The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-06-10
DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGRICljL TURlSTS

lie AUIlVULlUnlOlO
in that state ranged from 800 to
1000. Even larger attendance is ex-
pected in Minnesota.
Forestry-Scouting Course Offered
BY "U"-Advanced work will Re of
fered this year at the short coui Sc in
forestry, woodcraft, and scouting to
be held August 2 to 13 a. Itasca
Park. Foresters of the tJuiyersity's
Department of Agriculture and
leaders of the Boy Scouts Of America
will serve as instructors. Scout ex-
ecutives and commissioners and their
assistants, members of scout councils,
scout masters, troop committeeman,
instructors, examiners, and other en-
actively engaged in scout work Will be
admitted to the course. Applications
must be made to the registrar at Uni
versity Farm, St. Paul, not later than
July IT and must be accompanied by
a registration fee of SIS.
Beekeepers Spend a Days Among
''U'' Bees-Beekeepers from various
parts of the state spent four days at
University Farm recently to attend a
short course and make an intensive
and intimate study of the busy tenn
peramental bee in the university bee
yards. The bees are active and many
of the lessons of the course were
given directly with them. Prevention
of heavy winter losses, more economi
cal production of honey, the swarm
ing problem, and the question of pro-
ftable marketing were considered.
Professor Francis jaeger, chief of the
division of bee culture, was in charge
of the work.
Bankers at CUP Farm; N. D. Farm
ers Coming-Five hundred bankers,
of the Minnesota State association,
are spending today Thursday, June
10) at University Farm, St. Paul,
having appointed one day of their an
nual convention in Minneapolis for a
personal inspection of the many lines
of work now being carried on at the
agricultural college station.
On Friday, June 25, 500 citizens
largely farmers and homemakers of
Cavalier county, North Dakota, will
make an all-day tour and visit of the
Minnesota college station. This will
be the fourth annual excursion of the
Cavalier county people. Last year,
500 sUrong, they went to Winnipeg,
where they were entertained by offic-
ials and college people. Business
men of St. Paul and Minneapolis, rep
resented by the St. Paul Association
and the Civic and Commerce Asso-
citation, will join with the University
Farm folks in welcoming and enter
tanning the North Dakota people.
The visitors will come by special
train, arriving at the Minneapolis STA
ton at 7 80 A. M, and will be carried
to University Farm in special chart
cred street cars. Breakfast will be
served at the farm. The entire COM
pany will assemble in the auditorium
where Dean Walter S. Coffey will
voice the university's welcome and
Professor Andrew Boss will outline
the work of the experiment station.
Then divided into groups the visitors
will be conducted by faculty men to
experimental and demonstration fields
and plots. The afternoon will be
largely spent IN Cne amman nuSDanufy
section, where short addresses will be
given by DR.. C. H. Fitch, W. H.
Peters, A. C. Smith, and Cora E.
Cooke. The women of the party will
be entertained with a program and a
visit of inspection to the home eco
Monies section.
All departments of the station will
be thrown open for the guests from
North Dakota.
Cooperative Buying Will Be Fea-
tured-Co-operative buying and fl
nancing of feeders, new field of
livestock cooperation, is one of the
many subjects to be discussed the
first week of the American Institute
will open at University Farm June
FL.
Livestock co operation is expanding
into the producers field. Up to the
past year or two cooperation among
livestock shippers has been confined
almost wholly to the marketing angle
of the industry.
C. B. Denman, president of the
National Livestock Producers asso-
citation, will speak on cooperative