Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05

AaAAiiuS HlctAous. Our cIop season Is
short; we need variety Of wheat that
will mature early and be out of tho
way Of the hot winds and extreme heat
Of the middle summer. We have dis
covered that in all our wheat fields of
the many varieties raised that there
are heads that mature two and three
weeks ahead Of the average crop. We
propose to take 10 acre Of our demon
stration ground and see what we can
10 to improve and overcome all diff
culties that confront us in growing our
wheat crops to make safe farming.
There will be as many boys connected
with this work as there are varieties of
wheat. Each boy will have charge of
an exact acre Of grain.
There will be a prize of $25 for the
boy that makes the best showing in the
fall at our county fair. He will study
his crop from the time it comes out Of
the ground until he harvests his sam
Qles. He will commence by going over
the ground and picking out the strong,
vigorous plants and identifying them
by driving stake and tying a red
string around them. He will select and
study such plants that are we'll rootet
and we'll stooled. stiff and strong in
the straw, long, well filed heads that
mature early and at the same time,
Each boy will have his display in the
building at the county fair and be OIL
hand t., tell the farmers what he has
done. This choice seed will be sown
the next year and be carefully studied
and selected, and possibly the next
year; and when we have got it to as
high stage of perfection as may be
desired we will save the seed from the
entire acre; We then will find a farmer
with good clean piece Of land that is
free from weeds and foul matter and
get him to SOW the same and offer him
a premium of cents per bushel for his
crop the coming fall. The next year
we will find several farmers with clean
land, and their crops will furnish seed
for the whole county-seed that will
be acclimated and adapted to our soil
and rainfall! that will mature early
and at the same time with an increased
] production. We will take 10 acres for
corn culture. The elevation of our pla-
teau is about 1900 feet above the sea
level. Our nights are cool, but we be-
lieve we can develop variety Of corn
that will make 10 tons ensilage even
tually to the acre. If it can be done
the silo will make a dairy country Of
eastern Washington, and our wheat
farmers will slide into diversified farm
ing without shock or jar. It is impos
siblc to expect farmer with 800 to
$40 acres Of wheat land, with 10000
outfit Of machinery and horses, to jumr
Immediately into diversified farming
Fills evolution into changed conditions
must be slow. He must feel his WAY o.
he will 60 broke. We propose that su,
consolidated community school shall
solve these problems and prove what If
the best practice before he is forcel 70
take these chances; In other words
through its experiments eliminate all
chances. We will set aside grounds fol
experiments with barley, oats, potatoes
fax and other farm products that arc
or may be adapted to our soil and eli
mate. and carry on the work with the
agricultural classes in much the same
way as I have outlined the wheat cul-
ture, Offering prizes in competition
with early variety.
In the department Of animal in
dustry we have visions of community
stations, bulls, rams and boar pigs SO
that it will be possible to breed true
to blood and type. There are no rea.
sons on earth why Douglas county can
not become famous for its pure bred
Normans, Shire and coach horses. its
pure UlOUO 11OlSGc1u anu &Ay1SHllc Cdt
tie. its pure blood Berkshire and Pc.
| .a,.; China pigs. A full bloc $r::nan
l..rsH Is worth 5000 am, s,r,l IS
worth from $75 to 500. and both re-
quire about the same amount Of feel
! and care. A first class cow will net you
hundred dollars a year in butter fat
and poor cow will simply waste your
feed. with no returns. A pure bred
pig will dress 300 pounds at 8 months
old, and it will take twice the feed anil
a good deal more time to put that
| weight on a scrub. We believe that
the people living in our consolidated
school district will provide ways and
means whereby we can start this ami.
NAL industry of pure blood stock on
our school demonstration farm, and
thereby utilize the feed raised on the
80 acres. Moderate charges for servic
will pay all expenses, and at the same
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