The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-04
corn AND CLOVER
WORK IS GROWING
Every Feature Offered in
Auditorium Being Follow.
ed Closely by Students.
SPLENDID SUCCESS
ALREADY ASSURED
Good Program Arranged for Tonight
With Dean NJ. A. Brannon as tho
Principal Spcaker-CIass System is
Proving Valuable to All.

Proving Valuable to All.
PROGRAM FOR WEDNESDAY
Crop rotations in North Dakota
Will be the subject of the class
room work on Wednesday. this
being conducted from to 10.
from 10 to IL there will be class
es IN horses and in soils. The
afternoon classes from 1870 70
$3.50 will deal with corn Yields and
with milk testing. AT 3:3o n i
Hughes of Minneapolis, will sneax
on Farm Credits" and in the
evening he will deliver second
address on The Getting of Good
Help for the Harvest Season"
Another feature of the evening
program will be an illustrated
lecture on Native Birds" by Al.
conIa,; me North Dakota Corn and Clover
convention classes conducted toiav
nave illustrated beyond doubt the
..ssasioilly .sa OF the plan under which
.ne Grand Forks Agricultural society
Is working sos's'S
Two big classes were conducted th;,
morning, being in horses and in notato
LEaislng; EaI while two more classes were
neld this afternoon. being in dairy
cattle and in corn growing.
One OF the most particularly inter-
eSss'ng features is the tense interest
.hat Is shown by the farmers. With
very oie enrollments in all Of the
classes. the farmers are following the
instructions Very closely, and the man.
ner M IN which questions are asked of
the leaders is indicative Of the;r IN
terest. s''eH 1n-
me general session late this after
noon was addressed by President =.
~ McHey. The Farmer and Credits"
tbnre,,nh tre ms .s,,l subject; He has made Il
was was able to give the men attending
IN, the Corn and Clover convention a
GEAR conception Of the plan that has
oeen proposed for the benefit Of
American farmers.
Good Program ronieht.
,,! ionight there will be an exception.
any good program with Dean N a.
B Brannon of the University of North
Dakota - tI as the speaker. He will tell
VI ms Trip through Yellowstone park,
ADDITION to his address there will he
moving pictures. and a generally en-
|tersalnlng program has been arranged
me people of the city will find the
evening EVENING programs exceptionally inter-
est!ns, ana 1t Is expected that MANY
OF OF tnem will attend, as that will give
them an opportunity to become ar.
quainted with the farmers who ara
here for the week
Take Horses on the Stare.
This morning in conductinp tbe
morse classes. Mr.. Montgomery had
MS Dig class Of farmers on the stage
OF the auditorium. and several horses
were used during the study period.
me potato class under the leadership
OF MI. Brown Of Elk River was also
decidedly interesting. he being a NO.
tato grower of wide experience and
thorough knowledge of the Industry.
IN the dairy class and the corn
growing class this afternoon. Win
Messrs. Merrill and Maryland in charge
tnere was an increased attendanca
over that OF Yesterday. the work being
taken up Where it was left off yester-
day afternoon. thus giving the mem.
bers of the classes course of in
structlon In those two features that
Is entirely complete.
More Farmers Are Coming.
The splendid work that is being
done IN the convention and the large
attendance that has been had during
the nrst two days. will mean still hir.
ger crowds during the next few days
Many OF the farmers come from long
distances. and they are all here -,r
The point most striking in connection
Win the convention is the earnestness
with which all are taking up the class
work and following the speakers.
This condition is brought ahn,i; by
reason OF the fact that under the class
system the farmers are able to 20 d.
rectly to the department in Which
they are most interested.
Better Farming.
Following the close of the clas,
troduccd A. E. Chamberlain. de-
velooment commissioner for the Great
Northern. who spoke on the subject
oe 'Eetter Farming. He declared
that while the sentiment for better
farming was spreading all over the
country. that North Dakota with lis
association had gotten a little bit near
es the solution of the problem than
any other state. He stated tina, bet
tar farming did no, consist in max.
ing AN acre of land produce moro
ore year than 1t did the last, but of
maintaining the fertility and physical
condition of the soil. The point was
emphasized that the physical condo
til.ty that there is plenty of fertility
in the soil for hundreds of years, but
that 6 better method of farming is
necessary to render that fertility
available.
Mr.. Chamberlain declared that If he
had his way. one-half or one-third of
the farm land Of the state would be
turned into grass land for the rearing
OF cattle. This he said would solvs
the problem Of making farming Q
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