The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1911-01-07
PRIZES Are
OFFERED
Dickinson Merchants Raise Money
For Grain and Vegetable Ex-
hibits at Dry Farming
Congress, Jan. 3I-Feb. I.

Arrangements for the North Dakota
Dry Farming Congress, which will be
held in Dickinson on Tuesday and
Wednesday. January 81 and February /,
1911, have made satisfactory progress
since our last issue. The committee
and the Commercial Club are pushing
forward the enterprise with commendable
energy. and very interesting and
profitable meeting is assured.
The speakers mentioned in our last
issue, including President Worst and
Secretary Burns Of the International Dry
Farming Congress- will be present and
give important addresses. In addition
to these, Professors Bolley and Shepperd
and the members of the North Dakota
Institute corps will be present. The
committee has succeeded in securing the
services of German speaker, S. W.
Unkenholz. OF Mandan This gentleman
attended the International Dry Farming
Congress at Spokane. as delegate and
so has the results of that meeting we'll
in mind. Supt. W. P. Snyder of the
Hebron mining sub-station, will un-
doubtedly he present and give an address
on The Use of Lignite for Farm
Power
PROGRAM.
The following are some of the subjects
that will be discussed:
1. The Scope and Meaning Of the
Dry Land Farming Methods. 2. THE
Results of Dry Farming Methods when
Practically Applied. 3. what the
Movement has done in Other Districts. -
4. practical Methods of Dry Farming
as applied to North Dakota" S. 1.-The
Importance of Corn as Fodder Crop and
as Conserver Of Soil Moisture. 6.
THE Growing of Live Stock in Conjunc-
tion with North Dakota Farming" 7.
1.-The Farm as Business Proposition. "
8. THE Outlook for Hay in North Da-
kota." 9. THE Place of Hogs and
Sheep on the Farm 10. THE Value
of the Dairy Cow on the North Dakota
Farm" II. ''The Proper Kinds of
Farm Machinery and Methods of Handl-
ing" IL. Crop Rotation; What it
Will Accomplish. A practical talk on
crop rotation. 10. Varieties of Grain
for North Dakota
The above topics are of great impor-
tance to the farmers of North Dakota.
and the meeting should be we'll at
tended. The farmers of North Dakota
should grow larger crops on the same
number of acres they are now cultivat-
ing, without much additional labor. A
study of tho principles of farming will
enable the farmer to do this.
The average rainfall over the entire
state of North Dakota is enough for a
reasonable crop. The main problem is
to practice methods of farming that
utilize this rainfall to the best ad-
vantage.
MID WINTER FAIR
The business men of Dickinson have
raised enough funds so that a certain
number of prizes will be offered for
products produced by North Dakota farm
ers. The value: of the prizes total
something over $50. The premiums are
liberal, and should induce lively COM
petition among different farmers. The
following rules will govern:
1. All products exhibited must have
been grown in North Dakota.
2. The exhibits must have been
grown or produced no earlier than the
season of 1910. and must have been
grown without irrigation.
3. Those exhibiting must accompany
the exhibits. .s..,
PRIZES
Best: First Second
Y bu. common wheat $3 So
R bu. durum wheat 3
u bushel oats 3