Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-02-07
HELD |: II: L |, AN IN INSTITUTE

Held |: II: / AN INSTITUTE.
OF e Ramsey County Farmers Was a
!. Succe Many In Attendance !
.A<two days meeting. of the State
Farmers Institute was held at the ar
mory Tuesday and Wednesday Of this
week, the evening sessions taking
place In the district court room at the
court house. The meeting opened at
10 o'clock Tuesday morning, Prof. T.
A. Hoverstad presiding. After few.
well timed and equally well chosen re-
marks, explaining that the reason that
a set program Is endeavored to be- car
ried out at each institute meeting is
that IL 1t were otherwise their time
would be apt to be taken UP by agents
OF different sorts and politicians, he
discussed the present system of farm
ing as; compared with that of twenty
years ago, when this country was prac-
tically new. He found that the. yield
Of grain was now almost the same as
1t was when the ground was new, but
the institutes were held for the; special
purpose Of ascertaining methods by
which the farmers could gain a bigger
margin Of profits on their, productions
than heretofore, as it is now known to
be quite close The problem Of eradi-
eating noxious weeds was. touched
upon, and it was found by discussion,
that almost every weed known to the
northwest was present in i Ramsey
county, some In no great extent, It is
true, but they were still present. The
speaker maintained that SO long as
grain growing was made the chief OBJ
ject Of the farms, weeds would con
tinue to- prove their chief obstacle
After the raising Of stock had become
more prom unced, the weed nuisance
would be done away with to d very
great extent. s: S . " Y
Prof. HoYerstad was followed by
Prof. o. 70. Churchill Of the North Da
kota Agricultural college. Mr. Church
iii took for his subject cultivated
grasses. He discussed especially alfal
! "a, clover, bromme, timothy and slen
y der wheat grass. His talk was great
1 " enjoyed By the audience present s.
I After Mr., ChurchilIs address an ad
liournment was had for dinner. 45.s : :s$sG
/: The afternoon session was taken III
with an address BY 'rof. Thomas
SHAW, the well known writer and lee
/ turer on agricultural sujects. He; dc
lliVered an address on, the fertility d
j our soil, and hand He'd his subject ex
haustiyely and profoun a he audi
fence al the afternoon session va,
twice as large as that 81 the morning
] many farmers having arrived on Til
moon train
ening session, which wa
held IA the district court room b Iarg
4 erS audi than Til through ont I'll,
day the other Two sessions, WA
present Prof. Churchill ant
Prof. Shaw were the prime pal speak
ers, though general discussions wa,
4 INDUCED Id. Mr.: Churchill took fol
\ his subject the planting Of young trees
and was followed by Prof Shaw, wht
spoke % small fruit planting T a
IHoTerstad made short address ot
1 seeding fruits and the farmers pres
] en-. ent learned much to their adVantage
from being attten dance 81 at thesa
meetings.
Wednasday morning the meeting
was held IN the arrlaory again. and 4
This time the rotation off crops and 90,
] hest cultivation method were thor
5altoughIy discussed 81 Churchill
u followed By y general discussio Thi
WAS folleWed al exhaustive pape
asby Prof Shaw on stock breeding
Stock raising 81 bree ding az sheep
4 and, the care and sbree ding Of cattl,
4 ware given especial aEtttsantton to dur
4 line tho aftsrnoon session. until fou
so'cloek, when the meeting djourned
The two days sassio On held AIN TIL
! city undo nbtedly proved 81 eat bene
4 tt ~ the farmers who Nsra IL attend
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