Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-05-12

" robbed Of its nitrogen by continuous
groupings of wheat and believed that
the deterioration of the grade was due
to this. He recommended h use OF
lime. growth Of grass SEED and crop TO
tation as the only cure .
G. S. Barnes, one Of the largest farm
ers in the valley. thought wheat raising
failed naturally every eighteen years
of continuous crops, and recommended
n change to other crops for a few
In the evening the committee to de.
eide the prize winner on the papers on
.How to Make Farming Pay" reported
unanimously in favor Of Mr.. House OF
Lidgerwood. N. D., an ex-member OF
the North Dakota legislature.
Prof. Bolley, Of the North Dakota y.
pcriment station, addressed the con.
yention on the subject Of treatment Of
wheat for smut. He went into the
subject at great length, and was aided
by ]stereopticon views of the micro.
scopic investigations. He was fol.
lowed by Prof. Hayes Of the Minnesota
experiment station. on breeding pure
seed wheat. The latter Is one OF the
best authorities on that subject In the
Northwest, and gave n Of the most
interesting and instructive addresses
of the meeting.
Thursdays Session.
The result Of Thursdays meeting
was the organization of q tri-stato
grain growers association. This was
made an open organization by the ap.
pointment of an executive committee
of seven, two from each State Of Min
nesota, North and South Dakota and
one ut large. The idea is to have the
conventions rotate among the three
states triennially; but this shall not
interfere with annual meetings in each
state under the auspices Of the execu-
tive committee and professors in the
agricultural colleges in other state0
will assist in the work in the appoint.
mcnt of the committee. Budd Reeve
the originator and promoter Of the pres.
ent convention was named the mem.
ber-at-large. The others n J. H.
Worst, Fargo, N. D.; Charles McKis-
sick, Mayville, N DE. D. Childs,
Crookston, Mimi; o. G. Gregg. Mar
shall, Mimi; President Hoston, Brook
ings, s. D.; Charles N. Harris, Aber>
deem. s. D.
A great point Of interest in Thurs
days meeting was the presence and
address Of ]. ]. Hill, Of the Great
Northern railway
OF the other work Of the day, tho
most important was a resolution re-
qucsting the national government to
abolish the monthly bulletin containing
guesses on the crop, and substitute an
annual n containing an accurate Il.
count Of the yield, and published after
the harvest.
The prize for best seed-cleaning ma
chinery was awarded to the A. v. Gle
land company of Minneapolis.
President Worst, of the agricultural
college, stated that when Budd Reeve
first called on him and explained the
object Of the meeting, ne fell ut once
into the scheme, but all the time he
had some doubt a. to securing a good
attendance. The three days Of unqual-
flied success demonstrated his doubts
We're needless.
Mr.. Worst spoke Of his twenty-five
years spent on the farm. and assured
the farmers Of his sympathy with tho
movement.
He dwelt largely on the development,
running through centuries, of the
crude. natural farms, into what we
have to-day.
He made a strong plea for the educa-
ton of the people-especially the farm.
er boys. He condemned the system OF
education that drove boys from tho
farm to the city as a most perniciouo
one. Attention was called to the fact
that the large list Of anne OF tho
scroll Of fame were those Of former
farmer lads. He wanted boys educat.
ed to the idea that farming is honora-
BILE, SO that they would grow up brave,
willing and intelligent workers.
His roast Of the school system was
a hot one He said the boys were
taught that if they applied themselves,
they might get a job in the city; II
not, they would be forced to remain in
the farm drudgery.
The work of the agricultural college
was briefly explained.
Mr.. Worst wanted boys steered from
the country schools to the agricultural
college, and then back to the farm
not to the cities, to supply the early.
dying, %vice-ridden stream Of humanity.
The remarks Of ex-Supt. House Of
Richland county were we'll received.
He said: "Our most successful farm.
ers are not those who work hardest at
manual labor; nevertheless, they work
with all their energies. None are ex.
empt from labor, but that pays best
! which Is best applied and directed.
Whatever farming may have been In
the past, the time has come when
farming in the Northwest Is not drudg.
ing, wearisome toll, but it is q BUSINESS
|. in which men are applying mechanical