The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-05-08
Univer.ity Men Named P.n-P.cif.

OnlVefsity Men Named Pan-Pacif-
nc Delesates-The governor of Min
nesota has appointed DR.. w. A. Riley,
chief Of the division of entomology,
University Farm, and Prof. Henry a..
Erickson, chairman of the department
of physics, to represent the state in
the Pan-Pacific Food Conservation
Conference to be held in Honolulu
August l to ID. ALI the countries
bordering on the Pacific will send rep
resentative educators and public men
to the conference. The entomologists,
who will be led by DR.. L. o. Howard
of Washington, the United States de-
partment head, will consider problems
connected with insect pests. Other
groups will study subjects related to
the conservation of fisheries and the
sources of fish food. Five other fac
ulty members of the University of
Minnesota are planning to attend the
conference, following which they viii
spend two months on the Hawaiian
islands in intensive study of aquatic
plants and minute marine organisms.
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Wheat and Flax Make Good In
Combination - Results of growing
wheat and flax together at three uni
versity agricultural stations and on
the farms of various co-operators are
summarized in agricultural experiment
station bulletin No. FOG, prepared by
A. c.. Army of the division of farm
crops and farm management at Uni
versity Farm and entitled "Wheat
and Flax AS Combination Crops.
Mr.. Army finds that the combina-
ton crop did well in eight of the
nine counties where trials were con-
Quoted. In all but two instances the
cash value of the combination crops
exceeded that of wheat grown alone,
but averaged 2.86 per acre less when
compared with the cash value of flax
grown alone. This may be explained
from the fact that at present prices
flax is relatively higher than wheat.
Points in favor of the combination
crop, according to the bulletin are !:
Earlier planting which usually means
larger flax yields; better control of
weeds except wild oats; less danger of
injury from black stem rust of wheat
and flax wilt; easier to handle than
flax alone; and less liability to injury
by lodging when grown on highly
productive soil. Because clear fax
straw has a definite value for manu-
featuring purposes, the mixed crop is
grown at disadvantage in territory
where there is ready market for
such straw.
Copies of this 12-page bulletin can
be obtained without charge by al
dressing the office of Publications,
University Farm, st. Paul.
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Meeting - Non-technical discussions
of family care work, community de-
velopment, health, social and mental
hygiene, delinquency, probation, ju-
venile courts, ETC., will feature the
meeting of the Minnesota State C"n-
ference and Institute of Social Work
winch VIII be neid aC-Unlverslty farm
September to IL, 1924. Men and
women of national reputation will
take part. Mrs. Lavina Gemmell,
president, says:
"a small group of people in Min
nesota have thought, and sacrificed,
and helped establish a code of laws
for the protection of the family and
children. Now Minnesota calls loud
ly for big army of devoted men and
women throughout the state who will
enlist, to stand by these laws, and
engage in community welfare activi-
ties of education and recreation. The
Institute is for such recruits"
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Deadly Bee Disease Can Be Eradi-
cated-Beekeepers of the state who
attend the short course at University
Farm May 13 to 16 can learn how
to eradicate American foul brood, a
germ disease which attacks the larvae
as they are about to enter the pupa
stage and which is so infectious and
deadly in its nature that it has caused
tremendous losses all over the coun-
try. ;.
The new discovery, says Francis
jaeger, chief of the bee culture di-
vision of the University of Minneso-
ia, promises to be as significant in the
development of the honey industry as
was the invention of movable frames,
wax foundations and honey extract
ors. That the disease can be eradi-
Gated has been thoroughly demon
strated, he adds, by three years OF
trials by the discoverer and the A. J..
Root company in Ohio and other
states.
Payment of registration fee OF
only $3.50 will entitle the beekeeper
- full information concerning the