The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-08-15

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rye. Stearns county in years gone
by has grown a large acreage of
rye and rye is one of those seeds
that comes back as a volunteer crop
quite frequently. One of the most
serious difficulties in growing win
ter wheat is the appearance of vol
unteer rye in the crop of winter
wheat, making the wheat almost
unsuitable for milling purposes. If
only a limited number of rye plants
appear in the crop next spring
these plants can be destroyed by
pulling them out in the field. A
larger number, of course, makes it
impossible to do all this hand work.
For that reason land on which no
rye has been grown for a number
of years is recommended for win
ter wheat production. Then also
little farm care also helps the
thing along a great deal. When
winter wheat needs to be threshed
on farm it is well to run the
spring wheat through the threshing
machine first to make sure that
the threshing machine itself will
not contaminate the winter wheat
with supply of rye. Likewise
sacks and other containers in which
winter wheat is placed should be
cleaned completely before being
used for winter wheat to make
sure no rye Is present in them.
There is still need for grasshop-
per control work, according to the
county agents office at st. Cloud.
In years gone by Stearns county
has produced large quantity of
grass seed, mostly alfalfa and red
clover seed. This year again large
acreages of alfalfa and red clover
are being left for seed. Unless
control measures are carried out
for grasshoppers, many of these
plants will be damaged to a point
where no seeds will be produced. In
other words, the 'hoppers will cut
the seed heads off the plants long
before harvest time. In view of this
attention is called to the available
ity of the supply of grasshopper
bait in the county. Ample supplies
of bran, poison, and other mater
ials are available for grasshopper
control work, and in the outlying
townships of the county folks want
ing this material should contact
the township officers. Those near
st. Cloud can make arrangements
direct with the county agents Of
flee to get the amount of material
needed.
The grasshoppers destroyed in al
falfa and clover fields will not only
save the seed crop produced but
will also reduce the number Of
'hoppers available for egg laying
for the coming year. In this way
double purpose will be served by
caring for the clover and alfalfa
seed.
Stearns county and Central Min
nesota needs to make a great deal
of progress in the production of
quality eggs, according to the
county agents office at ST. Cloud.
Hens usually deliver the eggs to
the poultry raiser in first class eat
ing condition but whether they
stay that way or not depends on
the care they receive. Immediate
cooling to remove body heat is very
important, especially during the hot
weather. Unless cooled immediate
ly the whites of eggs become thin
and watery and the yolks flabby.
At temperature of so to go de-
grees, eggs lose their body heat in
five or six hours, provided they
are placed in wire baskets or spread
out on wire trays where the air
can circulate around them. It re-
quires from 10 to II hours for them
to cool if kept in a bucket, tub or
box and "a hours if they are i'm
mediately placed in the egg case.
Cooling overnight in a wire basket
or tray is therefore advisable.
In order to market high quality
eggs it is necessary to place the
cases, flats and filters in a cool
and fairly moist place. When the