Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-08-25
Extension DIV Letter

New Records Made by MINI. Ho1steinl
Minnesota now has three new 1000
pound Holsteins, according to officia
testing records certified by w. b. Pet
ersen,\ state superintendent of officia
testing> at University Farm.
Making the highest record reported
to Mr.. Petersen for some time, Sidebellt
Walker Ramona Fayne, owned by W
w. Walker, Austin, produced SS4.2;
pounds of butterfat or 1903 pounds
of butter in one year. ~
Honora Korndyke Hengerveld, own
ed by the Minnesota Holstein company
Austin, made record of 1888 pounds
of fat or 1927 pounds Of butter.
With a total output of 1926 pound:
of fat, equivalent to 1,02S.2 pounds Of
butter, Alexander of Pleasant View
End, owned by William Schmidt, St
Peter, is now in the 1,000-pound elias.
by safe margin.
Youngsters Hold Fair When 0ldsters
Fat! I
Club boys and girls are doing big
things the year around, and especially
during the Minnesota fair season. III
Washington county, which hasn't had 8
county exposition by grownups fol
several years, the boys and girls stageo
county club fair all their own. Lake
county had three club fairs in as many
cities. Every one Of the 40 county
shows coming before the State Fail
, will have special club programs ane
many have designated special clut
days. At "the big show' on the State
Fair grounds, $50 hustling youngster:
from all counties in the state will com
pete for honors. One hundred club
boys and girls from the famed Red r1v
er valley are coming in a special char
tered car. According to T. A. Erick
son, state club leader, there will be
bread, cake and sewing demonstra
ton teams, 35 general livestock and 3;
dairy cattle judging teams, II poultry
demonstration teams, 8 dairy demon
stration teams, one rabbit team, 2 corr
teams, Z potato teams, and IS canning
teams. In addition, more than 50 club!
will put on individual club exhibits.
Guests Of State Fair Can Study Esq
Grading
Every State Fair visitor will have
the opportunity Of grading eggs in {
novel "personal' grading booth to bt
conducted by the poultry extension
service Of the university. "Minnesot;
poultry keepers must grade their egg:
for highest priccs,'' says n. E. Chap
man, poultry specialist. "On the New
York market carefully graded eggs arr
bringing three times the average Min
ncsota prices" Upon the completion
Of their grading "lesson', visitors will
be given postcards containing concis'
,, grading information to mail to thei
boxes in the booth. Daily quotation
from every county in the state will b.
displayed to show the difference be
tween local prices on ungraded egg
and eastern market prices for wei
graded product.
Windmill Coming Back As Cheap
Source Of Power
No, the time honored windmill. Il
not doomed to the scrap heap. instead
it will soon be regarded as the farmer
cheapest source of electric power, say
E. A. Stewart, associate professor O.
agriculture physics at University
Farm, St. Paul. The university ha
ordered wind electric plants OF al
known types for use in test proJee
to determine the efficiency Of thu
windmill as source of electric pow
er. "Wind electric plants are sue
cess,'' says Professor Stewart. "ln
responsiveness Of operation and main
tenance and the small amount of TIM
and attention required are their out
standing advantages.