The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-10-02

Stearns county Is one Of the
eleven counties In Minnesota In
which the hybrid corn trial plots
are located this year. These trial
plots are put in jointly by the Mimi
esota Extetnsion Service, the local
county agents office, and the n.y.
brid seed companies operating in
the state. In Stearns County the
trial plot Is located on the Joseph
w. Meyer farm on trunk highway
No. between Metre Groove and
Greewald.
On Thursday. October 8, at
$50 In the afternoon the field
day for the preview of the
years work win be held at the
Meyer farm. At that time Ralph
Grim, extension agrOn0mist at
University Farm, viii be pre-
sent with several assistants and
will reveiw the results of the
seasons work. A part of each
plot Of corn viii be harvested
at that time and IL will be poss-
ible to see the harvested ears as
well as TO see the type Of
plants from which the ears
were harvested.
The stearns county plot contains
80 varieties, three of which are
open-pollinated and 20 are hybrids
The three open-pollinated variet-
les are in there for check purpose
only. All of the varieties have been
replicated six times in the plot
This means that each variety has
been planted at six different locat-
ions in the plot so that any unusal
changes in soil type or topography
will have little or no effect on the
average yield Of the six plots.
Later in the year the results OF
the Stearns county trials as well as
those from all of the other ten
countries in Minnesota will be made
available in bulletin form. The re-
suits at the field day however, are
worth quite a little in that it is
possible to see the corn actually
growing whereas the bulletin that
will be made available later can
show only the actual results. All
farmers are urged to attend the
field day program on October 9th.
November LIST is the enrolment
date for poultry cooperators in the
poultry record project, according to
the county agents office at st.
Cloud. For a number Of years
Stearns county has had several
poultrymen enrolled in this project
and all of the folks enrolled have
received a great deal of good from
their work. Under this plan all that
is necessary is for all parties to
advise the county agents office that
they are interested in enrolling in
this work. Their name will he sent
in to Cora Cooke, epounltry special
list at University Farm, who will
supply them the necessary forms
for keeping the records.
In general about all that Is re-
quired in this record project Is a
compete record of all the feed pur-
chased and fed to the block and then
the number of eggs received each
day from the flock. The names Of CO.
operators are not listed in the re-
por tbut are given number so that
each cooperator can compare his
standing with other members en-
rolled. This poultry record project
Is not a project for the large
poultrymen in the state. It Is true
that a number Of poutrymen are
in the project with as many as 800
birds but there are many small
flock owners enrolled with as few
as 65-70 birds enrolled.
In the last few years the acreage
of soybeans in Minnesota has in
creased considerably, according to
the county agents office at st.
Cloud. Most of these soybeans have
been grown to furnish 1egume hay
for dairy herds. In the last year or
two though, quite a few Of these are
grown in large enough acreage so
that some can be thresned for gram
on farms. The combine Is the best
outfit for harvesting the soybeans.
This Is true because Of the fact that
the straw Of beans is Of little or no
value for other purposes except for
soil fertility.
Many farmers have been asking
for an outlet for the threshed beans.
A good lot Of them should be kept