The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-06-24
wage WAR AGAINST
POOR live STOCK
NORTHERN PACIFIC DEMON
STRATION FRIDAY AFTER
NOON ATTRACTS MANY
LARGE EVENING MEETING
PRACTICAL TALKS BY AGRICUL-
TURAL EXPERTS-SILO is
STRONGLY ENDORSED

The Northern Pacific development
car in charge of Development Agent
Willard made it's scheduled visit to
Sank Centre Friday afternoon of last
week. The. live stock demonstration
on the vacant lots in front of the mill
attracted 100 or more farmers. Two
strictly dairy type of cows were shown,
one dairy bull and one Short Horn
dairy cow. The strong and weak
points of the animals We're pointed
out. Two draft stations and driv-
ing team were also shown.
The evening meeting at the Com
mercial Club attracted fair-sized au-
dience. Several experts making the
trip made short talks on subjects that
are vital to the development of this
section.
A. J. Mcclure, dairy expert of the
Extension Division of the University
of Minnesota, was the first speaker.
Mr.. Mcclure said that the trip
through this section over the North
ern Pacific denoted a regrettable lack
of clover; that this section of Mime
sofa was only keeping live stock val
~ued at $500 per head, while Southern
Minnesota and Iowa the value reach
ed $40. He said the average hay yield
in Minnesota was only one ton per
acre and it should be considerably
more. Clover hay and silage, corn
and ground feed made a splendidly
balanced ration for either beef or
dairy stock. Mr.. Mcclure urged the
farmers to go into clover more extern
sively, assuring them that it would
not only improve their land by proper
rotation but would pay them big in
actual dollars and cents. ...-
Mr.. Merrill, dairy expert for the
DeLaval cream separator company,
made an urgent appeal for the silo,
and predicted the time would come
when every up-to-date farmer in
Minnesota would have a silo on his
farm. He explained the strong and
weak points of silos of various kinds,
the deduction from which would be
that any silo properly constructed
would fill the bill, Of course some are
better than others. Speaking of dairy
COWS, he said that only one-third of
the so-called dairy cows in the state
paid their way, the other two-thirds
were simply boarders. The land val
ues Increased most rapidly where silos
were most plentiful.
Mr.. Ashby, head of the Swine de-
partment of the Extension division at
the State Farm, gave an interesting
talk on the care and development of
the hog, and came out strong for Glow
er and alfalfa, and rape and peas as
a profitable feed. He said that the
hogs should not be turned on this feed
too early One acre of pasture should
produce from 500 to $50 pounds of
pork when used in connection with
grain. With corn at As cents and
hogs at $3.50 hogs on the state farm
showed a profit of 1857 per head in
three months. -s --s~-....... ..
ID. E. Willard explained what the
Northern Pacific was doing in the de-
velopment of the agricultural resour-
ces of the country through which the
line passed He is waging a serious
warfare against poor live stock, and
admonished the business men present
that they could be of material assist
ance in helping the farmer rid himself
of scrub stock. Thoroughbred and
healthy sires will, in time build up
pretty good herd with proper care and
attention.
Agricultural Instructor Huntimeyer
of Melrose made a corking good talk
of few minutes duration in which he
explained the splendid results ac-
complished through the Farmers Ex-
cursion held under the auspices of the
Melrose Public School the week pre-
ceeding.