The Bottineau courant., 1912-02-02

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2,
note or otherwise the payment
of the sum required, 81, 500 an
nually for three years. A spirit
ed discussion followed and sew
eral plans were suggested.
Messrs. Stair of Newburg, In
man Of Antler, Odland and
Richards of Willow City, Page,
Condit and Trimble of West
hope, Garden of Souris. Nc
Intosh of Bottineau and others
took part in this discussion but
although the resolutions we're
adopted unanimously it tseemed
difficult to get the pledges of
support in a form satisfactory
to all. Seveeal towns, town
ships and individuals pledged
amounts ranging from $25 to
5000 and some of this has al
ready been paid in cash. Final
lily Mr.. George Sidener, mem
Der of the board of county com
tnissioners sprung the sensa-
tion of the day by offering to
guarantee the balance of the
fund required. He personally
assumes responsibility and de-
pends .on the cooperation Of
others later. 1t took the audi
ence nearly minute to catch
the full significance of Mr..
Sidener's offer and then there
was burst of cheering which
plainly showed that his action
was appreciated and would in
dicate that he will not be made
to suffer by his loyalty to Bot
tineau county's best interests.
Mr.. Masters of Willow City
moved a vote of thanks and
every man in the house stood
up. ,I.
Evening Session
Quite number of those in
attendance at the meeting had
to remain in the city overnight
so an evening session was ar
ranged for and was held in the
assembly room at the School of
Forestry. The room was we'll
filled and the meeting was a
very interesting one.
Miss Elizabeth Gagner gave
an instrumental selection. Mr..
Cathro talked about the corn
show at Fargo as evidence of
what could be done in the
matter of corn culture in this
state. He then introduced ].
is. Odland of Willow City who
told of Iowa experiences in
corn raising. He stated that
the increased yields of corn had
meant a great deal to other
lines of business as we'll as to
farming in that state He re-
called the fact that when wheat
was the. only crop Iowa land
was worth only $3.50 per acre.
First experiments with corn
were not wholly successful.
After time Illinois farmers
bought, Iowa land at. $25 per
acre and went into corn. Land
there is now worth $3.50. Mr..
Odland gave a very interesting g
story of two young men who
graduated from Prof. Holden's 8
class and applied scientific
methods to farming, told of
their success with corn. clover,
timothy, cattle, swine, sheep
and poultry. He was in favor
of live stock raising, the build
ing of silos and earnestly in
sympathy with the better farm
ing movement
i John b. Dixon of Roth follow
ed with talk on corn. He is
; deeply interested in the better
!; farming movement and pre-
diets wonderful results. He
4 has tried scientific methods
!: with success. Now uses disc
: after the binder, Portion Of
field not disced grew Russian
cactus, balance did not. Disc
4 ing made plowing easier and
j more thorough. Favors pack
!. ing soil thoroughly. He has
raised Northwestern dent corn.
Only objection is that ears
!. grow low on stalk and make
some trouble when using corn
binder. Has grown alfalfa and
, clover. Likes alfalfa best. Mr..
Dixon criticised summer fallcw
methods. Done too late, weeds
too high and ground is left in
no better condition than in fall
Iplowing. He strongly advised
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