The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-18
STACKING
URGED AS
SOLUTION
Cooper Says Farmers Should
Stack Grain
Much Cool Seed Corn Has
Been Saved
Frost Has Done Considerable
Damage

ITO my mind the farmers of North
Dakota in the future will do well il
they stack their wheat, rather than
leave it In the shock prior to thresh-
ing, and then they will not be so do
pendent on the weather as they have
been the past season." said Thomas
Cooper, secretary of the North Dakota
State Better Farming association to
The Forum this morning. u.s.
From the reports that we have re-
ceived from some of our men," said
Mr.. Cooper. there has been a great
deal Of damage done to the wheat in
the shock, which has not only bleached
to a considerable extent, but some Of
it has sprouted. This. however. only
apples TO the northern and western
part of the state and not to any great
amount.
Some Killing Frost.
Reports that we have received
principally from the northern and
northwestern part of the state is to
the effect that there has been some
killing frost, which did damage to the
late flax and the corn. However, this
was not very great, and there is one
thing that is very satisfactory to be
able to state-a great deal of seed
corn of a high quality has been saved
and this will help to a great extent
next year. A great deal of the corn
has already been cut and has gone into
the silos, so that the loss in feeding
will not be very much.
Warm Dry Weather.
What we want now, more than any
other one thing is good warm dry
weather, so that the threshing can go
ahead. If this weather is furnished us,
| don't think any section Of the state
will suffer much from the loss OF
crops this season. The people in the
northern part have been greatly handi-
capped by the wet weather, and might
say that the whole state has been
more or less affected in the same way.
This should teach the farmer that it
is much better to stack the wheat
rather than depend entirely on the
weather as now. Up in the northern
and western part unless the warm dry
weather comes at once there will be
considerable loss owing to the fact that
the crops will be very expensive TO
handle and the profit to the farmer
will be comparatively small. However"
and Mr.. Cooper looked out at the sky,
which was clear, and bright, II am of
the opinion that the weather is now
settled and we will get what we de-
sire"
Going to Mott.
SGttelhIy AOODSI VIII dllCLO LIE
Hettinger county fair which will be
held at the town of Mott. Sept 19 and
20, and on the last day of the exhl-
bition he will deliver an address to
the officials of the society Of equity
as well as to the presidents of the To-
cal better farming associations of Het-
finger, and he will talk on what 1t is
expected to be done in Hettinger coun-
ty by the better farming associations
of the state. Mr.. Cooper says that the
association is just taking up the work
in Hettinger and the people there ap-
pear to be very much interested in all
that pertains to the work.
Should Have Cattle.
In speaking of the great needs of
the state Mr.. Cooper said that with the
cheap feed in corn, oats, ETC., it would
seem to him that one of the great
needs of North Dakota, was cattle, and
he states that the farmers who buy
good cattle for feeding will be sure to
reap great reward. The feed is here.
can be furnished at a comparatively
very low price and he hoped to see the
time when every farmer in the state
would consider cattle raising to be
| among the most profitable of his farm
products There are many farmers
who are doing this" said he, "and ]
would like to see more Of them get
! ting into the business for there is no
question as to it's paying, as well as
being a good thing for the land"