The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-11-08

Swine Feeders urn Gut Oh Lay
At 'U'-"Swine Feeders Day." OBJ
served for the first time at Univer-
sity Farm on October 26. attracted a
farmer audience of 200 or more and
was a great success from all points
of view in spite Of rainy weather.
Results of five experiments in feed
ing were reported to the farmers at
meetings held in the livestock pavil-
ion. The pigs used in the expert
ments were driven into the area and
used as object lessons to emphasize
the results of the different trials.
w. H. Peters, chief of the ami
NAL husbandry division of the Uni
versity, presided at the forenoon ses-
sion and gave many valuable sugges-
tons to the swine growers. Mime
sofa offers the hog grower many adj
vantages he said. He thought a more
even distribution of the narrowing OF
pigs throughout the year would have
beneficial effect on prices.
s Dean VIC. Coffey of the univer-
sity department of agriculture pre-
sided at the afternoon session, the
feature of which was an address by
John NJ. Evvard of the Iowa State
College faculty.
Swine Should Have This Mineral
Mixture-What he called simple
mixture for use in the ration of the
hog was described by John M. Evvard
of Iowa State College at Ames in his
address before an audience of farm
ers and livestock men on Swine
1t III ~ To
This mixture, he said, was composed
of 20 parts of salt, 40 parts of bone
black, and 40 parts of wood ashes.
Either rock phosphate, acid phos-
phate, steamed bonemeal, bone ash
or bone charcoal could. be used, he
said, in making up the second item
of the receipt. Also if wood ashes
were not available, either high cal
cium limestone, ground up clam or
oyster shells or chalk could be used.
Feeding minerals was like taking out
a safety insurance policy for the
herd, he said.
Professor Evvard is inclined to be-
lieve that the low price period of
hogs will continue some time. Pro-
duction has been so heavy that de-
mand is not equal to the load.
mo one knows what will happen"
he said, "but my advice would be to
sell 200-pound hogs at once and to
fatten the others as soon as possible
and let them go also.
Juniors Invited to Join the Honey
Club-The division of bee culture,
University Farm, st. Paul, is now
prepared to enroll boys and girls
throughout the state into club
called the Boys and Girls Honey
Club. The object is to offer to the
junior population an opportunity to
help develop the farm industry of
honey production, which Francis
jaeger, chief of the division, pro-
nounces one of the best paying farm
activities as things stand today. "The
resources of honey production in Min
nesota are great but undeveloped,
he says, land there is room in certain
parts of the state for many hundreds
or thousands active honey producers.
The Minnesota State Fair board
offers $500 in premiums in 1924 for
the Boys and Girls Honey Club
alone. The first exhibit in 1923 was
plO0OuuCcO W Jo&kSSo " W VIC AAaocs
attractive in the entire bee and
honey department.
This is what the bee division Of the
will do.
I. It will enroll members for the
club.
2. It win help them to make a
start. $,
5. II will stand by them with adj |
Vice and teach them how to produce
4 perfect crop of honey.
4. II win send them bulletins and
other available literature.
S. Il will send them printed list
Of rules governing the actions of the
club.
This Is what the division asks Of
the boys and girls who are interested:
1. TO send their names for en-
rollment In the club to the Division
Of Bee Culture, University Farm, st.
Paul.
2. To get at least one colony OF |
bees next April or May from which
70 learn to produce honey.
8. To exhibit their product at the
1924 state fair.