The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-02-08
WHERE SCIENTIFIC
FARMING PROMOTES
THE INDUSTRY BEST
Young Jacob Wickre
Presents Good Ideas
For The Farmers
THE SALE OF SWINE
Attendance Was Very Large
and Prices Were Good
For the Season

The number OF farmers and stock
breeders at the "Wednesday night
session of the convention OF the
South Dakota Improved Live Stock
Association was highly gratifying to
the officials, for the court room at
the court house was filled to over
flowing, every seat being occupied.
Not less than $50 men who till the
soil were present, and every one of
them indicated they We're intensely
Interested in the proceed
ings oi the evening. 1t seemed like
there was a revival OF the old spirit
of the stockmen because they were
back in the same room where the
association was formed some nine
years ago.
President Babcock called the as
semblage to order, and began work
on the evening program with the IN
PRODUCTION of John Nichol, OF Plo-
noer, whose brief paper contained
some very interesting ideas which
he had gathered in his travels and
life on the farm. He touched ON
a variety of subjects. one oil the
features being his reference TO the
effort to keep the State College from
exhibiting its stock at the state falr
Mr.. Nichol believed that this em-
barge placed on the stock OF the
college would have a deterrent Ell
feet on the young men who are tax
ing special work there to apply on
the farm. He said that young men
will engage in football, baseDail
etc. because there they can sho"
what they are able to do. SO 1t was
in the work OF producing good cat
tie at the State College. He bclleV-
ed what stock is raised at the col
lege should be permitted to enter
into competition, and thus give the
young men the chance to display
their work.
On Diversified Farming.
One of the most interesting iea
tures of the evening speeches Wa'
that of Jacob o. Wickre. OF Lang
ford Young man who is the pro
duct of the South Dakota State Col
logo The Young man has taken
-horough course in the agricultui a
department and is now back on th'
fa,m carving into effect what NJ
learned there-doing the real sclen
tiGc farming which is taught at th'
school The young man has demon
stratod the fact that there is mucl
md more 10 the scientific side oil ag
riculturc. His address was aeVo.e' .e
mostly 10 the question of scicntlh
diversified farming. with patl'cu
reference to the soil and what
should contain to produce aouh.
ant crops. Mr Wickre called a'
tention to the conditions in cellal
foreign countries where the COVER.
ment had enlisted its Efforts
bringing to the farmers over thei
the knowledge of how to get lh
most from their land and at the sam
timc 10 preserve the elements III TN
coil and not rob it OF what is ncet
cd to repeat its work each succeed
ing year. He touched on the pom
how tho soil from the east to III
wcyt had been worked for the pre-
emf TO get the most out OF 1t IN VI
way of crops without restoring VI
vitality. and it was this point lh'
tho voung man emphasized as penn
ono of the most vital conirontih
Inc farmer today, and he said 1t WI
only necessary to go back into 10"
and Illinois to find farms tne'
which are being sold at low pflc'
inst because of the lack OF the qua
tiles in the soil to produce the crop
Gave His Experience.
Mr. Wickre referred to his own
nierences ard experiments he hi
made on his farm up in Day count
He made a thorough examination
his ground and found what auailll
needed building up, and mace
experiment of setting aside var'o
nlots of ground and using dlhere
fertilizers to see the effect on Z
clon production Two of the PIC
Mo left without any fertilizer so tn
the land would be in its hatui
state Mr.. Wickre stated that
cron nroduct from each OF the
nlots of ground ranged from Is
20 bushels per acre, the latter bel
from ground where the condltlohs
soil quality We're about rlsn.. =,
young man emphasized the laea u
it is absolutely necessary 10 lep''
ish the soil after reapng the
ward bv the use of fcrtllzers.
Questioned the right OF the pres'
dav farmer to use all the goou ao
tiles of the soil in his efforts
raise the crops and not leave al
thing for the future generation
like the department. store.
MI. Wickre likened the lai m
that of the city department sue
mentioning the various and lmpe
ant lines of work on the farm
Guiding the horses, the cattle;
swine the poultry, all the by-l
ducts and the soil, which he Gee
ed TO be the foundation for all la
ing. and when this stock was
out the business was practic'
done for. Asked as to whether
entifc farming paid, Mr.. VIC