The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-10-22

N. D. Agricultural College

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President Worst delivers an address
cit Michigan City on Saturday, the oc
casion being Market day.
The registration in the farm hus
bandry and farm machinery course
was 1872 the first three days this yea
as compared with seventy-two for cor
responding days last year.
Professor Bolley has received an in
vitation from the president of thu
Paint Manufacturers association .
America to attend the annual meeting
of that association and deliver an adj
dress upon the status Of fax cropping
in America. Professor Bolley has ac-
cepted this invitation and will go tc
Atlantic City during the week follow
ing Nov. O. During this trip Professor
Bolley will visit a number of institu-
tions where the by-products of the fax
crop are made use of, especially the
linen mills of Brookfield and some
special factories which are located in
Chicago. AS the American association
of Oficial Seed Analystes meets in
Washington on the week following,
Professor Bolley will return by way of
Washington and give a paper upon the
Agricultural Value of Hard Seeds in
Alfalfa and Glover.
Professor Randlett welt for Nc
Clusky Saturday where he will con-
duct a teachers institute during the
week Of Oct "a.
Superintendent Dutton of the Nc
Intosh school is planning on holding
a convention at East Grand Forks in
November. He called at the station 20
secure Professor Shepperd to make an
address on The Value of Rural Schools
to the community.
Mr. Stevens, who is in charge of the
North Dakota seed laboratory is sum-
marking the results of the tests con-
Quoted in the seed laboratory for the
year ending July l, 1910. This report
should prove interesting to seed dealers
and farmers. Professor Bolley, the
seed commissioner, states that there
has been a marked willingness to COM
ply with the law in every part Of the
state and that when poor types OF
seed have been condemned that they
lad apparently withdrawn them from
the market. He believes that hen
the seed laboratory has been In ex-
istence long enough so that the deal
ers and users of seeds become familiar
with the law and it's requirements that
1t will materially improve the quality
of seed being sold in the state and
thus prove of great benefit to the
Agricultural industry,
The animal husbandry department
of the A. c.. will make an exhibit at
the Northwestern Live Stock show at
South st. Paul, Mimi, Nov. Is to 1S.
1t will consist Of six steers, three of
them shorthorns, a pen of Chester
White barrows, a pen of Yorkshire
barrows, six yearling weathers and six
lambs.
The first lecture of the Citizens
Lecture course will be given at the
college armory on Tuesday evening by
Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth.
The following members of the N. D.
A. c. took part in the meetings of
the N. D. Educational association at
What Has Been the Influence of High
er Institutions of Learning Upon the
Development Of Vocational Education?
Prof. e. l.. Ladd, Educational Progress
of the Year; G. w Randlett, Labor
atory Equipment in High School FL
ementary Agriculture; H. F. Bergman,
How to Agriculturize the Teaching of
Botany in the High School and Still
A.
any; Jessie Nj. Hoover, Domestic Sci
ence and Art in the Rural School; DR..
w. B. Bell, Bird Life, Illustrated with
stereopttcan; Jean Watt Donaldson,
Domestic Science Without a Special
Teacher.
President Worst will deliver an ad-
dress at the Grand Sunday evening.
subject. Mans Domination Over
Nature.
Prof. o. o. Churchill delivered the
convocation address Monday and chose
for his subject, Judge Not That Ye Be
Not Judged.
The Wahpeton Science school was
defeated to the tune of 16 to in their
game with the Aggies Saturday.
w. A. Alexander of Rolla made the
college visit on Friday.
Alfalfa Growing.
For the past few years farmers of
the northwest have manifested great
interest in alfalfa growing. This in
terest has been brought about by two
factors which are of vital Importance
TO the farmer, scarcity of forage for
stock and the declining fertility of
the soil. Recognizing the importance
of this peer of forage crops, the farm
ers have sought to supply the defic-
iency Of forage and at the same time
build up their worn out SOIL by trials
in growing alfalfa which have in many
4 instances proven a failure.
The many factors which enter into
successful alfalfa growing especially in
the semi arid west, make 1t impera-
tive that thorough study of the ma
ture and requirements Of the crop be
made before attempting to grow 1t.
Should these essential factors be dis
regarded, the attempt to grow alfalfa
viii prove disappointing and will re-
suit in sure failure.
Conclusions drawn from the best
results in alfalfa growing at the Edge
I ley experiment station and the exper-
! fence of successful growers of the
crop, lead to the following observa-
ftons: Alfalfa will do we'll on nearly
i all well drained subsoil The old say
ing that alfalfa will not stand wet