The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1896-01-24

Inllllps mere uescrlbed an implement
made 10 follow in The furrow OF u plow and
which loosens up without overturning
the sol this enabling mos 5ure received
on the surface 10 quickly settle 10 a
depth which makes it less liable 70
evapurae. The use OF this subsoiler
once IN three or four years aud plenty of
surface tillh has been found to be Of
great value in preserving moisture.
The question OF wheat raising was
taken up. One hundred dollars worth
Of phosphates and nitrates at last year
prices. One hundred dollars worth Of
butter contains twenty-five cents worth
OF these valuable materials. 1t costs
about twenty cents 10 take forty cents
worth OF wheat 10 New York City, and
less than three cents to lake forty cents
worth OF bute,r.
/ Calf raising was next touched upon
and ration ot separator milk and corn
meal was advised Oil cake is TOO ey-
pensive, better feed the flax in A smaller
ra'lon. Professor n E. Hansen is u
native OF Denmark, who came 10 Iowa
with his parents in youth. After grad
uatlng from the Iowa Agricultural
college he was assistant horticulturist at
that experiment station for four years
when he resigned and took his European
trip. lie is noted AS a hngust as we'll as
a horticnlturist and has been al the
South Dakota Agricultural college since
Sept. lst. Thursday evening found
large audience to listen to Prof. Hansens
talk on his European trip. lie spoke
first OF the seed farms of Erturt Ger
many, where he saw eighty acres of
asters in full bloom and hundreds of
acres of other flowers Flower seed
grown here is shipped 10 all parts OF the
world. The seed is kept pure and true
10 characteristics by Il careful process OF
selection Experts 60 through the fields
and examine alI the blossoms and if any
are too single or are imperfect N their
habit they are pulled up and thrown
away. The very finest specimens are
marked by stake and are saved for the
seed OF the farm itself A flower which
shows marked development in a certain
direction is marked and the seed soWn
the next year. Those flowers in which
the eccentricity, is found to be fnrthest
developed are again saved for seed and
thus IN IA few years a new variety is
originated colors and tlnls are kept pure
oy experts who can work only two or
three hours day, and then become less
susceptible to a variation in tint and are
obliged to STOP
The sugar beet industry is also grea,
one in that country. There are many
small manufactures Which cost $4,000 10
$4,000 dollars and make low grade of
sugar which is afterward refined in the
larger factories. The sugar bee's used
Tor producing seed are selected by de-
termnR the sugar content Of small
wedge taken from each and only the
best are taken. In this way the average
sugar content has been raised from II per
cent few years ago to Ia per cent at the
present. Prof. Hansen went from
Berlin 10 Moscow a distance OF 1900
miles and from there to Kiev IN quest OF
Russian fruits adapted to this climate.
After giving an interesting account Of
the formaltes with which Russia greats
every visitor, lie described several
OF fruit and shade trees found
TO be perfectly hardy there, endur n
cold of fifty degrees below zero, heat
about like ours in the summer and
climate similar TO ours in respect to
moisture.
The lecture closed with description Of
The estate OF a prince with an unspella-
bic name with especial reference to his
artistic use OF our common Virginia
creeper. there an important plant but
here neglected.
The rest OF the evening was occupied
by Prof. Phillips on "Garden Veg
Prof. John NJ. Trueman is q native OF
New Brunswick where he was reared on
his fathers farm near the Bay OF Fundy.
he graduated from the Nova Scotia
college in 1891 and in 1892
Cornell University, Ithaca. New
! ork, from which institution he received
he degree Bachelor OF Science, in June
1885. Immediately thereafter he went
Q Chatauqua Co., New York, as butter
maker in a large private dairy, from