The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-10-07
Articles of Interest to the Farmer
Edited by Hunmer County Agent Melrose, Minnesota
Judges Repeat Triumph-For the

Judges Repeat Triumph-For the
second year in succession the dairy
livestock judging team of the Min
nesota College of Agriculture has
won the cup offered by cream sep
arator company for an annual con-
test between teams from agricultural
colleges of midwest states at the
Dairy Cattle Congress at Waterloo,
Iowa. If Minnesota college boys can
repeat the triumphs of 1919 and
1920 in the year 1921, they will come
into permanent possession OF the Sill
yer trophy.
The Minnesota college boy judges
were M. A. Loomis of Winona. '. NJ.
Williams of Mora. and Harry Haas
of Wheaton, with E. j. Haslerud OF
University Farm alternate. The
Iowa team second, Missouri third,
Nebraska fourth, Kansas fifth, and
South Dakota sixth. LOOMS rank
ed first of all the Is men in the con-
test, Williams fourth and Hass sixth.
The Minnesotans also brought
home trophy cups offered by the Hol-
stein-Freisen association and the
American Jersey Cattle Club for the
best scores in Judging Holstein and
Jersey cattle. LOOMS and Williams
were also awarded gold medals.
Boys and Girls Clubs-Mimnesota
boy-girl club members made cred
liable record in the competitor with
other midwest state groups at the
Interstate fair at Sioux City. The
Minnesota lamb club, composed OF
Gertrude O'Connel, Gerald Sullivan
and Walter Sohn, all from LeSueur
county, took first, second and third
places. The Winona team was CIV
en- first rank in club canning exhib-
it's and the Minnesota club exhibit
in sewing won these in the competi-
ton. Nebraska had the champion
crop project demonstration team,
with Minnesota a close second. Min
nesota was represented by the Grand
Rapids potato team consisting OF
Harold Alton, Clarence Bunnell and
Emil Erickson, and they won first
prize on exhibitions of late potatoes
and first and second on exhibits of
early potatoes. Juniors from 10
states took part in the contests.
Students at "U" Farm-Registra-
ton for another years work at the
Minnesota College of Agriculture
and the Central School of Agricul-
ture at University Farm, st. Paul,
indicates that the attendance this
year at these two units of the state
university will be even greater than
last year when the increase in the
student body was 40 per cent over
previous registrations. The regis
trations in the colleges last year
was 1888 and in Central school 1,027,
or a total of 1,760. Dean r. w.
Thatcher predicts combined enroll
ment this year of 1000. Federal
board students are expected to num-
Der 400 as against $50 last year. The
College of Agriculture began class
work last week; the School of Agri-
culture opened this week.
Minnesota seed potatoes score
again. C. L. Fitch, potato expert of
the agricultural extension depart
ment at Iowa College at Armes, says
that the Minnesota seed has this
year shown itself to be worth 500
an acre more in net results than Iowa
grown seed.
Mr.. Fitch's statement is based,
says the paper issued at Ames, on de-
monstrations carried on in seven diff
ferent Iowa counties to bring out the
value of vigorous northern seed po-
tatoes. Four trial lots have just been
dug near Sigourney in Keokuk coun-
ty with these results: Certified Cob
blers grown in northern Minnesota
yielded 1926 bushels an acre with only
Ii bushels of throwouts. The Iowa
grown Cobblers planted alongside
yielded 65 bushels with % bushels Of |
small and inferior potatoes. "ln other
words" says Mr.. Fitch, "the north
ern seed produced lis bushels of |
good table potatoes and the Iowa
seed only So bushels difference of
70 bushels, worth at least $780,"
1t is also declared than in Early
Ohios the certified Red River Val
ley seed produced 105 bushels with
20 bushels small, or IS bushels net
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