The Sauk Centre herald., 1924-08-28
DEPARTMENT FOR THE ACRlCULTURlSIS

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Ames Will Be Host to Soybear
Growers-Soybean growers of Min
nesota are urged to attend the an
nual field meeting of the Nationa
-Soybean Growers association which
will be held at Ames, Iowa, on Satur
day, August 80.
The University Department of Ag
riculture will be represented by An
drew Boss, H. K. Hayes, A. c..
Army, H. E. Brewbaker, Fred Grit
fee, and others who will give talks al
the meeting. Special demonstrations
of machinery used in planting, cult
waiting, threshing, and cleaning soy
bean seed will be given by experts
One of the leading features will be q
demonstration of threshing attach.
ment to fit any grain binder. All ex.
periments with soybeans at the Iowa
agricultural station will be open to in.
pection and study. This work EN-.
braces practically every phase of cul.
tivation and handling.
The Minnesota delegation will also
attend the annual meeting of the corn
belt section of the American Society
of Agronomy, which will be held at
Ames August % and 20. Minneso-
tans making the trip in autos on the
Iowa State College campus. Rooms
In homes adjacent to the campus will
Farm Spark Plugs-Every exhibitor
at the state fair of certified seed po-
tatoes scoring sc points or more will
share in the prize money.
University Farm crops men ad-
wise against the planting of winter
wheat on land that produced winter
rye this season. Enough of the win
ter rye will appear in the fields to
lower the grade and price of the
wheat, they say.
Available information on the farm
storage of potatoes has been sum-
married. in Circular No. 18, issued by
the agricultural extension division of
the university. Free copies may be
obtained by writing the Division of
Publications, University Farm, St.
Paul.
Seed of timothy and clover which
is to be used separately or in combi-
nation for developing pasture or hay
crops next year should be sown be-
fore the middle of September, says
Andrew Boss of University Farm.
Well disked stubble lands usually
make good seed bed.
Winter wheat in southern Mime
sofa should not be seeded later than
September Is and preferably the
first week of September, say farm
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one-half bushels of seed to the acre is
the rule.
Need Winter Grain Seed? Write
Haedecke-Farmers in need of good
winter wheat and rye seed for fall
planting should write to A. D. Haed-
ecke. University Farm, St. Paul, for
copy of the seed list issued by the
Minnesota Crop Improvement as
sociation of which he is secretary.
Certified seed of Minturh and Min
hardi wheats and of Minnesota No.
2 rye and Rosen rye can be obtained
in quantities. Minnesota No. 2 rye
is especially recommended for the
northern part of the state because
of it's hardness and yielding ability.
Rosen rye has given good results in
the southeastern part of the state
where winter killing is not so much
of a factor. The different expert
ment stations of the university have
supplies of registered seed which can
be obtained of Mr.. Haedecke.
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New Station Oats Giving Big
Wholesome magnificent yields of
Gopher oats, which were developed
at the Minnesota Experiment station,
are being reported from southern
Minnesota localities. One farmer
says he had yield of 110 bushels to
the acre. Gopher oats is selection
from commercial variety of 60-day
oats whcih was first made by the uni
versity plant breeders in 1917 and
was listed for distribution to the
farmers in 1922. Because of it's
stiffness of straw it has been es-
pecially recommended for sowing on
the rich corn fields of southern Min
nesota. However, it is in strong ia
vor in northern areas of the state on
account of its, early maturing quail
ity.
Attendance On Short Courses
Mounting-Short courses of the Uni
versity Department of Agriculture
department of Agriculture continue
to be marked by increased attend
ance. Registration for the course for
veterinarians at University Farm,
August IA and Is, was the largest
since this particular course was
started several years ago. The coun-
try's leading veterinary medicine in
vestigattors and practitioners gave adj
dresses and performed operations on
farm and pet animals for the instruc-
ton of the various class men. The
short course in forestry, woodcraft,
and scouting, held annually by the
university at Itasca Park, also had
the largest registration it has known.
Instruction was given by Messrs.
Freeman, Cheyney, Venting, and
Drew, of University Farm, and by
AL Pote of St. Paul, Boy Scout re-
gional director, and j. P. Freeman
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