The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-02-05
DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGRICULTURISTS

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1t tends to slenderize. A curvey neck
line is particularly good on a person
having angular lines in the face. The
curves tend to soften the lines. The
same principles apply in necklines as
in other forms of design-the vertical
lines tend to slenderize and lengthen
and the horizontal lines to broaden
Bessie c. Willis, extension specialist
in clothing, University of Minnesota.
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~" Farm Will Have Hay Grade
Hearing-Public hearings, one of
which is scheduled for University
Farm in April, will be held by the
United States Department of Agri-
culture for the purpose of establish
ing permanent grades for wild hay
and alfalfa.
Tentative grades were agreed up
on at a meeting of co-operators held
at Kansas City, recently and attended
by F. H. Steinmetz of University
Farm who represented Minnesota,
Wisconsin, and the Dakotas. At Uni
versity Farm Mr.. Steinmetz is in
charge of hay laboratory in which
have been analysed sample bales of
wild hay from the states within his
jurisdiction. This laboratory is the
third of it's kind in the United
States.
From this cooperative work stand
ards for market wild hay and alfalfa,
similar to those now used in market
ing timothy and clover, will be pro-
mulgated. According to Mr.. Stein
metz, Minnesota has more than q
100000 acres Of wild hay land.
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Treatment of Seed Saves Cabbage
Crop-Cabbage growers in Ramsey
county, who treated their cabbage
seed with corrosive sublimate or hot
water last spring, are convinced that
healthy seed pays. Cabbage grown
from the treated seed, says R. c.
Rose of the university's extension SER
vice, developed on the average very
little black rot and stump rot, while
the fields planted with untreated seed
showed heavy losses from these dis
eases. When the treated seed was
planted in old cabbage soil, the good
results of the treatment were not as
marked as where new soil was used.
Cabbage seed treatment should al
ways be accompanied by an uninfect-
ed seed bed, rotation of crops in the
field, and maggot control.
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Marquis and Mindum Favored for
Observation-Disclosures of new and
better varieties of small grains is one
of the plant breeding projects car.
ried on by the Minnesota Experiment
Stations. Before new variety is
introduced to the farmers it is first
tested in carefully controlled expert
ments conducted at the central sta,
ton at University Farm and at the
outlying stations at Waseca, Morris
Crookston, Grand Rapids, and Duluth
Every winter station men particular.
ly interested in farm crops meets to
determined which varieties shall be
recommended on the basis of actual
performance trials.
For the 1925 planting the station
men recommend Marquis for a bread
wheat and Mindum for durum OF
macaroni wheat.
Marquis is on the average the
best performer yet available" says
H. K. Hays, plant breeder at the
central station. "Kota, a new var.
iety from North Dakota, has rust re-
sistant qualities but very weak
straw. 1t is undesirable for centra
and southern Minnesota and is not az
yet recommended. Quality, a Bur
bank selection, natures at least E
week earlier than Marquis, but wher
rust is not a factor appears to yielc
less than Marquis. Ruby, Canadian
production, has been grown to some
extent. 1t also natures earlier thar
Marquis.
"When Marquis was first introduc
ed it frequently escaped rust attacks
which injured Bluestem which ma
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verely injured now as Bluestem ever
was. If Quality or Ruby predominant.
ed the natural assumption is that they
would be severely injured by rust. ;
Recommended varieties of other
grains will be given in later issues Of
the Herald.
Fresh Air In Homes Needed fo,
Health-"Fresh air in good supply is
absolutely necessary for the contin.
ued good health of human beings
says DR.. Jane Leichsenring of the
University of Minnesota. Living in
super-heated, poorly ventilated houses
lowers our resistance and increases
our susceptibility to colds and Other
diseases of the respiratory tract.
obviously, then, we must see thai
an abundant supply of fresh air is
available at all times. In the first
place, the windows of the bedroom
should be open every night regardless
of the outside temperature. Coco
ventilation is best assured by lower.