The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-09-06

were not dry enough to be safe from
frost killing. There is also great
danger of loss of vitality when the
seed corn is selected from the crib al
planting time. The termination test
of such corn is frequently very low
/ If the seed is gathered early and
stored properly the termination will
be high in the spring.
Rye Recommended AS Economical
Hog Feed-The feeding of rye as a
substitute for corn in fattening pigs
is held by Minnesota Experiment
Station and agricultural extension
men to be good economical practice
in view of the prevailing market
prices for the two cerals.
GAS about 1902 pounds of rye have
given the same results as 100 pounds
of corn" says H. C. Zavoral, livestock
specialist, "rye at present prices
would be the most economical feed
According to Henry & Morrison's
Feeds and Feeding, ground rye is
worth "a per cent as much per ton
as ground corn for hog feeding.
"Rye is not as palatable as corn
and hogs will not consume it as free
ly. Neither is it as good feed for
horses or cattle as it is for fattening
hogs, but by mixing it with more pal
atable feed, such as corn and oats, it
may be satisfactorily fed. 1t is hard
err to masticate than some other
grains and should be ground or roll
ed for best results"
r.
Short Course Dates For Univer-
sity Farm-Activitie of the Univer-
sity Department of Agriculture will
get under full Roadway Wednesday,
Sept. 26, when the fall quarter be-
gins. September II to 25 is the per-.
iod designated for the registration of
new college students. Some of the
outstanding dates for the university
year, exclusive of the dairy short
courses which run through the fall
and winter months, are: January rs,
short course in cereal chemistry;
January TIP, farmers and home-
makers week short course; February
4-23, horticultural short course;
March 81 to April 5, boys and girls
week short course; May $40, editors
short course; May 1916, beekeepers
short course. The first term of the
School of Agriculture opens Monday,
Oct. 1. A university bulletin con-
tanning an announcement and descrip-
ton of courses for the year in the
College of Agriculture, Forestry and
Home Economics will be furnished
free on request to the registrars Of
flee at University Farm, St. Paul.
~
Experiment Station Work Comp
limented-Dr. w. H. Beal, chief of
the editorial division of the States Re-
lations Service spent several days at
University Farm recently while in
speeding the work carried on at the
Minnesota Experiment Station. He
comphmented members of the station
staff for their fine spirit of co-opera-
ton and said that various investiga-
tional enterprises under way were of
great promise. The work in plant
breeding was of special significance,
he said. He spent some time at the
State Fruit Breeding Farm at Zum-
bra Heights and was strongly i'm
pressed with the work being done
there.
Poultry Specialist of State "U''
Honored-N. E. Chapman and Miss
Cora Cooke, poultry specialist of the
agricultural extension division, Uni
versity of Minnesota, attended the
annual meeting Of the American AS
ISOLATION of Poultry Instructors and
Investigators of Ottawa, Ont, in
August. Mr.. Chapman was elected
delegate to the Worlds Poultry Con-
gress which will be held at Barcelona,
Spain, in May, 1924. The Minnesota
plan of marketing eggs and poultry
comparatively was the subject Of an
address given by Mr.. Chapman at
Ottawa.
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