The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-03-01
ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
edited by Bunsmer County Agent, Melrose. Minnesota


correct form of the sentences placed
before them. This is held to be the
| first time in this country that Coue-
ism has been used for the purpose Of
| curing defects in grammar, emuncia-
ton, and RECOMMENDATION
Turpentine Bug Not So Bad AS Paint
| ed By Some-That the turpentine
beetle, which is often found in i'm
mense numbers in northern logging
districts, is not as bad as painted by
many persons, is the finding of DR.. S.
A. Graham, entomologist with the
| I'm yer sity of Minnesota, who recently
completed a study of the insect in
Itasca State Park. The beetle thrives
and multiplies in stumps on newly
logged areas. When this natural food
becomes exhausted, it may attack liv-
ing trees in the vicinity. The investi-
cation by DR.. Graham was promoted
by the fact that improvement cutting
in park forests the winter of 1921 and
1922 showed that 20 per cent of the
trees removed at that time were in
tested by this species of beetles. DIR.
Graham found on examination of
every tree in seriec of sample plots
that the beetles were incapable of
raising broods and establishing them
selves in living trees because of the
highly resinous character of growing
pine. Freshly cut pine stumps, parti-
cularly Norway pine stumps, were
found to be the natural habitat of the
beetle. There were no signs of the
insect in the slash, and only a few
logs, and those chiefly the butt cuts,
were infested.
County Agent Service Reaches Many
People-In 1922 county agents of Min
nesota held 1927 meetings having
grand total attendance of S25, 725. Inc
agents made 33,105. farm visits, re-
ceived 1926 office calls and 1905
telephone calls, took part in 28,956
farm interviews, wrote 142,153 letters
and 1887 circulars. and helped to dis
tribute 677,351 copies of circulars.
These figures are from the annual
review and summary made by F. E.
Balmer, the state leader, and his four
district assistants when the county
agents reports were submitted to them
at the close of business last year.
Drainage demonstrations, number
ing IS and taking in 12,499 acres in Is
counties, were planed and adopted
with the cooperation of the agents.
Farmers consulting agents regard
ing the use of commercial fertilizers
numbered 1,612. AS a result 1882
were used in as counties.
Soil acidity tests were made on 982
farms in Sc counties and resulted in
| 1857 tons of limestone being applied
to acid soil.
Orchard And Garden Notes-Hot beds
may be made up late this month or
early next if the weather is not too
cold.
Golden Willow and red dogwood
twigs brighten UP the landscape on
warm days. Soft maple buds are also
cheerful just now.
Plant few pot herbs this year.
Sage, caraway, dill, coriander, anice,
etc., are easy to grow and are useful
in the kitchen.
Large lowered strains of zinnias
are best to plant. There are some fine
varieties on the market in straight
colors.
Effors are being made by eastern
wild flower organizations to stop the
destruction of wild flowers. We must
begin to conserve these flowers if we
are to have them with us much longer.
They are beautiful. Why waste
them
Pussy willows cut now and placed
in the living room will open and give
touch of spring to the surroundings.
Twigs of some Towering shrubs
will open if not forced too fast.
| The California Fruit Exchange has
met the tendency of soft drink foun-
tains to use chemicals instead of pure
fruit juices by placing electrical fruit
juice extractors on the fountains, thus
making it easy to extract juice from
fresh fruit in sight of the buyer and
giving him at the same time the juice
instead of substitute.
Morning glories make quick cover
for a fence or trellis and furnish an
abundance of flowers during the sum-
mer. A cover that is just as effective
and more valuable is the scarlet run
ner bean. Some varieties have long
pods and large flowers.
Think Sometimes OF Urners.
Living for yourself alone, workins
for yourself alone. you will be fore
doomed either to oblivion or to In
fanny.