The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
STATE UNIVERSITY
FARM NEWS
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l

St Paul, November 10.-Science
has decreed that hogs shall keep"
q spring moving day under penalty
of death for at least part Of their
offspring.
This results from the finding, &C
cording to Drs c. P. Fitch and H..
c. Kernkamp, of the division of vet
Urinary medicine at the Minnesota
Experiment station, TO, the effect
that the round worm an intestinal
the soil, is picked up by the little
pigs in the spring, and often causes
death, and that the safest way to
escape these losses Is by shifting the
hog lot every spring to escape the
infested soil.
The loss from the round worm,
with resulting ills such as thumps
and pneumonia, has been very hca-
Wy the veterinarians declare. Science
has found that this loss can be cut
so per cent or more by the simple
expedient Of shifting tn hog lot on
which the little pigs are allowed to
run in the spring, and by cleaning
up the hog house in advance of the
arrival of the spring filters.
The cleaning I'D OF the hog house
is done by removing all litter and
bedding and giving the interior a
scrubbing with hot water and lye.
Then when the pigs arrive, they
with their mother are carted off to a
hog-lot in which hogs have not been
and there confined until they have
reached a stage of maturity at which
round worm attacks are not so SER
ious, shelter house being provided
Of course.
Organization of honey clubs by
boys and girls in Minnesota is an
nounced by the division of bee cul-
ture, Department of Agriculture.
Professor Francis lager, head of
the division, in order to encourage
the development Of the honey in
dustry on Minnesota's farms has
started the project, and is being
supported in it by the state fair
board which has set aside $500 for
premiums for honey from the hives
of boys and girls club members in
1924
Professor lager plans to send
bulletins to guide the youthful bee
keepers, and offer any assistance
and advice. Each member will be
required to get one colony and to
make some kind Of an exhibit at the
state fair.
The Minnesota Crop Improvement
Association, announces it, will hold
its 1924 meeting in the owatonna
army, February 719, 20 and 81.
A feature Of the annual meeting
of the association will be So called
fancy grain show" ..-.. ...s....
The crop improvement association
is made up of farmers interested
in producing certified seeds. They
strive for perfection in quality and
they find keen pleasure in exhibiting
the results Of their efforts. A. ID.
Haedecke, secretary of the associa-
tion, with headquarters at Univer
sity farm, predicts that the exhibit
this year will be better than the
average. An extensive speaking pro-
gram will be arranged. Business
men and farmers Of Owatonna and
vicinity have promised the fullest
cooperation, according to the secre-
tary.
The Sawfiow is again threatening
the jackpine Of Minnesota's north
ern districts, according to A. A.
NIdudm lOESSL 0ulImOlOSiSL, DS-
partment of Agriculture.
Reports of the presence of the
dangerous little insect nave been
received from Bemidji and areas in
the vicinity of Itasca Park. and its
spread is almost certain, Mr.: Ora :
ham said. ~
Methods Of control arc being stud
led but as yet the, entomologists are
not ready to make any definite an
nouncements, he adds.