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schools at Crookston, a scholar, teacher.
and lecturer of note, who delivers an
address this afternoon on "Corn,''
which he will accompany with charts,
has been on the grounds for several
days. DIR. Hess, who is an acknowledge
ed authority on the subject of agricul-
ture, and especially on corn, when inter-
viewed by World correspondent this
morning on North Dakota as corn
state said:
"Beyond the question of a doubt
North Dakota lies in the corn belt and
happy and prosperous will be the farm
er who early realizes this truth. One
question must be answered soon: How
can we increase our wheat yield per
acre and build up instead of exhausting
the fertility Of our soil?' This question
has two answers-diversifed farming
and the intelligent growing of legumes.
"Corn forms one of the staple crops
both as forage crop and as grain
crop. Fortunate was the farmer who,
last year, had a small acreage of corn,
FOR it not only gave him grain but the
stoevr formed an excellent forage for
his stock. With corn comes the raising
of stock to consume it and the market
ing of stock will afford another oppor-
tunity for the farmer to increase his
bank account. Plant corn and raise
stock to harvest it, if the labor requir-
ed to harvest corn is too great for the
returns, as some seem to think. Then
corn brings in diversified rotation of
crops, gives the best cultivation to our
soil, improves the physical condition
aud thereby increases the available
plant food, affords employment for farm
labor the year round, assures the farm
or Of feed for his stock when other for
age crops fail and brings in bigger re-
turns both in direct and residue crops
than wheat at our present yield.
Successful corn growing depends up
on principles interesting and positive.
In order to produce reasonable crop
Of corn IN this latitude we must frs
consider The Photographed features
OF our farm, and under this head comes
the cxaeting study of our soils, both
from the viewpoint Of its chemical com.
position and physical condition.
"The temperature of our locality,
the prevailing winds during the grow
ing season, the precipitation and the
of the nights during July
and August, are factors that deter
mine the variety, the kind, nature, and
frequency of the cultivation. These con-
ditions prevailing, with our highly nu-
tritive soils, tie sunshine and moisture
and hard-headed common sense farm
er, We shall soon see these prairies bios
som as rose and the farmer grow in
wealth and Independence. The soils of
North Dakota are rich in nitrates and
salts and will produce an excellent
stock with the minimum amount of
fiber or woody substance and the max
imum percentage Of protein and oil.
Slower last year was worth at least So
per ton and an average of 10 tons
were raised RICH here. This only for
the slower or fodder, to say nothing OF
the grain raised. This was your dry
year, how much more in the average
season7 Compare this with your wheat
last year. S15 per acre for the fodder
only. How many farmers realized $15
per acre last year from any or all other
grains.
Variety.
cone thing must be we'll understood
at the very beginning, that the corn
plant is one Of the most sensitive of
plants and will return one hundred fold
to him who will hestow upon it the care
and nurture it requires We cannot
hope to get the highest yield of milk
and butter fat from the beef breeds OF
cattle; equally so with corn. We can
not get the highest protein content
fro mthe slower and good ear of corn
besides. Decide first what you want
both cor nand fodder or most forage,
or the grain mainly-if you want fod-
der then drill your corn, a good var
iety Of sweet corn such as the evergreen
and oyu will get an abundance of feed
Of excellent quality. If you want grain
select variety that you like-one
which will produce good ears, high
enough from the ground to be caught
by the corn harvester and that will ma
ture in ninety days. Golden Dent,
Pride of North and Minnesota No. IS,
are good Yellow Dent varieties and
Northwestern Dent, the most popular
in the state, will give splendid results
if properly studied and cultivated.
eyes, 7 believe North Dakota is a
great corn state but one thing must
soak in and that is that we must con-
fine ourselves to ears weighing 10 to -
ounces and mature them thoroughly
and not attempt to raise JIG or 20 ounce
ears. Careful observations and tests
which we have made demonstrate the
fact that the corn plant requires 500
tons of moisture to develop one ton Of