The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-01-12

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Mlnne sofa farmers last fall seede
631,00 acres of rye and 101 900 acre
of winter wheat, a material increas
over the previous year, accordi- t
Paul II. Kirk, co operative reportin
service, y. S.. Bureau of Markets an
Crop Estimates and Minnesota Stat
Department of Agriculture.
This is an increase of 1877 per cEn
in the acreage of rye and nearly 8.
per cent in winter wheat, and is tn
largest acreage ever seeded of tn
two grains in the. state. The repo,
also states that the acreage OF ny
has teen steadily increasing through
out the entire state as it affords 81
opportunity to bring in early none.
and also the crop is planted to clear
up land that is inclined to be weedy
Generally the crop was seeded Il
fine condition and has made splen.
did growth the past fall. The condi'
tion on Dc. is placed at 95 per cent
normal. ....
Winter wheat is also becoming
quite popular in Minnesota especially
in the south central portion of the
state where yields of winter wheat
been as a rule larger than spring
wheat. This crop was likewise seeded
under favorable conditions although
a little too dry in the southeastern
portion of the state. Condition De-
cember LIST was 90 per cent of nor
NAL.
1t is estimated by Mr.. Kirk that of
the farm land to be plowed last fall
rs per cent has been completed.
The report of the wages paid to
farm labor indicates quite reduction
from 1920. The average rate paid
per month when hired by the year for
1921 was S37 per month, compared
with SGT paid in 1920. This includes
board. The average wage paid for
day labor for harvest work, including
board for 1921 was 1927 compared
with S5.10 iH 1920 The average
wage per day, including board, for la
Dor other than harvest in 1921 was
$2.3S while in 1920 it was 1896.
It is also estimated that about IL
cords OF fifewood per farm were con-
sumed l@s: year with an average farm
value OF 1914 per cord.
For the United States the area of
winter wheat seeded was estimated
at 44,923,000 acres, a decrease of 1.2
per cent from 1920. Condition De-
cember list, rs per cent against $40
per cent in 1920.
The area of rye sown this fall in
the United States is 5,184,OO0 acres,
which is an increase of 22.6 per cent
over last year. Condition December
LIST, 92.2 per cent compared with 90.5
per cent in 1920.
State Champions in Club Work
Are AnnOunccd-Va state and
district awards for boys and
girls extension work in agriculture
and home economies were announced
last week from the office of T. A. En-
ickson, University farm, leader of
junior club work in Minnesota.
Edwin Neeb of Winona is the state
champion poultry club member. In
his story of "How Raised My Poul- j,
try" he says: 81 am very much
pleased with this years result. My
financial statement shows total val !
ue of $19O.70 and total cost of $45.-
25, leaving net profit for the year
of S14545."
The state champion of the single
acre corn growing class is Ve1ne
Coon 14-year- old boy of Faribault, I
Rice county. He raised 1O7 bushels, !
65 bushels of which were good for
seed corn. The total value of his
corn was $143.44 and his total costs
$685., leaving profit of $11S.19.
The state winner of the fve-acre corn
contest is Oran Augenbaugh, aged Is,
of New Richland, Waseca county,
who had an average yield of S5 bush
els to the acre. He places the value
of corn per acre at $35 and his costs
of production at $27.62, leaving him a
profit of ST.. 3S an acre.
The champion garden club of the
state is the Cyrus club of Cyrus. Pope
county. The estimated value of it's
products was $561.05, and it's estimat-
ed to the Mankato Garden club with
who won trips to the Minnesota Crop
Show were Richard Kron and Lloyd