The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-08

wv d SaA VI tHoEODEeu COWS. WNen
those farmers first went there, they
were SO poor that they could not
have stayed had they not dug coal
out of the lodges. Jones, Smith and
Brown won't buy unless they have
cash or its equivalent butter.
Twenty years ago, he knew mer-
chants In Wisconsin who We're doing
credit business. He went back
20 years later and found them on
cash basis They were doing a little
less business, but were contented.
The farmers had gone into dairying
and could pay the cash. The mer-
chants had less bookkeeping to 90,
had less risk and could afford TO
sell cheaper.
Womans instinct for Judging stock,
and especially poultry, is better than
mans, he said. Get the children in
terested in stock and poultry.
At noon 700 farmers were given
free dinner at the Blakey block by
the Minot Commercial club, served
by the ladies of the Associated Char
tiles of Minot, The crowd was so
much larger than any one had ex-
pected, that hundreds stood in line
waiting for their turn. The ladies
drafted the men into service as they
were simply unable to care for the
immense crowds without help. The
farmers appreciated the good dinner
served and more, the spirit in which
the business men OF Minot received
them as guests. If there was ever
| time when the farmer believed that
any business man was antagonistic
to their best interest, that fear had
been dispelled Minot and the farm
ers are working hand in hand.
Hundreds of farmers visited the
Commercial club rooms and during
the noon hour played cards, pool and
billiards
| Shepard on Corn Culture.
Mr.. Shepard told OF growing wheat
on corn land, where moisture had
Geen conserved because OF the GU
uVation, that averaged % bushels
1 per acre, while Land that had groWn
three successive crops of wheat. the
average was but IA bushels. Ne
finds that after six years expert
ence, the corn for this country should
have about five stalks to the hill. The
succeeding crops Of wheat or other
small grains are Always better fol-
lowing corn where the crop has been
grown in hills instead of drilled in,
in rows. Don't grow corn just for the
sake OF growing corn, but manage to
have stock to eat il. Down in Cass
county this year, enough corn went
to waste for that reason, to fallen
5000 head OF cattle had the farmers
had them.
Some pasture the corn, others feed
it from the shock and some stack it,,
but have trouble from its heaung
unless the stacks are made very nal
row. Where it is fed from the shock,
the waste is Is per cent. One plan
where farmer threshed his fodder,
feeding corn on one side of the ma
chine and oats on the other, he made
stacks that did not heat There was
some snow in this. 1t made & fine
mixture. Others made a long shock
! in the yard. 1t is dangerous to shred
it in big stack. Others thresh IS
inches Of oats, then 18 inches Of fod-
der, a sort of q layer cake.
B. F. Baker of Glenburn asked:
"Seed being very scarce this year,
would you SOW q small patch OF good
seed and finish out with fodder corn?"
Ans. That 10 . good idea for this
year.
Another question: What kind OF
corn would you recommend for this
district? Ans. Mercer, or Triumph
and in the dents, Northwestern or
Golden.
Ques. Would you plant fodder corn
in drill rows or in hills, Ans. In
hills, because there will be better
crop Of small grain, following.
Ques. Would you advise planting
seed that germinares only 70 per cent
moro kernels per hill, or planting
seed that tests 80 per cent and seed
ing balance Of land with fodder corn?
Ans. The 20 per cent seed would do.
CUES. WIN shriveled corn grow II
it ripened in September? Ans. It ought
to grow.
Cues Which will conserve more
moisture, land where corn was grown
or that whbch was summer TILED?
Ans. Summer tillags will.
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