Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-26
FARMING ADVICE"

The Harvey Herald states The posi-
ton of nearly every paper in the
state when it says:
Cogitating over the final good turn
OF the weather-the lateness of the
season-which has Unexpectedly per-
mittdd practically all of the farmers
in this section TO thresh their crops,
We are led to pen the following, which
We trust will be taken in the same
spirit in which it is written. 1t is
thusly:
1t is sometimes heard. and even af.
firmcd. that each man should stick
to his trade and not attempt to ad-
wise or direct others just how they
may improve their system Of han
ding their business. and the affirm
alton is correct-mostly. We refer
more directly TO the advice that has
been won to be ladled out to the
farmer. especially during the past
two or three years, as 10 how he
could better insure a regularity of
yield in his crops. and also what he
could best plant and how to plant
them, as we'll. Much %antagonism has
been stirred up among some of the
farmers because of a mistaken idea
as to the origin of these rgratuitous
admonitions. They, many of them,
believe that this advice has original.
ed with the one passing it along,
and naturally question the qualitica-
tons OF the advisor-even the remark
has been heard that you fellows in
town sit on your coat-tails and pre-
tend YOU are capable Of telling us
farmers how to farm Now this is
just where the mistake is made. The
MAJ in town, and especially the news
papers, are very seldom giving this
farming Jews as being original with
the advisor. 1t is uniformly the result
eheii oDsei Fation anu the feaQlnS or
literature written by our Agricultural
College experts and others who are
acknowledged authorities on the sub
1ect and who make this business their
sole study. The results obtained by
them are deserving of attention by
any farmer, as they are better pre-
pared to arrive at .yexatious problems
in Srming, and are never found Civ
ing Advice3unless they have. first found
OUTFITS merit by practical experiments
often extending over a period of
Yeas. +
The policy of this paper, as we'll as
OF several men in our city, has been
to follow closely the welfare of the
community, since this Dis a rural one
and dependent largely upon the sue
cessof the farmers, and hence are
most vitality interested, and when we
see where the advice of our agricul-
tural experts ring true, we are anX-
lous TO DO all We can to impress upon
all We may. the ACCESSIBILITY of such
methods recommended.
The talk about diversifying. rota-
ton, stock, and the newer crops, are
not m%oonshine at all, neither are they
the visions of a dry-goods box oracle,
but the sound advice from our best
authorities.
This fall, Immediately after har.
1est. recognizing the general weather
conditions OF the entire year, it was
fair to presume that the same COM
ditions would continue to the close
OF the season. and naturally we took
up the cudgels in favor of the stack
ing OF grain. 1t has been proven that
we were right, and we do not claim
that the idea was original at all, but
what farmers have had to adopt in
other similar localities to protect
their crops. 1t is possible that some
needed the repeated admonitions to
stack, and have thus 1een benefited.
If so,awe are glad. Any way, a number
did stack, and all those with whom
We have talked thus far, invariably re-
ceived a premium for their wheat.
Others now bitterly regret leaving
their grain in the shock, and will re.
gretsit still more when they market
their damaged product.
Many that have been interviewed