The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-05

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been large enough to hold them. At
oon a splendid lunch was served in
the dining room of the opera house.
and over four hundred were guests of
the club. The serving was in charge
of the domestic science department of
the high school and the girls certainly
did themselves proud, as the service
could not have been better.
The first speaker on the morning
program was Prof. E. G. Cheyney.
head of the forestry department of the
University of Minnesota. In introduc-
ing the speaker President Sherwin said
that the peope of this section had.
until recently, but little time to de-
vote to tree-planting and there was
little evidence of trees except on the
tree claims" Now, however, he said
the farmers were prosperous and the
country had advanced to a point where
1t was time TO give attention to tree
planting. Prof. Cheyney said that peo-
pie were farming not to make money
alone but to make money to gain the
happiness that ii would bring. No
farm, he thought was complete without
Its grove OF trees. which would keep
out the cold winds OF winter and the
hot breezes of summer. Trees can also
be grown as a profitable crop, as
they can be planted and will do we'll
in patches of land, which are on nearly
every farm, that mo proitably be
devoted to other crops. Trees can be
grown in this way and will show a
as though the land was in corn or
wheat. The willow, box elder and cot
tonwood will grow anywhere in the
open and are therefore useful as pro-
lection for spruce, ash and other trees
which will not grow without protec-
ton. AS soon as the latter trees get a
start the protecting trees may be cut
down. II is a m belief, said
Prof. Cheyney, that the evergreen will
not grow in this section, but it will
grow readily and do well if given the
proper kind of a start. Trees are very
necessary as a windbreak in this Sec
ton and every farm home should, said
the professor, have a break" of this
kind on the north and west. 1t not
only protects the house and it's in
mates, but the stock as well. A wind
break on the south is all right, but it
should not be so tight as to prevent
the breezes from getting through, thus
making the yard a regular Turkish
bath. Rows of trees along the
south side of a farm are
valuable to ward off the hot winds
that some times destroy the crops, and
experiments have shown that during
such periods the grain under the pro-
lection Of trees has produced fair
crops where the crop in the open has
been almost totally destroyed.
The next speaker was Miss Ger
rude Stedman, the county superintend-
ent, who talked on the testing of seed.
Miss Stedman was recently asked to
take charge of the movement for bet
ter seed in this county. This move
ment plans to work through the rural
schools, getting the teachers and
scholars to test the seed of the farm
ers. Miss Stedman urged the vital i'm
portance of this work, and stated that
it would only take about fifteen dollars
to provide a tester for every school
in the county. President Sherwin en-
dorsed what Miss Stedman had said,
and stated that, from his own exper-
fence, he was convinced there was
urgent need of testing every bit of
seed put into the ground. 1t is likely
that Miss Stedman will send out the
common blotter tester t. the schools
this year and it Is hoped another year
that provisions will be made to pro-
vide all of the schools with reliable
testers.
The girls chorus Of the high school,
under the direction of Miss Collins,
gave two pleasing selections at the
morning session.
The principal speaker on the after
noon program was Prof. Manley
Champlin of the State College,, who
talked on speciality crops, devoting
most of his time to the field bean. 1t
was a very interesting talk and none
better or more practical was given dur
ing the week. Beans, said Prof.
Champlin, are a valuable crop for the
land, as they put as much nitrogen in
the soil as any legume, and the neces-
sity of keeping them free from weeds
puts the land in fine shape for a crop
the following year Beans should not
be planted earlier han May 25th, as
they will stand heat but not cold. They
should be planted in hills, about five
In a hill. in rows thirty-three to forty.
four inches apart. Care has to be ex-
ercised in ~cultivating them, as they
are surface feeders, and the nipple
ment to use is a cor cultivator with