know that the .skimmilk and butter
milk from creameries form an impor-
tant source of revenue when utilized
for the fattening of hogs and stock
Few persons. however, realize that the
pea canning industry has an important
byproduct in the vines and hulls
In the early history of pea canning
the vines were treated as waste
product. the disposal of which involv-
ed considerable trouble and expense.
Usually the vines were thrown out in
piles to rot and form fertilizer. which
was disposed of at small prices.
In recent years the pea vines have
increased in importance until now the
canning factories derive considerab BILE
profit from them. The vines are util-
lied for silage or fed to stock in a
fresh state or cured for hay. Accord
ing to the United States department of
agriculture. they make silage supe-
riOr in value to corn silage.
For silage purposes the vines may
be preserved in silOs. as green corn is
treated. or they may be put up in
stacks in the open air. If the stacks
are we'll constructed and tramped de-
cay affects only the surface to depth
Of a few inches.
For hay the pea vines are easily
cured by spreading them out on sod
land to dry. and pea vine hay is con-
sidered as good as clover hay, price
of from So to S. per ton being realized
at the factories for it. Both the hay
and silage are excellent feeds for dairy
cows and are satisfactory feeds for
beef cattle. horses and sheep.
In some instances the vines are
hauled away from the factory by the
farmers who supply the peas. Usually.
however, the factories make use of the
pea vines to add to the profits of the
pea canning business
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-04-14
Increasing the Wheat Yield.

With the mastery Of the land has
come knowledge Of plant breeding, for
now we breed fruits and grains just
as we do horses and dogs.
One incident will illustrate. Some
years ago boy worked on an Iowa
farm. He heard his father and his
friends talking about wheat failure as
they sat around the stove in winter.
The boy began to study wheat: he
went to an agricultural college and
later became a professor in another
great farming school, the Minnesota
Agricultural college. at ST. Anthony's
Park. His name is Willet NJ. Hays.
Mr.. Hays said:
1.-The soil cannot be changed, but the
seed can. Instead Of yielding fourteen
bushels an acre. this state should pro-
duce twenty-five"
He began to grow different kinds of
wheat. From thousand kernels he
took one and then planted it again.
He fortified other plants with the
pollen, and the result was new va
riety of wheat. One of these has in
creased the yield in many sections of
the state from fifteen to twenty-eight
bushels an acre. In single year ii
added a small fortune to the wealth of
the farmers
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-04-14
Keep the Pastures Clean.

The most important point regarding
the preparation of waste lands for
growing grass is the removal of
the useless plants which now occupy
them. The space occupied by weeds.
briers and bushes cannet be occupied
by grass. nor can the plant food used
in the growth of these useless plants
go into the growth of plants that live
stock will eat and thrive on. Our pas
lures must bc cleared up and kept
clean. Cheap or poor lands which are
growing timber of value should be
left to grow that crop. but lands which
are now growing nothing of value
should be made to furnish grazing for
live stock if it can be done and come
out even.
The first cost of cleaning up the land
for pastures is considerable and must
be regarded in the nature of perma-
nent investment. but when once clean
ed up and set in grass the cost Of
maintaining it clean is small. This
small expense. however. is none the
less necessary. 1t is certain that
cotton and corn, for instance, will not
grow profitably on land occupied BY
other plants on which large sums are
spent on cultivation to keep down
weeds and grass, but farmers never
will realize that grasses and other graz
ing crops must be growing plants in or
der to produce the most profitable re-
turnS
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-04-14
SAVING THE PEACH CROP.
Uncle Sam Tells How to Cure "Black
Spot" and Other Bliqhts.

Uncle Sam Tells How to Cure "BIaek
Spot" and Other Blishts.
For years the peach brown rot has
been recognized as a most destructive
disease of stone fruits. This is fun
gous disease, and it is widespread and
very destructive to the peach croD.
The loss which it inflicts on peach
growers will easily average $5,OOO,OOO
yearly. The loss to the peach crop OF
Georgia alone is estimated at $1,000
600 year.
Much work has been done with
view to discovering satisfactory rem
edy for this trouble. Spraying with
diluted bordeaux mixture has been
most commonly recommended. but its
injury to the foliage has made it un-
satisfactory. since the remedy must
be applied during the growing season.
The peach scab (often called 'black
spot") is another disease which seri-
ously affects the peach crop In all Sec
tons east of the Rocky mountains. al
, though not causing such serious losses
as brown rot.
AS the result of experimental work by
the United States department of agri-
culture cheap and simple remedy for
this disease has been found in the self
boiled lime sulphur wash. This can be
/ applied during the growing season
with very little danger Of injuring the
fruit or foliage, and it is very effec-
tive Furthermore, by mixing arese-
nate of lead with the fungicide the
curculio can be destroyed at the same
time
The department has just issued a
bulletin describing the preparation and
will be of great interest to peach grow
ers in all sections and is supplied free
for the asking.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-04-14
BEWARE OF SORGHUM FRAUDS
Government Calls Attention to Mis-
"a: Ill

Government Calls Attention to Mis-
representations by Seed Sellers.
The United States department of ag-
rlculture recently issued two bulletins
relating to sorghum bulletin on
Ihe History and Distribution of
Sorghum" and circular for free dis
tribution on Three Much Misrepre-
scented Sorghums." The object of the
latter is to set the people right con-
corning some mistakes and misrepre-
sensations.
Recently an Oklahoma man has been
selling at 80 cents pound seed grain
of what he calls California wheat
which he declares will produce 200 to
400 bushels per acre. The department
shows that this is variety of sor-
ghum known as shalu. which. after a
thorough test a few years ago. proved
only about half as productive as Kaffir
corn. 1t is also inferior as a forage
crop
The second of these ''misrepresented
sOrghumS' is a SD called chocolate
corn. accounts of which have appear
ed in the press at different times. The
department announces that it never
had any seed of chocolate corn" for
distribution and that the plants which
have sometimes received that name
were simply varieties of sorghum.
probably in most cases the Early Am
Der sorgo.
The sale of sorghum seed in the
south. under the name of Texas seed
ed ribbon cane. by certain seedsmen
has led to much confusion and disap-
pointment. The use of the term RIB
bon cane" is the cause of the trouble,
since this is the popular name for the
sugar cane of the south. which does
not bear seed. The impression spread
by advertisers of this seed was that
they were offering a variety of the
sugar cane which would produce seed,
and there was IA large demand for this
seed. which. in fact, was nothing more
than goose neck" sorghum. The de-
mand eventually exhausted the supply
of seed. and the seedsmen began filling
orders with other sorghum seed. The
fraud was promptly exposed by the
department of agriculture. but the sale
of this seed continues. The depart
ment urges that the name seeded rib
bon cane" be discontinued because it
is misleading
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-04-14


600 acres in peanuts. Heretofore the
great peanut section has been the tide.
wafer country of Virginia. where thou
sand Of farmers grow peanuts as
their principle crop and make good
money from them.
The agricultural department has
been experimenting with peanuts in
the southwest. where the boil weevil
destroys wuch cotton. and has diScov-
cred that they produce crops that pay
better than cotton Peanuts are i'm
mune to all kinds Of injurious insects.
The present consumption Of the pea
nut in the United States for confec-
lions alone is greater than the pro-
duction. and thousands Of bushels are
imported annually.
The oil made from the nut is said to
be second only to olive oil and superior
TO the cotton seed product. 1t can be
produced at the cotton oil mills and
gins throughout the south and with a
simple process bottled and canned.
Tests made by the department of ao-
riculture show that ii will stand for
wear or more simply corked in a
glass bottle and will not become the
least bit rancid The ruling prices of
cooking fats on the present market
aud the pronounced superiority of the
peanut oil would assure an ample
market for all that could possibly be
produced Oh the sand lands of the
south. The oil now being imported
into the United States is used mainly
for medical purposes and as substi-
tute for olive oil.
In the meanwhile. however. there APP
pears to be but little need for pea
nut oil industry 70 dispose Of tho
crop.
Experiments conducted by practical
farmers last year showed that manv
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-04-14
Successful Cherry Farmer.

One of the most enthusiastic cherry
growers in Pennsylvania is A. j. Freed
Of Mercer county. He cultivates seven
or eight acres, mainly Early Rich
mond. with some Morello and May
Duke. The crop is usually sold at 50
a bushel. and gross receipts runs from
$500 to 5000 per acre. He also has
about twenty-five acres in apples.
mainly Baldwin. which he considers
his most. profitable variety, but also
values the Spy, Roman Beauty. North
western Greening and Fallwater. The
crop last year was sold out Of the
orchard at So and 1925 per barrel
Thorough spraying is practiced to con-
troll insects and diseases. The orchard
is managed by the sod mulch method.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-04-14

grows in great profusiOn. 1t is wild
flower. making its own way in grain
fields. There are several species. such
as the wild poppy and the bluebottle.
The latter is the Centaurea cyanus.
botanically speaking. and is especially
commended for cultivation as garden
beautifier. Bacon in his natural his
tory wrote:
There be certain cornflOwers which
come seldom or never in other places
unless they be set. but only amongst
corn. as the bluebottle. kind of yell
low marygold. wild poppy and fumi-
tory"
Bacons quaint description should
impel many farmers to find the blue
bottle and "set" it where it will -four
ish for it's own sake.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-04-14

tons of valuable hay go with the
peanut crop. while after the peas have
been gathered hogs can be turned in
on the ground and fattened without
other food Several cars prepared for
market off the ground used in peanut
culture brought top prices on the mar
ket this year after having been round
ed off by corn the last two weeks be-
fore shipping.
1t takes but few months to mature
the peanut crop. and last year it was
found possible to follow it up on the
same land with Irish potatoes, and in
some cases the second crop Of Spanish
nuts has been produced
1t has been estimated by the United
States department of agriculture that.
sold at 80 cents bushsl, the farmer
can make money or this crop in the
south. and last year he received from
80 cents to $3.50 per bushel
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-04-14
Dairying In Holland.

Dairying in Holland is the principal
occupation. The land is worth from
$500 to $1,000 an acre. yet the people
pay their rents or interest on the in
vestment by producing butter and
cheese, which they place on the Euro
pean markets in successful competi-
ton with that produced in America
on land less than one-fifth the value.
The secret is-efficient cows. excellent
care. cooperation and superiority Of
butter and cheese. A COW stable In
America is usually an untidy. unin-
viting and in many cases absolutely
filthy place. where. to the disgrace Of
civilization. human food is produced.
In Holland a COW stable Is as clean
and carefully cared for rs any other
room In the house.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-04-14
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PROFIT IN PEANUTS.
New Demand For Them In Manufac
ture of Oil and For Food.

Government experts say peanuts can
be grown successfully wherever corn
is grown so the notion that the peanut
Is exclusively a southern product is
erroneous. Many farmers in northern
states already putter with peanuts
chiefly to give the children Il supply
but ii is highly probable that in a very
short tine the succulent goober pea
will be planted largely in states north
of Mason and DixOn's line for profit
Agents of the agricultural depart
ment report that in the states of Ar
kansas. Louisiana and Texas there
will he planted this year three times
the acreage of peanuts that was grown
last year They estimate that in these
three states alone there will be lO0.-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-04-14
Cornfiowers For Beauty.

Now is the time to plan for beautify-
ing the farmers front yard. not to
speak Of the back yard. Among the
flowers adaptable to use as ornaments
there is the humble but nevertheless
beautiful corntlower, which, if grown
in beds. makes a rich riot of color. 1t
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-04-14
Record Load of Corn Hauled.

Walter Converse. a farmer of Mad
ison county. O., considers himself the
Mr.. Converse made a six mile haul of
22S bushels of corn, which, with the
wagon. weighed 1880 pounds, or six
and quarter tons. in winter time in
two and half hours.
'This load" he says, was hauled
part of the way by two mares. both
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-04-14
FARMER OWNS NATION.
Crop Values Show Money Kings Are
Not In Possession.

Crop Values Show Money Kings Are
Not In Possession.
The farmer. not the money king of
Wall street. is the real owner of the
United States This is the opinion of
Isaac F. MarcOssOn expressed in Nun
sey's. The CLEAN of his fields is an
other Aladdin story, continues Mr..
Marcosson, only instead of rubbing a
lamp he has simply scraped the
ground.
Our cereal crops last year were
worth $3.OOO.OOO,OOO. which is suffi-
cient to pay for all the tools. imple-
ments and machinery of the whole of
American industry. While this sum
seems huge as it stands alone, you
have only to go back few years in
the story of our agriculture to see the
miracle of steady increase that has
been achieved. Eleven years ago the
value of all our farm products for a
single year was reckoned at $4,417.-
100000. You have already seen how
that figure was doubled by 1909. Dur
ing these years the sum total that the
soil has yielded the farmers Is So
OOO.OOO,OOO. The advance is so steady
and sure that you can almost calculate
upon it year by year.
Compare this record with the ebb
and flow of earnings in steel or any
other industry. and you will realize
as never before how agriculture keeps
the even tenor of it's prosperous way,
unmindful of panic or depression.
Why? Simply because land is stable.
and, given proper methods of farming.
the more you take out of it the more
valuable it becomes. 1t cannot be
moved away; it is. in truth. the very
foundation of the nations material
welfare. 1t would take $4,000. 900. 600
to buy our farm lands. and their value
is real and not watered. save by irri-
CATION
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-04-14
Il pistiIIeries Should close.

The secretary of agriculture is au-
thoritatively quoted as saying that If
every distillery and brewery in the
United States was to close and never
use another bushel Of grain in the
manufacture of intoxicating liquors
the American farmers, as a class.
would not know it as far as the effect
would show itself on the markets for
grain.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-04-14
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AUTOMOBILE. AS FARM HAND.
Many Uses For the Motorcar as an Ad
iunct to Farm Work.

iunct to Farm Work.
The automobile is rapidly becoming
the most useful and popular farm
hand that can be employed by the en-
terprising agriculturist Its variety of
uses is great A man who has a large
farm to look after finds that he can
get around much more swiftly and
comfortably in an auto runabout than
by horse. buggy or Shanks' mare.
Some farmers use the auto in peddling
chickens about town. while others
fire up their motorcars early in the
morning and speed away to town and
deliver milk from door to door. For
hauling light produce to market the
automobile is unexcelleG. When the
children have considerable distance
to 60 to reach the country schoolhouse
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-04-14

heavy with foal. For this reason I
put on four horses for the greater part
of the haul. This was record load
in this part Of the country. The load
was fifteen feet long, five feet ten
inches wide and six feet two inches
high"
A photograph of the big load was
taken. which is reproduced here.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-04

nothing stronger than sentimental ties
to bind Il. Some very strong men
have come up from Canadian environ
ments. They are the kind of men
who are not going to be content with
anything short Of sovereignty in their
own right Moreover, the physical
development Of Canada demands a
separate government. The powers Of
Britain neither know nor care enough
about conditions out here in this hem
isphere to direct the progress Of this
province.
In the end we believe the example
and influence Of the American repub-
lie will be found to have counted as
much as any other one extraneous fac
tor in the evolution Of Canadian indie
pendence. Canada is a proud coun-
try. It's people are ambitious and
progressive. They are Jealous in a
wholesome way of American thrift and
industry. All this has had its results
as now manifested in this national
spirit. 1t is a case of the power of
environment conquering that of hered-
ity, a survival of the flttest, we may
say.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-04
Virtue of Organized Wealth.

A writer in an eastern paper makes
Mr.. CarRegie's seventy-third anniver-
sary the occasion for a severe arraign-
ment Of large aggregation of wealth
by a single individual He points de-
risively to Mr.. Carnegies benefactions
of late years and asks, But why did
not he and Rockefeller and a few
other multi-millionaires begin twenty
or twenty-five years ago to give away
their wealth."
1t may be a selfish view, but we of
this generation, including our friend,
the critic, may be glad that they did
not begin that long ago to dispose of
their money, for If they had they
would not have much to give away
today The Rockefeller and Carnegie
millions are serving humanity in it's
highest needs just now and, owing to
the wise, far-seeing provisions made
for their distribution, will continue
for years and years to come with this
kind of service. Schools, colleges,
churches and hospitals have been. and
are being, erected and thrown open to
public patronage This wealth is CIV
ing us the key to problems that have
perplexed and bafled the race always,
It is solving them in the interest of
humanity. II is promoting the science
of life in many of Its most important
phases.
The broadcast view of the situation
cannot be brought into harmony with
this criticism. Aggregations of wealth
are bad only, when made so by their
abuse, or the abuse of the vast powers
that go with them. They have equally
as great potency for good. We could
not, If we would, do without them,
and we certainly would not If we
could: This is the day OF organiza-
ton. This is the time when we are
conserving powers of all kinds to get
the most out of them. We need,
therefore, to have centralized wealth.
OF course, we must see to 1t, as far as
possible, that this centralized wealth
does not become oppressive to weaker
interests. That is the prime danger
Of it Properly regulated and admin
istered, It becomes one of the greatest
blessings of earth.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-04
War on Disease.

Letters passing back and forth bear
ing the Red Cross Christmas seal of
the Society for the Study and Proven
ton of Tuberculosis, like Christmas,
itself, remind US OF what we ought to
be during the whole year round. The
war against preventable disease has
never received the serious considera-
ton and support it should have. Some
few earnest persons, thinkers and
philanthropists, have given much of
their time to the end that mankind
may have an opportunity, at least, for
betterment in this regard, but so far
they have been as a voice crying in the
wilderness. The great multitude has
gone it's needless way, continually dis
regarding ordinary rules of cleanliness
and decency, with the result that dis
ease in it's most terrible form still
ravages the race. When It is remem-
bered that the most prevalent and
costly OF the ills that aflict mankind
my be prevented, and in time possibly
eradicated, by the observance OF some
simple common-sense rules that in
themselves appeal directly TO the
esthetic side of mans nature, the abb
surdity OF the situation would be
laughable IL 1t were not SO serious.
Mans misfortunes are today almost
entirely due to his own carelessness.
In another part Of The Bee this
morning will be found a paper by
Colonel Bannister of the United States
medical corps, in which he makes some
simple suggestions for the sanitation
of the question will show that Dr.
Bannister is so comprehensive that it
may strike the casual observer as be-
ing too complicated and too costly for
practical application. A little study
OF the Quetsion will show that Dr.
Bannister's suggestions are not only
intensely practical but are entirely
feasible If the cost is to be taken
into consideration the question may
well be asked, To what better purpose
can public money be spent than in the
protection OF public health? The con-
tamination Of the general water supply
through sewage has long been repre-
hended and the tide OF thought is set
ting strongly in the direction OF a more
scientific method OF disposing Of the
city's waste. and especially that part
OF II which is certain to breed disease.
Omaha presents a notable example Of
the expenditure OF large sums OF
money IN overcoming natural obstacles
for the purpose Of discharging sewage
into a river that must furnish water
for general domestic purposes for
cities further down the stream. Omaha,