The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-07-08

SAUK CENTRE HERAL
University Department of Agricul-
ture and other cooperating agencies.
Mr.. Peters made his talk convinc-
ing by illustrating it with six live
steers carried on the train, one of
which represented a market grade,
either prime, choice, good, medium.
common, or cutter and Gamer. The
prime steer, one and half years old,
weighed 1880 pounds, and at 10
cents pound was worth S128. The
cutter and Gamer at the end of the
line would bring only 2 to cents on
the market and, although 8 years old,
vas worth but $50.
The university man emphasized the
Importance of feeding and breeding
to produce a definite standard high
quality carcass Of beef fsat vsill suit
the customer and sell at profitable
price to the producer.
Dry Weather Pasture Crop Tour
Brings Rain-What was called a dry
weather pasture crop tour in Sher-
burne county brought one of the good
soaking rains of the season in that re-
gion. The tour was led by County
Agent Raymond Aune and r. F.
Grim of the extension division at Uni
versity Farm and was planned for the
purpose of inspecting sweet cloved
pastures. Three farms We're visited,
one one of which Is acres of sweet
clover were pasturing 80 cows, while
a pasture Of native grasses adjacent
had been burned out in the long
drouth. On another farm sweet
clover seeded in 1925 was being pas
tured in 1926.
Mr.. Grim says: Gin every case
sweet clover demonstrated it's ability
to stand drouth and to produce lib
eral pasture where the regular pas
lures had completely dried up. On
Sherburne county's sandy lands sweet
clover has surpassed alfalfa this year.
1t seems to endure drouth even better
than alfalfa"
Twenty neighborhood farmers en-
joyed the rain and the tour and took
part in informal meetings held on the
farms by the extension men.
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Find Cold Water Boosts Dairy In
come on Farm-Nature's gift of cold
water on their farms is being taken
advantage of by thousands Of farm
ers for increasing their income from
dairying, it is found by the Blue Val
ley Creamery Institute. This is done
by making use of the cold water for
cooling their cream quickly and keep
ing it cold and sweet, and thereby
"cashing in" on the premium being
paid for sweet cream. Sweet cream
is always worth more money for but
ter manufacturing purposes than sour
cream, and the farmers who cool
their cream quickly and keep it cold
until it leaves the farm, are making
handsome additions to their incomes
in this manner.
The following practical sugges-
tons to dairy farmers by Prof. E. H
Harrington, dairy expert of the Uni.
versity of Wisconsin, on the produc-
ton of sweet cream have the endorse.
ment Of the Institute:
l. Place the cream separator on
firm foundation in a clean, we'll
ventilated room, free from all Of
fensive odors.
2. Thoroughly clean the separator
after each skimming. The bowl
should be taken apart and washed, to-
gether with all the tinware, every
time the separator is used.
3. Wash the separator bowl and
all tinware with cold water and then
with warm water and washing powd-
er, using a brush to polish the sur
face and clean out the cream from
the cracks. Finally scald with boil
ing water. Do not wipe the bowl
and tinware with a cloth or drying
towel, but put them to dry in a place
where they will be protected from
dust.
4. Rinse the milk receiving can
an separator bowl with quart or
two of hot water just before running
milk into the separator.
B. Cool the cream as it comes
from the separator or immediately
after and keep it cold until sold.
o. Never mix warm and cold
cream, or sweet and slightly sour
cream.
z. Provide clean, covered water
TANK Ior holding the cream cans and
change the water frequently in the
tank so that the temperature does
not rise above 60 degrees. A salts
Factory arrangement may be made by
allowing running water to flow
through the cream tank to the stock
watering tank.
8. Skim. the milk Immediately aft
ter each milking. This will take less
work and be more satisfactory than
to hold the milk from one milking to
the next.
Purpose Of Flock Determins Its
Size-The average farmer should
have flock Of rs hens or he should
have one of 2Q(l a. mara AL =