The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-24

SAUK CENTRE
growers who put off buying until
Just before they are ready to SOW.
By securing seed for community
in comparatively large quantities
through an organization such as a
farmers club, seed of good grade
may be secured at somewhat lower
price than if purchased in small
quantities.
Seed is Whole Thing
ct failed several times with AL
falfa," says Mr.. Beck, because
didn't have the right kind of seed.
"Be sure you get the hardy Grimm
Seed. Don't get southern seed and
bring it north and expect it to be
successful up here. Get seed near
you and buy it from some seed pro-
Queer that can trace his seed back to
the original Carver County Grimm.
This is best"
Don't Use Southern Seed
The reason for this is that, al
though an. excellent stand and a
thrifty growth the first season may
be secured by using good seed of any
variety, other conditions being favor
able, the varieties usually grown in
the milder climates cannot be relied
on to stand through the winter.
They may stand through one or
several winters, but on the other hand
they may be winter-killed from one
to nearly one hundred per cent the
first or any succeeding winter. There
fore, they are not to be depended up
on, especially if the plan is to leave
the field in Alfalfa for several years.
D.
Root Heaving
Freezing and thawing weather
tends to heave the roots of plants such
as Alfalfa and clover. A branch root
system is made to resist this. Some
of the roots may be pulled into, but
several will be left to keep the plant
alive. With common one tap root
variety of Alfalfa, heaving snaps the
root and the plant is killed.
Therefore, SOW the variety of AL
falfa that has branch roots.
Station Men Evolve Smooth
Awned Barley Old Man Barley
he's old because he was known and
cultivated in remote antiquity-is
about to loos his whiskers. For al
most countless generations the rough
teeth on the boards of ripened barley
have harassed the husbaudman. Now
they are to be drawn. The ancients
called the barley sacred, but the mod
ems, stung by it's rough awns, more
often call it something else.
DR.. II. X. Hayes, who is in charge
OF plant breeding work at the Mime
sofa Experiment Station told a Farm
ers' and Homemakers' short course
class at University Farm that the pro-
Ject for the production of a smooth
aWned, high yielding barley had been
successfully completed and that intro
ductlon OF the new variety had been
approved at conference of the CEN
trail station and sub-station CROP men
Ihls APPROVAL was made on the basis
OF actual performance trials at the
different stations
With great appropriateness the
new barley has been christened Vel
vet. Unfortunately no seed is avail
able for distribution at present and
only small quantities can be secured
a1ter the 1924 crop season.
d
Good Care, Sanitation Will curb
Hog Flu"-What is commonly called
hog flu" is taking toll in scattered
herds over Minnesota, accord;no ~
GffGanty agent reports received at
IhlS is very contagious disease
Oh nogs, says DR.. w. A. Billings, vet
eiInarlan with the agricultural extern
SION service OF the university. aft
is especially fatal to- the Younger
pigs. The period of Incubation
IRON the time the pigs are infected
until symptoms Of the disease arc an
parent is short, usually about IL
las rule a large number Of MOS
become sick at once, or within a short
tlme. One instance is given when as
many as 200 pigs became sick within
ten days. Animals more than one
year old are said to be relatively inn
mune. The symptoms are complete
loss OF appetite, high Temperatures
rapid breathing, coughing and red
dened eyes which may show a dis
charge. uio-
hog flu has rather low death
i r IN spite Of the high temperature
II causes. When pig dies a post
mortem examination usually shows a
pneumonia. The treatment is very
simple. Reduce rations, house the
animals carefully in warm clean and
well bedded quarters, and provide
plenty OF fresh air and lots of water.
so far as known, the vaccines
nave not been entirely successful.
GOOD care and sanitation are most