Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-11-20
Farmers INSTITUTE Still, DRAW
CROWDS AND MUCH Attention
Much Valuable Information Handed Out to Farmers
g.. ~: and Their Wives and Children X
BOYS LENDS ENJOYMENT RIO OCCASION THE NEW
5RouETTINe PLANT COMES IN FOR CONTEMPLATION Of THE
INSTITUTE WORKERS MANAGERS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC OVER
SUCCESS T..

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spection of the plant was made. The
last session of the legislature made
provisions whereby the school of
MINIS was to have an experiment
station in which to thoroughly test
the cCc1, clays and other mine. Ill re-
sources If the state.
The place selected for the station
was Hebron and the building is erect
Il and soon the machinery and other
equipment will be in place.
1t appears that the first work to be
done by the station as soon as it is
equipped, is the briquetting of ignite
coal. That our Ignite is to be sue
cessfully turned into briquettes, COM
mercially profitable within the next
few months, is positively asserted by
Tie voun man in charge. Is a>s-r,s
lhd, the briquitting prono:.ti ~ has
heretofore always been approached
from the wrong standpoint. That the
attempt has been made from the stand
point of the mechanical side, when the
chemical was the proper side, if not
the only one.
If these people only make good, it
will be impossible to estimate in
cash, the wealth added to the north
west.
Ore Of the Best Brick Plants in tEe
United States.
From the experiment station the
visitors went across to the Hebron
brick plant, which is only few rods
away, and were shown through the
offices, storage sheds, crushing mill
and kilns by Ferdinand Leutz, the
man who has done so much towards
the upbuilding of, not only Hebron,
but the~western part Of the state.
A Magnificent Crop Of Youngsters.
After tho band had rendered a few
selections the work Of the, day be-
gan. i
There was a large class of pupils
from the public schools present, and
these boys and girls were gathered
together and placed on the front seats
in the hall and the first lesson was
on strawberry culture. 1t was worth
whole box of berries to watch the
bright, earnest faces of those young
people and to hear their shrewd, in
telligent answers.
Then followed the questions of eggs
and necessarily the growing Of .poul-
try. This talk was addressed to the
children too. But back OF these child
rem sat the farmers and mothers, the
staunch people of the town and coun.
try, and back of the remarks was a
depth of thought aimed at all.
Experiment Station Work. :.
The talk of Prof. Waldron on ex-
pertinent work at the station, was one
of the best Of the course, and the
Tribune has the promise Of the full
report soon, and when received it will
be published without abbreviation.
Next Eugene Weigel made a few
very timely remarks bidding welcome
and announced lunch ready when an
hour and half was spent as only old
friends and neighbors can spend.
Instructions From the Dairy Depart
ment.
The first talk in the afternoon was
by Dairy Commissioner FLINT, in
which he mado the following points:
No excuse for lack Of proper feed for
dairy cows, as every kind Of food nee
essary for balanced ration could be
grown on the farm cheaply. But he
said that there was nothing in the
way of such a thing to think about
until farmers began feeding cows
grain, as the grasses, hay and fod-
der balanced properly and that in
grain feed, care should be used, but
everything was grown on the farms,
Or should be-, for that purpose.
Then the silo, as this is a good corn
| country. Then build good barns with
good ventilation and light and use a
gasoline engine to run the separator,
and by all means to watch the feeding
during April and May, as more loss in
flesh and weight was experienced
when changing from dry feed to grass
than at any other time Of the year.
Object Of Experiment Station Work,
w. b. Snyder Of the new expert.
ment station for the school of mines,
was introduced and explained the OBJ
ject and work outlined for the sta
ton Il .ss5t ss: \, 45.ss, ~
He first read the bill where the
station was erected and the scope and
there would be no teaching done and
nature Of, the wofk outlined. That
+ everything would be experiment and
test work. That there was $4,000
square miles OF coal and clay fields
In the state, the greater part Of which
was rich in one or both minerals. r