The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-18
Farmers of 20 Counties Attend "U'.

Short COurse-Dan Doyle, farmer OF
Green Island, Sibley county, was the
first to register for work in the Farm
ers' ana Homemakers' Short Course
at University Farm the week Of jan
uary / to 6. Men and women from 15
different states, and 70 or more coun-
ties of the 81 in Minnesota, were rep
resented in the registrations either in
the great short course for farm folks
or for work in the special short cours-
es of cereal chemists, operators OF
creameries and for farmers and me-
chanics interested in power farming
One who signed himself "a traveller
from Sweden" enrolled for general
short course work. Other remote dis
tricts represented were Oregon and
several provinces in Canada and vari-
Gus eastern states. St. Louis county,
the new county of Lake of the Woods,
Kittson, .Beltrami, Itasca, Koochiching
and Clearwater, all in the north, sent
good sized delegations. Houston, the
southeasternnDst county and Rock, IN
the southwestern corner of the state,
were represented. Aitkin, Pine,
Steele, Dakota, Stearns, Goodhue,
Washington, Ramsey, and Hennepln
had splendid delegations present. :,
81 was delighted with the attend
ance and the interest taken In class
work and the general exercises" said
DIR. A. v. Storm, director OF short
courses. "The spirit shown by our
visitors was remarkable in the face
i of the various conditions now affecting
farming. These farm men and Wo-
,,,o,, xxyoro horo fo,. rl1rpOSo and we
bent every energy to make their stay
pleasant and profitable"
Outstanding events of the course
wera the opening features Monday,
folls ked by the state farm bureau SEES
sioni on Tuesday, the various meet
ings of livestock breeders and other
farm organizations and the farmers
and homemakers' supper Friday eve
ming, January 5. Leading college men
and farm bureau officials gave ad-
dresses each day throughout the week.
Glass room work was carried on In
all phases of general farming. Spec
ial programs of work were provided
homemakers.
Many Homes Reached by Clothing
Project-Many homes in Minnesota
were reached in 1922 by the clothing
project conducted by the specialist or
home demonstration agents of the ag-
ricultural extension division of the
University. The work, which included
the selection of clothing, millinery,
dress forms, and garment construc-
ton. was prosecuted in 81 different
counties. Emphasis was placed on
the use of more efficient methods in
sewing and on the selection of designs
and colors most becoming and suita-
BILE. More than 10000 women attend
ed the demonstrations. Of these,
500 acted as local leaders and carried
I the work presented by the specialist
efsoack to groups of women in their
sJ,wn communities. In this way the
.ocal leaders reached more than 5000
more women.
"In dollars and cents the clothing
work meant saving of $115,000 to
The women of the state last year, y
says the University specialist. "The
largest value of the work, however,
cannot be measured in that way. The
improved practice in selecting and
making clothing, the broader outlook
which comes from association with
the women in ones county, and the
fine leadership developed in rural COM
muneties all over the state-these are
the most vital results"
.
Right Kind of Pasture Aids Pork
Production-The necessity of good
pasture is generally emphasized when
ever few growers of swine are gath
cred together. Costs of production in
recent years have served to increase
the use of pastures for hogs.
H. G. Zavoral of the agricultural
extension division, University of Min
nesota. believes good pasture will
produce as many dollars in pork as
any cash crop will give. Alfalfa,
clovers and rape seem to be our best
crops for hog pasture" he says.
"Sweet clover, rye, bluegrass, peas
and rape, oats and peas, and soybeans
8 are all good crops for this purpose"
Mr.. Zavoral advises the farmer to
sow the kind which seems the surest
in this community. 1t is good prac-
tice, he says, to divide the hog pas
lures into two or more enclosures.
!. When one pasture gets short the hogs
may be turned into another where the
forage is abundant and fresh.
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University's Account Book Highly
Indorsed-The keeping of accurate ac-
counts is one of the essentials of a
farm management system which will
help materially in carrying agricul-
turists through times like these. A.
J. Schmidt of Chaska has found the
account book which the farmer
should use in 1923. He writes: ''The
university's extension division farm
account book is the best have ever
used" These books cost only 25 cents
each and can be obtained by renting
that sum to the Students Book Store,
University Farm, st. Paul.
Junior Show to Have Fat Poultry
SectiOn-A new department, that of
fat poultry, has been added to the
Junior Livestock Show which is held
every fall at South ST. Paul. This
exhibit will consist of four groups of
market birds-ten young cockerels.
three young ducks, three young geese,
and tire young turkeys. Every coun-