Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-31
WILLIAMS COUNTY
MEETING PLANNED
Great Convention Will be
Held in Williston Next
Month.

Williston. N. D., Dec. s1.-williams
county farm Clubs, the Williams
County Horse Breeders association
and the Williston Commercial club are
uniting their efforts to make the an
nual short course to be held at Will
ltston Jan. IL tolls inclusive, one of
the best farm meetings ever held in
the state. A special feature of the
program will be the parts taken by
practical farmers Of this section of the
state who have made noticeable sue
cesses along certain lines of work.
These farmers will relate their en-
periences and will be ready to answer
questions which may help to solve the
problems which their neighbors are
trying to solve. A few Of the most
successful farmers of the county ap-
pear on the program as announced
this week by E. ". Hall, better farm
ing agent, who also announces that
any other farmer is invited to add his
experiences and ideas to the general
discussions which will form princi.
pal part of the program.
Good Ideas Here.
1--WE must not depend entirely upon
outside help. for We have many good
men aud much good agricultural in
formation at home and we want ia
get it, said Mr.. Hall. THE farmers
who take part in the progra= will
not be expected to give formal
speeches. but merely to give their own
experience and ideas. The talks will
all be practical and to the point"
In addition to the local men some
state along, various lines have been
secured for the short course program
J. G. Hoke is the special agent Of the
better farming section of the state
experiment station. He is already well
known in Williams county and those
who have heard him before will GER
tainly not miss the opportunity Of lis.
tening to him again and discussing
with him the many farm problems in
which he is SO we'll informed.
State Experts.
DR.. Crewe, the state veterinarian
is an authority ON many problems OF
horse breeding and in addition to
other subjects will discuss the work
of the state sanitary board. w. H
Peters, animal husbandman at the
state experiment station is one Of the
leading experts Of the country in this
line and is also a ready and forceful
speaker. He will have many new
ideas which will help Williams county
work and enable them to better un.
derstand their local conditions.
The complete program as announ-
ced by Mr.. Hall is as follows:
Williston Agricultural Short Course
Jan. IL, 13, IA, 15. 16, 1915. Sug.
gested program of discussions.
Jan. IL, 1015-Dairying and Dairy
Cattle.
Breeding and Grading of Our Dairy
Cattle-J. G. Hoke.
Feeding the Dairy Cow Under Aver.
age Farm Conditions-Mr. Peters.
Does it Pay to Give Attention tc
Weighing Milk and Feed for the Mar
Who is Milking a Number Of Cows
w. A. Palmer.
Feeding Silage-Albert Heffelfingel
and VIM. Hartman.
Caring of Cows and Calves-Mr
Peters.
Marketing Dairy Products-Discus
sion led by Mr.. Hoke.
Breeding and Grading Up Our Stock
for Beef. c. Hoke.
Handling Beef Cattle for Economi.
cal Production--Mr. Peters.
Our First Season at Feeding Steer.
Gene Howard.
Does the Strictly Beef Herd Pay
Walter Albright. 4
Market Requirements in Beef Cat.
tie and Marketing-Mr. Peters.
Breeding and Grading Up Our Hogs
Mr.. Hoke.
Feeds and Feeding With specia,
Reference to Corn and Alfalfa fol
Profitable Pork Production-H. A
Nelson.
Care. of the Brood Sow and the
Young Pigs-Mr. Hoke.
Hog Cholera. Marketing Hoss-H
Jan. Is, 1915.
Williams County Horse Breeders
association day.
Breeding and upgrading Our Hors.
es-Mr. Hoke.. %.,
Care of Stations and Mares-u. L
Burdick.
Handling the colts-Mr. Hoke.
Dourine and Other Diseases and
Their Control-Work OF the State
Sanitary Board. Control Of Dourine in
Williams and Mckenzie Counties:
DIR. Crewe. .,ag l -; ~
Business Session Of the Association
John Hamilton. president.
Jan. 16, 1o1S-Farm Manaxement.
MANAGEMENT Of Teams and EQUIP
'rnent--Gene Howard. "
Management Of Work Caring for
Livestock--Larkin Hart and W. II.
PoSey. q
Where shall We and how shall We
invest our capital? How. much should
be invested in barns, how much Of II
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