New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-02

sDy the DIVISIONS OF Larry HuSbandFy
and Animal Husbandry Of the College
of Agriculture.
Diseases Of Farm Animals will be CON
sidered IN class work and demonstration
by the Division Of Veterinary Medicine
of the College Of Agriculture thruout the
week These matters are to be treated
from the farmers and stock raisers' point
of view and will be very practical.
Vegetable Growers. /.
The Minnesota Vegetable Growers
Association will hold it's second annual
meeting to-day. Talks will be given
on the growing, marketing and storing
of many kinds OF vegetables and the
control of vegetables disease and insect
pests. The Minnesota Potato Growers
Association will hold their annual meet
ing Friday. Potato seed certifcation
will be especially emphasized. An ex-
hibit OF the standard varieties of potatoes
recommended for Minnesota, potato
diseases and control methods and re-
suits Of degeneration studies will be
featured. There was also Fruit
Growers conference which was held I
the first of January and those interes
in growing and using ornamental "a.
shrubs, and herbaceous plants rug
an opportunity to discuss the problems
Friday.
Minnesota Crop Improvement As
81 sociation.
The fourth annual open meeting of
the Minnesota Crop Improvement As
ISOLATION was held at the Assembly room
yesterday. The program had been ar
ranged with special reference to the
paramount questions of the day. The
staple farm crops were given the majority
space on the program. Professor P. G.
Holden, the best known exponent of the
corn crop gave those attending the
benefit Of his wide experience.
"A new feature was planned for this
year; viz, a seed supply exhibit. Every
one who has reported seeds of any kind
for sale or who has a surplus was invited
to send or bring half peck sample tel
the secretary. The samples were ar7E
ranged for inspection and card at
tached showing owner, etc. Five o,
ten ears of corn constituted, a sample.
Creamery Managers.
The Minnesota Cooperative Creamery
Managers viii hold their fourth annual
conference Thursday, beginning at 1O:45
a. m.
The chief subjects for discussion will
be along the line of marketing and the
most practicable way of producing the
sort of butter that the market prefers.
Farmer managers who have been
particularly successful will tell in
definite way how they have overcome
various obstacles.
The following questions will be dis
cussed: Are. you thinking of erecting
a new creamery building? is your
plant too small? What about this
''casein' business? Does your account
ing system, like that of a store or a
bank show the true. state of affairs?
When is electric power economical?
How may cream be graded and not
lose business? What is the best method
of increasing business in a scattered
territory? How can the buttermaker
be checked up for efficiency?
Questions of all phases of creamery
and dairy matters are encouraged and
will be replied to by farmer managers,
the state dairy and food commissioner
and creamery inspectors, as. well as by
representatives of the Divisions Of
Rural Accounting, Dairy extension, and
Dairy Husbandry Of the College Of
Agriculture.
Poultry Raisers.
"A conference of poultry raisers and
the meeting Of representatives of the
different poultry associations and clubs
was held on Tuesday. The pro-
gram was even more interesting than
last years. Speakers Of national
reputation were present. One of these
w. II. Card, comes from the Atlantic
Seaboard. His lectures on breeds and
breeding problems proved very inter
estng. ". II. Wilkins, poultry super
visor for the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture for the; northwest
district, discussed What Government
Proposes to Do for the Poultry Industry
in the Northwest. 2
s. The work of the poultry show as
sociations was discussed and form
| ulated- From 1:15 to 2:4O the time
was devoted to the interests of poultry
show associations and clubs. From
I2::5O to 4:3O or later, there was general
conference of poultry raisers, with short
addresses by able speakers.
Later in the week E. c. Branch.
of Missouri, one of the board of dir
.ectors Of the Missouri Experiment