Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-25
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

agriculture under Prof. Randlett has
fourteen members who are either
teachers or prospective teachers
Heretofore very few teachers have
taken up this work at the college.
There are one hundred and sixty
students taking farm mechanics un.
der Prof. Dolve. He has them divid
ed into three classes, one of which
consists of eighty-three members.
A short time ago Mr.. Grout receiv
ed three samples of butter from
Gus Kruempel, manager of the La
Moure creamery, to be given an off
cial test. One of the samples tested
94.5 percent perfect. This Is remark
ably good for this time of year. The
other two samples also tested very
high in flavor and aroma. This GER
Ftainly speaks we'll for the LaMoure
creamery. This creamery gets all of
it's cream from farmers who separate
the cream by hand separators and
bring it to the creamery.
| The department of horticulture and
forestry is making preparations to
plant ten acres of trees next spring.
The trees are furnished by the Unit
ed States department of agriculture
and cared for by the college. The
comparatively rapid growing trees
| were selected. They are intended tor
timber and post purpose. This work
| is being carried on by Prof Waldron
for the purpose of adapting as many
different trees as possible to North
Dakota forestry conditions. About a
year ago five acres of conifers were
set out at the college and practically
every one is still living.
Prof. Bolley is carrying on investi
cations with regard tc adulteration
and termination or seed shipped in:
to the state. He has issued circu
lar letter which explains the pur-
pose of the work The department is
well supplied and ready to make care
full examinations of the seeds of the
| different grasses and forage plants
sold on the market, with a view to
| ascertaining the kinds and amount of
foreign seeds and the percentage of
termination
The work cannot be pushed with
great rapiditv but each sample as it
is received will be taken in order and
carefully tested. The department
will be pleased to receive samples
either from seedsmen or farmers who
have purchased from the scotsman
The essential feature, so far as the
department is concerned, is that the
person sending the seed send a fair
sample and name the firm from whom
they procured the seed. The depart
ment is especially DESTROYS of getting
samples of the following seeds: white
clover, red clover alfalfa, bronze grass,
meadow fescue, blue grass, red top
timothy and lawn mixtures. To a..
those wishing to send in seed tags
will be sent, which will allow them to
send in free of cost.
Major Ulio is very we'll pleased with
the progress Company A is making in
drill. Both Companies A and B are
as well drilled as they we're at this
time last year. Dress parade and in
spection are held every Friday at
$3.50 The first band takes part in
these maneuvers so these occasions
attract quite a number of visitors
from the city.
The agricultural botany class mum,
bers twenty-four. This is larger than
this class has ever been before. The
laboratory work keeps Professor Sea-
yer busy getting material. The class
is at present engaged in making tests
of the various farm and garden seeds
DR.. Bell has fifty students in his
physiology class. He is having seri-
| GUS difficulty in finding standing room
for them all. Chairs are brought in
from Otner class rOOmS every morn
ing and the next hour are carried to
another room to provide seating room
there.
The fifth edition of the "Story of
| the Prairies,'' by Daniel E. Willard,
has just been issued. Seven new
chapters have been added in this
edition. There is table showing the
precipitation for April, May and June,
the annual precipitation at all sta
lions where records were kept, and
the grand average for North Dakota.
One chapter discusses agriculture
west of the Missouri river, where con.
ditions are semi-arid. Other chap.
tiers have been added on the Shey.
enne and Maple rivers, the plateau
region of North Dakota and soil.
In connection with the wheat test.
ing for flour purposes. DR.. Bassett is
making Acknowledgements of cross
sections of wheat grains from differ
| ent samples of wheat to determine if
possible the reason for Differences in