Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-02-04
Extension Div. Letter
SCIENTISTS AT WORK ON MORE
FARM PROBIsE2H6S

That there are still many agricultural
problems to be solved is clearly appar-
ent from the twenty -eighth annual re-
port of the Minnesota Experiment Sta
ton which has just been issued from
the office of Publications at University
Farm, St. Paul. The report is a pam
phlet of 90 pages and it is crammed full
Of condensed statements Of farm prob
lens on which the scientists of the ex-
pertinent station are busy at work, and
toward the solution Of which they are
making decided progress. Here are just
few of them:
The differences between strong and
weak fours The determination of these
may ultimately lead to the breeding Of
more wheats from which fours lik"
those made from the northern wheats
may be manufactured.
The relation between the vitamine
content of dairy feeds and the vitamine
content Of cows milk. The solution of
this problem may ultimately lead to the
production of vitamine-rich milk
throughout the year instead Of for only
a part of the year as is often the case
now.
The influence of vitamine prepare
tions on the growth of children. Of
great possible value to the health Of the
children of the future.
The marketing oftfarm products.
The breeding Of more productive
strains of wheats and other cereals.
Cost-accounting on the farms, just the
kind of a problem that editors are com
ing to study more and more in relation
to their own business.
The cost of clearing lands on the cut
over farms of northern Minnesota.
Cooperative seed production for the
development of purebred seed and in
creased yields of farm crops.
What contributes to the keeping quail
tiles in butter.
Protecting cereal products from the
ravages of insects. One Of the coun-
try's greatest manufacturers of break
fast foods is using some of the results
already obtained.
The development of sprays to protect
plants from the ravagcs of insects.
The discovery Of new and more
prolific fruits for Minnesota $ farms
and gardens; already richly rewarded.
Means to eliminate plant diseases
like smut and rust which collect such
heavy toll from grain-growcrs.
The handling of peat soils and their
reclamation. Positive results are al
ready being recorded.
Eliminating tuberculosis and con-
tagious abortion among cattle through
sanitation.
All of the studies named are meeting
with results of promise, and the solu'
tion Of every one Of the problems at"
tackled will mean a contribution OF
economic importance to the state and
to the nation. In point of the problems
or which it is working the University
Department Of Agriculture il one Of the
most productive institutions in the
state.
MARQUIS WHEAT BEST FOR
PLANTING
Marquis wheat is recommended for
spring planting in 1921 by farm crops
division men at University Farm. Con
ccding that it is not rust resistant. Mar
ouis is high yielder under conditions
where rust is not abundant, and is Of
high milling value. Kota is more rust
resistant than Marquis, say station men,
but it appears to be weak strawed and
only a moderate yiclder in Minnesota.
Very little seed Of Kota is available.
Ruby is declared to be a wheat of good
milling value, but appears to he only a
medium yielder, and its earliness ap-
parently does not enable it to escape
rust to any extent. Red Bobs is a fair
yielder of rather poor quality wheat
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