Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-05-04

able to do more in the way of restor-
ing the forests than all the preach
3ments Of the ages. The reason is both
q sordid and selfish one, but what
boots It it the results be good?
@ THOSE EXPERIMENT FARMS. Il
IS President Worst ofsthe Agricultural
college is establishing large num-
Der. Of experimental farms at differ.
ent points throughout the state. The
purpose of these auxiliaries of the
Agricultural college is to experiment
with and demonstrate the principal
needs Of the farmers in the various
parts Of the state and especially to
test the question of crop rotation.
The latter has become decidedly
important matter for the farmers, and.
with the disposition to turn the needs
Of the farms in this particular into a
fad, has caused the serious thinking
people who have given the matter
careful attention. to keep what Of it,
is essential to the success Of the state;
before the people in favorable light.
and at the same time divest it Of the
theories that have come from men who
know nothing OF the actual conditions
Of the country. and vet have essayed to.
teach the farmers.
President Worst believes in crop
rotation which gives the farmer pay
ing crop each year, vet which does
not keep the same crop on the same
land SO long in succession that it in
lures either the land or the crop.
The plan Of establishing the expert.
;ment farms throughout the state will.
not only serve to give the farmers Of
the sections in which they are located.
the opportunity to see the parcticaI
workings Of the system, but it will.
furnish the data from which practically
correct conclusions can be drawn as
to just what crops are proper to
rotate in the several sections Of the
state.
While the same line OF work has
been carried out for several years at
the Agriculture college, it is evident
that the climatic conditions, as well
as those of moisture and soil, are diff
ferent in the various localities and
that under no circumst stances can those
conditions be assembled at the college.
In a word. it. is spreading the agricul-
tural college out over the entire state
so far as its experimental work is
concerned. The wisdom Of the course
is apparent.
The great plan OF those in charge Of
this work are to determine a method
by which there can be rotation with
out IN any manner reducing the im-.
.portance Of the wheat crop which
must continue to be the great North
Dakota staple.
Another advantage which will come
from the new system will be the OPP
portunity which it affords Of studying
the newer lands of the western part
of the state. These are said to be-
.drier than the older settled counties,
and at the present time this seems to5
be true But this Condition is not in
any manner inimical to the growing Of
crops. In fact, the dry region has al
ready demonstrated its ability to pro-
duce crops that were record breakers.
The methods OF cultivation and the
kind Of grain best suited to the natural
conditions may have ITO be considered,
and adopted These things are the
scientific end Of farming and the fact
that one portion Of the state requires
u different system from another does
not mean that It Is III any way the
worse
ne western counties have been
largely settled within the last three
years Many of tue people are new to-
the country ana the climate. and III
they are not properly informed al toa