The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-09-09

gest money maker on the farm il
my opinion"
All the feeders near the top usee
bulls of either the midium or big
type, says A. A. Dowell, livestock
specialist at University Farm, wht
had charge of the contest. The cows
were also classed as medium to big
The heavy calves from the good sizec
sire and dam produced the most pro
fit. Given a calf that is "bred big,
as one of the feeders expressed il
and properly feed it and you viii
have a winner, is a conclusion drawn
from the results of this contest.
New Scoop" Studies Started by
State "U" - Cooperative market
ing has made such progress in Min
nesota that two new studies on CO
operative organization have recently
been launched by the federal bureau
of agricultural economics and the
Minnesota Agricultural College.
DR.. J. D. Black, chief of the di
vision of agricultural economics
University Farm, says that one Of
the studies will have to do with The
economics of organization and the
business practices of farmers CO
operative oil-filling stations in Min
nesota. The first station was estab
lished in Minnesota about three year.
ago; now there are between 40 anG
so. Rudolph Froker, graduate Oh
the Minnesota College of Agricult
ture, has been engaged as field mar
to visit cooperative oil stations tt
secure detailed data on costs of in.
stallion and operation, form of or
ganization, etc.
The object of the other study is tt
consider methods and practices useG
in the marketing of honey, includ
ing assembling, grading, market out.
lets, demand and prices, for the pur
pose of ascertaining if honey Tan be
marketed advantageously through
cooperative organizations, and the
type of organization most suitable. E
E. Wilson, a graduate student at Uni.
versity Farm, will do the field worl
in Minnesota and study honey mar.
keting mechanisms in the Twin Cit.
les. It is expected that eventually
the honey marketing project will cen.
ter in Washington and be carried for.
ward on a nationwide basis.
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Seed Corn Selection Time is Here
Again-Seed corn selection time il
close at hand again. Last spring:
scarcity which of course made
prices high, emphasizes the impor
lance of selecting and curing ar
ample supply of high grade seed fol
planting in 1927.
A. C. Army, who is in charge %
farm crops at University Farm, says
the farmers of the southern, central
and northern sections of the state
should save the seed of varieties rec
commended by the Agricultural Elk.
pertinent Station for their section
These varieties have been under test
time and time again and have shown
ability to produce high yields of ma.
tured corn.
1t corn always matured early the
selection of seed corn would be 9
comparatively simple matter. But il
the maturity of the corn is delayed
it sometimes becomes necessary tx
select seed ears in the dough stage
or even earlier, in order to get then
under shelter before killing frosts
"In emergencies seed corn may be
selected as early as the roasting cal
stage with good results, provided i
is properly cured, says Mr.. Army
'Light frosts do not damage the
corn, but they do give notice tina
the seed ears should be gathered
promptly before more severe frostl
cause serious injury"
Club Boys and Girls Holding Fair,
of Own-Club boys and girls of Min
nesota are not only taking an in
creasing interest year by year in tn,
making of community and count,
fairs, but this year they will have /!
or 20 fairs of their own, says T. A
Erickson, the state club leader. TIL,
season for these junior fairs openet
at Waverly, Cambridge, Sank Cen
tire, and other points. The promi
nent part taken by club boys ant
girls in the Douglas county fair a
Alexandria is characteristic of tn
trend, says Mr.. Erickson. The jun
Tors had a spacious exhibit buildin,
of their own and lived in a CAM
near by. Individual junior exhibitor
of dairy cattle numbered 70, an,
there were 60 different poultry ex
hibits, and displays by the girls il
garment making and bread bakin
to match.
| DIR. Lapp to Give Two Addresse
at u Farm-Dr. John A. Lapp, presi
dent of the National Conference o
Social Work and author of the pres
ent national vocational educatio
law, is to speak September 10 and 2
at the 24th session of the Minnesot
State Conference of Social Wor
which will be held at Universit
Farm, st. Paul. Fifteen speakers Q
national reputation will give address
es at the conference.
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