Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-02-09
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New London Farmers' Institute.

work. F. B. McLeran, of Wrenshall,
a dairyman first of all, but q farmer
with much experience in other lines;
E. w. Smith, of Parkers Prairie,
known as one Of the best posted men
on potato growing, clover growing,
and the production Of field crops, and
c. e. Brown. the poultryman from the
Crookston Experiment Station, will
make up the Institutional force. Ev-
cry one of our farmers who can DOS
sibly do so, should plan to attend this
notwithstanding for each session,
and talk with these mem. The day
can be made we'll worth while.
The institute Animals that will be
given away at this Institute are alone
worth going many miles to obtain The
new book on live stock, describing all
the different breeds and types, telling
how to select a horse or a COW, etc.,
is one OF the best ever issued. Each
farm home should have q COPY Of this
latest Annual.
Women and young people are Just
as welcome at the Institute as are the
men. Every one come. Be prepared
to ask questions. You can help make
the Institute a success.
OFcnaro and Garden.
February 8-15.
Repair all tools and buy such new
ones as are needed.
Now is good time to put up bird
houses.
Administering strawberries that
fruited this autumn may be allowed
to fruit next June and should then
be plowed under.
"The Ashes and Their Manage
ment," Bulletin 299, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, has much Of
interest in it.
The perennials and many Towering
shrubs show off best If planted before
a background of dark green shrub
berry.
Get the horse manure ready for
hotbed use. It should heat evenly
and should not get hot enough to burn.
Now is a good time to get boys and
girls to thinking about a garden. Give
them the use of some land. Let them
send for seed catalogs and order their
seed now. Perhaps it would pay to
let them manage the garden and buy
the vegetables from them.
Plants require fresh mot cold) air.
Do not try to grow them in a close,
stuffy room. Hotbeds should be ven
tilated on warm, bright days.
1t Is often good plan to break the
snow crust about evergreens or other
plants, the branches of which are
covered with drifts, to prevent their
breaking down.
Why not pull down all billboards
and other advertising contrivances on
your fences and buildings? The only
advertising that deserves q place on
the farm is of farm products. The
bulletin board for this purpose should
be neat and located in a place of ad-
vantage. Help keep the roadways
clean and free from coarse adver-
tising,-LeRoy Cady, associate horti-
culturist, University Farm, St. Paul.
Clean Your Seed Grain in March.
Clean your seed grain in March. It
will pay you to do it well. The aver
age mill Of farm size will clean about
800 bushes in a day. II you take out
only 10 per cent for seed grain, you
will get 80 bushels day at a cost of
from to 10 cents q bushel for clean
Ing and grading. Experiment station
records show that grain so graded
will increase the yield from 10 to rs
per cent under normal conditions. It
does not take much figuring, there:
fore, to see that time spent in doing
a thoro job Of grading and cleaning
seed grain may be among the most
profitable days of the farm year. The
increase in yield is practically all net
profit. Seed grain that is we'll select
ed and graded from year to year will
not run out, but should improve, If
properly handled.
Before seeding, treat the seed grain
for smut. One pound of formalin mix
ed with 40 gallons of water will treat
about 40 bushels Of grain. The loose
smut OF oats and the kernel smut Of
wheat causes the loss Of millions Of
dollars every year. Few untreated
fields escape.
Thoro tanning and grading of seed
grain and treating for smut are some
things that can be done to turn the
trick Of increased yields.-P. e. Mill
er, West Central School of Agricul-
ture, Morris, MINI.
Farmers Cooperative Creamery
For Pennock.
Pennock can now take down her
want sign and cease her cry for
| creamery. Shares have been sold to
total more than seventy-five, with
more being sold nearly every day.
Shares are sold for twenty-five dol
lars for each for either cash or bank
able note. This makes it within the
reach of nearly everyone to take Mt
least one share, some take more. 9th
or attractive features about these
shares is the fact that they bear in
terest at six per cent and can be turn
ed into the association and the owner
receive full cash value for them. This
makes it possible for renters and those
who may sell their farms to become
shareholders. ~
About four hundred fifty COWS have
been pledged to support the creamery
and the number is still increasing.
With those pledged and the cows in
the community owned by non-share-
holders and renters that would un-
doubtedly go to support the creamery,
the number should easily 20 IN to six.