The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-10-12
ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
edited by Huntmer County Agent Merose, Minnesota

aside as Farm Bureau day. The Min
nesota Farm Bureau Federation will
open it's annual meeting then at Uni
versity Farm that day. Speakers OF
national reputation will give address
eSS.
During the week leading livestock
and other farm organizations Of the
state will hold their annual meetings
in connection with the short course.
The preliminary forecast is for an un-
usually large attendance. Many at
tractive features are being arranged
and will soon be announced.
y"
Nearly 1000 Students to Register
at u. Farm-With the opening of the
Sshool of Agriculture at University
Farm October 2, all activities of the
university department of agriculture
are under way for another year.
Prospects are that the normal attend
ance of both school and college will
be equalled if not surpassed.
More than 500 young men and wo-
men have registered for the years
work in the School of Agriculture.
At the first assembly Dean w. c.
Coffey of the department told the
students that, wmhile agriculture is
everywhere depressed, it is certainn
to "coe back" and that the young
men and women who stick to it and
work intelligently are bound to sue
coed. D.. D. Mayne, who entered up
on his goth year of service as prin-
cipal of the school, counseled the
students to make the most Of their
opportunities and to strive for a
high degree of scholarship. Added
registrations at the school in Janu-
airy, when the second term opens,
will bring the school enrolment for
the year up to 900 or more, the norm
al attendance. :.
The College of Agriculture at Uni
versity Farm, which started the new
years work on September 81, has en-
rolled TAT students, an increase Of
eight over the registration a year ago.
These figures were given out by R.
M. West. registrar of the university
The total enrolment at the university
this year, when the last count was
made, was 1904 as compared with
1928 last year.
Pine Sawfly Destroying Jackpine
in North Woods-Scattered outbreaks
of the pine sawfly in northern Mime
sofa have been reported to entomolig-
lists at University Farm. This pes
seems to have a grudge against the
jackpine, but it also attacks other
pines and spruce. The trees are
killed by repeated defoliation.
The life history of the insect has
not yet been worked out in detail.
The larvae appear early in June and
feed principally on the old needles CT
the pine. They reach maturity al cut
the middle of June when they drop to
the ground and spin cocoons In which
they transform into pupa, emerging
in August.
''The only safe measure Of control
to be suggested" says DIR. S. A.
Graham, a state university entomolo-
gist, "is tospray with arsenate of
lead, three to five pounds to so gal
Ions Of water, the last of May or the
first of June. Shade and ornamental
pines can be saved by this process.
Burning over the ground under the
trees in July, after the insects have
spun their cocoons, would be effective
hut should not be attempted without
first consulting the district forest
ranger"
DIR. Graham predicts that the pine
sawfly will appear in increasing
hordes next year. Only a few para
sites OF the pest have been found, he
says.