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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-05-24
ALFALFA VERY fine
PASTURE FOR HOGS
Experience Has Proved 1t Will
Pay $4,000 Per Acre
in Pork
IS HIGH In MINNESOTA
Hutch Claims One Cutting of
Choice Hay Can Be Taken
From Pasture Land
(By Charles E. Hutcheson)

(By Charles E. Hutcheson)
"Pigs is pigs" anywhere, but
pigs will make hogs of themselves
quicker and more economically on
alfalfa pastures. Of all the per-
manent hog pastures, alfalfa is in
class by itself, being rich in pro
tein, minerals, vitamins and being
the quickest plant to produce suf-
ficient early, succulent, palatable
forage for hogs. 1t is ideal for
brood sows and their young pigs
because one can get them out of
the winter quarters on fresh, clean,
nutritious feed so much quicker
than where average pastures are
depended 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 be put up
to that weight on any of the ma
tive pastures in Minnesota or any
middlewest state.
In 1923, farmers, who had al
falfa pasture for their hogs found
it was the one thing that helped
them produce pork profitably. Corn
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-05-24

cured from 396.33 pounds of she'll
ed corn, plus 45.51 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 al
falfa pasture, to get 100 pounds
gain, it took 381.28 pounds of
corn, only 1916 pounds of tank
age, .21 pounds of salt and it only
required LAG days to make the pigs
weigh 225 pounds. Understand,
they were litter mates and exactly
the same weight when they were
put into this test.
Pays $4,000 An Acre In Pork
Various station reports conclude
that, from an average acre of al
falfa pasture, one should get, dur
ing the summer or grazing season,
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 pasture.
During my visits to the various
counties throughout the state, /
found all farmers who were using
alfalfa pastures for hogs very en-
thusiastic about the results.
so Hogs on Two Acres April 21st
Elmer Carney of Faribault
County, said: s.Put hogs in my al
falfa April 21st last year. Had
planted Grimm seed June End, the
year before. / ring my hogs to
keep them from roofing. / have
60 head of 150-pound hogs feeding
on my two acres of alfalfa at the
present time.
81 have seeded a number of
fields of alfalfa in southern Min
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-05-24

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 12
to Is brood sows should have from
5 to 10 acres of alfalfa hog pas
ture. 1t is better to have more
than the hogs can eat down, get
ting crop or two of hay and us
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
nothing else, except cooked pota-
toes and chopped alfalfa from
October 18th to April 1st, 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 to use without alfalfa, and
his sows produce stronger and
better pigs and give more milk
for the little ones.
Others state that they are able
to save from Is per cent to 80 per
cent of the grain by feeding al
falfa hay in the winter time.
Years of experience have dem
onstrated that oood rule Tn fol-
low is to feed all the alfalfa hay
hogs will eat and about two pounds
of grain with all the alfalfa hay
she will eat. Of course this will
vary somewhat with the type of
hog. Bacon type hogs will get
along during the winter time with
a lot less grain when they have
all the alfalfa they will eat than
will the lard type hogs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-05-24
SWAT THE SCANDALMONGERS

In these days of political hysteria it has he
come quite popular pastime to start a whispering
campaign of malicious and cruel lies about men who
Were being considered for public office.
This campaign started against Herbert Hoover
months ago and as his popularity presidential
candidate developed amazingly the scandalmongers
became more open and he has been charged with
committing almost every crime in the category.
Gov. AL Smith, of New York. the leading can
ddate for the Democratic nomination has also been
maligned but not to great extent as Mr..
Hoover. The following editorial from the current
issue of Golfers is so full of common that
the Herald is glad to publish it in full Every Her
aid reader, whether Democrat or Republican,
should read it. The editorial follows
Don't believe the current slanderous
whispers concerning Presidential candidates.
Scandalmongering is being used to hurt
candidates for both the Republican and Demo-
cratic nominations
The distributors of innuendoes and of ir-
responsible charges peculiarly reckless
this year. They appear to think that the
American public is base enough to swallow any
damaging story.
Secretary Hoover and Governor Smith
at this writing, the leading candidates of the
two parties, are especially the targets of scan
dalmongers. Their eminence arouses hos
tility and unscrupulous attacks.
Herbert Hoover is accused of various
infames he never committed He is charged
by the whispering gallery with having made
millions exploiting the Chinese and other peo-
pies
Lies, pure and simple. Secretary Hoover
is not millionaire in the first place and &C
cording to the testimony of those associated
in business with him, he did not make what he
has by hornswoggling the Chinese or anybody.
Governor Smith, according to the SANDER
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-05-24
sAUK CENTRE HERALD, Sank Centre, Mimi.

ers, is irunkard and man of low character.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Smith is an abstemious person and man of
the highest standards Of personal conduct
Reasons, and persuasive reasons, can be
found for opposing the nominations OF both
Secretary Hoover and Governor Smith but
they have nothing to do with the rumors loosed
by the whispering claques.
Discount the gossip you hear concerning
this years candidates by your knowledge of the
false charges made against other Presidential
candidates and even against other Presidents.
Woodrow Wilson, man of inf1exlbe char
acter, was called person of loose morals and
proAigate in 1916 when he was running for
the Presidency. 1t was nonsense OF course
but the busy little liars went on just the same
and many folks believed them.
Similarly, Roosevelt was accused of being
a drunkard Finally, you remember, came the
famous trial which proved that the ex-Presl-
dent was not addicted to alcoholic excuses.
President Harding, too was a victim of ma
licous SANDER. His ancestry was attacked and
even since his. death strange and untrue stories
have been told of his financial relationships.
Every President has been the object of such
scurrility and it has almost seemed that the
better the man the worse the libel.
George Washington was attacked more bit
terly than any other President. If the scandal
mongers were to be believed, the Father of
his Country ought to have been put in jail.
Nothing was too Enthusiastically untrue to be
said of Jefferson or Jackson and the miidest
criticism of President Lincoln compared him
with gorilla to the disadvantage of the lat
ter.
So if anybody comes to you with wild
stories showing the immortality or turpitude
of one of the Presidential candidates remember
what was said of their predecessors. Then ask
the man or woman who is distributing that
particular bit of gossip if the teller is willing
to accept responsibility for its circulation.
Most important: remember that the scandals
circulated about candidates have little to do
with their fitness for office.
If you are against Herbert Hoover, you
don't have to bolster up your opposition by
swallowing a book of fairy tales about crimes
he never committed
Secretary Hoover is strong man, stand
ing definitely for certain political principles
and policies. If you oppose his principles, or
if you merely don't like the cut of his jib,
you aren't compelled to justify your decision
by listening to scandal concerning him.
SO, too, with Governor Smith His prin-
ciples and purposes are well known Some
like them and others do not. If you are OPP
posed to him and his ideas, say so but don't
let your own attitude be contaminated by at
tending to irresponsible talebearers.
Instead of permitting this Presidential cam
paign to degenerate in contest between
slanderers and liars, let's keep the discussion
on plane of good temper and reality.
Both parties are offering men of unusual
power and intelligence. Let's for once have
campaign in which the voters are as decent
as the candidates.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-05-24

nesota and have never failed to
get good stand, bur never had a
field make such a phenomenal
growth as this 2-acre field of
Grimm, which was seeded on the
s second day of June. / 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 ] " 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 stubble held the
snow for winter protection"
All Take One Crop of Hay
In looking over many letters
from farmers in various counties
throughout the state, / find that
every one of them recommends al
falfa for hogs more highly than
any other pasture they have ever
used. All of the writer's but two
are using only genuine Grimm al
falfa seed. All allow the alfalfa
to grow at least one crop of hay
each year.
Naturally, since was born and
brought up on an Iowa farm, to
me a farm looks more like "a farm
when there is at least carload of
hogs raised on it each season. I
hope that the time will come when
every farmer in Minnesota on
farm OF 16O 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 pre-
pare for this is to establish good
sized patch of alfalfa conveniently
located to your buildings for hog
pasture.
Alfalfa pasture and corn or
barley make as near a balanced RAJ
ton as you can get from home
grown feeds for hogs. Alfalfa
cuts down the amount of protein
concentrates that you have to buy
to feed with corn or barley, such
as tankage, shorts, milk, and in fact
all OF the supplemental feeds.
Alfalfa High in Minerals
Corn, being the dependable hog
feed, happens to he low in the
needed minerals to develop pig
into a healthy hog. Cornfei hogs
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. It
is good plan to have two patches
of alfalfa. Let one of them grow
up and cut the first crop of hay off
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 crop of hay off of it.
IT you have no alfalfa pasture
this year, rape is the best substi-
tute for emergency hog pasture.
Seed your alfalfa this year, and it
will he ready for next.
Let Plants Get Well Established
am oftentimes 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 did not make any diff
ference what I would say, they
would pasture ins the second year,
anyway. OF course, it would be
better to let this patch of alfalfa
grow a year, but if one can get
$4,000 of net pork per acre off Of
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-05-24

was high, and hogs were selling
for about six cents. Pork could
not be produced profitably in dry
lots where corn and other concen-
trates were figured at the market
value, but with this same high
priced corn and alfalfa pasture,
what few farms had the alfalfa,
were producing pork profitably.
In 1900, we had less than AGO..
900 hogs in the state of Minneso-
ia, while in 1924, we had almost
4 900, 900 hogs. Corn growing has
increased in Minnesota in about
the proportion that our hog popu-
lation has increased. Professor E.
F.. Ferrin of the University Farm,
st. Paul, says, "One year with an
other, an acre of alfalfa will take
care of two to five sows with their
litters." Therefore, we should have
at least half a million acres of al
falfa pasture in Minnesota to take
care of the needs of our hogs, to
say nothing of the Importance of
having "An Acre of Alfalfa for
Every Minnesota Cow"
Alfalfa Makes Best Hog Pasture
l have received letters and ex-
perimental data covering from five
to fifteen years experience with
alfalfa pasture for hogs at the var
ious experimental stations through
out the entire corn belt. Each of
these state experiment station au-
thorities recommends alfalfa above
all other forages for permanent
hog pasture. Space will not per-
NIT, at this time, my giving in de-
tail the splendid results secured at
these various stations. At Ames,
100 pounds of pork gain was Sc
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-05-24
On Being "Nice"

Being nice to people requires
virtue not unlike that which impels
a hero to surrender his place in
lifeboat to some one else. Unfor
tunately enough, the instant it be-
comes a pleasure to be nice to some
one you discover that they have no
need of your being nice to them.
People to whom it is necessary to
be nice never seem altogether con-
scious of their position. Which pro
vokes the awful thought that. in the
eyes Of others, you yourself may be
one of them without knowing it
Exchange.
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was damaged and she lost an an- chor and forty fathoms of chain. She took some water.
ASKS FOR
 MARRIAGE ANNULMENT

Seattle, Dec. 27,Rl-Roland Hutchinson filed a suit for the an nuIment of his marriage to his common law wife Esther Hutch inson. also known as Esther Pol lard Smith He wants the custody of two children, one three years of age and the other eighteen months. He recites that the pair entered into marital relations at ketchi- kan in November, nineteen-twen;y- four. Eight months later he dis covered that his wife had hus- band from whom she was unai- vorced. and two boys whom she claimed to be her nephews, but were really her sons.
The Nome nugget., 1928-12-29
FRIDAY treLEcRAeH,c,
TREASURY MAKES BIG HAUL

WASHINGTON, DEC. 27,RThe Treasury annual list of tax re- funds, covering the fiscal year end ing last June thirtieth when one hundred forty-two million. three hundred ninety-three thousand five hundred sixty-seven dollars, ilieg- ally and erroneously collected taxes were returned, to one hun dred sixty-eight thousand, five hundred and one individuals and corporations, mode its appearance to tie Capitol in refunds amount ing to more than a million dollars with R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co of Winston salem, North Carolina, receiving the largest amount, being six million, two hundred thirteen thousand, eight hundred eight cellars.
The Nome nugget., 1928-12-29
\ o T IC E

Pursuant to an order of Court entered on this 18th day of Dec ember. 1928, notice is hereby given that General Term of the District Court. second Division, Territory of Alsaka. will be held in the Court House in Nome. in the said Divis- ion and Territory. commencing at the hour of eleven o'clock A. NJ. on Saturday. January 18th. 1929, and to continue thereafter accofd- ing to further orders of the Court.
 Given under my hand and with the Courts Seal affixed this 18th day of December, 1928. SEAL OF COURT)
 THOS. D. JENSEN,
 Clerk of the District Court for
 the Second Division. Territory
 of Alaska.
 Publish Dec. 15. 22. 29, 1928 and Jan 5, 1929.
The Nome nugget., 1928-12-29
CRACK TRAIN IN WRECK

San Bernadino, Calf, Dec 27, A)-The presence of mind and ability of engineer A. C. Long, of Los Angeles. piloting the Mission ary, the famous Santa Fe overland train is credited with averting a serious disaster when the Mission ary was derailed at Hisperia. 35
 miles North Of here, this morning.
 Only one person, w. H. Burbage. a Santa Fe attorney. was hurt seriously He suffered hip in-
 jury. Half dozen others re- ceived the attention of physicians including Mrs. F. J. Mackie, wife of the assistant general manager of the road.
 The Missionary was Chicago bound from Los Angeles. Assist ant General Manager Mackie was riding in his private car with his wife, and declared after the wreck that Longs calmness in an emer- sency prevented d catastrophe. He brought the train to dead stop in fifteen car lengths" Mac kie said that it was the finest feat of locomotive engineering that he had ever seen. The Missionary struck a loose rail while she was making sixty miles an hour. Fast thinking saved the locomotive from plunging into the ditch. The locomotive and baggage cars were over the loose rail before it was tossed aside. sending the following sleepers into the ties. Seven cars left the track. three plunging down a twenty foot embankment. two turning over
 Charges that wreckers tempered with the right of way were made by Santa Fe officials and com plaint that two crowbars and wrench were stolen from the tool house at Hesperia were made to the sheriff by the company officials. Sheriff Farley stated that lie found the spikes pulled from the rails the length of one tie and the fish plates unbolted.
The Nome nugget., 1928-12-29
BYRD SENDS MESSAGE
 FROM .ANARCT1C

New York. Dec. 7.(P)-Byrd
 sent the following message to Will bur through the New York Times, St Louis Dispatch and associated newtpapers: We reached today the great mysterious barrier. It presents to us and ice cliff higher than the mast. On this Christmas day we are thankful and proud to report that ve have been able to carry the American flag several hundred miles further South than it has ever been, and it seems fft- ting that an airplane. that instru- meth of good will. should reach the furthest South on Christmas day. We are twenty four hundred statute miles from the nearest human dwelling, in the only area
 in the world where ship can get So far from civilization. That we are safely here is due to ProvfT dence and my loyal, stouthearted ship mates who worked together unselfishly and as a unit. It will probably be some days before we get ashore on account of the ice that will be in the Bay. of Whales.
The Nome nugget., 1928-12-29
KING HAS HARD FIGHT

London, Dec. 2S,R-King George regained some of the ground he lost yesterday but his condition is fraught with anxiety, and in well informed circles it is thought that his majesty still has . hard fight for life ahead of him. The Kings physicians report this morning that while the condition of the affected lung region is definitely improved, his general condition has not shown the same progress.
The Nome nugget., 1928-12-29
JUNEAU
aU PIONEER
 DIES IN CALIFORNIA

Juneau. Dec. 27, lP-R. H. Nelson, aged 66, owner of a sta tionery store here and also Nell sons water system. died yesterday Ill Los Angeles of pneumonia He had an attack of flu. followed by a paralytic troke. two months ago. after which he went South. He will be buried in San Francisco. He has been resident of Juneau continuously since 1887.
The Nome nugget., 1928-12-29
NO CHEW TO
 TRAIN WRECkERS

San Bernadino Dec. 2S.lP, - While the authorities searched for persons who wrecked the santa Fe Missionary train. and the wrecking crews worked to replace the three overturned pullman coaches on the rails. the fact that tional mountain wreck. overshad- owed everything else. The wreck was deliberately planned, the agents said. by two or more men who carefully removed the rail from the track and then drove
The Nome nugget., 1928-12-29
THURSDAY
 tTElEoRAPhIcl
DEATH RESULTS FROM
 GASOLINE EXPLOSION

Dillingham;. Alaska. Dec. 27, lP Anna Yukluk. aged 22, a cook at kanakanak orphanage, died ill the hospital Sunday as a result of burns received in a gasoline explo- sion in the orphanage kitchen Sat
 say morning at six o'clock.
 Anna, assisted by Walla Bis chirt, were attempting to fill a kerosene lamp. one girl holding a burning match to furnish light for the operation. A can of gasoline. for some unknown reason. replaced the kerosene can, and d lighted match dropped into the measure from which the gasoline was being poured causing the explosion. An na broke the glass door and threw the blazing lamp outside, thus sav- ing the building but greatly in tensffying her own burns. All were in bed. but two other girls. Olga Powers and Mary Riley. rous- ed by the excitement. seized fire extinguishers and rushed to the rescue. The three girls put out the fire while Matron Greer. with presence of mind. enveloped the flaming body of the girl with blankets. smotherine the flames and suffering severe burns about the hands. The building was un- damaged
 Anna was able with help to walk to the hospital and tell in detail the cause of the accident and it was surprise to members of the staff when she died thirty six hours later It is believed that she had inhaled flames. thus causing death.
The Nome nugget., 1928-12-29
PROMINENT JUNEAUITE DEAD.

Juneau. Dec. 27, @-Harry J. Raymond, aged 57, resident of Alaska for 31 years, died as a result of blood poisoning from slight injury received ten days ago He is survived by a wife. In early days he represented many state firms. He was very promin- ent in local affairs At the time of his death. he operated store and bath house on Baranoff Island
The Nome nugget., 1928-12-29

fast train sped to disaster. Only eight persons were injured. none seriously. Railroad men said that Ii was the most sens. tional wreck in tn history of Pacif.@ Coast rail roading X SC rch for finger prints on the two cf3w-bars and the spike maui u5ed to remove the rail revealed no. cleWs
The Nome nugget., 1928-12-29
A1RpLASE DOPE

The plane today made a trip to Teller and Igloo and return in chick time. Alfred J. Lomen was a round tripper, having gone to Teller on business in connection with his company. Mrs. Ball of Igloo, was a passenger to Nome.
 The plane will leave tomorrow morning for Fairbanks with mail.
 The registered mail closes at the rostofice at 5tP. M. and the ordf- nary mail at eight P. M.
The Nome nugget., 1928-12-29
BoLIvIA's REPLY FAVORABLE

Washington. Dec. 27, P)-Boli- vias reply to the questionable ad- dressed it last week by the Pan American Conference on arbitra- ton and conciliation regarding the efforts to mediate in the Paragua- yan-Bolivian dispute, reached ofic- ials in Washington Christmas day. The Bolivian legation said the tone of the answer was favorable.
The Nome nugget., 1928-12-29
HOOVER PLANS
 WASHINGTON PROGRAM

Aboard |. s. s. Utah, Dec. 27, R)-Hocver has arranged full program for week or ten days stay in Washington. He will re- port personally to Coolidge as he feels the administration will need the benefit of the information i'm pressions he gathered. He also eX- poets to consider cabinet appoint ments. go over inauguration plans, and confer with leaders and friends on federal appointments.
The Nome nugget., 1928-12-29
NOTED MOTION PICTURE
 STUNT MAN Is DEAD

Los Angeles, Dec. 26. R)-Fred C. Thompson, noted motion pie ture athlete and stunt man, died at midnight when he failed to rally from an operation for gall stones which was performed three weeks ago During his motion victure career he defied death scores of times often being injur- ed seriously.
The Nome nugget., 1928-12-29
ALASKAN NURSE
 DIED IN SEATTLE

Seattle. Dec. 27, R)-Unknown 10 her many friends. Mrs. Helen Hildebard. one of the original AL aska sourdoughs. died Friday last in the county hospital. aged 13. She was nurse in Alaska hospi- tals for many years and then join ed the King county hospital stan.