The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-24


registration during the first three days
was % per cent more than that of last
wear for the first week, which is GER
tainly a good showing, and certainly
indicates that the shortage il crops mas
not affected the North Dakota FARMER
very much. The increase in the fresh
man class is especially noticeable, ana
in many subjects it has had to be d.
yided into sections.
THE new home economics building is
being occupied, and the girls and the
teachers are delighted with their quar-
tiers.
The N. D. Book & Stationery Co. has
furnished very appropriate notices
which have been hung in the different
rooms of the buildings.
The farm machinery department is
now installed in the room that was
formerly occupied by the home econ
omic people in Francis hall. This gives
a little more room than the depart
ment formerly had, but does not give
sufficient room so that the machines
can be operated and that kind Of Ia
boratory work carried on.
A fe~uer this week brought in new
TYNE Of wild oats tanning mill for the
experiment station staff to try out Ii
promises to be a very valuable addi-
ton to the list of tanning mills. as 1t
cleans wild oats and the common oats
exceptionally well.
Carl Warrington made trip to Bot
tineau, Antler, Sherwood and Mohall
looking up fax and studying its condi-
tons.
A traction engine is at present en-
ployed on the experiment station farm
tplowing. With this kind of power 1t is
easy to get down to the required depth.
The citizens lecture course will be
given at the Agricultural College ar
rnory There will be special street car
service. The course will consist Of five
numbers. The first will be by Maud
BaIlington Booth, Oct. Is. She Is at
the head of the Salvation Army in the
United States and a great prison work
err, and is without question the great
est woman orator in the country. The
second number. Dec. IL, will be by
Bishop Quayle, bishop of Oklahoma.
The third number is by Judge Ben
Lindsey. "the kids judge" Denver, Col.
CThe man Roosevelt wanted to see.)
The fourth number, Clark and the
Passimore Trio. Clark is undoubtedly
the greatest baritone singer of the
present, while the three girls are the
musical prodigies of San Francisco,
Cal. The fifth number will be the
Mountain Ash Chorus from Wales. 1t
is composed Of twenty voices. When
they appeared at a White house recep-
ton President Roosevelt pronounced
them as the finest chorus that he ever
heard. Season tickets will be sold for
$3.50. Special rates to students, 81.
@. w. Dynes, who has been assistant
in animal husbandry, left on Thursday
for Cornell university where he will
specialize in animal and plant breed
ing.
The football squad are practicing
regularity getting ready for the con-
tests that are scheduled for the fall.
Prof. Bolley Is getting his Bureau Of
Information concerning flax mixture
and proper methods Of tree ting seed,
making seed bed" etc. in running or
der. All persons who are interested in
improving the fax crop of the state
: should feel it their duty to send In
! questions and get all the information
they can, and should get their names
on the special mailing list so that they
may receive literature as it is issued
from time to time. Special emphasis
is being laid on the fact that the farm
er should raise his own fax seed. then
by using special care in getting started
with good seed and treating each year
it will be possible to keep out the fax
wilt and thus keep the land in condi.
ton for growing profitable crops Of fax
several years in succession, although
Of course 1t should be rotated with 9TH
er crops. The professor also states
that he is receiving some very encour-
aging letters from elevator men who
are interested in helping keep up the
fax crop. One line Of companies has
written letter their agents instruct
ing them that when they find some es
pecfally good flax that they put 1t aside
in a special bin and reserve it for seed
A special equipment for testing flax
seed has also been provided, and It is