The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-05-15
By M. A. Nye
Blue Valley Farm Service
Proper Feeding

Proper Feeding
An experiment conducted recently
at Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind,
shows the importance of proper care
and feeding with live stock.
The poorest cow of each of thirty
cows testing associations in Indiana
was purchased by Purdue University
and the group assembled at the Pur-
due Dairy Farm. Here they were
given proper care and balanced ra-
ton. Each of the cows showed a
marked increase in milk flow. Many
doubled and some even tripled their
home production record. At the Uni
versity, their ration was balanced
with corn silage, alfalfa and clover
hay and ground corn and oats for
grain.
How many thousand cows could
give this same increase and make a
greater net profit, if they were prop
erly cared for and their ration bal
-anced right at home? More silos and
more alfalfa, clover and soy beans is
the answer.
Do you want to buy or sell dairy
breeding stock? List your wants
with M. A. Nye, Blue Valley Farm
Service.
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Farm Papers
How many farm papers should a
farmer take? There is a big choice
to select from.
There is always at least one State
Farm Paper. There are many Ma
tional Farm Papers. There are breed
and horticultural papers and profess
sional papers.
Most farmers, who take farm papers
like first to alweys have their reliable
State Farm paper. This is always
most valuable because it deals with
local conditions and home state farm
life. Many stock sales within the
state are advertised. The help
wanted columns furnish a practical
means of many employers and en-
ployees getting together. There is
generally good Woman's and Junior
Department, which make the paper of
interest to all the family.
For a broader scope on National
Agriculture, there are several excel
lent farm journals, among them be-
ing the Country Gentleman, Farm
& Home, The Farm Journal, Farm &
Fireside, The Dairy Farmer, The Ag-
ricultural Forum and many others.
Hoard's Dairyman published at
Ft. Atkinson, Wis.,, is an old stand
by with Dairymen. The Breeders
Gazette published at Chicago is the
rule with hog and beef men. Nearly
all breeds of live stock have their
breed journal or bulletin.
: In passing on the number and
kind of farm papers each farmer
should take, Agricultural classes gem
orally agree that he should take his
most reliable state farm paper, one
good National Farm paper, and a
paper which has to do with the kind
OF stock or crop enterprise, which
claims his major interest. Besides
these three types of Farm papers, a
pure breed man generally likes his
breed paper, dealing with his particu-
lar breed interest.
Hort. Society's Slogan, $4,000 In
1924" Realized - -Four thousand
members in 1924" meaning before
the close of its fiscal year, September
l, was the goal set by the officers of
the Minnesota State horticultural So
ciety with headquarters at University
Farm. Results of the campaign have
met all expectations, for on May 1
more than 1000 members were on
the rolls. Walton G. Bach of Day
ton Bluffs station Ramsey county,
had the honor of receiving member
ship ticket 1000.
The membership of the society last
year was 1902. The largest member
ship in any single past year was 3,457,
according to Secretary R. s. Mackin-
tosh, who says the society now has as
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