The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-13

demonstrate will be paid by the Rus
sell Miller Milling company of Min
neapolis.
Fourth Year Sewing Added to Clut
Work-Fourth year sewing is to be
added to the sewing project of boys
and girls club work in Minnesota in
order to meet growing demand fol
advanced project work. A slogan
for this new work might be, Furnish
your own ROOM" for it will consist OF
making such articles as curtains,
draperies, rag rugs, and possibly also
the redecoration of walls and re-
| finishing of wood work and furniture
for the rooms of club members.
1t will be the aim, first, to show the
girl how to plan and furnish simple,
attractive room; second, to show her
the possibilities of materials and ar
ticles she already has, thus creating
a true appreciation of values; third,
by influence of attractive room
to interest the family to improve the
whole home, thus raising the stand
ards of living, and fourth, to create
in the girl such an interest in her own
closely to the farm home and her peo-
pie.
Plenty of Protein Increases Re-
ceipts-Many good gains over feed
costs are being reported by testers
to E. A. Hanson of University Farm
who is in charge of cow testing as
ISOLATION work in Minnesota. Most of
the January reports indicate that
dairymen are making steady progress
in feeding and housing methods.
The highest producing cows( Milk
ed twice daily in the 70 or more as
sociations reporting was grade
Guernsey owned by Fl. K. Rollin' of
the Wabasha-O lmstead association
She produced 3d. pounds of butter
fat in January at feed cost of $7.05.
The highest producing cows of those
MIXED three or four times a day was
a purebred Holstein owned by Will
liam Nesbitt of South Hennepin, her
record being 117.8 pounds of butter
fat produced at feed cost of $11.22.
Smith & Holley's herd of IL grade
Holsteins, in the Southern Dodge
association, was the highest producing
herd, averaging 68.5 pounds of but
terfat with feed costs of $500. The
leading association record from the
standpoint of butterfat, with an
average of 37.2 pounds per cow, was
made by the Nicollet association with
238 cows under test.
Most feeds except alfalfa, soybeans,
and field peas are deficient in pro-
tein3 oilmeal or cottonseed meal
should, therefore, be fed to cows that
are milking heavily. The tester for
the Southern Dodge association tells
of dairyman having eight cows in
creased the milk flow from 1886
pounds in December to 5,059.2
pounds in January and butterfat pro-
duction from 1889 pounds in De-
cember to 1928 pounds in January
by feeding a pound of oilmeal each
day to every COW.
Figuring butterfat at 62 cents a
pound, the money gain amounted to
$50, while the oilmeal cost only
$7.35, leaving profit of $22.65 more
from the same cows by feeding
enough protein to make up for the
lack of it in the other feeds" says
tn tteeesr. enougpoundsy ATHARRR
the tester.
Packers Bidding for Choice Quail
ty Choice quality lamb is in
active demand by consumers, says l..
F. Swift of Chicago, president of
Swift & Co., in letters received by
livestock specialists at University
Farm.
Quality can be secured, he further
says, by making the buck lambs into
finishing and marketing all SHRDt
wethers and docking and properly
finishing and marketing all lambs at
the right ages and weights.
Timely Hints to Shop Producers"
is the title given two-page state
ment prepared by A. A. Dowell Of
the agricultural extension service,
University of Minnesota. The state
ment is designed to help the sheep
producer to meet market require
ments, to do the ''little things" so
essential in successful sheep hus-
bandry, says Mr.. Dowell. Copies will
be furnished without cost on applica-
ton to the Extension Service, Univer-
sity Farm. st. Paul.