The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-08-27
BY M. A. Nye
Blue Valley Farm Service

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On the farm of F. A. Holman, 21s
miles south of Willard, there are IL
acres of fine alfalfa that are making
hay this year. Seven acres more were
seeded this spring. Around 40 loads
of alfalfa hay have been made on the
place this year.
The alfalfa seeded on the place so
far has been put in with oats as a
nurse crop. Mr.. o. ]. Holman says
that around 6 acres is being left for
seed this fall.
Wheat on the Holman place this
year went rs bushels per acre which
is exceptionally good for this year.
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Mr.. o. A. Heskje, manager of the
Serapta Home, just south of Sank
Centre says that off Of 8 acres OF Al
falfa this year on their small farm,
they got rs loads of fine quality hay
from two cuttings.
Mr.. Heskje likes to feed alfalfa
hay. The alfalfa seedlings on the
Home Farm are three years old.
Mr.. J. M. Pendroy, residing just
southwest of Sank Centre has good
money-making combination in his Jer-
seys and alfalfa,
Five years ago when Mr.. Pendroy
came here from North Dakota he pur-
chased Jersey bull, 2 Jersey cows
and one Jersey heifer all pure breds
from Mr.. Mum, the President of the
American Jersey Cattle Club.
He has been raising and selling Jer-
seys ever since he got this start. He
has some fine Jersey cattle.
Twelve acres of fine alfalfa, six on
each of the Farmstead on the Pend
roy farm can't help but attract the at
tention of the visitor or the passerby
to the farm.
Mr.. Pendroy's alfalfa Us the hardy
Cossack variety. He will make 35
loads this year from his IL acres, two
cuttings. He seeded four acres more
this spring with oats as nurse crop.
Mr.. Pendroy seeds his alfalfa as
high as 10 pounds per acre. He be-
lieves in two cuttings only. He is an
old time alfalfa grower having grown
a large acreage of alfalfa on his farm
in North Dakota before moving to
Sank Centre. Mr.. Pendroy is a great
booster for Jersey and more alfalfa.
r. B. Kinsella made good use o.
two acres of alfalfa this summer. He
was UP against it for pasture for his
sheep and turned them on the alfalfa.
He says, "They did real well on it.
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M. T. Upton who operates the
Brown Bros. farm, a miles west of
Sank Centre on Highway %, has a
trench silo on his place.
He states that it has proven very
satisfactory. 1t was built by digging
or scraping rectangular hole in the
ground 8 feet deep by IL feet wide
by AZ feet long. After the trench is
filled with silage it is covered with
straw and clay. Mr.. Upton says he
is never bothered with frozen silage.
He would also advise any one con-
templating trench silo to make it
only 10 feet wide unless more than
Is cows are fed. He would make it
couple feet narrower and make up
for the lost tonnage by making the
trench longer.
How can the mortgage be paid off
quicker, that lighting and water sys-
tenn installed, that new barn built,
that milking machine bought, etc.
All these much quicker along with
many other modern Inconvenience!
The answer, more alfalfa and better
COWS. The average Minnesota cow
produces 160 pounds of butterfat per
year. She is not paying proposition.
Don't be content until you have