The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-03-22

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Short Course-The first of series OF
eight or nine district contests in adj
vanced breadmaking will be held at
University Farm and at the West
Central School at Morris in connection
with boys and girls, short courses
which will be cnoucted at the two
points the week of March 26 to 30. A
third district contest will be held at
the Northwest School at Crookston
April to as the short course Tor
juniors of the northwestern part OF
the state. L. A. Erickson, the state
club leader, predicts that eight or ten
teams or advanced breadmakers VIII
demonstrate the entire process OF
good breadmaking in contests arrang-
ed for University Farm. This will be a
brand new feature for short course
week. The final contests will be put on
at a public session to be held some
evening at the auditorium. The cham
pion them will win a free trip to the
state fair where it will take part IN
contests for the right to free trip 70
the National Boys and Girls" Expos
ition to be held in Chicago next Dec
ember. ..
This is only single feature OF a
week of Instruction. entertainment
and sight seeing which mas been ar
ranged for boys and girls attending
short course week at University farm.
The course is open to boys and girls IN
Minnesota between the ages OF III ana
20. Reduced rates will be given by the
railroads; subsistence at University
Farm will be furnished at actual cost.
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Calls Kitchen the "Heart OF the
Home"-That the kitchen-the :leart
of the home"- should be given unus-
ual care and attention when the new
house is being, planned or the old one
made over is urged by Mary L: Bull OF
the office of extension work win
women, University of Minnesota. MISS
Bull would not standardize kitchens as
factories are standardized, but she
believes they should be big enough
to house comfortably all neces-
sary equipment.
Small enough to minimize step-tak-
oin. Warm in winter and reasonably
cool in summer. Provided with an
abundance of light, both natural and
artificial. Provided with means OF
ventilation; for example, a hood
over the stove connecteI with hue;
Easy to clean as to f1ues, walls ana
woodwork.
kitchens should be pleasant, cher
nv rooms" says Miss Bull. "lney
should not be passageways. While
they must be Individual III many re,
spects, yet Their are certain genera
princlples which should be observed
in all kitchen construction. WhaI.
ever the location as to the rest OF
the house. the kitchen should have
two OUTSIDE walls with windows In
each. A northeast location has good
lip.lt and is cool IN summer and peas
ant in winter. A southwest location
would likely be very hot In summer
though pleasant in winter.
Beekeepers Will Want JOger's New
Circular-"k equeening the Aplary
is the title OF Circular No. 1U pre-
pared by FRANCIS JAEGER, chief OF tne
division of bee culture OF rle state
university, and issued by the agfl-
cultural extension division. copies
NAV ue hau without cost by mahing
a post card to the onice OF Publl-
cations, University Farm, st. faui.
The un,versity's purpose in raising
and selling queens is, to introduce
purebred italian stock from which
Geekeepers may in course OF time re-
queen their ap-ar1es. Queens are
raised at University Fam in July
and August. By the pan described
in the circular, says Mr.. jaeger, an
apiary of from II to ~ colonies may
he reoueened from one breeding
queen. Next June, during the swarm
ing season, is the time to take the
first step.
5161 Samples Of Seeds Tested by
"IJ' in Iear-Minnesotas seed lap
oratory at University Farm probab-
ly tests more crop seeds in year
than any other state seed laboratory
in the country. During the year
July /, 1921-July 1, 1922, samples OF
seeds tested in the MinnesotA lab"
numbered 6,161, according to A. II.
Larson, the university seed analyst.
Of these tested samples 1922 came
from seedsmen, 1,499 from farmers,
1874 fom seed retailers, SAT from
county agents, 266 from the Mime
sofa Crop Improvement association
and 143 from the Minnesota Expert
ment station.
"Weeds are spread chiefly through
the agency of uncleaned crop seeds"
SAYS Mr.. Larson, land it is the bust
ness of the seed laboratory to assist
farmers and seedsmen in obta ming
better seed. The number of samples
received for tests is a good measure
of the general seed situation in the
state; poor seasons for growth and
maturity Of the crop plants are fo-'
lowed by a heavy call upon our IA
cilities. Much of the material re-
ceiyed from farmers shows lack of
adequate seed cleaning machinery.
"The work of the laboratory is
largely crowded into the months OF
February, March, and April, and as
it is difficult to get trained help for
SO short period there is bound to be-
some delay in making tests. This