The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-06-14

It's and cooperative selling associa-
tions are discussed. The grower OF
| sugar beets, and the manufacturer OF
beet sugar, which constitutes about Ia
per cent Of the sugar consumed in this
country, will find much of interest in
the article entitled, Conditions Infiu-
encing the Production of Sugar Beet
Seed in the United States, and the
fruit grower in all parts of the country
will be interested in the article on
Plants Useful to Attract Birds and Pro-
tect Fruit, and Pocket Gophers as
Enemies to Trees. In the two articles
| in The Problems of An Irrigation Far
mer and Methods of Applying Water to
Crops the settler in the arid and semi
arid regions of the west will find sug-
gesticns as to crop problems, tillage
methods, crop rotation and the estab-
lishment of new crop industries as well
as a description Of well-established
ways Of using water which are consid-
cred superior to any other methods yet
devised.
PROCESS in the Methods Of Produc-
ing Higher Yielding Strains Of Corn,
and Vegetable Seed Growing as a Bust
ness deal with a subject very intimately
connected with the success of every
farmer, trucker and gardner in the land
and offer suggestions for possible i'm
provement, both in the business of seed
growing and in the cultural methods
now in vogue, looking to a larger yield
per acre and a product of superior
quality. The Future Wheat Supply Of
the United States, attempts to reach a
mr. yf1xr
whether we shall soon be unable to
furnish our people with sufficient wheat
for bread, or whether the high prices
will increase the amount Of wheat |
grown by the farmers in the older |
sttaes the improvement in methods Of |
culture will augment the yield in the |
present wheat sections. and the opening |
up Of undeveloped lands in the western |
states will furnish new wheatlands, to- |
gether enabling us to maintain an |
abundant supply for an indefinite time.
1t gives an analysis Of recent condi-
tions as to production, export, home
etc, and a comparison Of
these with future probabilities in the
same lines. Analogies are also drawn
from conditions now existing in other
There are articles on The Functions
and Value of Soil Bacteria, Opportuni-
ties in Forest Planting for the Farmers,
Comforts and Conveniences in the Far
mers' Homes. Farming as an Occupa-
ton for City Bred Men, and the Intro
1uction of the Hungarian Partridge in
TO the United States that will interest
many not actually engaged in tilling
the soil, while the Information in Re-
gard to Fabricated Wire Fences and
Hints to Purchasers as we'll as the re-
port on Agriculture in the Coal Reg
ons Of Southwestern Pennsylvania
contain statements and suggestions
based on careful Investigations.
In view of the continued high prices
which hogs have been able to command,
Ind Of the fact that inspection at the
lbsttoirs show approximately per
,ent of the hogs slaughtered are af-
'ected with tuberculosis, the article
IN tuberculosis of Hogs and How to
Control 1t comes with special interest
% the hog raiser who's drove of appar-
emily prime, well-finished animals is,
10 his surprise and disappointment,
'ound to contain a number of tubercu-