The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-17
Good Gain. Made by Junior Clubs

Good GAINS Made Dy Junior Siups
in Minnesota boys and girls in
club work in 1923 bettered the 1922
club record in several respects. For
one thing, the 1928 enrolment was
1896 as against 1871 in 1922.
For another the value of club pro-
ducts in 1923 was $472,998.15 as
against $510,697.78 the year before.
The gain or profit. increased from
$183,O02.12 in 1922 to SILL, 395.95
in 1923. The percentage OF those
completing the years work and max
ing their final report was practically
the same in 1923 as in 1922-73 per
cent as compared with II per cent
for 1921 and 65 per cent for 1920.
These figures are given out from
the office at University Farm of T.
"A. Erickson, the state club leader,
who says club work gained decided
ground last year in the confidence
and support given it by the people of
the state. cit was an important fea-
ture of every county extension pro-
gram" he says. "The public schools
made the work stronger part of
their program than ever before, and
business men were more generous in
supplying funds for special rewards.
The breadmaking project had the
largest number of organized clubs in
1928, a total of 295. Followed in or
der, concentrating, 261; canning,
211; potato, 204; garden, 1877; pig, !
1873; dairy calf, 1874; poultry, ITO.
Clubs in the other projects numbered
under 100 in each case.
Beets a Good Cash Crop in Red
River Valley-"Sugar beet production
should take an important part in ag-
ricultural readjustment in northwest
ern Minnesota and become perma-
nent factor of the cropping system,
says F. w. McGinnis of Andrew
Boss division of farm crops and
farm management of the state uni
versity. "Beets produced under en-
vironmental conditions found in the
Red river valley yield a larger ton
mage and higher sugar content than
those grown further south. The SUI
gar beet is therefore probably the
best cash crop for 1924 If help for
this kind of work is available. The
cut in freight rates on beets from
S7.5 to 81 rs a ton from points in
the Red river country"to the Mason
City, Iowa, factory is of decided adj
vantage in making beet production
profitable. Some 318 carloads of
sugar beets were shipped from the
vicinity of Thief River Falls in 1928
with very satisfactory results. ;"
County Agent Work in State Ex-
tending-Increased efficiency in the
operation of the county agent system
in Minnesota is shown by the annual
reports of the agents to F. E. Balm
er of University Farm, the state lead
er.
Mr.. Balmer and the assistant state
leaders have been summarizing the re-
ports and find that the achievements
of 1923 surpassed those of previous
years largely by reason of the great
er emphasis placed on conducting
work through demonstrations which
carried proof.
''For example," says Mr.. Balmer,
"6,5OO demonstrations in soil, crop,
and forestry projects, involving 6l,--
419 acres, were completed or carried
through the year. Similarly 1883
livestock demonstrations, involving
1868 animals, were either COM
pleted or carried on through the year.
Results of demonstrations were
made known through 3,063 meetings
attended by s4,74O persons.
"Every agent reported results
achieved in extending the alfalfa
acreage. The number of farmers CO.
operating in the growing of alfalfa
increased from 1859 in 1922 to 81
696 in 1923. At the same time the
increase in the acreage was from IL,
629 to 26,289. All except seventeen
county agents report work in soybean
growing, the number of co-operators
increasing from $3.50 to 2,483 and
the acreage from 22,273 to 26,788.
Work in livestock development con-
tinues to be major activity. Farm
ers aided in the better rationing CT
livestock numbered 2,210 in 1922 as
against 6,692 in 1923. Cattle tested
in tuberculosis eradication campaigns
increased from 52,454 in 1922 to
100,449 in 1928.
"There were altogether more than
$4,000 instances of service extend
ed or made available to the farmers
of the state, or practically million
instances of service given by county
agents in their work in Minnesota in
1929"
New Annual Tells all About the |
Dairy Cow-Selection, feeding, man
agement, silage, testing, marketing,
silo building, breeding all these and |
many other subjects are treated in |
Minnesota Farmers Institute Annual |
No. SO, entitled "The Dairy Cow"
On the 160 pages of the annual APP
pear many illustrations and sketches |
of building plans of homemade crib |
silos, general purpose barns, dairy
cow stalls, and other farm construc-
ton work. Copies may be had for
ten cents to defray postage by adj
dressing the agricultural extension |
service, University Farm, st. Paul.
Detectives Explained by Dean w.
c. Coffey-Asserting that work on
long time objecttives is fully as i'm
portant and necessary as work on inn
mediate problems, Dean W.. c. Cof-
fey of the University Department of |
Agriculture told a Farmers and /
Homemakers' Short Course audience
last week that his department is
seeking for an agriculture which |
conserves the producing power Of the
land, adequately meets the needs of i
Tho state and nation and is canahIe