The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03

time of full bloom is reached, finds
his Alfalfa running out in few
years.
| WITH THE BLUE VALLEY
PLOTTERS
The twenty-five Blue Valley Al
7 falfa Plots are sowed and practically
all of them are up.
They have been put out under
varying conditions and practices.
Many soil types are represented !.
Many ways of seeding and preparing
seed beds have been used.
Two of the plots, those belonging
to Mr.. George Grundman and Mr..
Paul Kruger, were lined. Mr.. Rich
ard Weber and Mr.. Bernard Walters
have strips that were left uninoculat-
ed.
| Nurse crops were used very light
and very heavy. A few of the plots
were top dressed. A planker was
used in preparing the seed bed of a
couple of the plots.
Most of the stands were reported
good on June End.
Farmers Are Advised to Keep
|
if the animal husbandry division of
Pennsylvania State College, native
Minnesota and graduate of the Min
nesota School and College of Agri-
culture, returned to University Farm
to give the principal address at the
Cattle Feeders Day exercises.
| Mr.. Tomhave described conditions
in Lancaster county, Pa, the leading
cattle feeding county of the United
States. Practically one-half of the
farmers of the county are feeding
beef cattle from year to year regard
less of market prices, he said. Vari-
Gus other classes of livestock, includ-
ing choice dairy herds, are also kept
| Most of the farmers of Lancaster
county come from old Dutch and
Quaker stock and have been rather
slow to accept new ideas in cattle
feeding. 1t took years for expert
ment station workers to convince
them, said Mr.. Tomhave, that silage
gave a better finish to their steers and
higher market receipts than did the
ration which had been fed without
change for generations back. 1t took
time, also, to convince these farmers
that cattle fed in open sheds had
better appetites and sold for more on
the market than did cattle kept in
" arm basement barns with no ventila-
iton and next to no light.
The Pennsylvania visitor advised
his Minnesota audience to keep on
feeding all beef animals they could
take care of. The indirect return in
increased soil fertility was too often
overlooked. Lancaster lands have
been farmed for $50 years, he said,
and largely because of the cattle
feeding system there the soil is IN
even better condition now than it was
100 years ago. lt-.i
"Blackhead" Killing Many Young
Turkeys-The disease known as
blackhead is killing many young
] turkeys in the Red river valley, says
DR.. w. A. Billings, extension veter-
marian of University Farm. Separa-
ton from other poultry on the farm,
proper sanitary methods, right kind
of feeds and good all-round care are
factors of Importance in fighting this
dread disease. The feeding of ipecac
also helps to save the focks.
Cattle Thrive on Corn and Cob
| Meal-Corn- and-cob meal has proved
| better and more economical than
/ shelled corn and whole oats in feed
| ing baby beeves at University Farm,
according to statement made on
Cattle Feeders Day recently. Corn
and-cob meal, fed with linseed meal,
corn silage, and alfalfa hay gave a
Large, average daily gain at smaller
cost per pound of gain than shelled
corn and whole oats, with the rest
of the ration the same. What Is
more, the cattle fed Command cob
meal were better finished, and were
valued at so cents more per hundred
weight, giving profit OF ~ more
per head.
Corn-and-cob meal, again, proved
better than shelled corn in comblna-
ton with linseed meal, corn silage,
and alfalfa hay. 1t gave no advantage
| in rate Of gain, but it did give adj
vantage in economy Of gain, in de-
gree Of finish, and in profit. The
corn-and-cob meal calves returned
$1.O4 per bushel Of corn fed them,
or a profit of 1927 cents bushel,
whereas the calves fed shelled corn
with the rest of the ration the same
returned a profit Of 24.8 cents Blu.
shell of corn.
The foregoing are only a few Of
the interesting facts brought out on
Cattle Feeders Day. Full details may
be obtained by writing to the Divi-
sion of Animal Husbandry, Univer-
sity Farm, st. Paul.
/
New Bulletin Deals With Potato
Growing-F. A. Krantz, potato spec
ialist in. the division of horticulture
J. G. Leach, plant disease specialist
A. G.. Ruggles, station entomologist
J. H. Nesom of the division Of soils,
and H. B. White, specialist in farn,
buildings including storage houses, all