The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-21
State News Of General Interest
GOT FARMING HINTS ABROAD
Minnesota Agronomist Studies Old
World Metkods-Home With
New Ideas.

Crookston-Otto |. Bergh. agrono-
mist of the Northwestern Experiment
tai station was one of the fortunate
European tourists who returned be-
fore the war broke out. Mr.. Bergh,
who has been assigned to the expert
mental station at Grand Rapids, COM
bined his honeymoon trip with bust
ness and visited over two scores of
experimental stations in European
countries.
He first visited the experimental
station and dairy school at Kilmar-
mock, Ayrshire, the home county OF
Robert Burns, where, he says, some
splendid work has been done along
dairy lines. This is the home of the
famous Ayrshire breed of cattle, which
is popular in many sections OF the
northwest. He next proceeded to
Edinburgh, where he visited the ia
nous Botany East-Barnes gardens
near Dunbar, managed by Harry Hope,
a member of the British parliament.
The experimental work done there has
been of the greatest benefit not only
to that section, but to the world in
general.
Mr.. Bergh was impressed with po-
tato experiment of which he learned
at that point. The potatoes were
raised on the sandy soils near the
Irish sea-. They were sprouted two
weeks before being planted. The
farmers are paid $500 an acre in the
field, the buyers paying for the dig
ging and the farmers only being asked
to haul the potatoes to market. This
gives them a splendid profit
Next Mr.. Bergh visited Newcastle.
England, where he inspected the
Cookie Park experimental farm, where
specially is made of grading and
fertilizer for pastures. He next Wis
tied New Hamburg, where he inspect
ed the botanic gardens and exposition,
where a specially is made of raising
economic crops and fruits in parks for
exhibit purposes He spent some time
at the experimental station at Lynjley,
Denmark, which is the home of the
king. Near this place is the famous
dairy farm operated by Gruth Hansen.
Mr.. Hansen has a herd of $50 Red
Danish cows which are noted all over
Europe. Mr. Bergh next visited Swe-
den, where he looked over the plant
breeding station at Svalof. Some of
the best varieties of oats, barley, reas
and sugar beets have been bred
there.
He next visited the Aas experiment
tai station in Norway and from there
went to the exposition at Christiania.
He was especially interested in the
exhibit and results of experimental
work on marsh and peat lands. The
work done there, he says, has been go
ing on for many years and will be es-
pecially valuable for application on
the peat lands of northern Minnesota
He went to Are and Stockholm, and
near the latter visited the central ex-
detrimental station Of Sweden.
From there he went to Berlin, Ores
den, Leipsic, Halle, Castle, FRANKFORT,
where he visited another exposition;
then to Liege and Sstende, at present
battle-scarred but at that time in the
midst of harvesting. He then crossed
over to England and visited the eX-
detrimental station at Harpenden. This
station was established in 1894 and
has maintained continuous work. From
there he proceeded to Liverpool, where
he sailed for America two days be-
fore war was declared.