The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-10-09
DEPARTMENT FOR THE ACRICULTURlSTS

tnfOugn Tall ana winter months. IhlS
year foreign markets are stronger and
present quotations put the American
markets in line for some export bust
ness. Canada is underselling the
United States, and it is probable that
southern hemisphere butter also will
be available little later at lower
prices and prevent any large volume
of sales from this country.
Net imports from September 1,
1923, to April 80, 1924, amounted to
% million pounds. 1t is entirely
possible that net exports in the cor
responding period of this butter
year may amount to million pounds,
making a net shift in foreign trade
of 80 million pounds.
Taking the increase of storage
holdings into account and allowing
| for a 10 per cent increase in cream
cry butter production this fall and
winter, the total supply increase
would be about 113 million pounds.
The change in foreign trade would
account for 80 million pounds of this
quantity. The annual increase in
population requires about "a million
pounds more of butter to maintain
percapita consumption on the same
scale as in 1928. After allowing
for these items, there still remain in
round numbers about 60 million
pounds more butter, or approximate
ly one half pound per capita, to be
consumed in the next seven or eight
months, than in the same period
year previous. This increment of 10
to IL per cent in the supply is prob
ably discounted in full by the pres
ent level of wholesale prices, which
are about 20 per cent less than year
ago. Retail prices always lag be-
hind wholesale quotations in making
changes, but they are rejecting the
lower butter price to some extent.
For the fall and winter season as a
whole, they probably will be in line
with the lower level upon which
wholesale prices are travelling.
Seasonal conditions normally cause
an advance in butter prices in the
fall months. At the present time,
prices are declining as the market is
going through a liquidating period,
caused by lack of confidence in the
future of values. This period prob
ably is about over, however, and
prices will hold at whatever level the
consensus of trade opinion suggests
as safe merchandising basis for
the increased supply. When that
basis is settled upon, the seasonal adj
vance probably will show itself.
Raw Vegetable, Need In Every
Days Menu = "Raw vegetables
should be served often by the home
MAKER" says Alice Child of the di-
vision of home economics, University
Farm, "because if cooked in water
some of the soluble substances, such
as mineral salts and sugars, are lost.
Also, cooking affects adversely the
Ivitamin content.
Miss Child adds that one of the
best ways to serve green vegetables
is in salads, and she offers the fol-
lowing suggestions for raw vegetable
salads for winer use: Lettuce with
thousand island dressing; lettuce with
hard cooked egg; lettuce and peas;
lettuce and cheese; shredded lettuce,
celery and cabbage; shredded lettuce
and any canned vegetable; lettuce
with green pepper; cabbage and Gel
cry; cabbage and green pepper or
pimento; cabbage and salmon or
tuna fish; cabbage and beets; cab
bage and apple; cabbage and pine
apple; celery, apple and nuts; grated
carrots and raisins; and grated car
rots, raisins and nuts.
Salad dressing may be used accord
ing to taste. For those who like oil,
a mayonnoise or French dressing:
for those who do not like oil, cooked
dressing can be used. Whipped
cream can be added to either.
| A.
Minnesota Near Top In Cow Test
ing Work-Only one state surpassed
Minnesota the last year in organic
ing COW testing associations. Michi-
gan had SO associations in 1923 and
has increased the number to 81,
gain of 38. Minnesota had 55 in
1928 and now has 90, a gain of So.
Iowa added ID associations, Wiscon-
sin IL, and Kentucky 10 in the same
interim.
Cow testing work in Minnesota is
supervised by E.. A.. Hanson and
c. C. Geddes, dairy specialists with
the agricultural extension service of
the university. No effort is being
made to organize more associations
in Minnesota for the reason that
those now in existence are all that
can be properly supervised by the
two men assigned to this work.
On July 1, 1924, there were about
730 cow testing associations in this
country as against 627 the year be-
fore. This was a gain in a year of
a little more than Is per cent. The
United States Department of Agri-
culture finds this increase very en-
couraging because more testing
means more economical production,
and more economical production ben
efits both the producer and the con-
sumner.
| University Farm Hen Lays 26O
Eggs in Year-Layota, or D 45, a
ive-pound single comb White Leg
horn hen, bred at the Minnesota Col
llege Of Agriculture station, laid 200
leggs in 365 days, reports A. G.
Smith, chief Of the division Of poul-
TRY husbandry, University Farm.
i This record falls short, of course,
of the world record, but is near the
top for Minnesota ATTITUDES. D IS
was kept in a flock of 20 hens and
received no special feed or care. At
an average price of 80 cents dozen
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