The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-12-05

Tor to the bearded varieties has beer
produced. In all probability the de
partment will in few years distrib
ute it among the farmers Of the state
| Secretary Nugent, made a trip t.
Devils Lake in the interest of thu
college, recently.
The botanical department Is pre-
pairing a number of samples of flung
to be sent to the high schools Of thu
state.
A number Of students taking the
teachers course have visited the city
schools for the purpose of studying
the different methods of presenting
reading in the grades.
Prof. McDowell's class in sol
Physics is making complete me
chanical analysis of the soil from tac
college and substation farms. After
this work is completed each student
will ana!lyze soil from his home
farm. There is probably no better
method Of obtaining information in
regards the character of the soil
thruout the state than this.
The North Dakota Live Stock as
sociation of which Prof. Richards is
secretary is compiling a breeders di
rectory, which when completed will
be sent to farmers within the state,
the object being to put the buyer in
close touch with the seller.
| Under the direction of the federal
government system of tile drainage
is being installed in the college plant
nursery.
The grain judging class in the
farm husbandry course under Prof.
j.. c. Mcdowell are at present learn
ing to distinguish at sight the differ.
emit market grades of wheat, oats,
barley, flax, and corn. The past
month was spent in the sight judging
of the above cereals in the straw. A
part OF the term is also given over to
the judging of the different tame
grasses adapted to this state
The animal hus,bandry department
is carrying on experiments to deter
mine the value OF ''Hogging off, peas.
The value of the peas is estimated
by the amount of barley they will re-
place in the ration Lot one is com
posed of six pigs fed on barley ex-
clusively. They are confined to the
pen and small yard. Lot two con-
tains the same number turned into a
definite area of peas, and given
enough of the barley to maintain
them about the same weight as lot
saving of labor will be an important
item in the experiment.
Student G. p. Grout, class 'OS, will
Judge butter and lecture at the Red
River Valley Dairy convention which
convenes at Crookston Nov. 6.
Pres J. H. Worst visited the twin
cities recently where he went to con-
fer with the railroad officials in re-
gard Ito securing reduced rates to
the tristate stock and grain growers
convention which win be held in
Fargo, Jan. IA to 10 inclusive.
In a conversation recently Prof
Shepperd said there would be 4
great shortage of corn suitable for
seed in this state next spring, and
that farmers should save every ker-
mel at all likely to grow, as prices
will be very high, particularly on
varieties adapted to this section of
the country.
An important bill to come before
congress at its next session in the
Davis bill This bill was first intro
duced by. Congressman Davis of
Minnesota at the last congress and
provides for the establishment Of
agricultural high schools in every
state in the union, the number in
each state to be determined by the
amount of its population 1t carries
| with it an annual federal appropria-
ton of ten cents per capita which is
| to be used for suitable buildings and
salaries for teachers OF agriculture,
mechanic and domestic arts. Each
state will be required to provide
funds for buildings and salaries for
teachers of academic subjects. These
schools are to be built in the coun-
try, as the bill specifies that each
school shall be located on at least
one hundred sixty acres of land to be
used for experimental purpose. The
bill also carries with it an annual
/ federal appropriation of twenty-five
hundred dollars for each substation
! established.
Prof. Shepherd suggests that the
farmers in the northwestern part OF
the state feed their frozen wheat