The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-25

Glow to Make and Keep Good
Lawn"
Vegetable growing week the third
week and last of the course-Wlh De
featured by consideration OF peat
soil problems. DR.. F. j: Away, ".
R. B. Elliott, and w. 7. Tapley, all
of University Farm, will discuss dl1-
ferent phases of peat land handling.
These will include drainage, fertlllza-
ton and the use of peat lands Tor
vegetable growing. A complete study
will also be made the third week OF
the tomato and related plants. 4
series of five addresses will be given
by Mr.. Tapley and others on how to
produce and market big tomato crops.
A two-hour period will be set aside
every afternoon for actual practice IN
phases of the work. Opportunity viii!
thus be given for practical work IN
seed sowing, making cuttings, graft
ing and budding fruits, drawing plans
for identifying and landscaping home
sites, cts.
The full program for the course vii
be ready for circulation IN lew
days.
$4,000 Up In Prizes For Crop I'm
provement Show-Two thousand dol
lars in cash and trophies will be dis
tributed to exhibitors OF corn, small
grasses, tobacco, and potatoes at the
annual meeting and Midwlnter SEED
show of the Minnesota Crop Improve
ment association which will be held
February 5 and 6 in conjunction with
the Red River Valley shows at Crook
ston. C. E. Brown, of Elk River, is
president of the Crop Improvement
association. A. d. Haedecke, of Uni
versity Farm, is secretary.
The convention will open at 3 p. m
Monday, February 5. E. R.. Clark,
seed specialist of the Northwest Ex-
pertinent Station, Crookston, will
speak on Better Seed for North
western Minnesota" r. F. Grim of
the university agricultural extern
sion service will speak on alfalfa
for the Red River Valley" Prof. A..
C. Army, who is in charge of farm
crops at University Farm, will ex-
plain the Performance of Recon-
mended Varieties at the Central and
Substations."
The annual business meeting will
be held Tuesday, February 6. A. j..
Glover, editor of Hoard's Dairymen,
and others will speak at luncheon
meeting. Several interesting address
es will be given at the final session.
DR.. E.. c.. Etakman of University
Farm will speak on Methods of Re
ducing Losses from Slack Stem
Rust" F. E. Griffee, assistant plant
breeder, will give an outline of the
work being done by the plant breed
ing section at University Farm. T..
j. Harrison, Manitoba Agricultural
College, Winnipeg, will tell about
pure seed distribution in Canada.
Buy Arsenic Now or Little Bug
May Get You-A. G. Ruggles, state
entomologist, sounds warning that
supplies Of crude arsenic, upon which
mixtures for fighting insects are
commonly based, are running very
low. He explains that the copper
smelling industry has been operated
far below capacity and that, as ar
senic is a by-product of the shelters
its production is not sufficient to meet
the demand. at looks now as if there
would be a serious shortage in 1928,
says Mr.. Ruggles. "As all of oul
stomach insecticides - paris green
arsenate of lead, arsenite of zinc, ar
senate of calcium-are made from
the crude arsenic, fruit growers who
have not already purchased supplies
should hasten to do so.
Juniors Going to gu" Farm fol
Short Course-Ihe short course sea.
son for Minnesota club boys and girls
will eliminate at University Farm
April to when program of class
work and demonstrations will be Civ
en- for all juniors between the ages
of 10 and 20. Last year only boys
and girls actually enrolled in club pro-
iects were eligible to attend. The
county short course for juniors is
growing in popularity. A dozen Min
nesota counties have already provid-
ed such courses for 1928.
Matt Ketschevar of Rosco anil Mich
Weber of Melrose have enrolled In
the Creamery Operators Short
Course which is now being given by
the dairy husbandry division Of the
University of Minnesota. F1fty-tWe
Young men, coming from 80 different
counties in Minnesota and from -four
differet states, have registered fol
this course.
DR.. C. H. Eckles, chief of the dairy
division of the university, says: "Tslis
course is designed especially for be-
ginners in creamery operation. Spec
ial stress is laid upon such principles
as testing butter, controlling the
composition of butter, keeping ac-
curate and uniform accounts, and do