The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-17
FINAL DAYS
PROGRAMME


Continued from Page enc.
19.5 per cent was king head, mustard.
etc. In the sample Of good barley 43
per cent was found pure and the germ
inRtion was Al per cent. OF the 81 per.
cent of impurities 40 per cent was wild
oats, ~, per cent pigweed, mustard,
etc. The farmers ON to the school
also for advice in a number OF sub
jects. We have bought DAIRY cows for
them in this way. We Judged a Young.
Holstein bull which had Just been
bought. We selected breeding heifers
from q number of dairy herds. We
selected suitable plots for alfalfa, po-
tafoes, etc., on a number of farms,
We looked over a,number Of farms and
helped plan definite crop rotations. We
are trying to cooperate. also, with all
similar activities in our community.
Mr.. Trosper works right along with
the local veterinarian In treating ami
mails. He works also with II. G. Jack.
son, the federal dairyman, who lis To-
Gated at Grafton. He has helped to
plan and construct. a number of siios
near Grafton.
We are holding also q number of
definite extension meetings in the
.neighboring towns and school houses.
In the first Ave meetings some $50.
people were reached and permanently
benefited. We always took our Victor
talking machine with us and began
with musical selections from the
worlds masters. The programme was
cutie similar In every Exhibit
q, which you now see, is a typical bill
which we used. Mr.. Tosper always
spoke on some subject which the farm
ers were interested. Mr.. jackson went
with us and spoke on some subjects
relating to dairying. The supervisor
or domestic science, Miss Bergen, gave
a talk and demonstration at each
meeting and served the product at the
close Of the meeting. These meetings
were thoroughly appreciated In every
case. For the afternoon meetings, the
school vas closed and the building
turned over to us. In every case the
farmers came with their rigs and fur
nished the transportation free Of
charge.
oiAer Extensions.
Another extension activity is what
we call the Grafton High School Cow
Test association. We began with
this plan is something absolutely
unique. That there is nothing any
where else In the United States ex-
actly like this association. The boys
of the agriculture classes do the test.
ing and the farmers do the weighing
themselves. I will refer to exhibit Al
again. This herd book is what the
boys used to record the results Of
the tests in. The herd recorded here
consists of thirteen COWS kept on the
farm of the institution for the feeble
minded, just west of Grafton. Turn
ing to cow No. s, we notice THAI the
last testing day was Dec. 26, that the
period Of the test was t~hirty-one
days, that she MIXED S6S pounds Of
rr1ff1-Nafhaf@ fHor- rar &C = Eto1,,v,I- 80
butter fat, that her test was AZ, that
the butter fat was valued at $13.14.
She consumed during this time So
worth of feed. Her profit, then, for
the period was $3.50. But In the case
of COW No. 2, who MIXED BIOS pounds
OF milk, gave SO pounds of butter fat
valued at $4.61 and consumed SO of
feed, the loss for the month was $4s
The best COW tested this last month
gained for her owner $10.74.
another extension activity Is the
short course which is now in progress
with an attendance of some forty
five people. l have distributed a few
of the folders and courses among
you, and you can see what practical
subjects are being taught. / wish
to present as exhibit %; our ten-acre
demonstration farm. 1 cannot show 1T
to you this morning, but it is a fine
piece of land which is to be used in
experimental work with the object of
getting facts and experience which
will be Of value to the neighboring
farmers. We are planning a number
of good things for the future. / have
time to speak of but two, We are
going to have q big farmers insti-
tute next month, of three days. Our
best state speakers are to be there.
and we are going to have a rousing
good time n at the same time pro-
duce something of value which each
one can take home and think about.
One programme will be managed by
Mr.. Trosper and the boys classes in
testing of milk and judging Of ami
mails on the stage, besides other in
teresting numbers. Another pro-
gramme will be primarily for the Ia
dies, and will be under the manage
nent Of Miss Boegan and the cooking
and sewing classes. This will include
talks and demonstrations and the
product will be served after they are
through. We are planning also for
a contest in three-acre cor and all
faifa plots and already a SUFFICIENT
number have enrolled to make the
contest worth while. This contest is
to be closed next fall with a corn and
alfalfa congress. which We expect to
be q big thing"
Manaha'rs Talk.
james Manahan. the new congress-
man-eIect- at-large from Minnesota,
delivered a stirring speech just be-
fore the conclusion of the morning
programme. MIR. Manahan talked for
more than an hour on Representative
I~Government, In which he advocated
the curbing of the power of the mon
led interests.
He dipped generously into James j.
Hill, the northwestern empire build
| er, and even INDUCED in a slight
criticism OF some OF North Dakota's
eminent men. His talk, while very
Interesting, was hardly considered al
together in keeping with the spirit
Of a farmers convention, though most
Of the things he advocated are of inn
~portance to the political as well as