The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-03-15
Sank Centre Herald:

Sank Centre Herald: :.
Dear Sir: In last weeks Herald
we saw the report that the Shorthorn
cow, Melba 18th of Darbalara, holds
the worlds record for butterfat over
all breeds. This is a misstatement.
The Holstein COW, Agassiz Segis May
Echo 41302 C. H. B., holds the
worlds record for butterfat over all
ages and breeds with 1,345 pounds
butterfat, equivalent to 1,681.25
pounds butter and 30,886 pounds
milk, owned by the Dominion Expert
mental Farm Agassiz, Canada. So
please put this in next weeks Her
aid so its readers will not be misled.
Yours respectfully,
William Jennison.
The 1922 Minnesota Institute An
nual, which is devoted entirely to
lagume crops, contains several artic-
les on alfalfa culture Furnished by
farmers of the state who have grown
alfalfa successfully for several years
on different types of soils, using diff
ferent methods of seeding and differ
ent cultural methods. Some of these
articles recommended seeding with
nurse crop and others are by growers
who have made a practic OF seeding
without a nurse crop later in the sea-
son. The experience of these growers
should be of value to Stearns county
farmers who plan on making seedlings
of alfalfa during the coming season.
There is no question but what alfalfa
can be grown successfully in Stearns
county. When we consider that a ton
of alfalfa hay is equal to ton of bran,
it is an easy matter to estimate the
saving which can be affected in feed
ing the dairy herds of this county If
a few acres of alfalfa were success
fully established on every farm.
Copies of the 1922 institute annual
have been distributed at all farmers
institutes held during February.
Farmers who have not yet received
this annual can secure a copy of the
same without charge by writing to the
Farm Bureau Office at Melrose. 9th
er legume crops given consideration
in this manual are sweet clover and
soy beans, both of which crops are
coming into general use over the
state.
B. Forbell of the University Farm,
in summing up reports and test DEM
onstrations on alfalfa, gives the fol-
lowing information on cultural meth
DDS: results of our test show that
from ten to twelve pounds of alfalfa
seed per acre should be used when a
good seed bed is prep,<ed. When al
falfa is sown alone, the best results
have been obtained on heavy soil by
seeding in July when moisture con-
ditions are favorable. On light soil,
seed sown before June 9Th has given
best results. On light soils not only
were the stands better on the earlier
seedlings, but the incubation was
more effective. The weeds were more |
numerous but did not serious damage. |
On productive fields where alfalfa
seed was fully ineculated, the best re-
suits were obtained by letting the
weeds head out and then cutting them
short. At time alfalfa was also ready |
to cut. The next alfalfa crop came on
rapidly and the weeds did not get an
other start.
"Where all conditions are extremely !
favorable good results have been OBJ
tanned by seeding alfalfa early in the
spring with a nurse crop. However,
there is less chance of securing full |
stand with a nurse crop than when
sown alone. Good results have been
secured by sowing alfalfa with oats,
barley, wheat or flax. Barley, perhaps,
makes the best nurse crop and when
used should be sown three pecks to
one bushel per acre.
cit is always advisable to clip weed
stands in the alfalfa when weed
stands become troublesome, making
this clipping just after the majority
of the weeds have headed out. When
alfalfa is seeded for the first time,
should always be practiced
using either pure culture or the soil