Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-06-06
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

The land inspection party that
was selected by the Northern Pa
cific railroad from the college will
leave here for its work about the
10th Of June. The field will be In
southeastern Montana and probably
the western part Of North Dakota.
In addition to the North Dokota
party here will be one from Min
nesota and two from Montana. The
decision Of the railroad people to
put SO many parties in the field this
year Is the result Of It's experience
with agricultural men from the Mon
tana agricultural college last year.
One Of the men in the party last
year proved so valuable that the
company hired him, and thiGsyear
he has complete charge Of all Of the
inspection parties In that district.
There will be six ins the party from,
the North Dakota agricultural col
lege and each member will be fur
nished with pony to ride over the
land to be inspected. At least one
trip will have to BIT made over every.
forty acres of land. All ravines,,
hills and creeks will be mapped. At
the same time borings will have to
be made at regular distances to de-
termine the kind and depth of soil
and subsoil Every acre of land
fit to plow will appear on the maps
so that the company can estimate
the value Of any quarter section that
it puts on sale.
The farm mechanics essay con-
tests numbers two and three have
been reported on by all the judges.
The prize for number two was a
$50 twelve-foot windmill for the
best essay on "The Windmill, the
Most Reliable Farm Motor" given
by the Aermotor company. There
was also a second prize of a $40
mill. Lars Welo of Churches Fer
ry, took first prize and Ole Neraal
Of Newburg, secured second. Three
prizes were offered in number three.
The student who won first place
had the first choice of the prizes
and the man that secured second
place had second choice The priz-
| es were offered by Reeves & COM
pany Of Minneapolis and consisted
| of Reeves oil pump, an engine
headlight, and Reeves lifting
jack. Edward Role of Brinsmade,
secured first place in this contest.
President Worst, who has just re-
turned from one Of his trips over
the state, reports that there appear
ed to be an abundance of moisture
everywhere Crops are looking the
best they ever have at this time of
the eyar. There were very few
localities where the stand OF wheat
seemed to be rather thin but that
in very small patches. 1t is very in
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teresting to observe that there are
an extremely large number of ma
nure spreaders beng sold over the
| state in comparison to the number
sold last year.
! Mr.. John Dinwoodie, one Of our
agricultural students, will prepare
the Butler herd of shorthorns foI
the fair circuit the coming summer
Mr.. Dtnwoodie won first prize in
the stock judging contest at the col
lege this spring and is well quail
fed in every way for the kind OF
4 work that he is taking up.
Mr.. Dolve, the Instructor in farm
mechanics at the college, went to
Larimore few days before the
roads convention was held there and
examined the roads in the vicinity
in an automobile. The object was
/ to secure material for his lecture
on road Improvement that was deliy.
cred at that convention. The presi
dent was unable to be at the good
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