Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-16
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

until the surface is completely COW
cred If the media is clear at the
end of three or four days there has
been no contamination by other
forms of bacteria. The pure culture
of tubedcle bacilli gives off a pecul-
lar odor of flowers. When the cul-
,ture has grown for eight weeks it
is put in sterilizer and heated to
100 degrees G. for two hours. This
kills all of the bacteria and media
is then filtered. The media, which
contains glycerine, is then evapor-
ated down until it consists of fifty
per cent solution of glycerine. This
is the crude tuberculin used in MAX
ing tests for tuberculosis. 1t is sup
piled free to farmers who have SUI
ficient skill to make the tuberculin
test, or, on request, a competent per-.
son is sent to make the test.
Professor Ladd has accepted an
Invitation from the secretary of the
American Society for Testing of Ma
terials, to speak at it's meeting in
Philadelphia, June 1927, on will
Paint Legislation Give Us Better
Paints?"
Messrs. R. Sayre & Co., of Chicago
are sending out large number Of
circulars to the various states, ad-
vocating the protection of land fer
Utility and the adoption of reasonable
laws prohibiting the improper use of
land, and, in order to establish what
should be the proper use, they are
advocating the introduction Of crop
rotation. This spring they have sent
out circulars indicating general
outline of rules which should be fol-
lowed in each state. Following is
the substance of the bill proposed
for enactment in the legislature for
the protection Of land fertility in
North Dakota and the rotation for
North Dakota:
ut shall be unlawful for the owner
or cu1tivator Of land in the state to
SOW any small grain on land which
has Produced crop Of small grains
the previous year unless the second
crop is used as nurse crop for le-
gumes. It shall be unlawful to plant
corn, potatoes, or sorgum or other
cultivated crops on land which has
been used for cultivated crops the
year previous. Violators of this act
shall be guilty of misdemeanor
and shall be fined not less than ten
cents, nor more than twenty-five
cents for each acre planted in such
violation"
This law does. not tell man what
he shall do, but what he shall not
do. Farmers and residents of the
state should pay close attention to
this movement as it is becoming a
more prominent issue every day.
The system of rotation suggests the
use Of wheat, corn and clover in the
principal series.
During the past week Superintend-
i ent w. r. Porter visited the demon
stration farms at Beach, New Salem
and Bismarck. He reports that the
teh western portion of the state did
the country much good though 1t de-
1ayed seeding operations somewhat
At Beach the soil is quite moist
and in excellent mechanical condi-
ton on the well titled land. All of
the wheat is up and looking fine. The
oats are just terminating but not
yet above the ground. The clover all
winter killed, probably due to the
very dry fall followed by a very open
winter. Oats and peas will be put in
the field in place of the clover and
they will be cut for hay. If clover is
to be grown in the western part of
the state it will probably have to be
grown without a nurse crop, as ap-
parently there is not enough mois-
ture to carry the clover through a
dry fall season after the nurse crop
Isl cut
At New Salem the soil was in the
best of condition, loose, mellow,
tot c,,o J,,, A =,
Y bulk of the grain is alread seeded,
conditions seem ideal for a bumper
crop. Much of the fife wheat is up
about two inches while the durum is
a little slower. The oats and peas
seeded from the 10th to the 18th oil
May on fall plowed land. No cloy.
er is grown on this farm, but oats
is plowed Immediately after cutting
the crop.
At Bismarck the ideal crop condi
tions are practically the same as at
New Salem. The clover here met the
same fate as at Beach and probabl,
for the same reason. However, Glow
er will be kept in the rotation and i
some means of carrying it over whit
er can be devised clover will become
one of the main crops as it does
well all summer.
The chemical department is carry
Ing on extensive tests of paints. The
work will include a number of specia
paints of known composition, pre-
pared form various white leads fur
nished by different companies and
paints from various manufacturers
The paints will be used on test fenc
es at the college as well as on the
girls dommitory and on various res
licences. The results of the 1906 test.
show some striking differences The
results will be published in the an
nual report. The results of the 100
tests are not vet mature enough tt
report on.
The department haa also complet
ed tests Of the fours produced at th,
college mill made from wheat secur
ed all over the state. The CONNER
cial flours of the stae and those ship
ped in were tested SO as to get ;
comparison between the two flours
The result Of these tests are embed
led in bulletin that is ready for tn,
printers. Some very significant re