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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-24
Perennial Legume Provides
Protein, Minerals, Vitanines

during the summer or grazing sea-
son, at least 500 pounds of net
pork due to the alfalfa alone. If
hogs are worth 10 cents "a pound,
this would mean $50. 90 gross
profit from an acre of alfalfa pas
ture.
During my visits to the vari-
Gus counties throughout the state
I found all farmers who were using
alfalfa pastures for hogs very en-
thusiastic about the results.
Elmer Carney, Faribault coun-
ty said:
''Put hogs in my alfalfa April
21st. Had planted Grimm seed June
End, last year. I ring my hogs to
keep them from roofing. l have
60 head of 150-pound feeding hogs
'on my two acres of alfalfa at the
present time.
81 have seeded "a number of
fields of alfalfa in southern Min
nesota and have never failed to
get good stand, but never had a
field make such a phenomenal
growth as this 2-acre field of
Grimm, which was seeded on the
second day of June 1924. I cut
two crops of hay off from this
field last summer and fall. One
was cut 70 days after the field was
seeded, and the next cutting, 60
days later. The first cutting yield
ed l 1a tons per acre, and the sec
ond, one ton per acre. The last
cutting was about the middle of
October, but / cut it four or five
inches high so the stuble held the
snow for winter protection.
''This alfalfa came through the
winter in fine condition, with a
perfect stand and is eight inches
high and has a fine color. Of
course, it isn't advisable to cut al
falfa so late in the fall, but I have
been doing some experimenting
with this field. I pulled "a plant
out of the field last October, and
the root / was able to pull out
of the ground measured feet, Z
inches. This alfalfa was seeded on
a spring plowed bluegrass pasture,
but intensely worked before seed
ing. / disced This field II times
narrowed it several times. l made
my own incubation from the roots
of old plants from another field.
81 have another field of alfalfa
which is the common variety. This
was seeded three years ago and Is
doing fine. 1t seemed to come
through the winters without kill
ing. ..>..
eff you come down this wav.
please call on me, as want to
learn more about alfalfa"
In looking over many letters
from farmers in various counties
throughout the state, find thai
every one of them recommends al
falfa for hogs more highly than
any other pasture they have even
used. All of the wrirels bat two
are using only genuine Grimm al
falfa seed. All allow the al'aifa
to grow at least one crop Of hay
each year.
Naturally, since I Was born ana
brought up on an Iowa farm, to
me a farm looks more Ike a farm
when there is at least carload of
hogs raised on it eaca season. l
hope that the time will come whelI
every farmer in Mime ;ota on a
farm of 160 acres or more will be
able to raise and finish for mar
ket at least one carload of hogs.
And about the best way to PIE
pare for this is to esul5';sn a good.
sized patch of alfalfa conveniently
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-24
located to your buildings for hog

located to your buildings for hog
pasture.
Alfalfa pasture anu corn u
barley make as near, a balanced ra-
ton as you can get flom home
grown feeds for hog. Alfalfa
cuts down the amount of protein
concentrates that you have to buy
to feed with corn or barley. such
as tankage, shorts, MIX and, in
fact, all of the supplemental feeds.
Corn, being the dsoendable fog
feed, happens to be low in the
needed minerals to develop a pig
into healthy hog. Cornfel aogs
often break down. Feed alfalfa
! and your hogs will develop strong
bones. Alfalfa can supply these
needed minerals better than any
other pasture or forage crop. 1t is
a good plan to have two patches OF
alfalfa. Let one of them grow up
and cut the first crop of hay off
of it while the pigs are pasturing
on the other. Then, when it has
grown up 8 to 10 inches, put the
pigs in this patch and let the one,
that was first pastured grow up
and cut a crop of hay off of it..
If you have no alfalfa pasture
this year, rape is the best substi-
tute for emergency hog pasture /.
Seed your alfalfa this year, and il
will be ready for next.
am oftentinies asked at meet
ings whether a person should pas
ture alfalfa the second year, that
is as Mr.. Carney did, as stated
above. My answer has always
been that it didn't make any diff
erence what j would say, they
would pasture it the second year,
anyway. Of course, it would be
better to let this patch of alfalfa
grow a year, but if one can get
$50. 90 or net pork per acre off
of alfalfa pasture, think what a
money-maker it is, and you can
well afford to buy seed and seed
in more patches.
Every farmer who has from IL
to Is brood sows should have from
five to 10 acres of alfalfa hog
pasture. 1t is better to have more
than the hogs can eat down, get
ting a crop or two of hay and u.s.
ing it for winter feed for the hogs
and other livestock. Every farm
er that has used alfalfa as winter
feed recommends it very highly.
H. M. Clark of Beltrami county
says: eve fed 10 brood sows moth
ing else except cooked potatoes
and chopped alfalfa from Octobe,
18 to April /, and they gave us
an average of 81 pigs per litter. "
C. H. Fuller of Pennington
county says that by using alfalfa
for winter feed for brood sows, he
can save at least one|half the
amount of feed that he would have
no use without alfalfa, and his
sows produce stronger and better
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-24
FARM CONFERENCE MAY 4

Representative agriculturahsts
from every county in Minnesota
are invited to attend conference
to be held at st. Paul, May A, al
which will be discussed means for
continuing and maintaining the
campaign to place agriculture on
"a parity with the protected INDUS
tries of the country.
This decision was reached at a
meeting of the Minnesota Council
Of Agriculture, held at st. Paul
the past week. At this nesting re-
solutions were adopted conJ emn-
ing the action of President Coo
lidge in vetoing the McNary -Haug-
en- bill, and expressing the deter
animation of the Council Of Aari.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-24
(By Charles r.. Hutchinson in St.
Cloud TimeS)

s'Pigs is pigs anywhere, but
pigs will make hogs of themselves
quicker and more economically on
alfalfa pastures. Of all the per-
manent hogs pastures, alfalfa is
in a class by itself, being rich in
protein, minerals, vitamins and be-
ing the quickest plant to produce
sufficient early, succulent, palat-
able forage for hogs. 1t is ideal
for brood Sows and their young
pigs because one can get them out
of the winter quarters fresh,
clean, nutritious feed so much
quicker than where average pas
lures are dependent on. AS a
rule, spring pigs can be developed
into 225-pound hogs about 80 days
quicker when they have plenty of
alfalfa pasture than they could he
put up to that weight on any of
the natural native pastures in Min
nesota or any middle west state.
In 1928, farmers who had al
falfa pasture for their hogs found
it was the one thing that helped
them produce pork profitably.
Corn was high, and hogs were sell
ing for about six cents. Pork
could not be produced proftably
in dry lots where corn and other
concentrates were figured at the
market value, but with this same
high priced corn and alfalfa past
ure, what few farms had the al
falfa were producing pork profit
ably. -
In 1900, we had less than 4O0,-
600 hogs in the state of Mime
sofa, while, in 1924, we had al
most 1000, 900 hogs. Corn grow
ing has increased in Minnesota in
about the proportion that our hog
population has increased. Pro-
fessor E. F. Ferrin of the Univer-
sity Farm, st. Paul, says, zone
year with another, an acre of al
falfa will take care of two to five
sows with their litters." There
fore, we should have at least half
a million acres of alfalfa pasture
in Minnesota to take care of the
needs of our hogs, to say nothing
of the Importance of having can
Acre of Alfalfa for Every Mime
sofa Cow"
Recently I have received letters
and experimental data covering
from five to Is years experience
with alfalfa pasture for hogs at
the various experiment stations
throughout the entire corn belt.
Each of these state experiment
station authorities recommends al
falfa above all other forages for
permanent hog pastures. Space
will not permit, at this time, my
giving in detail the splendid re-
suits secured at these various sta
tons. At Ames, 100 pounds of
pork gain was secured from $780,
33 pounds of shelled corn, plus
45. 81 pounds of meat mineral
tankage, plus .27 pounds of salt in
the dry lot and it took 174 days
to bring the pigs up to 225-pound
hogs, while on alfalfa pasture, to
get 100 pounds gain, it took 381.28
pounds of corn, only IL. 76 pounds
of tankage, .21 pounds of salt and
it only required LAG days to make
the pigs weigh 225 pounds. Under
stand, they were litter mates and
exactly the same weight when they
We're put into this test. .
Various station reports con-
clude THAT from an average acre
of alfalfa pasture, one should get,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-24

culture to carry on the fight vita
greater energy than ever, with a
view TO repassing the farm re-
lief bill by a majority so large the
president will not dare another
veto. The Council also voted to
appeal to the legislature of the
state for am appropriation to did
in conducting the fight on behalf
of the farmer.
The meeting was addressed by
]. F. Reed, president and J. s.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-24

Jones, secretary OF tile Minnesota
Farm Bureau Federation; Thomas
eastman, Owatonna, President of
the Council; J.. R. Virgins, Luz
verne; j. e.. Martin, Minneapolis
and N. ]. Holmberg, mead of the
Minnesota Department of Agricul-
ture.l
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-24

Texts is the country's cattle
state with 6,136,000 head. Iowa
second with A 1929, 900 and Wiscon-
sin is third with 2,975,000.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-24

Nearly $4,000 persons are en-
ployed in the printing industry in
New York.
Belgium has an officially recog-
nized "School for Taxpayers" to
teach contributors the laws nitric
acies.
Evening star., 1927-05-20
Rv the Associated prees.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 20.--Grinning
his way into a great adventure in
which two internationally famous air
men already have failed, Capt.
Lucky Lindbergh today tackled the
most ambitious effort of his siX-year
aeronautical career.
With the confidence of youth. the
25.year-old flyer started over the air
trail on which Capts. Nungesser and
Coli. French aviators, were lost in
their flight from Paris to New York.
Dapper and Immaculate in the
newest of aviation apparel, the young
Argonaut started The plane and it's
lone pilot seemed to reflect gay
challenge to the dangers of the $500
miles between New York and the
French metropolis.
Disregarding the threatening wealth
er Just before dawn. the flying fool,
again merited his name as he fulfilled
his promise to start "the very
minute that the clearing comes" re
gardless Of whether its breakfast,
supper. dinner or the middle of the
night
Cannot See Ahead.
lie said lie expected to reach Paris
and win the SIS 900 p11Ze Of Ray
mond Orteig--in from 81 to 4S hours,
dependent on flying conditions.
Instruments on a board in front OF
him will be the young aViator'S sole
Evening star., 1927-05-20

Continued from First Page.1
covered by the lease which you secured
from the Mammoth Oil Co. Win you
tell us about that?
Senator Walsh--Mr. Sinclair, win
you tell the committee where and
when you met Secretary Fall during
the months of November and De-
cember last?
Senator Adams--Mr Sinclair,
believe in an earlier hearing you
testified in answer to question that
you had in no way and none of your
companies had in any way given or
loaned anything to Secretary Fall. Is
that correct?"
The Senate committee at that
time was charged with an investi-
CATION of the matter of naval oil
leases, including Teapot Dome, and
several days prior to Sinclair's ap-
pearance suit had been filed by Rob
erts and Pomerene in the court at
Cheyenne for the recovery of the
property. Sinclair maintained that
any answers he might give would
jeopardize the case of his companies
and on that ground refused to an
swer ANY questions"
He was cited for contempt of the
Senate and indicted about a week
after his appearance, the indictment
containing 10 counts and 10 ques-
tions he refused to answer. When
The case reached the District Su
preme Court on demurrer, Justice
Adolph A. Hoehling ruled, July IA,
1924 that 6 of the 10 questions were
pertinent to the subject matter under
inquiry The statute, No. 102, under
which Sinclair was indicted, says
that any person refusing to answer
questions pertinent" to the inquiry
before a congressional body shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor. Although
holding that 6 OF the 10 questions
were pertinent, Justice Hoehling
added that in view of the legal ques-
tons of far-reaching importance in
volved, it would seem more appro-
pirate for an appellate court to pass
on them.
So the case went to the Court of
Appeals on a special appeal, but
passage of the Walsh act last July
wiped out special appeals on inter
locutory orders in criminal cases and
caused the appellate court to grant
the Governments motion for dis
missal Of the appeal and remand the
case for trial, which began March Z.
The penalty provided by law for
conviction was a. minimum fine of
800 and a maximum fine of $1,000
and a minimum sentence of one
month and a maximum of one year
in Jail. The last person to be con-
victed in the District for contempt
of the Senate was Elverton r. Chap
man, New York stock broker, who
was sentenced in 1896 to one month
in the District Jail and fined 500.
He refused to answer questions of a
Senate committee investigating al
legged stock operations by members
Of the Senate.
Evening star., 1927-05-20
MISS GIVING "GODSPEED. ="
Coast Guard Planes Fail to Sight
Lindbergh Craft.

GLOUCESTER, Mass, May 90 CGo).
Two Coast Guard planes of the local
base took off IS morning shortly be-
fore 10 O. in hopes of sighting
Capt. Linz and giving him a final
''godspeed m the United States.
Comdr. c. c. Won Paulson and Ensign
Melken were the pilots. The planes
were to take up a position a short dis
tance off shore and then circle about
until time would make it certain that
Lindbergh had passed them,
After more than an hour and a half
in the air, which carried the range Of
visibility of watchers about so miles
east of Cape Ann, the two Coast
Guard planes returned to their base,
with a report of nothing sighted" +"
Since they went up before the Spirit
Of St. Louis could possibly have reach
ed this point and remained long after
it was due, the opinion of the aviators
Evening star., 1927-05-20
BE:L.LANCA PLANE
START IS DELAYED
viii Not Hop Off While Lind
bergh Is in Air, BaCker
Announces.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. May 20.--The Bellanca
monoplane Column ia, whose start has
been delayed by dissension between
Navigator Lloyd BerJaud and Backer
Charles Levine, Will not hop off on it's
New York-to-Paris fight While Capt.
Lindbergh is in the air, it was an
nounced this morning.
1t was further announced by Levine
that if Lindbergh is successful there
will be no Bellanca flight.
AT l o'clock this morning, despite an
injunction that prohibits use of the
Bellanca plane unless Bertaud acted
as navigator. preparations for hop
off were begun.
The monoplane, representative of
Levine said. was fitted with all equip
ment and the tanks filled with gas.
Two trucks stood by to tow the plane
to the runway A new navigator
whose name was not disclosed. was
available. the representative said.
Clarence d. Chamberlin, the pilot,
was supplied with a final weather
chart. which showed fog lying close
to earth and sea off the Grand Banks
and the New England coast.
The flight was then postponed.
Evening star., 1927-05-20
BEACONS TO GUIDE
A|RPLANE TO PARIS
Ambassador Herrick Arrang-
ing Welcome for Lindbergh
in French Capital.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, May 20.--All the air bea-
cons from the coast to Paris have
been ordered lighted tomorrow to
show Capt. Lindbergh his way to the
French capital.
The worlds greatest searchlight,
atop Mount Valerian, just outside Of
Paris, will flash a beam that on clear
nights is visible for approximately 200
miles.
Herrick Arranging Welcome.
The American Ambassador, Myron
r. Herrick, was informed by the Asso-
ciated Press of Lindbergh's start eight
minutes after the flyer rose from
Roosevelt Field Mr.. Herrick is call
ing together various persons inter
ested in organizing a suitable welcome
for the lone aviator.
Reasonably fair weather is predicted
for T.indberg when he arrives over
France. There may be some fog, says
the Weather Bureau in a general re-
port, but the probabilities are that lle
will meet with a slight northwest
wind-regarded as most favorable
with generally fine weather.
Good Weather Reported.
According TO reports reaching the
weather office from ships at sea, and
the other side Of the Atlantic. the only
unfavorable spot is a depression over
the Gulf of st. Lawrence High pres
sure areas KnoWn technically as anti
cyclones" extend over the Atlantic as
far as Ireland.
The aviator should not go too far
north, however, for low pressure will
prevail during the morning in the
region directly south of Greenland and
southwest of Ireland.
The young Americans hop is char
acterized by the afternoon Paris pa
pers as "a most audacious attempt.
The fact that he is navigating by COM
pass, sitting in an inclOsed cockpit,
evolles astonishment. and all the com
mentators express admiration for his
courage.
Evening star., 1927-05-20
'LUCKY'' LINDBERGH TACKLES
GREAT ADVENTURE WITH GRIN
25-Year-Old Flyer Confidently Starts
Over Trail on Which Nungesser
and Coli We're Lost.

guide. He cannot see in front Of his
inclosed Ryan monoplane except
through a periscope. He carries no
wireless.
Lindbergh began his journey from
San Diego. Calf, almost two weeks
ago. Spanning the continent in two
jumps in less than a days flying
time. he established a new record for
transcontinental air travel
Youngest Of the transatlantic con-
tenders Lindbergh is a postwar
product of aviation. He was born at
Detroit, February 4. 1902, and at the
age of 10 he learned to fly at Lin
coin. Nebr.
Learned Flying in Army.
He soon completed flying course
in the Army and was graduated with
The reputation Of being one of the
best pilots in the service.
Excursions with flying circuses fol-
lowed. Then he entered the air mail
service. plotting a plane between
Chicago and ST. Louis. In six years
he spent 1900 hours in the air.
Ills flight is being backed by a
group of st. Louis business men.
Probably the one person most anxious
Tor his success is Mrs Evangeline j.
Lindbergh of Detroit, his mother.
Mrs. Lindbergh, widow. has flown
with her son and her confidence in
the youthful pilot already sees him
landed safely in Paris.
Evening star., 1927-05-20
Would Have Passed Spot.
Believed L. S. Service Plane.

Wreckage of a. plane found off
Montauk Point is believed to be that
either of an Army or Navy craft
Coast Guard headquarters here was
informed this morning by telephone
from New London
capt. II. G. Hamlet, area COM
mander at New London, said that
wing and part of the fusilage had
been towed in and that both the Army
and Navy had been advised and re
quested to lend men to the scene in
an effort to establish identification. A
flyer already has left Mitchell Field
for the purpose.
The wreckage was of a silvery gray
plane, and still bears the mark
"A-49."
An Army plane was lost in the
region where the wreckage was found
some time ago, and about a month
ago, a merchant steamer reported
seeing a plane plunge into the sea i'll
the same vicinity.
Evening star., 1927-05-20
CONTINUED from First Page.l

Continued from First Pagel
stop flight to Paris, left behind two
planes being groomed for New York
to Paris flights The America is not
ready and probably Will not be able to
start this week even If the sponsors
and commander desired. From the
first, the sponsors have stressed that
the proposed flight is scientific, and
will not be made q race in any sense
by the America.
The BelIanca m0n0plane Columbia
is said to he ready to so il its owners
agree on a crew and emerge ViCtors
in a Brooklyn court action scheduled
for this afternoon in which Lloyd w.
Bertaud. selected with Clarence ID.
Chamberlin, 10 pilot the plane, seeks
to restrain the Columbia Aircraft Cor
poration and Charles A. Levine from
sending the plane 10 Paris with an
other navigator in Bertaud's seat.
Comdr Byrd thinks Lindbergh will
land in Paris in the next 36 TO 40
hours.
Certainly, I think he will get
there he said Il consider the
chances three to one in his favor. He
has the gas, his weather outlook is
good and, of course, he has the cour-
age and ability"
Although the Byrd expedition is not
ready TO go, Lindbergh's departure to-
day postpones it definitely until next
week.
The commander explained that he
would not think of taking the air until
Lindbergh has had his opportunity TO
reach the goal both seek. although in
different ways.
Evening star., 1927-05-20
Good Weather Reported.

will he radiotd every hour to vessels
piving the Atlantic. the Independent
Wireless Co. announced today shortly
after the Spirit of St. Louis took
off from Roosevelt Field.
The hourly messages will be broad
cast on the 500. leter wave known in
wireless as "the idle .aF and one
on which all ship wireless operators
listen, officials of the company said.
Land stations have been asked to
keep a lookout for the flyer and to
report if they sight him. Wireless
operators of ships are being asked, If
they see the flyer, to report the
weather conditions at the time and to
give their ships position.
Evening star., 1927-05-20
RESCUE TRAIN PREPARED.
Trucks and Buses to Aid 5000
Reported Endangered.

BEAUMONT, Texas, May 20 R).--
A special train loaded with trucks and
buses has been made up here to aid
in the rescue of 5000 persons re-
ported endangered near BreauX
Bridge and st. Martinville, La, as
result Of breaks in the Atchafaiya
levees near those cities.
The call for immediate help came
from w. j. Lacoste, superintendent
of transportation for the Red Cross
at Lafayette, La. He said it was i'm
perative the rescue work be com
pleted within "a hours.
Evening star., 1927-05-20
Entered for S25, 900 Prize.

Lindbergh travels alone, has one
motor and is regularly entered for
the Ralph Orteig $4,000 prize. Byrd
has three motors, two flying COM
panions and is seeking scientific re-
suits from the trip.
A crowd which started assembling
by twos and threes before midnight
and swelling to thousands at daylight
saw the hop-off. Lindbergh was fire.
quentlY cheered. He was given a
cheer when he appeared at his ham
gar, another when he crawled into
the plane and again as he started
down the field and then climbed into
the air. He did not hear the last one.
The onlookers were more excited
than Lindbergh. He was cool enough.
or he would not have been able to
leave the ground. He ate little be-
fore the start, but that was not be-
cause he was nervous. he explained.
He Just was not hungry.
And in spite of the fact that he
has not had a full quota of sleep
since he has been here waiting for
a chance to fly away he was wide
awake when he left. Paris. he said.
is d good place in which to sleep.
Evening star., 1927-05-20
SNAKE RIVER RECEDES.
Bridges Give Way in Utah in
Face of Flood.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. May 20
P.-The flood waters Of the Snake
River, which caused seven deaths and
property damage estimated at $3.50,
900, and inundated several thousand
acres Of farm land when the Gros
Ventre Dam at Kelly, Wye broke
Wednesday, We're reported rapidly re.
ceding today.
The food headwaters reached
Menan late yesterday but other than
inundating lowland farms caused
practically no damage.
Bridges at Alpine, Swan Valley and
Rire gave way and the railroad bridge
over Bannock Jim Creek, north of
Lorenzo, was declared unsafe by I'm
ion Pacific officials.