The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-06
FARMING POINTS
ARE WELL COVERED
y. j. HILLS CONDITIONS GIVEN
IN DETAIL.
Farmers and Stockraisers Who Would
Enter in Big Cash Prize Competition
Must Be Up in All Tricks That
Make Agriculture Successful Bust
ness and Scientific Work.

MuSG BE Up IN All Tricks That
! Make Agriculture Successful Bust
| ness and Scientific Work.
Additional particulars of the farm
be given by j. j. Hill to farmers OF |
/ Minnesota, North Dakota and South
| Dakota have been received and are
herewith given:
J. J.. Hill, president of the Great
Northern railroad, has decided to offer
the following prizes prizes, for the best. Imam
aged and best.tilled farms in Mime
sofa and the Dakotas: Three prizes
are offered in each Of the districts
named below The first prize in each
instance is $500, the second $3.50 and |
the third $75. They are offered in tif
teen districts, of which seven are in
Minnesota, five in North Dakota and
three in South Dakota. The number
OF prizes offered is forty-fve, and the
AMOUNT mo- OF the prizes aggregate $7,S75.
! The districts in Minnesota, seven in
number, are the same as the congress
sional districts of the state, except that
| the congressional districts one and
together, as they are relatively small
/ districts taken alone.
I The districts in North Dakota in
E clude the following counties:
i NO. l-Pembina, Cavalier, Ramsey,
!. Walsh, Grand Forks and Nelson, six
counties TX. $1,000, q
1 No. 2-Traill, Steele, Griggs, Barnes,
Cass, Richland, Ransom and Sargent,
eight counties. ~
i No: 3-Towner, Rolette, Pierce, Ben
son, Eddy, Wells, Foster, stpttsman,
Kidder, Logan, Lamoure, Dickey and
4 Mcintosh, thirteen counties. s-
No; 4-Bottineau, McHenry, Mclean,
I Ward and Williams, five counties. !
Oliver, Mercer, Dunn, Stark, Hettinger,
Bowman, Billings and Mckenzie, eleven
counties. ~ ~ =.
! The districts in South Dakota are the
| following: ~
No: Roberts, Marshall, Brown,
Sphinx, Clark, Day, Grant, Deuel., Ham
i No., 2MBrookiings. K SEriDrn: Beadle,
| Jerauld, Sanborn, Miner, Lake, Moody,
! eight counties.
: No. 3-Minnehaha, McCook, Hanson,
! Dawson, Aurora, Douglas, Hutchinson,
Turner. Lincoln, Union, Clay, Yankton
+ and Bonhomme, thirteen counties.
I i. In, making the divisions it was the
Il aim to group counties in which the con-
ditions were not dissimilar. ,.- =
The following are chief among the
considerations on which the basis of
the awards will rest:
First-The number Of livestock kept
in proportion to the area Of the farm,
the quality of the stock and the method
OF feeding and management pursued.
SecOnd-The rotation practiced, with
reference to it's influence on. the main
tenance Of soil fertility; to its bearing
on crop yields, and adaptation to the
general conditions of the system OF
farming pursued. IS .E.G@ak - !;
Third-The o1aeultivation adopted
viewed from thessaand points.G: (a) Suit
ability to thesheeas ofIthe crops grown;
moisture; Co influence on the utiliza-
tion or waste of the elements of plant
food in the. soil. p 49,. ,.,r.,, :. =. -.
Fourth-The yields Of the various
: crops based up (a) the character OF
the. soil; .(b) the! length of time for
q which it has been cultivated; (c) the
> Fifth-The clean condition of the
= farm with reference to (a) the. extent
Q to which it is free from weeds; (b) the
system, of cleaning adopted; (c)> the
relative labor involved in the same.
+ Sixth-The methods adopted to main
E, tain fertility, inclu,ding, "a the grow.
ing of c 1sgame5s 9 the Gugyng
dep and Il com nm RP' fertiizeps
,, and the mode of applying the same.
! Seventh-The methods Of drainage
8 adopted where necessary, including (a)
surface drainage as applied to upland
soils; CD underdrainage; (c) the drain
age of sloughs and marshes.
Eighth-The buildings of the farm
viewed from the standpoint (a) OF
adaptation to the needs Of the farm;
| Co convenience with reference to la
, bor; (c) adaptation to the needs Of the
stock kept.
Ninth-The protection furnished to
|, the outbuildings by way of windbreaks,
J. groves. or forests, (a) with reference to
i their location; {b) their extent; (c)
+ present condition; Cay their efficiency;
q (e) the tidiness of the surroundings Of
e the buildings. ~@
r Tenth--The fences Of the farm in
e cluding (a) their extent; (b) their cot;
) (c) the style of construction (d) suita-
{, bly, for the end intended. e~s@s.
;, Eleventh-The amount of labor en-
Z ployed and the relative outlay for the
9 same, (a) with reference to the. kind of
farming praeticed; (b) with reference
to the actual needs of the farm viewed
from the standpoint of profitable pro-
ductlon. ~,
It TWelfth-The profitable character of
the farming as witnessed (a) by unmis-
taxable facts; (b) by present evidences,
= (c) by the trend of the bearing of the
= system on future profits.
e The applications for entry are to 6e
. made on blank forms furnished by the
: Orange Judd Farmer, Chicago. There
s are no entry fees. The only restriction
!. is that on the application entry it must
V be stated in the proper place that the
4 applicant has not fewer than twenty
f cattle, kept for breeding, and not fewer
l. than twenty sheep or swine. The con
IS testants may file the entries with the
s. Orange Judd Farmer after April /, and
It not later than April 30. The number
2, OF entries will be restricted to twenty
d fro meach district.
Professor Thomas Shaw is to be one
OF the Judges. The other judge is yet
to be chosen. The Judging is to done
during June, July and August. The
judges will as soon as the work is com
i'd pleted, submit the report of the awards
made to Mr.. HILL
AS far as known this is the first time
that prizes of this nature have been of.