The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-08-07

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probably on the evening Of August 8.
Minnesota will have an exhibit,
provided by Mr.. Chapman, at the
meeting of The International Baby
Chick association, which will begin
on August 5.
The poultry council, the baby
chick, and other meetings will be held
at the Edgewater Beach hotel.
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Cutover Land Honey Crop Is a
Large One-The cut-over lands of
Northern Minnesota are enabling the
bees of the region to gather one of
the largest honey crops in years,
says Francis jaeger, head of the bee
division of the Minnesota Experiment
station, University Farm, st. Paul,
who has been studying conditions
throughout the state. Never has the
clover bloom been so luxuriant, and
the fireweed has done much to help.
The southern part of the state, on
the other hand, will have only about
| hat crop, says Mr.. jaeger. The Glow
er bloom in the southern counties
has been by no means so luxuriant,
and the basswoods produced no
bloom. What honey there is in the
south, however, is of the best quality
and color.
The bees of the north, says the
bee specialist of University Farm,
have this year done much to encour-
age beginning farmers in the region
as to the possibilities of their farms.
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Hens can not produce eggs without
raw materials for their making. Feed
! 'em well, summer as well as winter.
! Every farmer who markets eggs
can help to establish confidence in
eggs as a palatable, tasteful food by
collecting his eggs daily and market
| ing them at least twice week.
A normal healthy pig should
weigh 200 pounds when it is 200 days
old.
If you find many runty pigs in
your litters, it is time to get busy,
and discover the causes.
A "Mash" Hopper for Every Flock
A movement has been started by
poultry specialists of the extension
! division of the Minnesota College of
agriculture, in cooperation with the
county agents of the state, to secure
the use of "mash" hopper on every
farm for the encouragement OF egg
laying on the part of hens.
A statement just issued by the
University Farm poultry specialists
says that demonstration focks which
have been receiving mash through
June and July have been paying a
10
scratch grain have usually not even
paid for their grain.
The hopper movement is started in
connection with statewide plans for
culling demonstrations, the instruc-
tions to those planning for fiock-cull-
ing being to feed mash for two
weeks in advance of the culling de-
monstration, and to keep daily re-
cord of the eggs laid.
Automobile Raises Standard OF
Horses-The small, weedy, misfit
horse is now "has BEEN" The au-
tomobile has put it out of business.
The automobile was responsible for
cut in the price of horses, and, OF
course, the scrub suffered most. AS
a result, says w. H. Peters head of
the animal husbandry division of
the Minnesota Experiment station,
University Farm, st. Paul, the type
of horse one sees now is the big
strong animal, able to do a big honest
days work.
It is the latter type that the farm
er should raise, if he has the market
ing of stock in mind. Breed only
from high class stock of good draft
type" says Mr.. Peters.
The scarcity of fors es is such, be-
lieves Mr.. Peters, that the farmer
may very well look to the raising OF
enough colts to meet at least the
power needs of his farm.
Veterinarians Coming to the u
In answer to a notice of the third
annual short course for veterinarians,
and the twenty-siXth semi-annual
meeting of the state veterinary med
ical association, recently sent out by
DIR. C. P. Fitch, head of the division
of Veterinary medicine at University
Farm, ST. Paul, responses are already
coming in. DIR. Fitch looks for a
large attendance.
Many interesting features have
been provided for the meeting, Aug
ust ID and Is. One of the outstand
ing features will be clinic, cases
for which have already been collect
ed. Speakers will be eladers in the
profession from various parts of the
country.