The Dickinson press., 1911-12-16

the farmers in building them.
COMMISSIONER FLINT.
Mr.. Flint said he did not have to apollo
eize for the COW. He would have live
stock first and corn after. He believed
the silo intensely practical for North
Dakota, although ensilage does not take
the place of grain. A department siIo
bulletin, to be had for the asking,
gives full information as to building,
quantity of corn. best kinds to plant,
etc. Mr.. Flint considers the wooden silo
temporary, easily blown down or moved
from its foundation. The brick silo is
expensive. requiring skilled labor. The
Commissioner recommended reinforced
concrete. since the work can largely be
done by farm hands, and he said one
form could be used by a great many,
making the cost almost nothing to each.
WILLARD OF N. p.
D. E. Willard. development agent for
the N. p. said the railroad got big
price for hauling in seed but he thought
they would be many times better off if
farmes raised their own acclimated seed
and had quantities of corn-fnished
products to ship out. Better corn. bet
ter crops and more to haul. He gave
his experience with Golden Dent which
he felt sure would mature in go days.
Discussion brought out that corn
would eerminate if it had reached the
dough stage; that, if the cob was wet
when the fall freeze came and the tip
of the germ frozen before it dried out,
the kernel would not grow after once be-
coming dry no amount of freezing in
jures it; that there are many strains of
the same kind of seed and the only way
to be sure that you are getting accli-
mated seed is to raise your own; that
there ID plenty of seed already here if
its;s taken care of and bred up.
Pres: Zimmerman said people are
too self-satis6ed and make no effort to
get out of the old rut. He said the corn
raised by the Mandan Indians was a
great item in the success of the Lewis
& Clark expedition.
F. G. White, new settler in the Dag
lum country, but corn grower for. 81
years, said he planted three kinds for
feed the past season and found Yellow
Dent best. Corn must be planted we'll
and cultivated but not too deep in this
country as that sets it back. Ensilage
corn should be very nearly ripe. Mr..
White thought 13 tons of ensilage per
COW about right for an entire year.
Pres. Zimmerman thought our native
grasses gave more butter body in summer
than any artificial feed. He told of one
grain field narrowed once the past
season which yielded one bushel per
acre and of another narrowed six times
which yielded IL bushels to the acre.
H. [. BOLLEY AT DICKINSON IN
EARLY DAYS
Prof. Bolley spoke of trip he made
to Dickinson in the days when the cat
tie industry was fourishing. 1t looked
like forage proposition in those days
and he concluded then that the territory
was in need of an experiment station. as
conditions were different from those
found in other parts of North Dakota.
From the time he commenced to advO-
cate the Dickinson station which finally
: materialized, and eventually he had
the pleasure Of helpil.k to select the
present site. The site had to be within
two miles of the city. The land select
ed was composed of only ordinary soil
and the grand showing made in five
years is due, very largely. to the able
supervision of L. r. WaIdron. who, in
the speakers opinion, is one of the best
plant men in the Northwest.
FLINT ON DAIRYING
Dairy Commissioner Flint said the
one crop plan develops a gambling
spirit especially in the young. All is
trusted to luck with the wheat crop. 1t
took 80 years in the Valley to get to
live stock. Fortunately less here but the
average. two cows to farm, is not
enough. Cows should pay all grocery
bills. The year after the Dickinson
creamery started, Is large barns were
erect ed by Dickinson farmers. Prosper
ity and general thrift follows the COW.
The farmers of New Salem like all the
rest were hard hit this year US to crops.
But they said. IF we can get Grain fol
our cowsswe're all right - while the one.
crop farmer said. If it does not rain
I'm all in.''
Cows give employment to all members
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