The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-06-22
Agricultural Notes
Morris Station Day and Barbecue
to Be Held July IL


Morris Station Day and Barbecue
to Be Held July IL
Hundreds of farmers and home
makers Of West Central Minnesota
are expected to gather at the West
Central School of Agriculture at
Morris for the Annual Station Day
and free barbecue to be held there
on Wednesday, July II. This is an
event and last year over a
thousand people were in attend
ance. If weather condition are
right it is expected that this years
will exceed that Of last
year.
The program for the day will be-
gin at about 1000 A. M. when the
visitors will be organized into
groups as they come in and taken
on tour through the station ex-
perimental fields and plots, and
through the station barns. This
feature of the days program al
ways attracts large number OF
farmers who are interested in the
newest developments in experiment
tai work. Last year for the first
time special tour was arranged
for the ladies, including points of
interests about the grounds and
through the poultry department.
This proved so successful that 1t
will be repeated again this year.
At noon a big free barbecue will
be served under the direction OF
Prof. p. s. Jordan of the Station
staff. Families who attend will
bring their picnic lunch and bar
becued beef for sandwiches, and
free coffee and cream will be pro-
vided. A refreshment stand will
also be maintained to take care OF
the needs of those who do not wish
to take lunch with them.
The afternoon program will in
clude two speakers of note, who
will discuss topics of pertinent in
terest to agriculture at this time.
Musical numbers will add to the
enjoyment of the program. A COM
plete announcement of the program
will be made shortly says Supt. P.
E. Miller, who is completing the Il
nal arrangements for the speakers.
In connection with Station Day
the annual Student Reunion Day
will be conducted. Former students
and the active student body in
former years have come back to
the campus on special day set
aside for Student Reunion. This
year it was decided to combine the
Annual Station Day and Student
Reunion, so that the students and
their parents could enjoy the day to-
gether. Reserve July 18th for a
visit to the Morris School and
Station" is the invitation being
extended by the station staff to
farmers and home-makers of the
present and future.
Crop and market trends for 1913:
| indicate that natural factors alone
will not reduce agricultural pro-
duction in the United States this
year enough to dispose Of the bur
densome SURPRISES of farm pro
ducts, according to figures received
at University Farm, st. Paul, from
the United States Department o,
Agriculture.
In spite of the fact that the 1913:
winter-wheat crop is forecast a!
! being 124, 666, 900 bushels smaller
than the 1882 crop, it is unlikely
that the present wheat surplus will
| be overcome as result. The Unit
ed States wheat carryover at tht
beginning Of the present marketing
year was approximately 363, 000,0Ot
bushels. The normal carryover i!
in the neighborhood of 125,000,0 0(
bushels.
The new crop is now generally ex
pected to be smaller than last year!
in view of the winter wheat acreag,
that has been abandoned, but i
probably will be sufficient to cover
current domestic consumption, es
pecially since the higher price O
wheat may discourage it's use a:
feed in the amount that was fet
last year.
Bringing down the wheat surplu!
thus remains an export problem o.
a problem of collective adjustment
by producers. At the present rat,
of export the total amount that car
be disposed of during the coming
season would be even less than thu
small volume Of about 40,000,00l
bushels exported this season. 1
there are no material changes IL
the export demand for American
wheat, and the coming years ship
ments are no larger than those Of
this year, or even smaller, carry
over of two and a half times the
normal volume is likely to plague
the Wheat Belt in 1924.
The hog surplus, judging from
current trends in production ane
exports, is likely to be greater II
the coming season because there
are more hogs in this country ant
because the domestic market is be-
ling forced by decreasing export de.
mand to consume a greater proper
ton of the total pork produced IN
this country. The hogs in the Unit
ed States on January 1, 1888, were
estimated at go, 716,0o0 head as com
pared with an average of 57,028,O0(
head on the same date for the foul
years 1926-1929. The 1882 corr
crop Of nearly three billion bushels
was the largest since 1925.
Imitation Alone Not Farm Answer
Imitation alone will not restore
pre-war purchasing power to the
overproduced commodities - cot
ton, wheat, corn, hogs, rice, and to
bacco. This opinion is expressed
by officials of the United States De
partment Of Agriculture in reports
received at University Farm, st
tPaul Mimi The WASHINGTON OF.