The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-01
Prize Essay in Boys
E%ncampment Contest

for the boys to use as a writing room.
To the west of the camp was a large
tent used for a lecture o The
dining room was not near the camp.
Each row of tents was made into a
company. A lieutenant from the agri-
cultural college was over each COM
pany. Under him were corporaIs IN
charge Of the men in the tents. These
tents contained four men each.
A regular programme was followed.
At a signal from a bugle the men
formed in line in front Of their respec-
tive tents. After a report from each
corporal as to the number or men
present, the companies would march
to their classes, meals, etc.
The hospital corps of the state
militia was on the fair grounds to
render assistance in case OF
Lectures.
The lecture on poultry was deliver
ed by Professor Dynes of the agri-
cultural college. He told Of the class
ifcations of poultry with regard 10
meat, eggs and general utility. He
had a model chicken house with drop
and portable roosts, trap nests, drop
curtains, etc. He then told us now TO
vantage. He also gave istructions as
to the operation Of incubators and
The subject Of siIos was handled by
Mr.. Borchert and Professor White or
Mr.. Borchert used for demonstra-
ton the silos on the fair grounds.
These also included the machinery for
the preparation Of ensilage.
Both Mr.. White and Mr.. Borchert
covered the questions of material,
construction and operating silos. They
advise a double concrete silo when
possible, but a wooden one Is very
! good. The silos should be built so
that the least amount Of labor be need
ed to move the feed from the siios to
the animals. Both men said a silo
| should be large enough to allow two
| inches to be fed off the top daily when
| about forty pounds was fed to each
animal.
The question Of soils was handled
! by Professor Bopp. He named the
ten constituents of the soil and then
told how to hold and replace them
when exhausted. The three most i'm
portant constituents of soil are potas-
| stun, potash and nitrogen. The nj
trogen may be applied by growing le-
guminous plants. Phosphorus comes
from the application of manure Pot
ash Is fairly abundant but may be
supplied by treating the soil with COM
mercial potash.
Professor Bopp laid great stress on
the conservation Of our rainfall. He
said we had enough rainfall to raise
BUR crops If IL were conserved. the
way to hold 1t was pillow deep and
early and to have the ground loose
and prevent capillary attraction to the
surface Of the land.
Professor Worst of the agricultural
college gave aHtalk in which he en-
phasized the necessity for a person to
save q little each year BY giving ex-
amples from figures he had computed,
he showed that the profits from two
good cows, If saved for a mans work
ing life, would equal $61, 050. He also
showed equally big results in several
other fields.
DR.. Van Els gave us the principles
on which the leg Of a horse works.
He then showed how the various parts
of the leg became disordered and re-
suited in lameness.
Mr.. Center told of alfalfa. He said
that 1t could be grown at any place in
the state except where alkali was
present. He also gave minute direc-
tons as to the preparation of the soil
for an alfalfa field. He also showed
that alfalfa was ahead Of n tame
hay we had for feeding purposes.
Professor Marin gave a lcure on
the various breeds OF dairy cows. He
gave five points to be considered in a
dairy COW, viz: ]. Capacity Of d.
gestive organs; 2. Conformity to the
dairy type, that is the making Of milk
instead of storing up beef; 8. The
ability Of a cow to make milk must
be shown by q large we'll constructed
udder; 4. A COW must have good
circulation to produce milk; s. A
milk cow must be energetic.
Mr.. Borchert gave a talk on farm
buildings. He showed the necessity
for planning farm buildings with re-
| gard to distance from roads, from
telephone, from fields. natural lay Of
land and the location Of q well. He
emphasized the fact that farm build
ing should be planned and not stopped
together.
w. A. Peck talked on land, labor
and capital as the factors of farm