The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-09-27
DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGRICULTURlSTS

and economically to form the princi-
pal grain in feeding fattening pigs?
8. What is the Importance and
value of the several wheat by-pro-
ducts in rations for growing and fat
tening pigs?
4. Is the practice of hogging down
corn practical and profitable for fat
tening pigs?
5 How does the spring narrowed
pig compare with the narrowed pig
in feed requirement, cost of grains
and profit?
6. How linseed meal and tankage
compare as protein supplements in
feddings pigs?
John M. Evvard of Iowa State
College, one of the country's auth
critics on swine breeding and feeding,
has been invited to give the principal
address. Forenoon and afternoon
sessions will be held in the livestock
pavilion. Mr.. Peters will be chair.
man of the forenoon session and ad.
dresses will be given by him and by
E. E. Ferrin and M. A. McCarty OF
the university staff. Dean w. c..
Coffey will preside at the afternoon
session when Messrs. Evvard and Fer
rim will be the speakers.
Cost Less Now to Attend School
Announcement is made that living
expenses in the Minnesota School OF
Agriculture at University Farm have
been reduced for men residing in
dormitories for the fall term from
$102.2O to 5000. Fifteen dollars OF
the reduced charge represent a de-
post which is returned in whole OF
in part to the student. Five dollar
deposits only are required of women.
SO that the total expense for women
residing in dormitories will be 1920
for the fall term. Charges for the
winer term will be even less than the
charges for the fall.
To meet present day conditions and
as a step towards normalcy, the uni.
versity authorities have reduced the
cost Of board for school students from
Sc to 81 week. This means q
charge of SAG for the fall term anG
$44 for the winter term. The laun.
dry expense has been cut from Sc
to 81 a term.
The School of Agriculture accepts
students who are II years of age anG
who have had the equivalent of al
eighth grade education. Boys may
take courses in general farming, ami
NAL production, farm mechanics
horticulture and nursery training
Girls take courses in home making
and may elect courses in home nurs
ing and business training. All these
courses have academic subjects.
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Minnesotians Attend Soybean Con
fference-The conference at Madi
son, Wis, Sept. II was attended b!
delegations from Minnesota, Mich
gan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa
South aDkota. The Minnesota Elk
pertinent Station was represented b!
A. c.. Army, F. H. Steinmetz, ant
R. F. Grim, who agree that the fielt
| demonstrations put on at the Wis
consin station, where leading varie
ties from all soybean producing
states are growing, were very com
prehensive.
| "There was some evidence tina
southern grown seed was not as earl,
in maturity as northers grown see,
of the same variety" says Mr.. Arm,
of the farm crops section at Univer
sity Farm. depth of planting trial
] frccl.n one to four inshes showed n
! advantage for deeper than ordinar
planting of from one to one and one
half inches.h AS the trial plots ha
not been harvestd, no data were avail
able as to the results of differen
rates Of planting. Comparative
. .sick planning OF from so to 5
pounds per core for seed and frol
| 60 to 100 pounds per acre for ha
made the best appearance.
/ Methods of curing soybean ha
were demonstrated. Cutting afte
the dew is off, allowing the leaves
/ become we'll wilted but not brittle
! and then placing in medium size
cocks gave the best qualify hay
Frequent rains fell during the curin
! process. An interesting program o
growing, curing and feeding soybea
hay and feed took up the create
part Of the day. A new soybean han
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