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with one COW, the best that could b,
bought. As soon as possible he woult
get pure bred horses. raise colts and
have fresh team every few years ant
team to sell now and then pure bred
hogs. sheep, turkeys and hens. and
geese and ducks if there was water;
He would plan to live from the meat,
vegetables. butter. eggs and poultry
and not run in debt and have the wheat
and fax as we'll as the extra stock.
meat, etc., to sell.
Mr.. Porter emphasized the importance
of having definite plan and working
for definite results.
HUGHES ON THE FARMER AND THE
BUSINESS MAN
Mr.. Hughes said: How can the
farmer make good with his banker? We
are all in the same boat and if one goes
to the wall it hurts the rest. We are all
gamblers. W. are in that business on
the price of land. A man who would
scorn to put his hand in another S
pocket will skin him in a deal if he
can. 1t is poor business. The banker
and merchant are best off when the
farmers are prosperous; making their
profits in the volume of bus mess rather
than in shady small deals. The farmer
must make his word good. Do not run
in debt. But if you must. pay when
you say you will; and if you cannot. 60
to the merchant whom you owe and tell
him how it is. instead of lodging him
and running another bill some where
else Know the cost of farming and the
results and know what you have COM
ing. Cut down your interest by selling
land if you have more than you can
farm we'll. A small farmer tending to
his business can compete with anybody,
but the poor farmer must be driven out.
We must make profits. We must
straighten up. head, back and heels to
the wall.
DISCUSSION BY SUPT. WALDRON
During a discussion conduct ed by
Supt. Waldron it was asked IF profit
able crop could be raised the first year
by plowing 10 to is inches deep?"
Deep plowing lets the roots down, but
a great deal depends upon the character
of the soil as to the depth anyone
should plow. Sub-soiline is best on
heavy land.
S. D.Gregg told of subsoiling 20 inches
deep and saw no benefit the first or in
subsequent years.
F. G. ,;hite said his experience in
Minnesota was that deep plowing did
not pay the first year but the second and
third years the result was very profit
able.
Supt. Waldron said spring plowing at
the Station had given best results. He
could not at this time tell just why.
For fall plowing he set the plow down a
little deeper than for spring. He ad-
vised discing the stubble Immediately
after taking the crop off, which he said
was usually equivalent to an inch of
rain. If the farmer had the power. he
advised letting the disc following the
binder in order to conserve the moisture
that otherwise would very quickly evap-
crate.
All agreed that land blows most when
made smooth. However the character
of the soil enters into this to great
extent.
M. c. McCaffrey and others said that
it paid them we'll to cultivate grain.
Supt. Waldron thought as genreal
rule it paid to cultivate four or five
times after the grain was up. It in
creased the yield one to two bushels and
usually conserved two inches of moist.
ure.
PLANT A MILE OF TREES
President Worst SAID that every set
Ter should have several rows of trees or
the west line of his farm. Put the
plow down 10 inches and the second
year set the seedlings-he thought vii.
lows best-and cultivate between the
tree rows for several years, later on thir
by cutting out a row for fire wood. In
20 years a farmer will have saw logt
and shelter belt to ward off the win
terry blasts.
More than this. He will have tim
ber belt that will actually cool the tenn
perature and prevent the hot winds from
injurine his crops. Alfalfa fields also
have the effect of cooling the tempera.
ture in hot weather. Mr. Worst pointed
out the fact that if every section of lane
in North Dakota had a mile of trees on
the west line, climatic conditions would
actually be changed. At the present
time hot winds at certain periods of
plant growth do many fold more damage
in two days than the cost of the tree
planting indicated. A visit to the