The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-07-17
MONDAY. JULY IL, 1911.
IMPROVE THE FARMING.

What are the lessons Of this year
The farmer should look around his own
farm and those Of his neighbors and
take heed of the practical exhibitions
to be seen that he may profit thereby
for the future.
Is not one of the lessons--that IL pays
TO plow more than four inches deep
especially when there Is a dry sea-
son? Stir up the subsoil in some way.
Get good seed bed so the roots can
run down instead of simply along the
surface Of the soil--to be dried up by
every little hot wind that comes along.
Rotation of crops is another vcfy inn
portant matter. Corn and potatoes
help to put land in good condition, If
thoroughly cultivated they become
primarily a profitable crop, as well
as very valuable in the secondary eff
fects. Glover and timothy are valu-
able in their action on the soil as we'll
as the results secured directly.
The eradication of weeds is also an
urgent necessity, and the changes of
cropping referred to, help to clean the
,fields-but another product of the state
which is now coming to the FRONTS a
great destroyer of many weeds, ana
that Is winter rye. 1t has done we'll
this year wherever sown and is a valu-
able crop to produce. There should be
more Of II sown this fall.
Alfalfa thrives well in North Dakota
and produces its three cuttings of most
valuable hay. Small pieces can be
farmed all over the state. James Holes,
adjoining the city of Fargo on the
north. has two fields which are as
profitable acres as he possesses. Out
at Eckman 1t stands the winters well,
and makes great hay product-in
fact, wherever 1T has been thoroughly
tried, 1t succeeds, but there should be
a thousand fold increase in the acreage.
Get in at least few acres of alfalfa
at once.
Visit the agricultural college, the ex-
pertinent stations and demonstration
farms all over the state-get the ex-
perience Of experts-talk with your
neighbors and others who have sue
ceeded better than you have-and d.
versify your crops. Make your plans
now and change your system. You
will find it will make wonderful diff
ference in the results Of your farming
operations.
Don't forget stock. The best horses
In the world cannot be raised in Ken
tucky-but in North Dakota. The fat
cattle from this state obtain the high
est market price. 1t pays to keep a
dairy. 1t may make more work, but
the farming communities where the
cow is looked after are the ones where
the farmers always have good bank
accounts. No farmer should forget the
hog-there Is ready money there, and
with growing corn, barley, peas and
alfalfa, the actual cost to the farmer
Of turning off each fall $1,000 worth of
pork is very small.
There are sections this year in the
state where the crop is light, but In
those very communities, many good
fields Of grain are to found. 1t is not
the occasional shower which has made
the difference generally. but it is the
better farming which the luxuriant
fields tell. Learn the lesson from your
neighbors- and next year make others
take lessons from you.
North Dakota is one of the greatest
agricultural states of the union. It
can be much more prominent In this
respect by its inhabitants diversifying
employing better NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
more stock--learning the lessons
taught by the experts who make a life
study Of agricuIture-and profiting by
the success of those who have good
crops. In spite of untoward conditions.
Don't get discouraged. Take up
these subjects yourself, interest your
neighbors in them, and all pull and
work together to make North Dakota
win the agricultural success to which
she is entitled. Cooperation and
hearty individual work will do this.
VIII you heed the lessons brought
home during the growing seasons OF
1910 and 1917