Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-02-09

actual income yearly is in many cases
less now than ten and fifteen years
ago. He advocated the raising Of
timothy for renewing the fertility Of
the soil now worn out more or less.
Careful farming results not alone in a
good income during life but leaves a
far more valuable heritage to the
farmers children.
Mr.. A. W. Stiles of Wisconsin next
spoke on the subjects of silos. Tho
not subject of immediate interest to
the farmers present since (by rails
ing Of hands) it was found that not a
farmer present owned silo, still the
talk was very interesting. A sllo, he
said, serves the purpose for the dairy
that the Mason jar does for the family.
During the fall preserving season
while the farmers wife puts up her
preserves as delicacies for the farmers
table, the speaker advocates not for
getting the dairy COW. A silo should
be air tight like a preserve jar and
corn should be cut in a green condi-
tion. Feeding ensilage is saving Of
fodder since corn as commonly fed
from shocks in the field is spoiled to a
greater or less extent. Corn so fed is
also mixed greatly with the fine dirt
from the corn field to say nothing Of
the saving in bulk and the trouble
incident to feeding corn fodder when
not cut into ensilage. He stated that
at most the cost of the silo is not over
two dollars per ton of fodder contents.
Major Mcconnell in commenting on
the subject Of silos spoke Of the ad-
vantage of using ensilage for cattle
even in summer. He said that the
farmers wives present will remember
that Nav and June butter is more
valuable than fall butter owing to the
scarcity Of good butter then. This is
due to the more or less spoiled con-
dition of fodd,r kept in shock and
stack over winter This trouble, Mr..
Mcconnell said is done away with by
using the alright silo for in that way
the fodder is kept in first class condi-
tion all the year round.
Mr.. James Austin of Hanna, N. D.,
Ia large farmer and stock raiser and
the only North Dakota man in the
institute corps) next spoke on the sub.
ject Of wheat raising. He spoke of
plans for getting rid of wild oats used
by various farmers Of his acquaint-
ance. Regarding niacaroni wheat be
said 'that5its lower price IS more than
uverbalanced by its resistance to rust
and drought and larger yield per acre
He felt sure that many farmers will
double. their acreage of macaroni
wheat. Regarding rust he claimed
that is nowhere nearly as much to be
dreaded as smut The question of
doing away with wild morning glories
was raised, and sodding it over, bronze
grass, and pasturing to hogs were
suggested as good means of giving
that curse set back. 81, If
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Among the canvas illustrations
was one showing the comparative
size of the paunch of COW and that
of a horse. The cows paunch has
capacity of two barrels while that of
a horse holds IL gallons. The
picture was designed to Illustrate the
difference in the digestive organs of
the two animals and show why the
COW is a heavy, slo~, logv animal.
The lecturers USE the illustration to
show that horses should be fed less
hay than is commonly given them
and more grain to get the best results
from each animal. Another illustra-
tion shows the pictu re of a common
COW, half jersey and half short horn.
whose yield Of milk was phenomenal.
Conductor McConnell's address on
cooperation pointed out that, in the
opinion of the speaker, farmers Of the
country can cooperate for their own
interes 8, as has been shown In the
successful workings Of the cooperative
creameries in many states. That
farmers are hurt by the big trusts OF
the country, and that II farmers can
successfully cooperate in creameries
they can do SO in the matter Of hand
ling their live stock. That there IS
I o reason why live cattle should be
shipped a thousand miles. and the
meat returned the same distance and
sold, at a profit, and tnat farmers
can not establish and construct
successful slaughtering establish
ments near their own homes.
M'CONNELL'S IS ADDRESS.
Conductor Mcconnell said: Ladies
and Gentlemen:-It gives me very
great pleasure to meet you for the
first. time 10 your beautiful little
city, the metropolis Of central North
Dakota. situated In the James River
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