Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-02-25

and then at intervals. Disc late In,
May, sow to barley, which will grow
rapidly and cut before the weed seeds
ripen: Millet, is also good crop to
same treatment shrd1u shrdlu upjuu
sow instead of the barley. Give same
treatment the next year to clean other
side, of furrow slice. p y! 'I&-
AT the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion Mr. Gregg took up a discussion
on seorn, He emphasized the need Of
careful selection of seed corn In. field,
Of drying the seed corn as 1t will then
keep better. s.> ~. s5,.55f' :t2 -
Fall plowing win prove the best.
Harrow it early to keep It warmed
ups which will help make weed
seed germinate, disc thoroughly to
kill all weeds before planting corn.
Plant in hills and have rows straight
SO that 8 horse cu1tivator can be
used. Cultivate shallow.
Alfalfa was the subject of Supt, How
erstad's talk. He advised sowing it
on fall blowing or on. corn stubble
ground. Sow some 20 pounds per
acre and manure. Better not use a
nurse crop. Clip weeds If they begin
to crowd alfalfa. 1t will weed the al
fa1fa grains and good way to intro
duce them is to take soil from a field
growing alfalfa successfully and SOW.
ing at rate of 100 pounds per acre.
Il Mr.. Gregg then took UP the discus
sion Of clover. He related how clover
adds fertility to the soil and also that
IT cannot grow without the clover
germ. And as with the alfalfa the
germs can be supplied by sowing soil
from a clover held,.- It also adds or
ganic matter to the soil. ~ Vs.,
(. When planting for first time SOW a
good deal of seed, say 12 or Is pounds
per acre, add manure as 1t: will help
get a stand and will also make q
much more vigorous growth. +:
T. Plant diseases was the subject of
Prof. Palmer's evening talk. He
said that most of them were caused
by degenerate forms of plant life,
that is they had lost the power Of TAX
| ing their nourishment from the soil
and could only live by taking nourish
i ment from some other plant and sc
had become parasites. He stated thai
smut for instance is one Of these dis
leases, and its history Is as follows
The spore strikes on a >, kernel ol
wheat and that kernel germinates, tht
\ smut seed also grows and sends its
stem into that of the wheat and keeps
growing up inside the wheat stalk
when the ear forms the smut plant
sends growth into each place where
q kernel Of wheat is to form and az
soon as the wheat plant sends W
nourishment for the forming Of ker
nels. the smut takes it and forms the
black powder known as smut. Thus
the smut spores or seed have beer
formed at the, expense of the wheat
The reason that treating with formal
dehyde prevents smut is that when The
seed Is. treated the. smut seed or sport
is killed. J.. - -:..,. <..;s>
Mr.. Gregg; then took up a discus
sion ON the relation of science tx
practice: How the scientific mar
works out principles and facts tha1
the practical man can incorporate ii
his work and make his efforts coun1
for more. as in the case Of the scien
tist working out the manner Of get
ting rid Of smut: and the farmer b,
making use Of this fact can raise more
grain with given amount of work.
At the morning session Prof. Pal
mer took up the subject Of tree grow
ing. He particularly emphasized The
need OF cultivating or mulching thu
tree as II is not able to compete witt
grass and weeds as these get. at the
moisture first and there is not enough
for both grass weeds and trees. HI
also emphasized the good effects Of !,
wind break and stated that was tn.
first step to take in tree growing
Back Of the hedge can be grown /,
great many trees and fruits as well
i WILLOWS are the hest tree Ia grow fol
the hedge as It IS easy: to start ant
holds the snow wen and breaks the