The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-06-06
FOR BETTER FARMING
in NORTH DAKOTA
Continued From Page One.

! hibit contained samples from fax
grown in North Dakota and Russia
showed that the North Dakota fiber
is longer and of finer quality. Pro-
lessor Bolley states it would mean a
great deal to Russia to be able to grow
fiber such as the North Dakota product.
In this exhibit is also found hemp
grown on the college farm last year
and fiber from 1t which is of fine
quality and hemp is so rank a grower
that it smothers out weeds.
Exhibits of germinators for testing
grain of weed seeds, of plant disease
and especially of flax, wheat and DO
tatoes. Pressed samples of weeds. mi
croscopes, ETC., make this a particu-
larly interesting exhibit to the farmer.
Ihe exhibit of the extension depart
ment shows a rack and terminating
box for testing seed corn and each ear
separately The ears are shown and
the five kernels from each ear show
a good growth. Roots of clover, al
falfa and peas are shown in glass
cases, the root nodules are evident as
the solution keeps them perfect.
samples of ears of corn grown in
North Dakota are also shown A corn
belt expert pronounced them as being
exceptionally fine and particularly
mentioned the maturity, hardness and
t1rmness of the ear.
Charts and drawings illustrate the
exhibits, which are in charge of George
Randlett, director of the extension de-
partment, and r. C. Doneghue of the
soils department.
Fltth car-poultry and dairying. The
poultry exhibit has a model poultry
house, incubators, brooders, trap nests.
FEEDING apparatus, drinking fountains
and the many things the up-to date
poultry man needs to make biddy do
her best. The exhibit is in charge of
PROFESSOR Dynes of the A. C.
Dairy exhibits consist of separators
milking machines, testers, COW washers,
mix pals, scales for weighing milk as
MIXED. Charts and other illustrated
matter make up this fine exhibit.
Sixth car-The car with the largo
banner Home Economics, contains an
exhibit of interest to all as il con
talns the selection and preparation of
food, the selection of cloth and worlxin.,
1t into garments. The exhibit contains
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designs made by the home economic
STUDENTS OF the A. c., showing the
different stages of the work Preserves
ana particularly the way they are put
up attract attention. The fireIess
cooker is shown, home made one as
Wen as the factory make The fire
less baker Is is also a home made af-
talr, and bakes while you wait; bis
cuts will be made as the lecture pro-
ceeds, starting with the flour and
kneeding up with biscuit ready for the
table, all done with a few minutes fire
10 heat the soap stones that furnish
the heat
me art work of the students in home |
economies is also shown. A very in |
teresting part of this exhibit is ma |
lerlal illustrating the course in home |
economics. One piece is a section OF |
a mouse with miniature steam heat |
ing plant complete in every way to H. |
lustrate it's working, another shows a |
not water plant, call bells. annuciator |
peils, apparatus for testing relative !
of the carbon filament. tunp-
stem and tantalum lamps Telephones
ana gas burners. this apparatus has
been designed by Professor Keene Of
tne agricultural college and made by
the students of the college. This ex
hipit shows that women are coming
10 reallze that they can use machinery
ana appliances to save work in time
ana expense, and to make their work
more pleasant and effective. Miss
hoover OF the A. G. is in charge, and
IS assisted by Miss Campbell.
Seventh cara sIeepinp oar din,an
and observation car make up the train
Messrs. Clair and Willard have charge
OF the train for the N. p. and Surerin-
tendent Hoverstad is in charge Of the
demonstration work.
the train Is well named, Better
Farming Special and it is going out
to make the prairies yield up more ar
It's treasure, as the farmer and his wife
work more in accord with the ways In
which nature can be made to respond
to their labor
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