The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-01-25
Farmers Institute.
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ing IS the DeSC lOr Oarley ana max WHlIs
for oats spring blowing will general,
give more straw but does not fill out SC
well as fall blowing. How as to the best
kind Of pillow, we use four horse gangs o.
different makes. namely the Junior, Yam
kee, Hummer and High lift John Deere.
These are all good plows but there may
be others that you prefer to these. only
let our blowing be thing Of beauty and
a joy forever.
Summer following is another depart
ment of this subject and should be care
fully considered. This is one of best
ways Of recuperating the soil. believe
two plowings to be the best, as this gives
the best chance for destroying noxious
weeds, such as mustard, French weed,
:. cooked, wild oats, etc. The first blowing
should be done in June so as to catch
these weeds before they go to seed, and
the second blowing should be done in
the first part of August or near that time,
and great care should be taken to do
this blowing well, by turning every grow
ing thing under SO as to give it all
chance to rot. l am aware that other
methods of recuperation are recon-
mended; namely, rotation of crops. l
have observed that the help derived from
this rotation plan is short lived in its
beneficial results. noticed last harvest
that it was no rare thing for a field of
summer following to produce from 70 to
Is bushels per acre of wheat, when old
land that had been cropped to flax and
other crops only yielded from 5 to 6
bushels per acre. This is no guess work
as we had that experience on our own
farm. But there are other methods Of
improving the soil. such as seeding to
grass or sowing to corn in drills so that
we can cultivate between the rows. 1t
It has been demonstrated that we can
raise corn either fer ear or fodder, so we
ought to give this trial and prove for
ourselves that we can enter into compe-
tition with other states in corn raising as
we'll as in other grains.
believe in good cultivation and here
the question arises, what is the best Gull
tivator in use. There are number Of
different kinds, but must say have not
found my ideal as yet. We have tried
the spring tooth and Acme harrows and
the disc The Acme is good for soil that
is not too hard or tough for it. have
one fault with the disc, that is it ridges
the land too much. II they would make
them to disc all to one side like pillow it
would be a great improvement. am a
firm believer in the steel roller, either
before seeding or after. We have used
!. them for about ten years and would not
beneft especially in dry seasons and on
spring blowing"
President Worst gave talk on smut
in which after he had explained the diff
ferept manoeuvres of Mr.. Smut in his
communicating career, stated it as an alb.
solute fact that treatment of Tornado.
hyde, one pound OF the formaldehyde to
forty gallons of water was an absolute
preventative if properly applied. He
claimed formaldehyde was much better
than blue stone or hot water.
III conclusion President Worst recon.
mended that the different localities hold
institutes of their own and so have an
interchange of thought and ideas that
would be OF great value. At the close a
vote Of thanks was rendered the gentle.
men who conducted the institute and a
resolution commencing the institute as a
success and endorsing the conductors
work.
A paper on the gasoline threshing out.
fit was given by AIr. Walter Wexford
and full of information regarding this
important department in the matter OF
threshing. He gave some figures from
their own experience that showed that
after allowing going wages for their own
teams and men the wheat could be
threshed for a little over six cents and
that counts IN the wear and tear of the
machine and interest on the money in
vested. With a fifteen horse Lamb
engine and 33-inch Peerless separator
they averaged 900 bushels per day and
did satisfactory job.
WALTER WELFoRD's PAPER.
"The question of change in the
method Of threshing our crops is an i'm.
portant one at present from the fact that
so many thousands of bushels of grain
have been lost or decreased in value by
exposure to the rains Of last fell. think
It safe 10 say that nine-tenths of the
farmers Of North Dakota have ha i at one
time or another some trouble in getting
their grain threshed There is hardly a
. farmer but what will after last fal!'s exc
periencr agree with me that radica
change is needed and desired. But
along what lines should a change be
made is a question of considerable diff
Guilty to answer. Our present large
threshing machines are probably the
b most perfect fastest and handiect 4, n, :