The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-10-01


Professor Bolley was at Minot on
Sept. ~ and 2s and spoke at the agri-
cultural fair which is being held there.
The four literary societies Of the Al.
G. win hold their first meeting on
Oct. I.
Professor Martin will make trip
to. Lakota on Oct /, where he will
visit Chas. Pettis, who has herd of
Guernseys.
President Worst made an address at
the university inaugural exercises on
Wednesday, He responded for the
state institutions. Superintendent
Hoverstad, Director Randlett, Pro-
fessors Palmer and Beckwith also at
tended the meeting
DIR. Putnam reports that he is hav-
ing an Increased attendance in the
musical department There are al
ready twenty -four in the band and an
orchestra and glee club are being or
ganized
President Worst, Superintendent
Hoverstad, superintendent Porter, Pro-
lessor Bolley and Palmer started for
Spokane Friday morning, to attend the
dry farming congress. superintendent
Waldron of the Dickinson sub station
Is also going.
The agricultural editor Is in receipt
of letter from the secretary of the
dry farming congress. 1t states that
the ten commandments Of dry farming
issued by the North Dakota extention
department have been copied by up
wards of 800 newspapers in the United
States, and Canada. and have only be-
gun to make the rounds of the news
papers and weeklies of the world.
James ]. Hill of the Great Northern
railway in his address at the univer-
sity inauguration stated that J. H.
Worst, president of the N. d. A. c..
knows more of what IL requires to
develop the resources Of the state than
any other man he knew Of and that
better methods of agriculture and the
consequent increase in the value of
land would come as fast as the agri-
cultural college was furnished the
funds to bring it about.
The Chemical society held a. banquet
at the Gardner hotel. Professor Ziefle
acted as POSTMASTER. The following
responded to toasts: President Worst,
Dean Shepperd, Professors Ladd, Holt,
Ware and Rafski. Professor Ince was
elected president and Mrs. J. H. Shep-
perd, secretary.
e. J. Thompson Of the division of
animal husbandry judged live stock
at the Wahpeton fair last week
Clarence Plath of the United States
department OF agriculture who Is as
signed to the Edgeley sub-station for
work will spend the next three months
as professor of agronomy in the agri-
cultural school and sub experiment
station at Morris, MINI. The Morris
management have only funds to war
rant a. three months engagement, but
expect assistance from the state leg
islature this winter which will enable
them to make the position permanent.
The United States department of ag-
ricultural has granted MIR. Plath a
three months leave of absence. which
viii give him a splendid chance to try
out the Minnesota place without sacri-
flcing his present position.
Chas. Fl. Clark, class of 1908, has
been elected assistant in plant breed
Ing at the Arizona experiment station
ates recall Mr. Clark's interest and
activities in Dean SHEPHERDS adj
vanced breeding class where he con-
tracted an ambition to do plant breed
Ing work. He has had two seasons
experience in plant breeding work,
chiefly with alfalfa, at the Dickinson
sub-station. A letter from him states
that he is assigned to alfalfa as his
major line of work at the Arizona sta
tion, which is much to his liking. He
will in addition have little work on
beans and dates. He reports a splendid
equipment for work and very pleasant
surroundings.
Stunt. l.. r. Waldron of the Dick
son North Dakota sub station, and
Chas. ]. Brand, Psychologist, bureau of
plant industry washington, d. c., are
the joint authors of bulletin No. 1875
p. p. II. s. department of agriculture.
The subject is alfalfa. Superintend-
ent Waldron has carried on the largest
trials with alfalfa in the United
States.
The bulletin takes up the different
phases of alfalfa growing The sub
ject of varieties and winter killing are
given special attention. Professor
Waldron made the important discovery
that If the last cutting was made early
enough so there was a considerable
growth when frost came the plants,
as a rule, went through the winter
safely. He accounts for. it In that the
late growth would pump water out of
the soil and thus cause the alfalfa
to harden un for winter. He also
found that a thin stand will kill quick
er than d good one. Tt was found
that inoculation was necessary and
that without 1t there would be failure
no matter how good the preparation
Of the soil. The proper preparation of
the soil he classes as OF primary i'm
portance and that through preparation
also promotes incubation. Another
point made is that 1t is important to
get seed from regions that produce
hardy seed. 1t has also been found in
these experiments, however that the
plants become accImated in the
course OF two or three generations and
especially so where the alfalfa is
grown under irrigation. 1t was also
found that the Monaghan alfalfa
which proved to be the hardest at
Dickinson as well as at Stockton,
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