The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-20
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Last Day Devoted to the
Water Problem Of the Red
River Valley The Resolu-
tion in Full. rs.
The last day of the Grain Growers
convention was devoted to the subject
of drainage Of the Red River valley.
and the delegates in attendance from
other parts Of the state did not re-
main for this part OF the program.
There was abundance Of. interest,
however, on the part of those who live
in the valley. The fact, too, that much
of this work had been covered already
by the recent Grand Forks convention
made 1t of less interest. There were
some splendid papers read, and g val
liable lot of Information given that.
made the meeting decidedly valuable
one. st.
L. G. Johnson of Fargo, opened the
session with paper on The Effects
of Drainage Upon the Mechanical
Condition Of the Soil.''
AT the conclusion of the paper
President Worst said in answer to a
question as to whetner wheat could
be raised continuously for 100 years
on properly drained soil: Here rota-
"IInwever5 attended 2 meeting at
Hartford Com 4 where q worker from
Rnthamstad Enpland gave sonna in
Tnnfinnnue crnnninp III what b y * q
a,TWo s60 acre tracts wares snwyln to
v,haats i iE!art vaar ! fnne ~ tkS saalds
rscaivad ] i hassE nntn S,ri Il the tha "A manara from
fhe sfeedinp ~ the straw and shraI, nro-i
f,iced fhe wear 55heforeS the other field
received nns fertiiizsa,lrs. sfBoth flglds
,s;f ffi,l q seIy.
fhe sa ma d * 81 sg;sg;Ss 4
SAt .the and, al fortv-ni 3 Years. the
nnfartiIized fielti was ssfiliS nrodnci,lr3
pnod wheat I75 twelve 3 hmsheis to ]. the
acre. mt was ft1enreasiii,t sfast: The
fertil,zef fiaIi was nrnfint.ing fortv-
foi,r hnshals "a the acra~sanfl,, 10Th
nmality and quantity Was increasing
g Landers ofsArpnsyilIe gave =
snicv fen minutes faI Il 4 He showed
that at the two towns Of Argusyille
and Gardner II, the same county one
" In ,Se svaIlav the other not that the
one IN Inc valley and rdenenfient smnnn
unframed lands in Ave. Years the
losses amounted tn II $40 33fi .s5, .s2t
state Engineer Feilows a fellowed
and read q strong naner nm $the niIes-
tion a 1 - "a 7Ig13 ~ Is
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