The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-01-20
HORTICULTURE
TODAY'S SUBJECT
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kind to plant. 1t can be appreciated
by anyone what great necessity for
trees we have In this climate. where
the winds blow and the SHOWS drift
The time is coming when you win ali
realize this.
| You all love your children. If there
were a. foreign foe threatening the in
stitutions Of freedom Of this nation
there is not man among you who
would not go out and risk his life III
he were able to bear arms You would
do this. Why, then, il yor wish to
preserve to your children the institu-
tions Of freedom should you not wish
to leave to them more beautiful
country?
'Tf you had planted trees twenty
years ago they would be yielding to
you $1,000 per acre at the present time.
But even II trees do not yield a profit
why should you not plant and care for
them for the pleasure they would af-
ford and for the value they would be
to your other crops? 1t is this thing
that we are going to discuss this morn
Ing and / hope that 1t will prove of
such interest to every one Of you that
you will go home and arrange to pro-
vide trees for your farms"
o. c. Gregg Tells of Trees.
President Worst then introduced
the Hon o. C. Gregg, of the farmers
institute corps of North Dakota. In
his usual forceful ana humorous style
of speaking, Mr.. Gregg also explained
to the farmers the necessity of trees
in a climate like this.
Il came from a place where we
chopped down trees and consequently
did not have much love for them.
You people who come largely from the
New England states and Norway have
this thing bred In you and 1t is hard
to get rid of. Education consists of
two things-that of unlearning the
things which came to us in our
younger days and that .7hich we add
in later years. l had a gre It time in
educating myself to love trees and 7
will tell you how it came about. When
came to his country / located in a
part of the country In Minnesota
where / believe there was not a single
twtg between me and the north pole.
1t did not take me long to learn The
first winter when | had to tunnel
through high snowdrifts which com
pletely covered the house and barn.
To take care of the stock we had to
tunnel and climb over drifts and final |
ly enter the barn from the top some |
thing like badger going into it's hole. |
That winter taught me the value of |
trees.
Now you people in this state know
what it is to have large snow drifts in |
your dooryards. Now all this can be |
by the proper placing OF |
trees around the buildings to hold the |
snow. There is also another wind |
which hate-that is the strong wind /
from the south which is somewhat hot
In the summer. This can be prevent |
ed or warded off in the same way"
Mr.. Gregg then went on to explain.
with the use of blackboard on which |
he made sketches and diagrams, how
the farm buildings could be protected /
from snow drifts and hot winds by the
proper use of trees. The discussion
aroused a considerable amount OF en-
thnsiasm and a host of questions were
asked the speaker to bring out points.
which were not quite clear in the
lAAt1A0S VI Tile q
The speaker recommended the
planting of row of golden Willow
around the area containing the farm
buildings. This row was to be sup
plemented by another of white willow
Or second row of golden willows,
The rows to be two rods apart.
OF the desiduous trees of long life
he recommended the white elm, the
ash and the blackberry. The white
birch is native to North Dakota and
Minnesota and is therefore very valu-
able. The speaker also strongly recon-
nended the use of evergreens for the
north wind brake.
BracIcett on Fruit Trees.
A. Bracket, horticultural lecturer of
he Minnesota Farmers institute
corps, then spoke to the audience on
he subject of Northwestern Horticul
.ure. He paid particular attention to
'rutt trees and shrubs and predicted
hat this would someday become a
great fruit growing region, especially
,or apples, Strawberries and raspber-
@es.
you can at least raise all the fruits
you want for your own use" said he
The Oregon and Washington people
Ire making great stir in this country
'ver their fruit lands, but want to
ell you to look out before you sell
four farms here and buy these lands.
4 you get the right variety you can
'aise just as good apples here and be
lble to sell them cheaper and at
greater profit than the states further
Prof c. B. Waldron, of the N. D. A. B
=, one of the most prominent horti
of the northwest, then /.
.ook the platform and spoke upon the
subject of tree growing. His address
appears in full in another page in this
ssue.