Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-03-01
COLLEGE

this work and his report for the
past year has gone to press. 1t will
probably be ready to issue in week
or two. There are six of these small
farms scattered over the state and
each is divided into several plots.
A different crop is produced on each
plot each year and careful records
kept of everything done. The soil
from each plot is analysed every
year to determine the amount of
nutrients removed by each crop. This
necessarily requires a great deal of
work.
The chemical department has re-
ceived very interesting bulletin
from the Pennsylvania state college.
It is the result of work carried on
in the pure food Investigations at
that institution, and treats of the
analysis of the various breakfast
foods. The summary of the bulle-
tin is as follows: All of the foods
are made from wholesome grains.
The idea that such things as bran,
corn cob and other things were used
is absurd. There are no .poisons or
preseryatives present. Used as q
confection, the price is not high but
as substitute for such foods as
oatmeal the price is extremely high.
There is no comparison whatever
The department. has on hand at tie
present time over one hundred and
fifty samples Of foods for analysis.
A large number OF sacks Of -four
have been manufactured at the min
and put in sacks labeled A., C. Spec
ial. Mr.. sanderson is kept. quite
busy testing the various samples sent
in by farmers from all over the
state. A special effort is made to
get history Of the land on which
the grain was grown and how long
grown on the same farm, as well as
the time and methods of harvest and
threshing The object is to ltarn If
possible whether the length of time
grown on the same land has any
effect on the milling quality. It has
been learned that most Of the dur
/ n OF no n af 1uh Nd 70
mill than the fife and blue stem
varieties. The best grade of durum
flour comes from the durum wheat
raised outside Of the valley. 1t is
possible that with improved machin-
cry the durum can be more sue
cessfully milled or that strains of
durum may be produced by breeding
that will have better milling quail
| ties. The bread made from the dur
UNI wheats is of a very good quail
! ity.
The schedule for the summer
school for engineers has been com
| pleted. The course will begin June
9Th and will last four weeks. The
fee charged will be fifteen dollars
The work will include steam and gas
traction engines, grain separation,
and the business management of the
threshing rig. Opportunity will be
given for the operation of engines in
the field and for this purpose there
will be eight or ten engines on the
ground. Glasses will begin at eight
and last until five thirty, six days
in the week. Prof. Rose and four
or five more able instructors will
have charge of the work. Last year
one hundred and seventeen young
men took this work. The time has
! been arranged so that the boys will
| not have to be away from home dur
ing seeding and harvest. Those
who complete this work can get q
Minnesota engineer license.
| Prof. H. Z. Bolly Of the depart
| ment of botany has been investigat-
! ing freight rates upon substances
which are necessary for farmers to
use in the new methods of killing
weeds by means of chemical sprays.
Iron sulphate (copperasJ is rated for
freight shipment as a chemical. This
| makes the shipping rate from Chica-
go to Fargo on this substance prac-
tically forty cents per hundred. The
substance itself is no mort harmful
or difficult to handle than common
salt. The professor thinks that if
ut were brought before the railroad
rate classification committee in Chi
cago in proper form, they would
1agree that when this substance is
shipped in bulk it ought to have a
lower rating, as it takes practically
a ton OF sulphate to destroy the
! mustard on twenty-acre field. and
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