Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-10-24
EXTENSION DIVISION NEWS
IS. LETTER,
Regents Give New Name to
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Regents 91ve New Name to
University Department.
The Department of Agriculture of the
University Of Minnesota will hereafter
be known as the university Depart
ment of Agriculture. This shorter
title has been adopted by the regents in
order to distinguish the activities cen
tering at University Farm from those of
the new State Department of Agricul.
ture with headquarters at the State
Capitol.
New Courses to Meet
Special Dairy Needs.
Changes in the forms in which the
products of the dairy are now market
ed, have created a need for special
training among those who handle such
products. Butter and cheese production
is declining in the east; the deficit
must be made up in the west. It WIS
not very long ago that only 81 icr
cent Of the milk produced in the Unit
ed States was used as : fluid mil: or
cream; now 43 per cent is so us. The
development of the ice cream ;rlking
industry has been nothing Snort Of
wonderful. Prof. r. N. Na.:nburn, of
University Farm, says the dairy indus
try of the future will be built n.o:" I'd
more on a thorough economic" sci
entiic utilization Of its J., r..;..cts.
Five short courses have been organized
by the dairy school at the Minnesota
University to meet present-day condi-
tions and needs. In their chronologic-
al order these are: Advanced course in
creamery buttermaking beginning No
vember II and lasting ten days; course
in cheese making beginning November
II and lasting four weeks; course in
ice cream making beginning December
l; course for operators of milk plants,
beginning December 8 and continuing
one week, and course for beginners
in creamery buttermaking January 5,
and lasting six weeks.
Club Work Of State
Will Be Extended.
Boys and girls club work, such as
the growing of corn, potatoes or gard
en- stuff, the raising Of colts, calves or
pigs, and the making Of bread or gar
ments, will be extended much more
widely the coming year in Minnesota if
a plan to organize the work in the 24O
schools Of the state is carried out. c..
G. Swain, inspector Of rural schools, and
L. A. Erickson, state leader OF boys
and girls clubs, were, with members of
their stats, in conference this week to
consider first working plans and ar
range for conferences with the princi-
pals Of the consolidated schools. The
principals are to act as club leaders in
their communities and each school, it
is planned, will take up some or all of
the 10 or IL projects fostered by the
division workers.
Beet Sugar Values
Equal to Those OF Cane.
Now that the new crop Of western
beet sugar is becoming available, house.
keepers are asking many questions as
to its value compared with cane sugar.
These queries are answered by Miss
Mildred Weigley, head of the home
economics division of the state agricul-
tural college, who says: "Beet sugar
has a chemical composition identical
with cane sugar. Pound for pound the
two sugars have equal food value and
equal sweetness. There is no reason
why beet sugar should not be used in
place of cane sugar in any kind Of
cooking including the making of pre-
serves and jelies.'