The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-10-30

chart, showing the danger which the
United States is facing from the
importation of foreign clovers.
Thirty or forty foreign clovers
from many countries have been germ
mated at the University Farm, ST.
Paul along with several of Sur own
clovers. A very few of the foreign
clovers have a high percentage of
termination in this country and the
majority of them are not any good in
the United States. The Italian Glow
ers were especially low in germina-
ton. One foreign clover, which is
imported into this country from
North Germany, seemed to have a
higher termination than any of the
foreign clovers.
Inscriptions importers and seed
men it is stated have planted foreign
clovers with home seed and sold great
quantities of this seed over the Unit
ed States. The termination of the
home seed has been sufficient to sell
the whole mixture.
Mr.. Grim says, "The Northwest is
a natural seed producing country.
We can produce in the Northwest a
fine quality of seed. We are missing
our opportunity by not recognizing
our seed producing possibilities.
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Homemade Fireless Cooker Costs
Under Sis a homemade fireless
cooker really worth making? How
much will one cost? These questions,
often asked, are satisfactorily an
swered by women in the home man
agement project being conducted
through the cooperation of county
organizations and the State Agricul-
tural Extension Service.
Mrs. Ray Phelps, Ottertail coun-
ty, says: Gin our group OF ten Wom-
en- taking the project, three have
made and are using fireless cookers.
Mine cost me less than one dollar and
l have used it almost every day since
it was finished. We all like cracked
wheat for breakfast and it is far bet:
ter cooked in the fireless than in any
other way. l heat the radiator, which
is also homemade, and start the
cracked wheat while I'm getting sup
per. When the radiators are hot l
put them and the cereal into the
cooker, shut it up and forget it UNI
til we are ready to eat breakfast next
morning. Then / open the fireless,
take out the cereal which is piping
hot, and how we enjoy it,"
Mrs. Phelps has also found the
fireless cooker useful in preparing
hot meat for her men folks when
she has been called away from home
over mealtime. At such times all the
men have to do it to open the fireless
and take out hot, well cooked meal.
Mrs. Phelps uses shredded newspap-
er for insulating material in her fire
less. "It takes quantities of it," she
says, "but the children find it fun to
shred the paper.
Directions for making the fireless
cooker may be secured by writing the
Home Demonstration office, Univer-
'sity Farm, st. Paul.
Is Acres Corn Put In Trench Silo
for Test-The trench silo is to be
given thorough trial on the Robert
Burns farm near Caledonia, Houston
county. Mr.. Burn silo is about 65
feet long, feet deep, IA feet wide
at the top and IL feet wide at the
bottom. All the corn on 16 acres was
packed in the silo, two horses being
used to trample it. The total cost OF
the silo is figured at around $50 by
Mr.. Burns and A. ]. Schwantes OF
the land clearing section of the uni
versity, who had charge of the blast
ing. This includes the cost of ex-
plosives and the labor required in
blasting, excavating, and cleaning up.
Mr.. Burns is making the experiment
because of the soft quality of large
corn crop. The trench silo is not sug-
gested as a substitute for the regular
silo, but rather as makeshift to
meet an emergency like that OF the
present year.
Feeding Results In Two States to
Be Given-Not only will results be
reported from feeding experiments
conducted with approximately 600
pigs at University Farm the last three
years, but when the next Swine Feed
ers' Day rolls around on Tuesday,
November IL, Prof. J. M. Fargo OF
the Wisconsin Experiment Station
will discuss the results of recent
swine feeding experiments in his
state. Many hog feeding expert
ments have been conducted at the
Wisconsin station and, like the re-
suits from similar work at the Min
nesota station, have been factors in
making hog raising more profitable,
A second speaker from the outside
will be Gilbert Gusler of Chicago,
prominent as market reporter, who
will talk on present and Future Hog
Supplies and Market Trends. y The
program will begin at University
Farm, St. Paul at 1000 A. M. No
vember IL and continue until $3.50
P. M. with an hour out for a good
roast pork dinner. The following
day, November IL, club boys and
girls will show their animals at the
Junior Livestock Show at South st.
Paul. Stockmen should take advant-
age of the reduced railway rates
Zone and one-half fare for the round
trip) announced for the Junior Live
stock Show and attend both events.
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Junior Stock Show to be Best Yet
Held-Additions to buildings and
new facilities which are now being
provided for the seventh annual Min
nesota Junior Livestock Show No
vember IL, IL and 10, will increase
the show capacity 40 per cent, say
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