The Dickinson press., 1913-06-28
alfalfa day
A SUCCESS
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interest and Supt. Waldron and his as
sistarts gave talks and answered all
questions as the people passed from
plot to plot. Excavations had been
made in the alfalfa fields to show the
great depth to which the roots of this
plant penetrate into the hard ground.
Nearly the entire morning was spent
in looking over the station farm, the
crops, machinery, seed house. and then
the people were ready for the coffee
and luncheon which the committee had
arranged.
In the afternoon the crowd gathered
in front of the seed house and listened
to a talk by Commissioner Flint who
gave credit to the Commercial Club for
securing so successful an alfalfa meet
ing. He declared that the gathering
would do more good than many govern
ment bulletins.
Mr.. Flint said there was a mistaken
idea that some distant institution was
better than the one at home. In other
words, many people do not appreciate
what they have at home.
The growing of alfalfa. said MIR.
Flint, means a great deal to Western
North Dakota. giving a fodder crop that
has a combination of elements best
suited to the production of a large flow
of milk. 1t is a crop that most nearly
supplies the pasture conditions TO stock
in the winter. 1t is alike good for the
young stock, pigs and chickens. 1t pro-
duces about twice as much per acre
as other crops and keeps up the fertil-
ity of the soil. whereas other crops
deplete.
The speaker advocated both alfalfa
and corn crops and silos. He Gave fig
ures to show how rapidly the farmers
of the eastern part of the state were
putting up silos. In this work the state
dairy Office is ready to help any farmer
make a start. He favored the concrete
silo. for it would not blow down, would
not burn or rot. However, any silo.
properly kept up. was good. Mr.. Flint
thought the local brick plants would
be making durable silo blocks in a few
years. These were successfully used
in Iowa.
In. closing Mr.. Flint said the farm
ers who would look ahead a little
would see the advantage of co.operat-
ing with any good local creamery.
U. j. Downey. secretary of the Hol-
stein Circuit, at New Salem, explained
how IA farmers down there were making
a 20 per cent profit from their combined
dairy investment of S42, 900. He said
their best COWS were showing a net
yearly profit of S92. This dairy group
has 7 siIos, which, the speaker said.
reduced the cost of feed about one. half.
John Christensen, who has been in
Morton county since 1888, said the cow
was the foundation of their success at
New Salem. He told how successful
their creameries had been and..advised
the farmers to work along dairy lines.
NOTES
Among those from a distance were :
j. A. Harris of Stanton, L. A. Thor
son of Gorham. Max Bfender of Man.
dan, J.. K. Doran, agricultural editor
of Bismarck Tribune, Knute Stranger,
John Elkins, Knute Knudson, Alfred
Jorgenson and Sam Omdahl of Taylor f.:
A. L. Arnold and J. r. Smith of
Beach; Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Malone of
Zenith M. N. Arne of Medora mir. and
Mrs. Dan Buckley, Mr.. and Mrs. B. j.
Eide and Mrs. L. Arne of Daglum; Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Miller. Mrs. M. Cas-
sidy, Miss Alice Schumacher. Mrs. w.
A. Thornton, John F. Malone, L. l..
Lucian and M. Meuemaus of. South
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