The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-02-01
FARMERS CONVENTION.
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VIE f....EJS UuC OsuO lnUOus OnO
fah.sr remarked that he be-
1ievSu that it would BE- a good
idea when we have another con-
vention, for the Judges torequire
OF the farmers that they shall not
clean with q tanning mill any of
the grain ON exhibit, SO that the
sample will give a true insight
into their methods of farming.
The clean farmer will be known
from the man who tolerates
noxious weeds. This is an idea
worth of consideration on the.
part of the officials of the per-
manent organization, and the
independent believes that while
the exhibit might not prove to
be quite so good a one, the re-
suits would be az well.
There were several samples Of
mittens knit from wool yarn spun
right. in Ward county,. Many
believed that the, old fashioned.
spinning wheel to have been
relegated to the past, but, there
are sayeral in Ward county aud
during the. long, winter evenings,
the energetic housewife phys her
art ina way which not only en-
tertains her, but saves herfamily
u considerable outlayformitte1ls
and stockings. The home made
prodIct is very soft and warm
and will wear much better than
thatWhich comes from afactory.
The greatest butter. producing
country in the world is said, to
be Norway and Sweden. Ameri-
can creamery associations have
sent butter experts across the
water several times to try and
learn the Scandinavian art of
making butter. Here in Ward
county we seem to have learned
that art. II any finer butter can
be produced in the world than
was on exhibition ut the Far
lners' Convention, we would like
to see it. Fifty prints, carefully
made, sailed right up to a ''T''
and worked to perfection. Just
the right amount of coloring to
make it look we'll. North Dakota
grass and hay gives the butter
IL PECULIARLY sweet pure flavor.
The spectators could not resist
the temptation to dig their ting-
ers in the beautiful prints and
sample this product. Butter
making is one of the coming in
dustries of Ward county and the
Independent was glad to see
such II fine display.
1t is said that nowhere III the
United States will You find letter
bread, butter.And potatoes than
in North Dakota. North Dak ota
is becoming known az the bread
basket of the world. and the
forty or more samples of light
loaves Of bread made from -four,
manufactured from Ward county
wheat, furnished ample evidence
OF this fact. Manv OF the breads
were baked from flour manufac-
tured by the Minot Milling CO.
Macaroni wheat scored IL big hit,
forno finer loaves Of bread were
displayed than those made from
Macaroni -four. What. becomes
of.all our macaroni wheat one
may ask, That's u pretty hard
question to answer, ..bnta. it. is
probable that u certain proper
tidn is mixed Will, other 'whea t
and manufactured int, flour
aM every day our housewives
bake bread from such -four. The
bread is not a whit tlle.worse .fOi
this and it's better that the baker
does not know that i portion q
the flour is made from nlac;,ro''i
wheat. But in time such -four
viii be in general use, and when
that time does come, the farmer
may, expect to be paid = Jus,
amount for his lilacaroni wheat
/ Poultry l..ising'islyet III It's in
fancy i'll NMthwesterIl NORTH
Dakota. Tie committee on TX,
hibits wishing to encourage This
industry, secured good prizes fol
the best poultry and eggs hr0t
in. The farmers selected the hpst
fowls Obtai,ablc, dressed them
carefully and the display WAS q
most creditAble one There were
some fine lots Of eggs. A good
lnany of the farmers are raising
full blood poultry, and this was
evidenced by the uniformity O
the appearances OF the eggs.
There were several samples O
home made sausage. Ward coun
ty farmers are, beginning to raise
hogs.
According to the rules Of tn.
aSSOciatiOn. those Offering prizes