The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1911-11-11
DEC. I and ! 8
BIG meet
Second Annual Meeting N. D
Dry Farming Association Held
at Dickinson Next Month.
Prominent Speakers Coming.

This association was organized pri-
marily to extend the knowledge of farm
ing methods in thoseeareas of the state
where the conservation of moisture is a
matter of importance. Where the rain
fall is around IS inches special care
must be taken to utilize the moisture
and it is the aim of the Dry Farming
Congress to emphasize this fact and to
extend knowledge concerning it.
The amount of our rainfall has
profound influence upon our methods of
farming, and therefore it is within
the province of this association to treat
practically all questions that have to do
with the farm. The idea has been COM
mon that the term dry farming is as
sociated only with grain production,
but nothing could be farther from the
truth.
It is the aim of those interested in
I good farming to see every farm in the
state placed upon rational and profit
paying basis. In order that this may be
the conservation of moisture, at least
in the major portion of the state. But
this does not mean that any one line of
farming should be followed, to the ex-
clusion of others.
1t is becoming generally realized that
mixed farming is generally to be the
most successful in this stale. This be-
ing the case, particular attention must
be paid to live stock. In order that we
may get the best from the live stock
close attention must be paid to the
growing of forage and grains to feed
them. This leads Immediately to a
consideration OF corn, alfalfa and
grasses, and to other forage crops. as
far as they are successful.
1t has been found that our soil is
well adapted to small grains, and there
is no reason why the growing of these
should not form an important feature.
A successful Grain crop provides good
ready money. ia
Along with live stock and grain farm
ing the fruit patch and garden should
be given attention. We have wealth
here which is not often we'll considered.
The tin-can farmer used to be an i'm
portant feature in North Dakota, but by
this time he ought to be as much of 8
fossil as the mammoth found in the
Bad Lands. 1t is feared. however, that
such is not the case. Gardening ma,
be made successful in North Dakots
every year, and but few realize the
r wealth of food we'll kept gardeI
produces. Perhaps some Of the farm.
ers' wives have something yet to lear
how the garden products may be bes1
prepared for winter. Modern method.
allow the farmers family to have greer
vegetables, either fresh or put up
the entire year.
We do not realize what wealth we
have in the line of fruits if the ri gh
kinds be grown and the right m ethod!
pursued. In the early attempts to rails.
fruit in the state too little regard hat
been paid to our rainfall and othe
climatic conditions. We have en-
deavOred to grow fruit unadapted to the
region. All of the items mentioned
above are dependent directly and i'm
mediately upon the rainfall that we get.
The Dry Farming CONGRESS to be helt
at Dickinson will discuss these differ
ent topics fully and adequately as tn,
time permits.
L. R. WALDRON.
Sec. N. D. Dry Farming Asso.