Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-23
Els WELL ATTENDED

.~s 1IA~sO A0"sss6 ~ O0S
terest In the 8 h Q RI
.. Course This Week
In the words of Q. e. Brown OF HE
extension division Of the Unlsersltyslf
Minnesota, who with FL. ". GrlsW&ad
of West Salem, Wis, has charge Of TIE
Farmers short Course rally being hted
in this city this week, it is as good -
any end better than most of the meSe
lngs Of like nature at which they. a.
peared this year. The attendance hs
been from sixty to eighty people frdm
all parts of the county daily. and tie
attention paid to the different subjedts
taken up and discussed has been tine.
The questions put by the farmers are
direct and along important IiDee,
showing that the agricuiturists OF the
county mean to reap the benefits to- he
derived from these sessions. Intere1t
in corn and clover has been especially
strong. IA
Messrs Brown and Griswold talked
on soils and soil fertility and the pre-
paration of seed corn at the first davis
morning session, white Griffith
Richards of the agricultural depaIt-
ment of the local high talked on test
ing SEED corn at the afternoon session.
Tuesday morning Mr. Brown gave
anotner talk on soil and Mr.. ,Griswold
on feeds and feeling to give the
proper protein. He stated that it was
very important to give balanced "a.
tion to the dairy COW, good one
raised from feeds in the county being {:
Prairie hay, 10 lbs. corn stover. s
lbs. corn fodder, lbs. corn meal. 5
lbs. bran, lbs which is the proper
ration to be fed to 900 pound dairy
cow giving 16 lbs. Of 4 per cent milk
He SAID that it does not pay at present
prices to feed oats to live stock.
The afternoon was given over to
dairy cow judging at the i. III. New
man stables, thirteen contestants TAX
ing part. The stock consisted OF three
Guernsey cows of the NJ. M. William s
herd and two shorthorn COWS. Herbert
SCHNEIDER won first prize, John Bastien
second and Harry Raymond third, 81,
ST. 50 and ST, respectively -...
DR.. j. H Newman, veterinarian of
this city. gave very instructivetta talk
on horses and their care at the
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rally, stating that it was the heavy
draft horse that was in great demand
and brought big prices, and that they
pure bred sire should be used, assuring
Ia bigger and better colt. He enumer-
ated different diseases horses We're Sub
ject to ana told Of the proper treat
ment for them. dwelling especially On
blood poison and joint slll the 4stfa6
EWhte6zdjoe0se1W Was>@41e oAnoo=yokst5G66
tnost deaths to colts. 49, =. @.&El~,:s 1
Peter Blair spoke of his experiences
in the county in agriculture, telling of
the manner in which he attained re-
suits in of years, when. drought and
cut Wovms were met. BY the planting
OF millet corn. he stated that last year
he had ra1sed enough :: to feed: fifty
dairy cattle, aid that in his opinion
tho farmer should give more attention
to the raising Of feed for the dairy
herd than in growing wheat. etc., as
in this manner he would be sure to
benefit the most. :-
NJ. N. Young OF Two Rivers fol-
lowed with an interesting talk on
hogs. He told of his experiences in
this business extending over several
years, and gave some very wholesome
advice relative to the proper methods
to be pursued in hog raising for the
markets.
MIR. Brown supplemented Mr..
Young's talk with q number of i'm
portant pointers. after which be talked
on seed corn, telling ut some of the
best growing varieties for this county.
Some fine corn was on exhibition in
the court room
Miss Mary Bull opened her home
economics course at the high school
Wednesday morning, about fifteen of
the women and girls of the farm teing
present. The course extended ever
Thursday and included in the subjects
taken up was the care of sick, etc.
Yesterday being legal holiday tho
farmers came in in large numbers there
being over 100 present. The short
course men judged the corn in the
morning and at noon q number Of
those in attendance TOOK part in tho
corn judoing contest. The score cards
of each were to be examined by the
cond6ctors of the rally last evening
and the names OF the winners to be
ann0Unced today.
Potatoes was the subject that was
taken up yesterday, Mr. Brown t&lh.
ing ON seed potatoes, selection Of
seed. preparation of soil, cultivation,
and tho diseases of potatoes. He also
brought out the Importance Of raising
"a certain variety in a community that
bigger returns may be had in tho mar
keting Of same. ...i. H., 80 :s
Mr.. 0riswold also gave talk ON the
care of the dairy herd! o.: \ H.. =
Tue sllo filling of the silo, and silage
in the dairy ration will be the subjects
taken, mp this. morning. .-.j. j. Jacob
son of Elmdale will give, talk his
experiences with the silo in this
county. Alfalfa and clovers win also
Tie afternoon will be devoted to
visiting the farms in the vicinity OF
this city.
Saturday morning will be given over
to the discussion Of the poultry bust
ness, while in the afternoon. the sub.
jects to be taken up will he agricultur.
al organizations and education on the
farm. The judging OF horses will be
taken up today OF tomorrow. The di-