The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-09-11
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Varsity Pigs Thrive on Corn Sub

Varsity Pigs Thrive on Corn Sub.
-stitues-The animal husbandry sdi-
Z vision of the University Of Minnesota
is getting good gains by using ground
barley and rye in equal parts with
tankage for ration of pigs which it is
feeding for the annual Swine Feed
ers' Day in October. Gains not quite
SO good are being obtained on a sec
ond lot of pigs which are being fed
a combination of ground oats and
rye in equal parts plus tankage.
These experiments become of real
significance to the grower in view of
the high prices of corn and the short
age which now seems imminent in the
1924 Minnesota crop. Substitutes or
partial substitutes for corn in the ra-
lions of farm animals seem likely to
be in demand in view of the poor corn
outlook. A small amount of high
protein feed such as tankage should
be fed with the. substitutes.
Sixteen lots of ten pigs each are
under different diets, the results from
which will be reported at Swine Feed
ers' Day at University Farm. Ten of
these lots are spring narrowed pigs,
the other tests being with fall pigs
and with pigs soon after weaving.
Farm Spark Plugs-Wheat grown
at University Farm from seed treated
with copper carbonate dust had
shown no signs of sinking smut
when harvested.
School of Agriculture, University
Farm, will open Monday, September
20, for another year of six months
training in class rooms and labora-
tories and six months on farms. Any
boy or girl having the equivalent of a
graded school education can enroll.
Sheep and wool exhibited at the
Minnesota State Fair last week by the
animal husbandry division of the uni.
versity attracted much attention. The
exhibit was designed to aid producers
IN fitting sheep, particularly lambs,
and wool for market.
Corn is not the only backward crop
in Minnesota this year. Garden flow
er growers are complaining that some
of their ANIMALS will produce no more
than half crop of loom because of
the late spring and the cool summer
Twigs of apple trees killed by fire
blight should be cut out now three
or four inches below the infected
area. Tools used in the process
should be disinfected frequently. All
the prunings should be carefully gath
cred and burned.
Scientists Coming to Study Min
nesota Peat-Dr. F. J. Away, chief
of the soils division, University of
Minnesota, gives notice that the 18th
annual convention of the American
Peat Society will be held in Mime
sofa September 23 to &c. 1t is
planned to spend the first day at AL
bert Lea and Hollandale where 5000
acres of newly developed peat land
are producing luxuriant crops. The
opening meeting of the society will be
held in the Hollandale school. A ses-
sion of the convention will be held
Wednesday forenoon, September "a,
at the University of Minnesota, with
an auto tour in the afternoon to the
Cook Creek experimental fields and
peat farming districts in the vicinity
of the Twin Cities. Weather being
favorable, the last two days will be
used to visit the Milaca low-line peat
experimental fields, the Grand Rapids
experimental farm and the peat
trucking districts of Fens and Mead
owlands and Duluth. If this part of
the program can be carried out, the
worlds largest open pit iron mine in
Hibbing will be inspected early the
closing day. If the weather should
be unfavorable the last two days, or
if the members Of the society prefer,
the proposed northern trip will be re-
placed by sessions held in Minneapo-
lis where papers dealing with phases
of peat reclamation and utilization
will be presented.
D.
Corn Spotted; Hints on Handling
1924 Crop-Corn in Minnesota this
year is spotted crop. The plant is
short and the yield will be light in
most cases. Already there has been
frost damage in low spots and in the
northern part of the state. Farmers
apparently must face thep roblem of
handling soft crop. In this emer-
gency Andrew Boss of University
Farm makes the following sugges-