The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-11-27
Farmers Club Exchange.


The Farmers Club Exchange of
want ad" column is for the use of
club members to list articles of farm
produce wanted or for sale. The use
of this exchange, or rather the use Of
this "Want ad" column, without charge
to club members, should enable a larg-
er exchange of products directly be-
tween farmers. Members of farmers
clubs are invited to use this column
and address the editor of this depart-
ment.
B. H. Critchfield, assistant secretary
Of the Stallion Registration Board at
the Agricultural College, Fargo, an
nounces . large supply of Shropshire
Rams for sale at very low prices.
Louis Larson, brady Club, brady,
N. D., wants a pure bred Shorthorn
BULL
Ole Oen, Aften Club, Minot, North
Dakota, wants pullets and year old
hens.
0. R. Brown, Mckinley Club No. I,
Minot, N D., wants pure bred Duroc
Jersey boar.
Boys Farming Club.
The boys Of the county in attend
ance at the Boys Short Course at the
Winter Fair last winter organized
themselves into a class, electing their
president and secretary. These boys
agreed to do farming under the direc-
ton of the Better Farming agent.
Some eighty boys were entered into a
corn growing contest and were each
provided with enough home grown
seed corn to plant an acre, and enter
ed into contest for both state and
county prizes. The Ward County prize
money is being subscribed by farmers
in small subscriptions of one dollar
each or a bushel Of wheat each. The
corntields raised by these boys this
year have been judged and the yields
determiHeA. The, prizes will be award
led during the Farmers Short Course
at the time of the Mid-winter Fair
this next February, announcement of
which appears in this issue. Next year
the boys who have cared for their corn
properly will be furnished a bushel
of purely bred wheat to seed on their
corn acre, and another year it is plan
ned to have the boys farm still anoth-
er acre so that they may adopt sys-
TEN of crop rotation. Along with this
idea of producing the crops in rota-
ton, in which they will save not only
seed corn but seed grains to be mark
eted as such, we want to encourage
! the boys to have some live stock of
their own. Definite plans for the boys
! farming club will be announced dur
! ing the short course this winter when
| it is expected that large number of
boys will be present.
| Girls Farming Club.
! Requests have come in pretty
strongly for something for the girls.
1t is not fair TO give the boys the
cream of all this work; to see them
taking prizes and developing a new
interest and a new point of view, when
the girls on the same farms are not
permitted some of these good things.
This winter plans will be made to have
girls poultry club and possibly a
girls canning club, in which the girls
will grow their vegetables and later
can them. These canned vegetables
will bring a good price on the market
and enable the girls to realize the
money value out Of their work. These
girls clubs have developed very rap
| idly in the eastern and southern states
during the last five years. There is
no reason why they cannot be sue
cessful here. If arrangements can
possibly be. made weeks short
course for small class of farm girls
will be held this winter during the
week Of the Mid-winter Fair. \
Better Farming Association Merger.
The Better Farming Association and
the State Experiment Station have
Joined hands. The merger will take
effect January 1st next. The secre-
tary and director of the Better Farm
ing Association was elected director OF
| the State Experiment Station. The
work Of the Better Farming Assocla-
ton, the state Experiment Station, the
various sub-stations and demonstra-
ton farms and all state extension
work will be combined and carried on
under the direction Of the state insti-
tuition. The work Of the Bettef Farm
ling Association in the county as now
carried on will not be affected by this
merger. Contracts and agreemnts
made with the different counties will
not be affected. This puts this county
work directly in charge Of public IN
stitutions where it ought to be. The
government comes in with its share
for supporting the work, as does the
state and counties where the work IS
carried on. 1t is public work, publicly
supported, and should develop and
give much better results than: when
supported by individual subscriptions
coming from businessmen principally.
The farmers, I believe, will feel that
the work belongs more to them and
will feel more like securing the SER
vices of the country agent when they
| feel that they might be assisted.
Mid Winter Fair and Farmers Short
I Course.