The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-08-27
mechanics, and land reclamation

mechanics, and land reclamation.
"The new course will follow lines
quite like those of courses given
at several other colleges, including
Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska" says
Mr.. Boss. "But profting by their
experience we feel that we have ar
ranged one that will be the equal of
any yet offered.
Supplements Needed as Pastures
Decline-Soiling crops or corn silage
are recommended as supplements for
drough damage pastures used for
dairy herds. If the dairyman lacks
corn silage and is not in position to
feed a soiling crop, he should give
his cows grain ration, says o. G.
Schaefer of the dairy division, Uni
versity Farm. For average or low
producing cows on pastures badly
burned the grain ration should con-
sist of equal parts of corn and oats
or equal parts of barley and oats.
For cows Of more than average pro-
duction one pound of otlmeal should
be added to the ration for every five
or six pounds of the corn and oats or
barley and oats. Where nj pasture
is left at all the cows snou 4 be fed
about as in winter.
Damping OFF Disease Can Be Con-
trolled - "Damping-off," a disease
caused by a fungous parasite which
lives in the soil, can be controlled by
two commercial products known as
Bayer's Compound and Semesan, says
r. c. Rose of the plant disease Sec
tiol, University of Minnesota. The
disease appears on plants grown in
greenhouses and see ibeds. Plants
affected decay at the ground line and
fall over. At Meadowlands, near
Duluth, the compounds we're used on
the seedbeds before planting, the soil
being soaked down W ri enc quarter
of ! per cent solution me pound to
a barrel of water). Two weeks after
seeding reports Mr.. Rose the treated
seeGbeds showed only. S per cent Vt
damping-off, while AZ per cent of the
seedlings on untreated beds were
found by actual count to be diseased.
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Hen Should Have Fair Trial on
Culling Day All laying hens must
rest at some time, hence it may be a
mistake to yield to tendency to dis
card all hens that are not laying at
the time the flock is culled. This sys-
tenn frequently throws out some of
the best hens, depending on when the
culling is done. Poor conditions as
to feed and housing may mean poor
production early in the summer.
CAT the recent poultry judging
school at Cornell University" the
factors stressed most were body type,
body conformation, and head" says
Cora E.. Cooke, of the university s
agricultural extension service. "a
New Jersey poultry specialist gave
these factors definite value 70 out
of 100 possible points-while only
20 points were given to present con-
dition.
Gin other words, in order to be a
high producer hen must have a
long, broad, deep body and strong
head with bright full eye, and show
the active disposition of the layer.
She may show these characteristics
even though she is not laying. If, in
addition, she also bears the marks
of having. laid we'll in the past, we
can be quite sure of our choice of the
high producer"
Scouting Course In.Park Attended
by 54-One banker and two preach
ers were among 81 mature men who
registered for the short course Civ
en- this month in Itasca Park by the
Department of Agriculture of the
University of Minnesota in forestry
woodcraft, and scouting. Ages OF
the students ranged from FL to 60.
They came from Minnesota, Wiscon-
sin, and Dakotas, and one registered
from Brooklyn, N. Y. Graduating
exercises were held at the close ano
certificates awarded the 81, this be.
ing the largest number ever enrolled
for this particular course. Instruc
ton was given by university men il
cruising, plants, trees, rope work, anc
pioneering. Representatives of The
Boy Scouts of America led severa
conferences and instructed in camp
craft.