Published Monthly by the Northwest School of Agriculture of the University of Minnesota, Crookston. Entered as second class matter, December 2, 1916, at the Post Office at Crookston, Minnesota, under the Act of August 24, 1912. VOL. X. CROOKSTON, MINNESOTA, APRIL, 1926 NO.5 5 FALL TERM OPENS OCTOBER 4 SOW THISTLE MUST GO The fall term at the Northwest School will begin October 4 and will Northwest School Will Cooperate In Planning Control close December 23. The second term will open January 3 and close March Sow thistle eradication demonstra Sow thistle seeds have seldom ger 24. There will only be two changes tions will he carried on in several minated and made plants the same on the teaching staff. M sections of the Valley this season by season the seeds were produced, in Genung will take Miss Rupert’s place farmers cooperating with the North trials conducted at the Crookston sta in the English department. Mrs. west Experiment Station, Crookston tion. Seeds buried three to sever Genung was formerly Miss Cenfield The object of the campaign will be inches produced plants but these who taught English at the Northwest to encourage land owners to under plants did not reach the blossoming School three years ago. During the take eradication work, by demonstrat. stage the first season. However, a past two years Mrs. Genung has been ing methods used by successful far- Fargo station, pieces of roots only in the Philippines and will have many mers, and by bringing directly to the one-fourth inch in length, when plant interesting experiences to relate to farmer the results of investigations ed shallow, produced plants which the students this fall. Mr. Milligan at the Crookston and other experi- blossomed within one hundred days has accepted a position elsewhere ment stations Roots forty-five inches in length His successor will soon be selected. Smother crops, such as millet, were found less than two months af- A health service building will be sweet clover, and buckwheat have ter planting the seed pieces, and new erected during the summer and this failed to give satisfactory results in plants had come up eighteen inches will make the Northwest School a eradicating sow thistles, in the North- from the original root pieces, accord complete institution in every way. west Station trials Summer plowing ing to O. A. Stevens, botanist at the Minor changes are contemplated in at the time the plants begin to bud, North Dakota Agricultural College. the dormitories and Home Economics followed by Fare fallow the remain- Farmers are invited to write the building which will add to the conven- der of the season has given best re- Northwest Experiment Station re ience and comfort of teachers and sults Crop rotation systems which garding their experiences in sow students. include alfalfa, sweet clover, and thistle eradication. The station es The next immediate need will be pasture crops have given satisfactory pecially desires to get in touch with additional dormitory facilities. The control without the use of summer those who will carry on eradication enrollment is increasing each year. fallow, if the fields are not badly in- practices this season Bulletin or The attendance for 1925-26 was 289 fested before the system has been es- “The Sow Thistle Problem” will be and it is expected that the enrollment tablished. sent to any address upon application for 1926-27 will he well over the 300 mark MANY VISITORS TO planned to have only one community visit at one time. The best dates Junior Short Course Well Attended COME DURING SUMMER are from June 15 until the first week in August. June 4, 18 and 25, July 9 A total of 193 boys and girls from Invitations were recently sent by every county of Northwestern Minne- Supt C. G. Selvig to community and 14 and July 19 are dates which have sota attended the Junior Short course farmers clubs to visit the Northwest already been selected by various School this summer. Tihirty-five or- groups. at the Northwest School the week of ganizations accepted the invitation March 29-April 2. This was the fif- last year and enjoyed the tour and teenth annual short course and was visit. The visits are in reality one EALTH SERVICE made up almost entirely of boys and girls who will be club members this day short courses for men and wo- Superintendent C. G. Selvjg return- men. They have been combinations year. The week was given over to class ed recently from St Paul where he room work with a liberal amount of of community get-to-gethers, picnics conferred with the state architect re- and school making an ideal combin- recreation, excursions, community garding plans for the new health ser- singing and movies. During the week ation. That the days have been vice building which will be built this worth while is shown by the large Miss Leonore Dunnigan of “The summer. This building wll cost ap- Farmer”, St. Paul was present and number of clubs that come annually proximately $30,000 and will he begun and the fact that other experiment gave instruction in newspaper report- as soon as plans have been complet- ng. The dates for the short course stations are beginning to follow the ed and bids secured. same plan. next year will be March 28-April 1. If any community club has not re- The building will be located on the ceived a personal invitation it was site at present used for the tennis Homecoming Plans because of the fact that the North- court northwest of the Home Econ- omics building. It will be three Plans for the second annual sum- west School has not information re- a mer reunion of alumni, students and garding your organization. It is hop- story building, fully equipped as stu- dent’s health service quarters. friends of the Northwest School are ed that this item will supplement the well under way. The date will be letters mailed out and that all com- The space heretofore used as June 25. A detailed announcement munities will consider themselves as health service quarters in Stephens will be made in later issues of the invited. Hall will be available for dormitory Norhtwest Monthly but this is the The various groups are urged to rooms, thus increasing the school’s ime to mark it on the calendar so set their date as soon as possible so capacity for twenty to thirty addition- hat nothing else will interfere with as to have the better selection. It is al students. his date. 2 THE NORTHWEST MONTHLY past two years is again the most Don III AWOL popular project. Several of the twenty-two students enrolled in jun- Don III the young buck deer at the ior club leadership brought delega- Northwest School park is absent tions from their clubs to attend the without official leave and from all Issued Monthly by Polk County club day program at the indications does not care to face the THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA official court called to convene upon NORTHWEST SCHOOL OF school April 2. Twelve students are AGRICULTURE enrolled in the corn project, thirty in his return. Don made his escape af- C. G. SELVIG, Superintendent pure seed production, eleven in live- ter a dog had entered the park and stock projects, and eleven in farm ac- killed the mother Hazel Beauty Eyes. OFFICE The disasters which have befallen Northwest Experiment Station, counting. Other agricultural projects Crookston, Minnesota selected are tractor and motor truck the deer family the past year has re- I- operation, building construction, pota- duced the number from four to one. A monthly publication in the interest d Don I the graceful head of the fam- a icultural education and home training for to production, bee keeping, and poul- Northwestern Minnesota. try. ily is the only survivor. Efforts are Sixty-three girls are enrolled for a being made to add others to the park CALEB-DORR SCHOLARSHIPS total of 320 projects. Dress -making, this summer and visitors will again canning, preserving, and baking are be able to enjoy seeing the deer as At the conclusion of the commence- the most popular projects among the they have in previous summers. ment exercises on March 25 Supt. C. girls. G. Selvig announced the Caleb-Door Motor Classes Finish Work Scholarships. These were made pos- sible thru funds bequested the Uni- SHORT COURSE FOR The advanced motor class at the Northwest School have completely versity of Minnesota and are to be COW TESTERS used for awards in industry and ap overhauled twenty-two automobiles plication. There are also funds to be Eighteen men enrolled for the cow and seven tractors, all excepting one loaned students to complete their testers short course held the week of auto belonging to the students or school work. April 26 at the Northwest School. their parents as a part of their labor- atory work. There were valves The awards for 1925-26 were as This course was held for the pur- 204 follows : highest award for scholar- pose of selecting men who will quali- ground and 150 bearings tightened. ship and progress, Carl Widseth, Gon- fy to take charge of cow testing as- They installed 236 new piston rings, vick. To those making the greatelst sociations. Several associations in 44 new bearings, 21 new pistons, 64 progress by classes the awards were: the Red River Valley have been or- new valves and 130 feet of new seniors, Ella Christiansen, Mentor and ganized and others will soon perfect brake lining. Lawrence Letnes, Thief River Falls; an organization.