The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-08-26

anu ny OeeQ Corn lime, september
1920, the movement for seed selec-
ton should be general in corn pro-
ducing districts. Farmers long ago
found it was not advisable to depend
on seedsmen for corn planting stock.
In northern Minnesota only corn that
natures there is suitable for seed.
The central zone has a somewhat
longer season and can grow larger
corn that the north and in a pinch
can get seed from outside states.
Southern Minnesota can grow corn
almost as large as corn raised in
Iowa and Nebraska. But it has been
the experience of farmers in all three
zones of thesstate that homegrown
and adopted varieties of seed corn
give far better results than can be
obtained from imported seed. If the
soil is cold and wet at planting time,
seed of strong germination-the best
seed obtainable is necessary if a good
crop is to be had in the fall. Only
by selecting seed at the right time
taking good care of it after it has
been selected can the best results be
obtained.
Many LOafers FOund--One-third 10
one-half of the fowls in many Mime
sta farm fiocks are no" paying Tor
>..e:. seep. Thi' j. the report brought
their keep. This is the report brought
back to University Farm by Miss
Annabell Campbell, poultry special
list in the office of extension work
with women. The agricultural ex-
tension division of the state univer-
sity is aiding state wide poultry
culling demonstration campaign
launched by the Minnesota Farm
Bureau Federation. N. E. Chapman
poultry. extensionist from University
Farm, and C. E. Brown Of the North
west School Of Agriculture at Crook
ston, are also in the field. Mr.. Chap
man estimates that it is worth $50 to
every flock of 100 which is culled, in
the increase production of eggs and
the saving made in the feed bill. The
culling demonstration will be con-
tinued through September and Octo-
Der until the state is fairly well
"combed." The extensionists are
stimulating interests in poultry house
building and remodeling and find that
much work of this kind will be done
before the time comes to put the
flocks into the winter quarters.
Rusty Barberry-"The barberry
has been eradicated, but still we ahve
the rust" .-.
The foregoing summarizes opinions
and impressions occasionally only the
most conspicuous bushes have been
removed. Since April LIST, says l..
w. Melander, state leader, barberry
scouts sent out from headquarters at
University Farm have found 6,647
common barberry bushes 4,551 of
which were infected with rust. The
scouts have had the opportunity to
survey only a portion of the state,
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bushes which have not yet been To-
Gated, but which go on spreading rust
just the same.
The North Central Agricultural Ex-
pertinent station at Grand Rapids
Mimi, one of the six stations in the
Minnesota system, is working out the
answers to not a few problems of vi
tai interest to the farmers of North
Central Minnesota. A report of pro.
gress has just appeared in the form
of bulletin covering the work Of ths
station for the period from 1915-1919
In this bulletin or report Otto l
Berg, superintendent describes mum
erous experiments. For example, thu
mentions duran wheat, the Prelude
a very early short strawed variet!
which surpasses the fife and blue
stem in hardness and shows excellen
qualities under milling tests. He ais
outlines results obtained to secure al
early corn for the far north counties
THE results have been encouragin,
as a certain strain of one corn i