The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-12-11

DEPARTMENT. FOR THE AGRICUL TURISTS
Three U. Dairy Cows Make Great

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Three u. Dairy Cows Make Great
Records-Three cows in the tuniver-
slty's dairy herd at University Farm
have recently completed production
records of striking character. The
records We're kept and findings made
by the official testing organization
of which w. E. Peterson of the uni
versity dairy division is superintend-
emit.
Cymbal Aggie of Shady Nook
pure-bred Holstein 227594, freshened
as 10-year-old and produced o.
172 pounds of milk and 627 pounds
of butterfat or 1888 pounds of butter
for the period of 365 days. A sec-
ond purebred Holstein, Minnehaha
Segis Ormsby Monroe 656132, fresh
ened as two-year-old and produced
for the year 17,037.4 pounds of milk
and 527.26 pounds of butterfat, or
659 pounds of butter. King Chester
brooks Lily of Oakley 1857, a six
year-old Guernsey, produced 1866
pounds of milk and 648 pounds of
butterfat, or SO pounds of butter.
The Holsteins were bred and devel
oped at University Farm. All three
cows were MIXED three times day
and were used as needed for class
room demonstration and instruction
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Order Pyrotol Soon to Keep Plant
Going sufficient orders. are
received to keep the Barksdale, Wis,
plant in operation at the contract rate
of 10000 pounds production a day,
not enough pyrotol to go around can
be cartridged. This rather unpleas-
ant fact is reported by S. H. McCrory,
chief of the division of agricultural
engineering, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, and A.. j. Schwantes,
land clearing specialist with the Uni
versity of Minnesota.
Minnesota farmers have already
ordered little more than one-half
of their 100000 pounds of the ex-
plosive which was allotted to them
for the year ending June 80, 1925.
If the cartridging plant is to be kept
going at full capacity so that all al
lotments can be met, farmers need
ing pyrotol for land clearing pur-
poses should place orders now calling
for delivery so far as possible during
December, January and February.
No guarantee can be given that
shipment will be made exactly as
specified, especially if buyers wait
until the rush season in the spring. It
seems good business and good policy,
therefore, for Minnesota farmers to
get in their orders early and thus
help to keep the plant in continuous
operation at full capacity.
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National Leaders on Farm Week
Program-Several national leaders of
agriculture and allied pursuits have
promised to speak at University
Farm, ST. Paul, during Farmers and
Homemakers' Week Short Course,
December 20 to January 3. These
men and women will speak in class
rooms, at evening entertainments and
monday meetings in the auditorium,
and at several special events ar
ranged for the week. Consider this
list:
S. r. McKelvie, editor of The Ne
braska Farmer, twice governor of
Nebraska.
Honoria Tueyrredon, ambassador
to the United States from Argentina.
II. j. Waters, editor of the farm
edition of the Kansas City Star,
formerly president of Kansas Ag-
ricultural College.
G. ]. Galpin, economist from the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture.
A. J. Glover, editor of Hoard's
Dairyman.
l.. G.. Michael, foreign representa-
tive of the United States Department
of Agriculture.
j. F. Reed, president of the Min
nesota Farm Bureau Federation.
President L. D. Coffman and Dean
w. c. Coffey of the University of
Minnesota.
"A. D. Wilson, regent of the Uni
versity of Minnesota.
N. j. Holmberg, state commits
sioner of agriculture.
DR.. Nellie l.. Perkins, director of
the Wayne County Psychopathic
Clinic, Detroit, Mich.
Miss Isabel Bevier, professor emer-
titus of the University of Illinois and
lecturer in home economics.
Miss Neale S. Knowles, state
home demonstration leader in Iowa.
Br'er Rabbit too Fond of Apple
Tree Bark-Apple trees growing in
localities frequented by cottontail
rabbits should go into the winter with
their trunks protected, or otherwise
they may be heavily damaged. For
protection of the trees. F. L.. Wash.
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