The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-03-04


eggs, it leaves the soil richer be-
er, pioneer farmer of Mclean coun-
ty, ILL.,, finds that since he has beef
rotating his cropes with alfalfa it
has raised his corn crop average to
60 bushels an acre. Last year alone
on lip acres of corn he had an in
, crease of 2,240 bushels of corn
which he credits to alfalfa.-By Har-
ry Miller, Radio Farm School.
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, Chase of Pennington Wins Judg-
ing Contest-Clement Chase of Farm
ington, sophomore in the College of
Agriculture, University Farm, won
the sweepstakes prize in the live
stock judging contest put on by the
Block and Bride Club, an organiza-
ton of young men pursuing studies
in animal husbandry. Chase will re-
ceive the sweepstakes medal offered
by w. H. Tomhave of Chicago, sec
rotary of the American Aberdeen
Angus Breeders association.
About SO young men entered the
competition in judging horses, hogs,
dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, and
poultry. Chase was first in Judging
horses and hogs, Maurice Steiner of
Minneapolis first in judging dairy
cattle, George Chambers of Ovation
ma first in the beef cattle contest,
Jay Seymour of Eyota first in judy
ing sheep, and Stephan Remington of
st. Paul first in judging poultry. The
last named won a trophy cup offered
by The Poultry Herald of St. Paul.
All the others won watch fob medals,
given each year by the Northwest
Farmstead.
At least three of these young
men got good start in the study of
livestock while members of junior
clubs. Chase was on junior teams
which represented Minnesota at the
National Dairy Show and Information
al Livestock Exposition. While a
junior club member be also won sew
eral state championships.
Three Short Courses Arranged for
Juniors-Short courses for Mime
sofa boys and girls will be held SIM
ultaneously, March 20 to April 3, at
University Farm, St. Paul, the West
Central School at Morris and the
Northwest School at Crookston.
Only members of junior clubs can
register for the University Farm
course. Last year any boy or girl
between the ages of IL and FL in
elusive could attend. Even with this
radical change the state leader esti-
mates that $50 to 700 young people
will attend the University Farm
course. The registration a year ago
was 652, as compared with 443 in
1924 and 225 in 1923.
The daily program will adhere rath-
err closely to those of past years.
Class room work will be carried on
forenoons, with the afternoons re-
served for visit to places of interest
in the Twin Cities and neighboring
towns. Programs of recreation and
entertainment will be presented every
evening.
Outstanding again this year will
be course in leadership for older
boys and girls. This work was such
success last year that much is ex-
pected from it. All the contests fea-
tured last year, and perhaps some
new ones, will be put on this year.
Small Potatoes Good for Spring
Planting-Plant the small ones and
save expense is the advice of F. A.
Krantz of the division of horticul-
ture, University of Minnesota, to po-
tato growers who are beginning to
think in terms of seed for next spring.
Mr.. Krantz says that whole small
potatoes are even better to plant
than seed pieces from large tubers,
provided they come from vigorous,
healthy plants. If planted when
weather conditions are unfavorable,
there is less likelihood of the whole
small potato rotting in the ground
than there is of the seed pieces cut
from large potatoes.
Growers who have kept up seed
plots will be perfectly safe in plant
ing their small, unmarketable stock"
says Mr.. Krantz. "The small seed
potato should be firm in substance,
with the first sprouts just beginning
to appear, and should be of mini
mum weight of two ounces. Badly
sprouted small potatoes should not be
planted. In time of high prices like
the present, growers can make a saw
ing by using their smallest tubers, if
properly grown, for this years seed.
But do not increase the acreage.
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Many Fires Started by Campers,
Smokers - Campers and smokers
cause 20 per cent of all forest fires
in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michi-
gan, according to the annual report
of the Lake States Forest Expert
ment station, Raphael Zon director.
The report has just been prepared at
University Farm for submission to
the advisory committee of the sta
ton. The records are for the year
1925. The railroads, brush burners
and other miscellaneous agencies are
relatively less important today in
starting fires than they were 10 years
ago, the report says. The forest fire
studies, authorized in 1924 and now
nearing completion, have developed
many interesting facts in regard to
the forest fire situation. During the
last decade, the report says, seven
million acres have been burned over
in the three lake states with an ag-
gregate loss Of $38,000,000.
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