The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-01-25

The Farmers Institute held here last
Friday and Saturday was decided sue
cess so far as interest and results were
concerned, but on account of the very
unfavorable weather there was not SO
large an attendance as was expected.
The committee sent out si1 hundred
personal invitations and we found several
present who admitted they came on ac-
count Of these invitations. This demon
strated the effect of advertising, and we
would recommend that any town holding
institutes hereafter would do the right
thing sending some personal invitations.
President Worst and Prof E. E. Kauf-
man, Prof. Shepperd and DR.. Dunham
came in on the train Friday forenoon and
the meeting convened shortly after noon.
There were torty-eight present that after
noon, some coming from as far as Dray.
ton. Among those from there being Jos,
Morrison, James Bellamy and D. A.
Mills. The meeting was presided over
by Prof. Kaufman and the ball was
opened by President Worst who in few
we'll chosen remarks referred to the OBJ.
ject and results of farmers institutes and
that the great purpose of such institutes
was to educate farmers to accomplish the
same thing with less work. He also re,
marked that our experience has taught
us that we live here all the year round
and therefore it Was not necessary for us
to consider this country only temper
ary abiding place.
Prof Shepherd then gave an address
on rotation of crops or how to get the
most from the soil. The experiments
carried on at the station at Fargo he
illustrated as to results with char
which had been carefully prepared fol
that purpose. This chart showed the
following results:
No. l. Farmed in wheat 5 years
-plowed shallow, 4 to 5 inches, ordinary
cultivation, one narrowing and drilled
height Of straw 13 inches, yield per acre
A. bushels.
No. 2. Farmed to wheat years
plowed deep and good, well narrowed,
sowed earlier, height Of straw 16 inches,
yield per acre IL bushels.
No 8. Farmed in wheat years, bet
ter plowed, narrowed earlier, best cult.
vation, height Of straw % inches, yield
per acre 1872 bushels.
No. 4. Farmed same as No. 3 except
had corn in 1899, height of straw 81
inches, yield per acre 25.4 bushels.
No. 5. Farmed same as No. 8 except
had potatoes in 1899, height of straw &c
inches, yield per acre 24.5 bushels.
No. 6. Same as No 3 except fallowed
in 1899, height of.straw 36 inches,. yield
per acre % bushels.
No. Z. Corn in 1895, wheat in 1896 and
1897, flax in 1898, corn in 1899, height Of
straw 81 inches, yield per acre 23.s
bushels.
Prof. Shepperd referred particularly to
the conditions as they prevailed last year
and said that in order to combat those
conditions it was necessary to keep the
moisture in the land and to do this we
must harrow early and keep soil mulch
or lose coat of dirt on top until we seed
ed and by so doing we could conserve
the moisture He called our attention
to the fact that it took FIVE gallons Of
moisture to grow stalk Of corn and
whatever we saved of the moisture from
going out of the ground was there to use
whether it rained or not. He also cited
us to the fact that whenever moisture
evaporated it lowered the temperature OF
the soil and that there was an alarming
amount Of moistAre lost the first week or
two in the spring that could be, saved BY
getting onto the land early with the har-
row. IN reply 70 q questio he answered
that one plowing alone in June and the
constant cultivation beat two plowings
for summer falioy. He recommended
Il
Mercer Flint As the best variety Of corn
to grow. u
DR. Dunham then gave talk on black
leg in cattle and recommended vaccina-
ton for this disease ass = sure preventive
and that the Y. S. government supplied
the station with the powder and II would
be sent free g anyone who applied to
them at Fargo. The syringe any drug
gist could supply. 81
Friday evening Prof. Worst delivered
"a address on The Relations ofthe
Agricultural coliege e The Farmer & .