The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-02-14
WAS bic SUCCESS
UNUSUAL lmrEaEsr WAS snoul


e
The farmers institute. held
here on Tuesday evening and
Wednesday, and made possible
through the liberal donations
made by Bottineau business
men, was big success. Ne4er
before has so much enthusiasm
been shown by those in atten-
dance. Many of those present,
who, a few years ago wonld
have insisted on listening only,
were easily induced to take
active part in the discussiozss.
Dozens of men asked questio1s,
supported theories, related ex.
periences and there was not a
dull nor Improbable mornent
in all of the three sessions OF
the big meeting. +. A. Hover
stad and Amos Even brouRht
many good thoughts and arau-
iaeuts to bear on farm pro
blems. II. II. Shuler aud n.
b. johnson were likewise help-
full bat the exchange Of ideas
by the farmers themselves Gas
by far the most importantsfea-
ture of the institute.
There was no fixed pr0eEnm
and so manv topics we're dis
cussed. from SO many vew-
points that it is out of the apses;
|tion to attempt a detailed re-
port.
The meeting Tuesday eve
ming was not 40 well atten1ed
Esss those on Wednesdays bat
yeaa avery interustiin xssessiiotl.
NJ CREST many 5ssuctt + ss Ger,
ktainiDR to soil handling, Rraei
crops, seed problems aud 6fher
vital problems were discussed.
The first question brouQht
out for discussion at the We'd
nesday morning session was
that of hay crops and particul-
arly as. to. bronze grass--as to
its yield-as TO effect on land
as to need of manuring to re-
turn nitrOgen-as to the diff
Guilty of getting it killed out
when the land is, needed for
other purposes. Several farm
ers testified that plowing had
failed to kill it and Mr.. Hover.
stad suggested that there was
quite a resemblance between
bronze and quack grass, espe-
cially in the seed and perhaps
the persistent growth was
quack grass. This led to a
discussion by Hoverstad Of the
means of killing foul weeds.
Referring to mustard. wild
oats and other ANIMALS Mr..
Hoverstad said it was we'll
known that the method of kill
ing them was based on the
idea of terminating the seeds
in the soil and not allowing
them to again go to seed: that
to do this it was only necessary
to cultivate frequently, ard
thoroughly. Quack grass.
Canada thistle and SOW thistle.
however, must be killed in one
season aud the following sug-
gestiOns were made. Let them
grow until about the first of
July. This may be done even
when a hay crop has been
planted on the land. Cut the
hay and plow the land very
carefully. DO not cut and
cover. Turn every inch of the
soil. Now watch the field
closely and by blowing or disc
ing all season keep down every
green shoot. Thorough work
will exterminate.
Mr.. Hoverstad dwelt at some
length on method for killing
French weed and told his ex.
periences in cleaning the worst
Infested farm he had ever seen.
We expect some time soon to
present an abstract of this part
Of his talk 40 q separate article.
The subject Of stacking grain
instead If threehing from the
lehock came ia for extended dis.
lcussiOn ia which Messrs. How
lerstad, johnson, Shhier, Mar.
tinson, Kurth, Russell, Fair
field and others took d promin.
ent part. The difficulties Of the
labor problem proved the mair
objection to the stacking al