The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18
FOR THE FARMER STILL SURVEYING
Practical Suggestions For the
Benefit of AgriCuIturdIiStS
PERTINENT P0INTFn,xss
Experts at the State Farm School
Give Opinions on Some Subjects
of Interest.

The following ideas, CLEANED from
the "University Farm Press. News,
are 0! practical value to the farmer:
Farmers are advised to be on the
watch for potato blight this month.
August is the month when the blight
does its most disastrous work. 1t is
doubtful if spraying now will be bene-
fetal on the early varieties, but it
can do no harm to try it with Bor-
deuaX mixture. The late varieties
are in greater danger now, and spray
ing with Bordeaux Mixture is the
only remedy. Use from sixty to
seventyfive gallons per acre. This
has proven effective in Minnesota the
past two years. If blight appears on
potatoes anywhere in the neighbor-
hood, spray at once, and continue
spraying every ten days. in good
weather, whether a field is attacked
or not. Spray more frequently in
hot. humid weather. Details for
making the Bordeaux mixture and
spraying will be sent without charge
on application to Prof. A. r. Kohler,
University Farm, st. Paul.
Farm work horses are apt to be
neglected at this time of the year,
because of the general rush of farm
work. This should, however, not
the case: but, instead, they should
more care and atteLt ton than
other time of the year. There are
still two or more ahead, and our
horses should be in the best of condi-
ton. Working on the field during
this hot and dry weather causes the
horses to pcrSpire. and the skin will
fill With dirt and dust, which is held
by the perspration as it dries
Unless this is removed. the skin will
become irriated and it makes the
horse uncomfortable. In order to
to remove this, and to improve the
the general health of the animal, he
should be well brushed night and
morning. 1t greatly adds to the
comfort of a horse to be brushed in
the evening after days hard work
The curry comb should be used as
little as possible, and only to loosen
dirt that cannot be removed with
the brush. To groom the horse well
after hard work. does not only clean
the skin, but it prevents various
parasitic diseases of the skin. 1t
gives the horse a glossy coat and
keeps him in better condition. If
the horses have been perspiring when
brought into the stable, it is a good
plan to let them roll i'll the yard and
then rinse them with water that is
slightly warm. This will remove the
dirt and sweat. The body should
then be gone over with curved,
round scrape. Following this, the
skin should be rubbed with a cloth
to get it dry and lay the hair fiat.
The possibility of producing more
bushels of grain from given area,
and thereby reducing the cost of pro-
duction per bushel, is shown byPresi-
dent Waters, of the Kansas Agricul- |
tural School when he says that, where
Kansas ''college-b bred" wheat has been
used for seed, the acreage yield has
been increased five bushels per acre
in that state. Similarly gratifying
results have been obtained in Mime
sofa from wheat bred at the Expert |
ment Station and the seed distributed |
to farmers throughout the state. |
minnesota No. 1892 has increased |
the yield over the parent variety, as
shown by an eight-year test at the
station, 4.2 bushels per acre; while
the increase per acre, compared with
the common wheat raised over the
state, is 3.3 bushels in an average of
trials by eighty-nine farmers. With
better cultivation, better seed selec-
ton, better fertilization, and
rational rotation of crops, every far
mer in the state may increase his |
output. and CORRESPONDENCE reduce
the cost of production. The state |
has thoroughly demonstrated this
possibility: and an intelligent fol-
lowing of the methods employed at |
University Farm will enable farmers
to show equally pleasing results.
During hot weather, children hay
ing the privilege of being out of doors
without shoes and stockings are in