The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-15

IN Session
State Meeting Opened To-
day at Mandan
Shepperd Delivered Able
Address on Corn

Mandan, N. D., Feb. 15.-All the ho-
tells and many private dwellings are
taxed to their capacity to take care
of the crowds hat are here in atten-
dance to the eighteenth annual con-
vention Of the North Dakota Dairy
mems convention which win be in ses-
sion until tomorrow evening. The ball
was started rolling this morning when
the address of welcome vas delivered
by A. M. Packard of the city commits
sion who stated how pleased he and
the other citizens were to have such
a gathering in the city and told them
that when they were not engaged in
the active work of the convention that
they were to consider that they were
the guests of the city and were al
lowed to roam at will. The responses
to the address was made by H. u.
Thomas of Oberon and he said that
the people Of Mandan were entitled to
the heartiest of thanks for the recep-
ton that had been rendered them and
that it was appreciated by the guests
of the city and that they would have
only kind words to say of the time
they had spent in Mandan.
The real serious business of the
meeting started with the reading and
accepting Of the minutes of the last
meeting, the reading Of the reports
Of the officers and the appointment of
committees to have charge of the
present meeting.
The first address of the meeting was
delivered by F. d. Currier, secretary
of the Minnesota Dairymen's associa-
ton who spoke at length on Important
Points in Creamery Management. He
spoke from experience gained In Min
nesota and gave many valuable hints
that will undoubtedly be carried out
in the management of butter making
establishments in North Dakota.
The afternoon meeting was opened
with music and the first address was
made by Dean J. Fl. Shepperd of the
North Dakota Agricultural college who
spoke on Growing Corn. He talked
of the wonderful development of this
branch of agriculture in the state and
traced the development from the first
patches Of sweet corn planted as an
experiment to the present day when
there are many thousand acres put
into that crop annually. Dean Shop
peru DIS lOllO"Gu Dy "a d. SiOfGty as
sociate editor of one of the most wide
ly read agricultural papers in the
country who delivered a lecture on
Silage. He dwelt upon the good re-
suits that can be obtained from the
use of this feed and told of some of
the things that must be done and some
of the things that must not be done
in order that success may result from
the feeding of the corn. He told of
the success of wisconsin farmers and
others farther east in the use of en-
silage and ended up with an earnest
appeal to those present to go forth
and preach the gospel Of dairying and
he feeding Of ensilage. A.. K. Kisser,
federal dairyman located at Colorado
Springs, was down for a talk on The
Silo and he also told of the good to
be gained from building silos and feed
ing ensilage. His talk was along edu-
cationaI lines and besides telling of
the results he told how to accomplish
some of them by the proper construc-
ton Of silos. He stated that there had
been a pleasing growth in the number
of silos in the state but that there
was great room for expansion in this
line and he hoped to see the number
more than doubled IN the next twelve
months.
This evening the announcement of
the butter scores will be made and the
presentation of the trophies the lat
ter to be conducted by d. e. Willard
of the Northern Pacific road. Bart"
the twin city %cartoonist will give a
chalk talk this evening and that will
be followed by an entertainment given
by local talent and the pupils of the
public schools.