The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-08
Twenty PLOTS
ARE PROVIDED
Acclimation Of Seeds to be
Important Feature Of the,
Work Near this City.
INTERNATIONAL
WORK
That Company Promotes
Movement-Haney is in
Charge Of Work.

Active operations have been COM
menced on the Dinnie farm. near the
university. rented by the Information
al Harvester company and by them to
be used as a seed development farm.
Modern machinery has been taken to
the farm. and several head of horses
have been purchased.
The farm will be divided into twenty
plots. and the plots seeded to different
kinds Of corn, alfalfa, etc. Efforts will
be made to acclimate the different
corns. and to so develop a variety Of
seed that seed may become a standard
for high yields and a%daptability to
North Dakota conditions. The farm
is not a pure experiment farm; it is
q. seed development station. ]. q.
Haney Of the western service bureau
Of the International Harvester COM
pany and a we'll known agricultural
expert. will be in charge of the work..
He will probably reside IN the Rich
ards farm. George Moore. formerly
on the Duffy farm, will act as fore
man.
Remodel All Buildings.
The buildings on the Dinnie farm
have been remode'ed. rebuilt and in
other ways renovated for the purposes
of the company. No new buildings
have been erected. Water connections
with the city have been established. %
Mr.. Haney states that the big prob
lem in the valley was soil fertility. The
best results in farming are secured
only by a thorough understanding of
the chemical properties of the soil. An
analysis of the soil will show whether
or not soil is suited for certain grains.
One Of the big problems which is en-
gaging the attention of northwestern
farmers Is how to build up the soil
that has been exhausted by constant
growing Of grains. The problem lies
in the analysis Of the soil and the APP
plication in proper amount of the right
fertilizer.
T. Double Productive Value.
= Flowing is m of the most impor-
tant features Of farming. The conser!
walton Of soil moisture. and consequent
soil fertility depends upon proper
blowing.
These problems will be studied at
the ley seed development farm. Seeds
will be bred in such quantities that
they can he distributed. The company
hopes to be able to lend out corn
trains over the state when the farm has
attained. its development. The actual
seed will be taken with them. making
the trip exceedingly practical as we'll
theoretical. scientific side of diversified
farming. MFR. Haney believes with Mr..
Holden, the well known Iowa agricul-
tural expert. thai corn would double
the productive wealth of the state.
, The study Of alfalfa will be m Of
the prominent features Of the seed
breeding farm. The different varieties
will be tried. Their adaptability to
North Dakota soil will be established
by careful study of soil effects through
soil analysis. Alfalfa is n of the
coming grasses in North Dakota.
Farmers are just commencing to real
lie its supreme importance. The prob
lem heretofore. and even now. has
been and is the lack of understanding
Of the grass. A combination Of alfal.
ia and corr will enhance the value OF
the states products twofold. No less
than twelve commercial clubs have in
quired as to the sending out Of a DEM
%onstration train on corn and alfalfa.
The company intends to cooperate
with the farmers in the study of the
two crops. BY working together prac-
teal results will be arrived at.
The International Harvester COM
pany intends to go into fields not COW
cred by the Better Farming mov
ment or where the Great Northern
railroad maintains its demonstration
and experiment plots. Where they are
together they will work together.
The trend toward intensive n di-
versified farming is shown in an in
teresting way through the sale Of ma
chinery by the big company. The sale
Of moving machinery and binders has
remained about the same, about $4,000
Of each year. The sale of manure
s%preaders has increased from 407 in
1905 to 1907 in 1912. The sale of
corn binders has increased from thir-
ty-five in 1907 to 1907 in 1912. The
remarkable increase in the sale Of the
latter two indicate that Diversified
farming Is steadily increasing.
The seed breeding farm will be
watched with a great deal of interest
by North Dakota farmers. Practical
results are what North Dakota farm
ers want and that is what this farm
will endeavor to get at in the study
ton Of soil fertility.