The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-11-18
Articles of Interest to the Farmer
Edited by W. Hunter County AGENT Melrose Minnesota
The Grow Lake Farmer Club in the

The Grow Lake Farmer Club in the
southwest township of Stearns coun-
ty during the past summer has con-
Quoted a pig club as one OF its pro-
jects of live stock improvement work.
The following story read at their reg
ular monthly meeting on Saturday
evening, November 9th by Peter A.
Olson, first prize winner in the big
contest, gives a good idea of this
boys interest in the pig club work.
"At the meeting of our Farmers
Club held in May it was decided to
have boys and girls pig contest and
selected my pig which was born the
first of April. / gave her the name
of Black Equal. When she was very
small l helped my father take care
of her and her mother. j tried to
keep her pen clean and gave her dry
straw. We weaned. her when she
was seven weeks old. After she was
weaned she got skim milk and dry
ground oats mixed with barely but
very little corn.
"We made little pen for her and
tried to feed her regularly three
times day. The pen was not bigger
TINA we could have and we moved it
eleven times. We had our judging
on the 22nd of September and l won
first prize which was $500. l have
now sold my pig for $3.50. l am
eleven years old and am glad that
entered the-pig contest" .
Peter A. Olson,
Member of Grow Lake Pig Club.
During the past fall the Crow Lake
Club has also held at one of their reg
ular club meetings. community fair
at which times prizes were given
for fruits, vegetables and cereal
crops and also for fancy work and
cooking. In addition to the township
fair which was put on under the aus
pices of the Crow Lake Club, the club
members took active part in pro-
noting the Belgrade community fair
of September 22nd. --.
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Il. E.. Odland, secretary of the Min
nesota Crop Improvement Associa-
ton, reports that the demand for seed
inspection and certifieation by farm
ers in the state has increased so rap
idly the past year that the inspection
force has found it difficult to keep
up with the work. Started two years
ago by the association few inspec-
lions were made the first year and a
total of about 60 last year. This year
about ITS farmers applied for inspec-
ton of different crops and Mr.. Cd
land says the total number OF bushels
will be more than three times the
number inspected last year. Farmers
from SO counties are listed as having
had different crops inspected. Dako-
ia, <Wabasha, Chippewa, and Crow
Wing counties are among those
which have made a special feature OF
this work and are fast building up
regulations as seed centers.
The crops inspected this year in
clude corn, spring and winter wheat,
oats, barely, rye, flax, clover, alfalfa
timothy, field pears and soy beans.
Rye led in the number of fields m
spected, with total of 80 farmers
applying. More than 10000 bushels
were distributed as seed, largely by
means of the seed list published by
the. association.
A large supply of fruits and vege-
tables, as shown by the rapid in
crease in shipments, has probably
been the chief cause of slightly low
er prices now prevailing on the au-
tumn markets. Shipments for the
week ending October 9 were 23,672
cars compared with 1858 cars dur
ing the week ending October z.
Movement for the season is about