The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-12-18

stations at suitable hours material of
particular interest to agriculture, y
this council will act as a contract
point between agriculture and the
radio world. 1t will seek to stimulate
the desire for agriculture material on
the part of broadcasting stations and
to supply this material.
"We feel that this Council can be
of real service to agriculture" says
o. E. Bradfute, president of the
American Farm Bureau Federation.
Program Ready for Crop Meet and
Show-The crop production and
farm management staff at University
Farm, reinforced by half dozen men
from other divisions and some from
outside states, will present the pro-
grams for the annual meeting of the
Minnesota Crop Improvement Asso-
citation during Farmers and Home
makers Week Short Course Decem-
Der 20 to January 8.
Andrew Boss, vice director of the
Minnesota Experiment Station, will
speak of the crop outlook FOR 1925
and of desirable changes in the crop
ping program. T. A. Kiesselbach of
the Nebraska station will take corn
for his text. c.. p. Bull, fighter of
weeds, will handle the weed problem.
New developments in corn breeding,
the best varieties for the northern,
central and southern parts of the
state, how to use soft corn, seed in
spection and certification, emergency
forage crops, fertilizers for cereal
crops, saving labor and otherwise
cutting costs, potato prices, alfalfa,
sweet clover, sugar bets these and
many other subjects making for bet
ter agriculture will be discussed by
university men.
The association meeting will open
Tuesday, December 80, and close the
following Friday with an informal
question and answer session conduct
ed by the crop production staff Sat-
urday forenoon. The seed show will
have the largest and best setting it
has ever had, says A. d. Haedecke,
secretary. The sum of 81 600 will be
distributed as prize money. Two hum
dred dollars will be paid to the junior
club exhibitors.
Minnesota Now Has Champion
Cow-Minnesota has given the world
new champion dairy COW. Begin
ming her record when she was 6 years
and 10 months old. Grahamholm Co
lantha Segis Maid, a purebred Hol-
stein, bred, developed and owned by
DIR. Christopher Graham of Rochester
produced in sos days 32,155 pounds
of milk yielding 974.43 pounds Of
butterfat or 1918 pounds of butter.
The records were kept and reported
by the official testing organization of
which w. E. Petersen of University
Farm is superintendent. The pre-
vious world record for cows of any
breed for 305 days was 886 pounds
of fat.
Two Pig Ton Litters Omitted By
Mistake Forty three farmers of Min
nesota have each raised ton or more
of pork from single litter in $50
days. The number was reported orig
inally as Al, but it has since develop
ed that the names Of G. w. Poffen-
berger of Dodge county, whose litter
weighed 2,574 pounds, and Charles
Saream of Chisago county, whose lit
ter weighed 2,202 pounds, were mad
vertently omitted when the list was
made up at University Farm. Farm
ers who entered the contest last
spring numbered 215. The Mime
sofa Livestock Breeders association
gave $500 for prize money and other
organizations gave an aggregate sum
OF 1925. The first prize, amounting