The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-05-20

lens, play as a socializing factor, and
homemaking are subjects which will
| be presented at the convention. Pres
ident L. D. Coffman of the University
of Minnesota has accepted an invita-
ton to speak.
q
Beef Cattle Train Coming to Min
nesota-Fo GLOWING it's North Dakota
| tour the Better Beef Cattle special
train will enter Minnesota at East
Grand Forks on June IA and make
stops for meetings the next two weeks
as follows:
June IA, East Grand Forks and
Crookston.
June 15, Warren and Thief River
! Falls.
June 16, Red Lake Falls, Fertile,
and Twin Valley.
June II, Glyndon and Lake Park,
June 10, Fergus Falls and Brock,
enridge.
| June 10, Graceville, Morris and APP
| pleton.
June 21, Florence, Pipestone, and
Marshall.
June 22, Hanley Falls and Clara
City.
June %, Elbow Lake and Alexan-
dria.
June "a, Brooten and Paynesville.
June 25, Watkins and Buffalo.
The train will be operated jointly
by the Great Northern, Northern Pa
cific, and 500 line, cooperating with
the Minnesota Agricultural College,
the packing industries, breeders of
ifu
tions.
Exhibits, program of exercises
and demonstrations of market classes
of cattle and purebred sires and
cows, carried on the train, will fea-
ture every stop. Animal husbandry
and extension division men from the
state agricultural college will lead
discussions. A junior club team will
give Commute demonstration.
Definite information of the hours of
meeting and other particulars will
soon be given.
Tour Planned of New Farm Ac-
counting Area-Tuesday, May rs
has been selected as the date for the
visitation tour of the farm account
ing route maintained by the univer-
sity in the Danish settlement center
ing around Askov, Pine county.
Meetings will be held at three farms
for the purpose of discussing profit
able methods of production as reveal
ed by the records kept by the farm
ers. The noon meeting and picnic
luncheon will be held on the farm
of Chris Morgensen, a mile west of
Askov. Andrew Boss, vice director
of the Minnesota Experiment sta
ton, and o. G. Schaefer of the dairy
division at University Farm will give
short addresses. George A. Pond
and A. T. Hoverstad of the farm
management division of the univer-
sity will be in charge of the tour.
County Agent w. F. Hammargen and
L. C. Petersen, president of the Pine
county farm bureau, will make the
local arrangements for the meeting.
All persons interested are invited to
participate in the tour. The AskoV
route was established by university
men January 1, 1925. The 29 farm
ers who compose the route are
keeping accurate records of their
present farm projects such as dairy
ing, potato and rutabaga growing,
and poultry raising.
No Place for "Bum Chicks" in the
Flock-It is not only foolish to count
your chickens before they are hatch
ed, but it is almost as absurd to count
all that do hatch, says Cora Cooke,
extension specialist in poultry with
the University of Minnesota.
"Some people count only those
poppy, wide-awake chicks that are
just clamoring for food, attention,
and daylight" says Miss Cooke. "On
the other hand, some people count
every bird-even those with crooked
beaks, those that are crippled, or not
properly dried off-anything, in fact,
that has managed to extricate itself
from the shell. The most of these
chicks are going to die soon, and
the few which manage to live for a
time will be a constant source of
trouble in the flock. It is of no adj
vantage to the flock or its owner to
let them live. Therefore, count only
the strong chicks-the others don't
count, -e ~ e.
The specialist argues that the poul-
try keeper who saves all the invalids
and cripples is placing himself under
handicap. When visitors inspect
his flock the crippled and sick chick
ems are sure to be in the front seats.