The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-08-17

Headed by X. e.. Rose, plant paJnolo-
gist with the agricultural extension
division of the university, and A. q.
Tolaas, in charge of potato seed GER
LITIGATION at University Farm, farm
ers and business men in the party Wis
tied potato seed plots, warehouses,
potato implement factories and fertl-
lizer demonstration plots enroute.
Diseases, storage methods, fertilizers,
insect pests, spraying and other sub
jects pertaining to potato production
We're discussed and demonstrated.
Prairie and ended at Bemidji, covered
Todd, Wadena, Ottertail, Becker,
Clay, Norman, Polk, Red Lake, Clear
water and Beltrami counties.
"Grow Alfalfa Campaign in Wa
dena County-In an effort to get 500
Wadena County farmers to grow at
least one acre of alfalfa each, the
agricultural extension division of the
university and the Wadena county
farm bureau are cooperating in in
augurating county wide grow al
falfa" campaign to continue all fall
and winter.
Meetings have been held in every
| township with Ralph Grim, extension
agronomist, and S. B. Clelan1 ard
F. j. Brown, assistant county agent
leaders at University Farm, as the
principal speakers. A farm to farm
canvass is under way Farmers are
being assisted in every way possible
and are being provided with seed,
lime, and all necessary materials at
minimum prices through the cooper
alton of seed companies and business
concerns of the county. 49,.
| Each farmer is being asked to sign
a card agreeing to put in one acre of
alfalfa under certain standard re-
| quirements in order to insure a Sue
cessful crop. These, according to Mr.
Cleland, require the land to be fall
plowed, the soil to be- tested for acid-
ity and lined if necessary, Grimm
seed to be used and the see to be
| soWn without nurse crop when seed
ing is done next spring.
Champion Duroc in "U" Farm Herd
Challenger Bess, senior and grand
champion sow at the 1922 North Da-
kota State Fair is now a member If
the University Farm herd of Durocs.
She was purchased from Riverside
Fapms, Stephen, Mimi,
Sired by Big Challenger, son of
Pathfinder Disturber of the Ames
herd of Weaver, Minnesota, and with
breeding in the dam tracing to Great
Wonder Am, all great show animals
of the breed, this prize sow is ex-
pected to continue winning champion
ships for the university. She will be
shown at the coming state fair by
E. F. Ferrin, of the division of animal
husbandry.
Wheat Rust Hunted by Airplane
ScOuts-After flying 10000 miles ov-
er nine states, including Minnesota,
since April 1, E. H. Ostrom, grad
uate of the Minnesota college of Ag-
| riculture and field assistant in cereal
disease Investigations with the United
States Department of agriculture, is
now engaged in the less exciting life
of examining 125 microscope slides in
the plant pathology laboratories at
University Farm.
Exposures to spores of the wheat
rust were made at all attitudes up to
16,5O0 feet. The Minnesota flights
| made with planes and pilots of the
100 aero squadron of the Minnesota
National guard covered $500 miles in
| 48 counties. Material of great value
was secured, according to Z. B. Lam
bert, of the division of plant pathol-
ogy, under whose direction the lab
oratory studies are being made.
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Farm Campus Dormitories for
College Girls-Year round dorrnitorv
Accommodations for 80 women students
| in the college of agriculture, forestry