Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-12-21
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

Al delegation of nurses from st.
Johns hospital recently visited the de-
partment of veterinary science to get
information from Dr.. Van Els in re-
gard to the relation Of bacteria to
diseases. FAY # ny
DR. M IS. Whitcomb; executive Off
Ger of the live stock exhibition board
of Minnesota, was visitor at the
veterinary department recently.
I During the Christmas vacation Dr.
Bait of the department of modern
languages will attend the 25th annual
meeting of the Modern Language as
ISOLATION of America, whieh will be
held at the State University Of Ohio.
This association has about 600 mem
beers. s:5
|: The North Dakota paint law has been
declared constitution by the supreme
court of the 4 United States. This
gives Prof, Ladd another important
victory in the courts. The decision
Just handed down by the supreme
court is one of the most important
as defining, the rights of the state to
fix standards Of purity for products
other than foods, AT the same time,
1T clears away any contested points
with regard to the right OF the estate
to establish standards under the food
and drug Jaws. Prof. Ladd states
that there viii abe no deviation in the
future from the course which has
been followed in the past with regard
to enforcing the law. requiring all
paints other than Of statutory compost
ftim to be plainly labeled.
The work In the dairy department
will consist OF lectures given every
school da yduring the months of Jan
uary February and March, supple
mented by practical instruction in the
creamery every afternoon. Lectures
will be given on the following sub
jeets: Comp Of milk; variation
Of fat. in milk and cream receiving,
|sampIing and grading milk and cream;
composite samples in the creamery;
creamery calculation; reasons for
heating milk previous to skimming;
different methods Of separating milk;
history OF centrifugal cream separat.
|ors, construction and methods Of
handling the different machines to-
gether with a comparison Of the eff
fciency Of work done by the differ
ent makes; care of milk and cream
on the farm; pasteurizing and cream
ripening;; churning, washing. sailing,
working. pasking, marketing, Judging,
and grading of butter; lectures on the
comp sition Of butter and how to make
| it 50 as to contain the proper amount
of moisture to comply with the pure
food law. In conjunction with this
work, lectures will also be given in
the department Of animal hush andry
on selection, care and management
Of dairy stock.
| DR.. Holley, of the chemical depart
lment, is now engaged in writing a re-
port of the experiments which have
been conducted during the past year.
and 1t is expected that the report will
be published and available for distri-
button in the near future.
Pro. Shepperd, of the agricultural
1 department, will deliver an address
before the Crop Breeders meeting
IN st. Paul in January.
/ Prof. Halland reports very sue
cessful ternRs work in the commercial
i department There are53 SO students
taking penmanship; three classes in
4 bookkeeping with over so students,
!, and about ~ pupils In the typewriting
department. In the teachers train
1 ing course there are about 20 students
liking nature study, which consists
Iiof systematic study of trees, birds
4 and insects, and treats Of natures
Il preparation for winter.
n 4A1Celll q. II. konCppCIu, WHO MAS PIES
4 ent at the Dry Land Farming conyen-
ton held at Manhattaa5 Kan. last
summer was successful in getting
1 next summers meeting for Fargo.
Supt. T. "A. HoVsrstad has secured
4 q. g. Gregg for part Of the institute
i circuit Mr. Gregg was formerly sup
erintendent Of the Minnesota Farmers
a institutes. .5 ..s5s 81. Sd
On January End, 1908, there will be
1 a farmers institute meeting at Tynd
i mere, N. ID, Thos. Shaw, Of the Or
i ange Judd Farmer, VIII address the
/ meeting.
The National Consumers League Of
America, at conference recently
held In Crawford, ~. ], passed the fol
d lowing resolution
Resolved; That this conference en-
dorse the work Of Commissioner II
#. Laid OF North Dakota, to have