The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-07-20


fly spray. For this the following
homemade spray is efficient and
cheap: Four and one-half quarts coal
tar dip; four and one-half quarts fish
oil; three quarts coal oil; three quarts
whale oil; one and one-haf quarts oil
of tar; three pounds laundry soap.
dissolve the laundry soap in water
and mix the other ingredients thor
oughly and bring the whole up to 80
gallons. This spray can be applied
with an ordinary spray pump and will
give relief from flies the greater part
of the day.
"Some provision for shade will offer
relief to certain extent from heat"
"U" Cattle Feeders Day Is Well
Attended Two hundred enthusiast
tic and interested cattle feeders from
all parts of Minnesota took part in the
second annual Cattle Feeders day
staged by the division of animal hus-
bandry at University Farm on June 80
following the conclusion of it's "baby
beef" feeding experiment. The ag-
ricultural college of Wisconsin,
Kansas and North Dakota also had
representatives present.
Outstanding results of the expert
ment, according to Prof. w. H. Peters,
chef of the division, were: that feed
ing silage to fattening calves is sue
cessful and economical, silage fed CA
YES, though costing 10 cents more per
hundred pounds, showing ret profit
of $3.50 Fer head as compared with
Si6.15 for fhe lot fed wlthou. silage;
that barley is practically equal to corn
pound for pound, in making gains on
fattening calves; and that, although
purebred beef calves, hign grade beef
calves and common scrubs" made
of feed, the difference in selling price
was quite marked, the purebreds
brining $86.78 per head, the grades
$83.45, and the scrubs" $56.18.
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University To Conduct MARI Dem
OnstratiOn July ID "A mari demon
stration showing the use of mari as a
cheap and satisfactory source of lime
for sand and peat soils will be a
feature of Visitors Day at the Coon
creek sand and experimental fields
near Anoka on July ID.
On light sandy soils lining with
mari has produced highly satisfactory
crops of alfalfa, according to DR.. F.
]. Away, chief of the division of soils
at University Farm, while on peat
excellent yields of a great variety of
crops, especially forage and hay,
have been secured. Because mari is
often found in readily accessible beds
near many sand and peat areas, it's
Importance as a lining material
should be recognized.
Other events of the day will include
inspection of the sandy fields at 10
a. M; program at 1870; tour of the
peat fields at 2:30; and trip at4:OO
to the Radisson farms nearby where
600 acres of peat land are under sat
isfactory cultivation.
Rust Proof And DrOuth Proof Wheat
May Be Developed-Rust resistance
and drouth resistance, the two big
gest problems confronting farmers of
the spring wheat area, may be solved
in wheat breeding experiment now
being conducted comparatively by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture and the plant breeding depart
ment at University Farm. Under
direction of J. Allen Clark, in charge
of western wheat Investigations with
the bureau of plant industry of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, a special genetic study of the
crossing of the Kota and Hard FEEDER
alton varieties will be made. Wheat
for the experiment is now being
grown in the rust nursery at Univer-
sity Farm under conditions of heavy
rust epidemic; other material is under
cultivation at the agricultural ex-
pertinent station at Davis, Calf, under
favorable conditions; while other
samples are being subjected to drouth
conditions at Mandan, N. D.
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Web Worm Ravages Continue In
State-Heavy damage to corn
through attacks of the webworm is
"AuCoPl eau I'LL OuSu SOuCIlcdSCGTu Mill
nesota, according to further invest
igations of Clarence Nickel, extern
sion entomolgist for the university.
Heavy losses in goodhue, Olmstead,
adjoining counties indicate activities
or the pest to be taking place over a
wide area.
In addition to early fall blowing,
replanting, between the rows of in
jured corn has been suggested as a
remedy by the Uuited States Depart
ment of Agriculture. By allowing the
worms to continue on the injured corn,
the new planting will not be attacked
until too alrge to suffer serious injury.
Though common pest in eastern
states the worm has never been re-
ported in Minnesota until this year.
w. P. Kirkwood, Editor,
F. w. Peck, Director Agricultural
Eytonci0n Work