The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1904-01-28

along the lines Of rotation In farming.
He spoke of the almost exclusive
tendency in tie past of the farmers
to grow wet. He thought that grain
should be held as basis and that sec
ond in rotation should come the
grasses, and recommended timothy,
Austrian bronze, red top and the slen-
der wheat grass, and in planting he
suggested, a mixture Of these seeds.
in just what proportion he said he
was unable at this time to advise.
Prof. M. A. Carleton, cerealist CT the
agricultural department at Washing
ton, spoke on the subject Of macaroni
wheat. He opened his discussion with
the statement that about five or six
years ago this section extending
down through Kansas and Nebraska,
suffered much damage as a result of
drouth. The attention Of the agri-
cultural department was turned to the
matter Of securing a wheat at would
produce well in this dry section and
the introduction of maCaroni followed.
He said that while in the midst of
these Investigations rains set in so
that government officials were riding
about in row boats over the former
arid lands of Kansas and Nebraska,
pursuing their Investigations and
gathering sunAowers from the waters.
The howl then went up not for mac
arOHi wheat, but for macintosh
wheat. And it was on account of this
unusually wet weather that the maca-
rO-i wheat grown in this country was
below the standard, and brought low
er prices than it should have brought.
He said that there was a demand at
present, however, greater than the
supply and offered much encourage
ment to the macaroni wheat growers.
e. S. Delaney followed with an il
lUstrated talk on breeding Draft
Horses" which was highly interesting
and very instructive. MIR. Delaney is
a forcefdl, entertaining talkCr and
was enthusiastically applauded by his
hearers.
At the afternoon session Prof.
Thomas Shaw read an interesting pa
per on the "Adaptability of the Dual
Purpose Cow for Northwestern Con-
dit!Ons."
Other addresses were delivered by
N. S. French of Berlin, N. D.; State
Dairy Commissioner Mcconnell Of
Minnesota and State Dairy Commits
sioner Kaufman of North Dakota.
The ~~oceedings of the evening
were under the auspices of the North
Dakota Poultry association.
Poultry Association.
The attendance at the tenth annual
Poultry association which convened
to-day was very gratifying, but it was
realized that the severe weather had
resulted in the non shipment OF many
exhibits that were to be sent in for
the show.
TIE work Of judging was started
Guriig the day by Mr.. Holden. In the
barred Plymouth Rock class Sam F.
Crabbe won first prize for cockerel
and L. d. Canniff for pullet. P. P.
Formoe Of Bismarck took the first
three prizes for white Plymouth
Rocks.
State Euttermakers.
There we're nineteen exhivitors OF
butter in the competition under the
auspices of the North Dakota Dairy
mems association. The samples were
scored by w. D. Collyer, United States
dairy inspector, and the first award
went to Fred Kraus, whose butter
scored 95 IA. Victor Glantz was sec
ond. with 80 IL and Fred Kapphahn
was third with So. 0. G. Beek's ex-
hibit scored the lowest. "a points.
Thursday, Jan. 81.
Without awaiting the probable ac-
ton of Gov. White in requesting Sec
retary Wilson of the department Of ag-
riculture TO take charge of the ranges
in the western part Of the state to
eradicate the cattle scab, the North Da-
kota Live Stock association has made
an appeal direct to the secretary,
The association had the program at
this session of the Tristate convention
and strong resolutions were adopted
urging immediate action by the secre-
tary and petitioning Coy. White to re-
quest it officially.
The afternoon program consisted Of
addresses by Delaney of Valley City
and Hoverstad Of Crookston on the
horse: demonstration by Professors
Sheppard and Worst, on animals, and
S. F. Crabbe on fowls.
Before the regular hour for assem-
bling those interested In macaroni
wheat came together and, after sew
eral addresses, which included one by
A. NJ Carleton. the cerealist Of the de-
partment OF agriculture in Washing
ton. 1t was decided to organize the
North Dakota Macaroni Wheat Crow
ers' association. One hundred men,
bers were Immediately enrolled, and
this number will be increased before
the close Of the convention. T. N.
Oium Of Lisbon was elected president
and e g. Schoollander of Fargo secre-
tary and treasurer.
The forenoon program of the conven-