The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-06-05
DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGRCULTURlSIS
BY M. A. Nye
Blue Valley Farm Service

By M. A. Nye
Blue Valley Farm Service
WILL UNVAIL BRONZ TABLET
In honor of Wendelin Grimm, the
father of Grimm Alfalfa in the Unit
ed States, a bronze tablet will be UNI
vailed on his old homestead in Carv-
er county on June 10th.
A large crowd is expected for
this occasion. Speakers will be pres
ent from Washington, d. c., and
Canada.
A large bronze tablet has been af-
fixed to huge stone on the spot of
the original seeding of Alfalfa. This
will be unvailed in honour of Mr..
Grimm, who in 1857 brought small
amount of seed with him from Ger
many and first sowed it there.
Grimm Alfalfa, which today bears
his name, all came from the original
seeding.
Common Alfalfa will not stand
northern winters. Grimm Alfalfa is
the most hardy of all varieties.
Wendelin Grimm did an act, which
has borne fruit for American agricul-
ture.
Grimm Alfalfa is Minnesota's
own.
Minnesota Alfalfa Growers should
take pride in being careful to OBJ
tain and in growing pure Grimm AL
falfa. Help carry on the great
work, which was begun by Wende-
lin Grimm,
Alfalfa Growers to Honor Name
of Grimm University farm crops
and extension men will take part in
the dedication Tuesday, June 10, TO
memorial for Wendelin Grimm,
who gave to Minnesota and the world
that hardy type of alfalfa which
bears his name.
Tomhave Returns to Meet Cattle
Feeders,-W. H. Tomhave, former
Minnesotan, graduate of the Mime
sofa School and College of Agricul-
ture, now professor of animal hus-
bandry at the Pennsylvania State
College, will give the principal ad-
dress on Cattle Feeders Day, Thurs
day, June 10, at University Farm.
He will speak on "Hints from the
East to the Western Cattle Grower
and FEEDER" in other words, he will
bring a real message to the cattle
feeders of this state.
Others on the program of Cattle
Feeders Day are w. H. Peters, chief
of the animal husbandry division of
the university, and o. M Kiser of the
Northwest Experiment. Station at
Crookston. Sessions will be held
forenoon and afternoon with corn
fed roast beef dinner in between.
Sixty baby beeves on feeding trials
for 224 days will be exhibited in six
lots of ten at the pavilion and the
results of the experiments summar-
lied and reported by H. w. Vaughan
and A. L. Harvey, staff men of the
animal husbandry division.
How Alfalfa Saved Day for This
Feeders-W. H. Tomhave, former
sandy lands in Sherburne county has
made real financial success is told
in Special Bulletin No. "a by A. C..
Army of the division of farm crops
at University Farm. The bulletin
has just been issued by the agricul-
tural extension service of the univer-
sity and can be obtained without
cost on application to the Office of
Pubuicatins, University Farm, st.
Paul.
Without previous farm experience,
j. H. Craft of Zimmerman, Sher-
burne county, has demonstrated that
alfalfa can solve the hay problem on
sandy lands and that in large meas
ure it is meeting pasture needs. Mr.
Craft has 88 acres of hardy Grimm
alfalfa on the farm at present. After
hay supply had been assured he
commenced to build up dairy herd,
each cow being fed alfalfa hay, corn
silage, mixture of ground corn and
cob meal, and ground oats. Every
year since 1913, except for 1920, he
has harvested alfalfa seed as well as
hay:
eff it hadn't been for alfalfa, II
would not have stayed on the farm"
says Mr.. Craft. alfalfa is the only
crop l can depend on for hay every
year. / could not afford to keep
cows without dependable feed
supply"
A demonstration and visiting day
will be held on this farm June Is.
o.
Farmers Profit With Cow. and Ac-
-counts-Self help plus cooperation
with the University of Minnesota
and the United States Department of
Agriculture have enabled a group
of dairy farmers in Steele county
Minnesota, to make money from
their farms in spite of the depression.
These farmers are keeping accur-
ate and detailed records and ac-
counts of their farming business. |
With the records as guide, they |
have weeded out non-productive |
cows, improved farming practices |
and made definite savings on feed
and other costs.
George A. Pond and A. T. Hover
stad of the farm management Sec
ton, University Of Minnesota, led a |
visitation tour to several farms in
the group this week. 1t was point
ed out on this tour that members of |
the Owatonna cost accounting group
have increased their alfalfa acreage
to five times what it was in 1920; that
they have increased their butterfat
production per COW from 1877 to 211
pounds with little additional cost
that in 1922 the average return to
labor and capital was more than
$4,000 per farm; that in 1923, dry
year when hay and corn yields were
scarcely more than half the normal /