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

Now's Time to Apply for Seed In.
spection-R. F. Grim, the the uni.
versity's extension specialist in farm
crops and secretary of the Mime.
sofa Crop Improvement association,
reports splendid demand and good
prices for certified field seeds. ga
comparatively large number Of grow
ers sold out quite in advance Of seed
time" he says, and he is convinced
that ga combination of good pure
seed of approved and tested varieties,
well cleaned and properly delivered,
is trade winner.
Applications for inspection of this
years field crops and membership
fees should be sent to the secretary
at University Farm on or before July
l. Applications received after that
date may necessitate an extra trip at
additional expense or even in failure
to have the inspection made.
A total, Of TO inspections were
made in 1925. Number of certifi-
Gates issued, 274; number of bushels
certified, 86,031, sufficient to plant
So, 867 acres. The paid up member
ships in the association in 1925 to
tailed 844.
All Entries in for Ton Litter Con.
test-All entries for the annual Min
nesota pig ton litter contest, carried
on jointly by the agricultural extern
sion service of the university, the
Minnesota Livestock Breeders asso-
citation, and the Minnesota Swine
Growers association, are now in the
hands either Of II. G.. Zavoral of
University Farm, who is in charge of
the contest, or of county agents, who
have assisted in organizing the work
in the field. AS the returns come in
they will be summarized and CLASH
fed and results given to the public.
Redwood county has entered 13 lit
tiers and Winona and LIE ,Sueur 9
each. These records are likely to be
surpassed when other counties are
heard from. In making the final
awards more attention than ever be-
fore will be paid to the average
weight of litter, says Mr.. Zavoral.
Only filters which weigh out a ton
or more will share in the awards.
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Hen Houses Supplanting Oil Der
ricks-The cackle Of the hen is be-
ing heard above the roar of the oil
gusher and the hen house is supplant-
ing the oil derrick in the oil famous
state OF Texas, according to c.. M.
Long, Chief Of Farm Service of the
Blue Valley Creamery Institute, who
has just completed survey Of ag-
|ricultural conditions, with special
reference to the cow, the SOW and
the men. 49,, -
"Texas has made remarkable
strides in the poultry business in the
past five years." said Mr.. Long, "and
the hen house, with its Growing roos-
ter, has been the lighthouse with its
warning signal that has kept many a
farmers ship off the rocks during
the recent stormy seas. Many people
think Of the poultry business as a
"pin money" proposition for farm
women, but the fallacy of that is
shown by the fact that years pouI-
try products brought $1,047, 900, coo
enough money to buy all the cattle
raised in year with enough left over
to make three hundred millionaires
In Texas, where the hen is consl iered
the basis of more permanent pros
perity than the oil gusher, more than
$50, 100000 represented the poultry
output last year. The oil towns Of
Texas are learning that there is a
better and more permanent business
in the hen and it will not be long be-
fore the centers of BurkburneJt,
Ranger and Elactra, once famous for
their wealth of oil, will see the heu
houses replacing the oil derrick,