The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-10

ture to At the student not only for he
duties OF citizenship, but for social n
home enioyments. Literary societies,
debating societies and similar organ
cations offer supplementary work of a
highly educational nature. Military
tactics are: taught and full attention is
given to athletics and gymnastics.
Graduates Win Fame. =.
In all Of it's departments the college
has grown gradually but healthily, and
is. coming into it's own as one Of he
leading institutions of the northwest.
Men who have received their education
here have won national fame, like Pro-
lessor Hopkins Of Illinois. Minnesota
has drawn upon the Brookings institu-
ton heavily for men to fill positions as
agriculturalists in its many. industrial
high schools.
One OF the most important depart
ments of the institution, of course is
the experiment station, where have
been worked out, and are to be work.
ed out, the agricultural problems
peculiar to the state.
1t is. in this department that have
been solved several very important
problems having to do with northwest
ern horticulture. Here Prof. N, e.
Hansen, putting into practice a new
theory Of plant hardness. has devel-
oped Strawberries, raspberries, pIums
and other fruits, which will withstand
northern winters without winter-kill-
ing though unprotected by natures
blankets of snow or artificial blankets
OF straw and other covering. For such
! work Professor Hansen is known sll
over the Untitled States and has fame
abroad. -.
Great Work in AIfaIfas.
ETero too YDraeo.-- r..--- - =
veloped alfalfas found by him on sew
eral expeditions to Siberia, and worked
out a plan for giving the high and
dry lands of the west an absolutely
hardy alfalfa, developing a system of
alfalfa nurseries for economy in the
use Of alfalfa seed and for the grow
ing of additional supplies to hasten the
conquest of Dakota's uplands by the
greatest OF all forages. 49,.
Working on the same subject, for
the establishment Of South Dakota as
an alfalfa state, is Albert N. Hume, of
the colleges department of
AS agronomist, too, Professor Hume S
taking a broad view of the work be-
o r his state. He says the big prob
lem Is to discover. a crop. system that
will utilize to the best advaatage the
varying rainfall and the different soils
OF the state. He sees the main out
line or TINS system in a cultivated
crop of some sort, followed by grain,
and then by a legume. Such a system,
with cattle. will go far toward solv-
ing South Dakota's problems. But in
actual practice the system will have
to be varied for the different parts of
the state. Both rain and soil condi-
tons vary. so greatly. "
Conditions Are Varied,
In the eastern part of the state, for
example, there is need of phosphorus
in the soil, says Professor Hume. Elk
periments at Brookings show that
phosphorus will increase the average
yields of corn, wheat, barley, oats,
and clover. more than 81 per cent. So
that the phosphorustis paid for an in
creased yield by the7end of five years.
and half Of the added fertility is still
left in the ground.
In the eastern part of the state.
however, the limiting element is not
phosphorus, but rainfall. Here a diff
ferent system must be adopted.
AS a result, the broad conclusion is
reached n a South Dakota not only
needs a mixed farming system, but
a mixed farming system intelligently
| placed. ~a- -,
Better Wheats Developed.