The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-20
N. D. Agricultural College

N Prof. Shepherd left for Delhart, Tex.
Wednesday, to attend the annual meet
ing of the Cooperative Experiment
association for the great plains area
This association was started in 1905
and Prof. Shepperd has been one of
the most active members. He was
chairman in 1903. The williston, Dick
inson and Edgeley sub-stations are
also entitled to send delegates to this
meeting as the government is carry
ing on work at these places in coop
GRAFTON with the state of North Da-
kota This association is taking up a
study OF the special problem OF the
prairie states of the west and is held
at the different agricultural colleges of
these states. 1t was held at the North
Dakota Agricultural college in 1908.
The meeting takes place on Aug. 2S,
"a and Is.
DR.. e. d. Harris made a business
trip to Mapleton Tuesday and We'd
nesday.
A Farmers Festival will be held at
Ambrose, N. D.. on Saturday, Aug. 20.
Supt. Hoverstad and Prof Palmer Of
the Agricultural college and Governor
Burke will deliver addresses. There
viii be horse races, also large dis
play Of grain, vegetables, live stock,
poultry and food supplies and entries
are open to Canada, North Dakota and
Montana.
Prof. Bergman made trip to Valley
City last week inspecting a fax field
and at Hebron today, Aug 20.
Prof. Bolley and his assistants are
Inspecting fax fields SO as to know
[ where the good fax is and also to give
The farmers advice Prof. Bolley starts
up the 500 line Monday.
The first annual meeting of the reg
| Istrars, secretaries and accountants
was held this year at Detroit, Mich.
This meeting was organized by Reg
sstrar PARROT and Secretary Yoder Of
the North Dakota Agricultural college
Prof. PARROT was elected president for
the coming year and also chairman Of
| the accountant section. Twenty mine
were present. It was a very enthusiast
tic meeting and 1t was voted to make
AZ a permanent affair. This year it was
limited to state institutions, but so
many requests have come in from pri-
vate educational institutions that 1t
was voted to give them admission. A
vote of thanks was extended to PARROT
I and Yoder for organizing the meeting.
The principal discussion this year was
concerning the uniformity Of stand
ards, uniformity of statistics and uni
form standard form OF transferring
credit from one institution to another,
also standard methods of accountants.
Prof. PARROT returned Wednesday and
is very much pleased over the out
come of this first meeting of what
promises to be one Of the most i'm
portant annual meetings of the educa-
tional institutions.
r. H. Slocum, professor of civil en-
cheering, has been appointed as one
of the five delegates of the society for
the promotion Of engineering education
to be held at st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 6
to 9. President Roosevelt will make
an address at this meeting.
Prof. A r. Weeks gave a talk be-
fore the Cass County Training School
Wednesday on the qualifications for
industrial teachers.
Prof Martin, agricultural college
dairyman, made a business trip to
Green and Kenmare Wednesday and
Thursday.
Ten Commandments of Dry Farming.
Wv. c. Palmer, the agricultural editor
az the A. c. has formulated the fol-
Lowing ten commandments of dry
farming:
/. Thou shalt pillow deep.
Lets rain get into soil easily.
Lets in big rain without run Off
Provides more feeding space for
plant roots.
more plant food made available.
H. Thou shalt keep the surface soil