The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-07-30
DEPARTMENT FOR THE ACRICUlTURISTS

was forced to provide the desired
kind of the desired quality, before a
bargain could be closed. AS cities
grew up, forage more and more was
consumed at points distant from those
of production. The distant consum-
ers came to establish standards which
sellers had to meet.
The trouble was that such stand
ards were almost wholly local. There
was relatively little uniformity
among the standards of different
parts of the country. Buyers and
sellers came to realize that there was
need for grades covering the whole
country.
Out of this feeling came the eff
fort of the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, to establish
general grades of the different kinds
of hay, based on laboratory tests and
wide study of fields and markets.
Bruised Livestock, Tax on the
Farmer-Bruises inflicted on live.
! livestock in loading, in transit, and in
unloading, costs the farmers of the
country millions of dollars every
year, according to a statement made
by DR.. w. ]. Embree of the Western
Weighing Inspection Bureau, Chi
cage, in recent talk before the We
terinarians of Minnesota at Universe
ty Farm, st. Paul.
In one year the losses on swine ran
to $3,000,000, and the losses on beef
to 100000 pounds. Bruised parts
have to be cut from the dressed car
cases.
So large are the losses that pack
ers are waging campaign to en-
courage more careful handling-the
avoidance of the use of the prod, the
whip, or the club in driving, loading,
and unloading of livestock.
The meeting of the Minnesota We
terinarians at University Farm last
week was the largest in the history of
the organization, ITS being regis
tered.
Northern Farmers to See Crop
Tests Announcements are being
sent out for the eleventh annual Wis
iting day at the agricultural expert,
ment station, Grand Rapids, Mimi, a
branch of the states farm experiment,
station system, Saturday, August 4.
The day is one which farmers ir
northern Minnesota look forward to,
as it gives them chance to see re-
suits obtained in solving problems II.
which they are vitality interested.
Results this year will include,
among others, those in the use of
fertilizer on mineral and peat soils
in the growing of winter wheats and
ryes, of Gopher oats Velvet barley,
Winona flax, Golden Moccasin Dent
corn, Mammoth Russian sunfowers
for silage, soybeans, sweet clover,
and alfalfa; in the development of a
high-producing dairy herd from COM
mon stock; in the construction of an
inexpensive winter shelter for swine.
The new building for the agricul-
tural school to be established at the
Grand Rapids station is nearing COM
pletion and will be ready for inspec-
ton.
New Head for u. Forestry Division
The forestry work of the College
of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home
Economics, University of Minnesota,
will have new chief with the be-
ginning of the college year late in
September.
The man chosen for the place is
Henry Schmitz, now 33 years old, a
native of Seattle and a graduate of
the University of Washington. Pur-
suing his studies further, he was
grated doctors degree for work at
Washington University, st. Louis in
1919. In the meantime he served for
two years in the United States navy
as an enlisted man and as an officer.
Since 1919 he has been connected
with the forestry school of the Uni
versity of Idaho as instructor, as
sistant professor, associate. professor,
and full professor.
He comes to the University of Min
nesota very highly recommended for
his ability as a forester and teacher
and for his character as a man.
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Minnesota Hog Cholera Losses In
Year $1,000, OOO-Hog cholera rob-
bed Minnesota farmers of 87,24S
hogs in the year ending May 1, ac-
cording to the Blue Valley Creamery
Institute. This means that 20 out of
CdCli IiiouSdiiu mugs Oh 'UHe 1drfuS OI
this state were sacrificed to this dis
ease and, at $14. 90 the head, took
81, 221,472 out of the pockets of
their owners.
Compared to the year before, how
ever, the losses from this dread di-
sease are considerably lower. The
number of hogs claimed by this mall
ady for 1928 fas 108,576, or at the
rate of 41.6 hogs out of each thot.s-
and, better showing than the av-
erage for the United States which is
30.8 out of thousand hogs or a
total of 1,674,756 for the country.
This is the new low record touched
last year compared to the 40 to so
per thousand that was considered US
ual before. In the epidemic of 1914
the death rate reached LOG per thous-
and and in the severe outbreak which
reached its peak in 1897 the rate was
$50 per thousand with the industry
practically wiped out in some sec
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