The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-05-10
DEPARTMENT FOR THE ACRICULTURISTS

tension services maintained by the
university has in single year reach
ed more than million people of the
state through its specialists and coun-
ty agricultural and home demonstra-
ton agents.
University Queen Bees Ready in
July-August-The University of Min
nesota division of bee culture at Uni
versity Farm, St. Paul, will produce
limited number of purebred leather
colored Italian queen bees during
July and August. These queens will
be sold to Minnesota beekeepers for
breeding purposes as follows; I'm
tested flour only ,$1.00 each; tested
Gone only, $3.50 each.
Remittance must accompany the
order. Queens will be sent when
ready and the orders filled in roation.
Orders specifying date, immediate
shipment, or for queenless colonies
cannot be accepted. The division is
not in the queen raising business, but
is trying to help Minnesota beekeep-
ers improve their stock. Checks,
money orders, etc., should be made
payable to the university department
of agriculture and sent with the or
der to the division of bee culture,
University Farm, Directions for re-
queening or introducing will be fonud
on the reverse side of the address
card attached to the cage in which
the queen is shipped.
How the Tractor Can Help in
Land Clearing-Because the tractor
has become the ally of dynamite and
picric acid in clearing land in north
ern Minnesota, A. j. Schwantes, land
clearing specialist of the agricultural
engineering division of the University
of Minnesota, is sending out sugges-
tons as to it's use to farmers in the
cutover region.
THE land clearing job is usually
divided into three separate and dis
tinct Notwithstanding, stumping
and breaking" says Mr.. Schwantes.
"For brushing, the tractor is used
only where conditions permit the use
of brush mowers. These areas are
limited in most cases to northwestern
Minnesota on the edge of the prairie
district. Whether or not it is practical
and economical to use the tractor for
stump removal depends on many fact
ors, such as the size of the job, the
kind, size and conditions of the
stumps. This is a matter which must
be decided by each farmer individual
ly. Where stumps are small and easy
to pull, or where they have been
cracked with a small charge of ex-
plosive, they can often be removed
very easily by direct pull.
perhaps the most important and
most popular land clearing stunt TO,
the tractor is to furnish power for
drawing the breaking pillow. Breaking
is difficult task at best. A horse
power outfit requires no less than
four horses on IL or 14-inch break
er and then the work is slow and hard
on both horses and men. With trac-
tor it is possible to use a 16-inch
breaker, thus making it possible to
pillow at better depth and do bet
ter job.
'Most farmers in cutover districts
do not have enough work to warrant
the purchase of a tractor or they are
not financially able to own one.
Where this is the case it is suggested
that several farmers purchase an
outfit comparatively, or, perhaps what
would be better, induce one man to
own an outfit and do custom work.
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Orchard and Garden Notes
A rich, friable, deep, we'll drained
soil will grow good vegetables.
Schwaben, Mrs. Pendleton, Prince
of Wales, Panama and LONELINESS are
all good varieties of gladiolus.
Locate the family garden near the
house. 1t is easier to care for and tc
harvest its product.
Careful grading pays, whether the
product to be marketed is fruit, veg
etables or flowers.
Red radishes, like Scarlet Globe,
are more popular than white sorts
Bright colored fruits. or vegetables
always seem to sell easiest.
Most birds are friends of the plant
grower. Special efforts can well be
taken to encourage the nesting of
quail, peasants and song birds or
every arm.
First or second paintings of veg.
etables should be made now. Grow
a large variety of vegetables, al
least Is or 20 kinds.
1t is easy to keep children in the
home if there is something to interest
them. Pleasant surroundings, a gard
en-, an acre of corn, calf, chickens,
I; or hog all their own often is de-
Gliding factor in making young folks
like the farm.-LeRoy Cady, as
sociate horticulturist, University
Farm, st. Paul.