The Dickinson press., 1910-06-25
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WRITES TRIBUNE MAN

WRITES TRIBUNE MAN
J. X. Doran of the Bismarck
Tribune wrote his paper as follows re-
gardine the Better Farming train Visit
Ing at Dickinson s 4 rs Il TT !
The ..eQueen City d. the Plains, broke
all records 50 fafssasanninkers enthusi-
asm and real kospitalityss concerned
for the ,encour q 4 olgthe ssbeetet Farm
ing Special. xesyearlys hour
the train was sthFepsedd with people and
for three hours steady streams ofpeople
flowed through. the traIn.ss The; estimate
here is that: thousands easissssdssthrough
the cars. &sf ;
BIG LINE OF AUTOMOBILES.
Before lbiieakfsst5 was haif oyst & ,lohs::
line of autos were standing in front of:
the depot on the smainastreet waiting to;
take the people on board 10 the different
parts of the city, the experiment:
station. situated a mile and a half
northwest, to the brick plants, mills
and other PLACES of interest. In all,
about a dozen automobiles were loaded
and the big excursion started out.
The only thing that marred the
pleasure of the day was the fact that so
many Of the teachers and lecturers .coyld
not leave their work to 60.
AT THE EXPERIMENT STATION
There was nothing that occurred on
the entire trip that 50 opened theieyea
Of the. people as the conditions Of the
work al the station. No such crops
have been zen at any other point in
the trip across the state. 8 at this
place. An abundance of rain has
fallen of late and no serious condition
of weather has interfered to put. crops
in poor condition as. in the southern
and eastern states this particular..year.
IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
The long procession of automobiles
passed all over the farm and the people
were shown a sight that they could
hardly realize. Dozens of kinds of al
falfas, clovers and other forage crops
we're seen growing in the experiment
plots with health. and luxurience that
was more surprising than many were
able to think possible until they were
actually shown. -.
The grain crops. whether of winter or
spring varieties. were equally as sur
prisine.
FULL EXPLANATION.
Prof.L. r. Waldron explained the work
done by the station and the results OBJ
tanned to the crowd of learned men that
showed all. the life and enthusiasm of
school boys. Nothing more convincing
of the sincerity of the institute and
COLLEGE people could have been witness
ed than the watching of the faces of
these people as they saw the merits Of
the work being done here and the posi-
bilities of the western part Of the state.
Only five years ago the farm was a
raw prairie, covered with short, wild
grass. Today it is n of the most
beautiful places in the state, covered
with growing crops of every kind suited
to this country, and many kinds that
it was thought would not prosper here.
The work on clovers and alfalfa alone
will bring to the people a knowledge
that is worth more every year than
many times the cost Of the station and
that as the people get more experience
and faith in the country so as 10 have
the courage to use this knowledge fully,
will be of benefit sufficient to get cash
profits every. year to pay the cost for
generations.
The trees growing there have demon
STATED what the country a do. and
tue lessons learned there will not have
to be repeated in every individual case
on the farmstead when some one wants
to know what to plant or what not to
plant. The experiments already made
will enable any farmer to act intelli-
GENTLY and ave years of trial and ex-
pense and in many cases failure in GER
tain directions. .
NATURAL PRODUCTS.
The trip to the brick yards and mills
showed the natural resources and devel-
oped condition of this part of the state.
This part of the state has natural re-
sources that can not helpful make the
people prosperous if they had no agri-
cultural opportunities. but theresis no.
thing to compare with the crop possi-
bilities and the. animal industry. This
is the great ranch and live stock center
of the northwest.
HOSPITALfTIES EXTENDED.
The coming of the train had been