The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-02
DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGRlCULTURlSIS

i = - j.
HE ACRICULTURISTS
s*ss~<s~***%~~*@sssssssssssss.ss.ss.s
quality grain. Pentad, Red Durum
has not yielded nearly as high as
Medium and is a very inferior mill
ing wheat and should not be grown.
1t can be recognized easily by bearded
spikes with white smooth chaff,
short red kernels, very pointed at the
germ end, bumped and little brush.
Ten and one-half per cent of the dur
UNI wheat reaching the terminals at
Duluth in 1924 was of this undersir-
able variety. This wheat goes to
foreign ports and cannot help but
react unfavorably against the con-
tinued demand for export wheat from
this country.
$4,000 In Scholarships for Girl
Graduates-To perpetuate the inf1u-
ence and keep green the memory of
Maria l.. Sanford 80 educational
institutions in the northwest will
award 500 each in scholarships to
girl graduates of 1925 who submit the
best essays on the subject. "What
Maria Sanford Has Done for Me -
The contest is open to girl graduates
of at least high school rank who
have read Maria Sanford's biography
by Miss Helen Whitney. Essays must
be not less than $50 words nor more
than 500 words in length. Awards
will be based upon the thought rath-
er than on the form. The Maria San
ford Biography Committee, 11O8 Mic
ollet avenue, room 203, will reply to
requests for full particulars of the
contest.
No Hurry to Move Bees That Are
Quiet-Bees which are getting along
quietly in their winter quarters in the
cellar should not be moved to loca-
tons outdoors until the pussy willow
and soft maple are in bloom, says
Francis JAEGER of the bee culture di-
vision at University Farm.
To take them out the first warm,
spring-like day is to invite heavy
losses on account of cold winds and
changeable spring weather. In their
search for blooms the bees fly long
distances and if overtaken by chilling
winds and storms they are unable to
reach the home port. Delay in NOV
ing them will save much of this
dwindling, as beekeepers call it.
The rule then is to keep the quiet,
orderly colonies in their winter quart
ers as late as possible-until there are
blooms near by for them towork on =.
Exception to the rule follows if the
bees are noisy and in bad condition.
All such should be placed in their
summer locations as early as possible
and given chance to clean them
selves.
How to Feed Dairy Cows to Get
Profits-Feed all the roughage a
COW will eat. This should include feed
and a legume hay.
With good roughage- alfalfa,
soybean, or clover hay-feed a Jer-
sey or Guernsey one pound of grain
to each two and one-half to three
pounds of milk; a Holstein, Ayrshire
Brown Swiss, or Shorthorn, one
pound of grain for each three to
three and one-half pounds of milk.
With poor roughage such as tim
othy or wild hay, feed a Jersey or
Guernsey one pound of grain for
each two pounds of milk; Holstein,
Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, or Shorthorn,
one pound of grain for each two and
one-half to three pounds of milk.
These rules for feeding dairy cat
tie are laid down in Bulletin 218,
Feeding the Dairy Herd" prepared
by C. H. Eckles and o. G. Schaefer
of the dairy division, University of
Minnesota, and just issued by the
Minnesota Agricultural Experiment
Station. Copies can be obtained by
addressing the office of publications
University Farm, st. Paul
The good dairyman, the bulletin
says, tries to maintain summer con.
ditions the year round. The condi-
lions of early summer which make
possible maximum production are
abundance of feed, palatable feed, q
succulent ration, a sufficient amount
of protein, moderate temperatures
and comfortable surroundings.
r.
| 102 Graduated From Agricultural
Observation-Disclosures of graduation
were presented to 102 seniors of the
School of Agriculture by President
l.. D. Coffman of the University OF
Minnesota at exercises held in the
University Farm auditorium on We'd
nesday, March Is. 1t was the thirty.
sixth annual commencement and the
graduates now number more than
5000. Five of the Seniors, chosen by
their classmates, had places on the
program. The address to the class
was given by DIR. j. C.. Acheson
president of Manchester college.
The closing exercises of the schoo
year were preceded by class might
exercises, reception to the gradual
ing class by President and Mrs. Golf
man and Dean and Mrs. w. C. Coffey
| the Commencement sermon by Bishop
Charles E. Locke, the class play, ane
the alumni reunion and dinner al
which the address was given by Lieu
tenant Governor w. 1. Nolan.
| Students of the school attend class
es for six months each year for three
| years and carry on project work or