The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-11-11
Articles of Interest to the Farmer
Edited by Huntmer, County Agent Melrose Minnesota

Cooperative Creameries- Of the
032 cooperative creameries in Min
Snesota those of the first class paid
Between 81 cents and IS cents a
pound for butterfat for the IL
-months ending October 1, 1920.
Compare these prices" says A. }.
Mcclure of the agricultural extern
sion division, University Farm, with
Ehe prices you received for cream.
1dontevideo has a cooperative cream
.ery that did a business last year OF
zmore than $4,000. 1t paid it's pat
rons an average price of sc cents
pound for butterfat. At the same
time the average price paid by cream
stations was between So and 81
cents"
Mr.. Mcclure says that in the old
-er dairy sections of the state cooper
ative creamery associations are re-
placing their old buildings with
plants costing from $4,000 to $40,-
900. Farmers at Montevideo paid
zfhe latter sum for their new cream
-ery. Meeker, a representative Min
nesota county has II cooperative
-creameries, land all successful.
Grain Seed Inspection The de-
nnand of Minnesota farmers for seed
inspection and certifcation has in
creased so rapidly in year, says L.
e. Odland, secretary of the Mime
sofa Crop Improvement Association,
that the inspection force has been
kept on the jump for months while
trying to keep up. Seed .certlficatlon
work was started two years ago by
the association. Only few inspec-
4ions were made the first year, while
the total increases to about 60 last
year. This year about IT'S farmers
aaPplied for inspection of different
serops. Mr.. Odland says the total
number of bushels inspected last
year. Any farmer living in Mime
sofa may apply for inspection OF any
improved and recognized variety OF
grain seed.
Corn Husking Schedule The
Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation
from its offices at University Farm
recommends that in southern Mime
sofa counties the wake for corn pick
ing be fixed at seven and.eight cents
bushel, seven cents. beng scharged
eEhere the unloading is done by ele-'
xator and eight cents where unload
eng is done by shovel. In counties
Farther north the federation officers
recommend that the wage be fixed at
.eight and nine cents bushel, eight
cents where the unloading is done
by elevator and nine cents where it
is done by shovel. The recommen-
sent through county farm bureau as.
cations are based on auestionaires
sociations to the farmers in the diff
ferent counties.
Pastures which were used too ear
1y this year are now getting short
and in condition to bum out quickly
should the weather hold dry for
some length of time. Pastures that
are eaten down close in early spring
are sure to go into the hot weather
of summer in bad condition. The
roots of the grass are not protectad
by the leaves and blades as they are
intended to be, and the evaporation
from the soil is rapid and the roots
are usually badly damaged. In such
condition grass can make but little
growth.
Andrew Boss, the vice director OF
the Minnesota experiment station at
University Farm, says such pastures
can be saved to a large extent by
proper care. Where the acreage OF
pasture is sufficient, and better still,
where there is little to spare, many
of the bare or thinner spots can be