The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-03

their national exposition to the salts
faction of all concerned. The expens-
es Of two demonstrators = from each
state were borne by the exposition.
North Dakota's exhibit. was in
charge Of o. w. Dynes, associate pro-
fesSor of agronomy at the state agri-
cultural college, Inc W. R. Porter,
superintendent Of the state demonstra-
ton farms. The exhibit was one Of the
most attractive on the grounds. Two
notable features Of the exhibit inter
ested all visitors to the booth. One
was a twenty four-foot suspension
bridge built entirely Of North Dakota
corn bearing the inscription: Corn
Bridge Leads to Future Prosperity for
North Dakota" A train of cars pulled |
by a locomotive and loaded with corn
Is featured running over the bridge
into a tunnel. This bridge vas design
ed and built by John Fryberger of La
feature was the college seal, made Of
North Dakota grains and designed by |
Prof. e. S. Keene. The, seal is six feet
square and has upon its face a repre-
sentation Of an anvil n a pillow, sur
mounted by a rising sun. Across the
face of the seal, appears the motto:
practice With Science" The seal
typifies industrial education. It's strik-
ing beauty attracted crowds to the
North Dakota booth. -....
The corn bridge End the corn exhibit |
was q sufficient answer to the question
to the oft repeated exclamation of the
visitors: why, L, didn't know North
Dakota grew any corn!" An exhibit
Of primitive types of corn as grown by
the Indians along the Missouri created
much interest. According to reliable
chronicles the Mandan Indians when
Lewis and Clark visited them over 100
years ago., were growing nine separate
varieties of corn n probably knew
more about corn breeding than many
white farmers of today Prof. E. G..
Montgomery Of Cornell university, one
Of the foremost authorities on corn in
America, stated that it was one of the
most interesting collections he had
ever seen. Arranged in ten ear lots,
were samples of the standard varieties
Of the state. The Importance Of corn
to a proper system Of agricultural
practice for North Dakota was proper
ly emphasized.
In 1912 North Dakota ranked first in
the production Of wheat, first in flax,
third in barley and fourth in oats.
Cereal Investigations have always
been an important line of. work on the
North Dakota Experiment station and
some OF the projects were illustrated
and explained. The product Of the
crossing of wheat types was shown in
mounted panels. ~ The work of the
Dickinson substation on alfalfa breed
ing vas also shown by means Of dia-
grams and charts.
A milling and baking test of North
Dakota wheats was a feature that was
Of particular interest to the women.
Bread made from the several standard
wheats displayed the comparison in
color, size and quality OF: loaf.
q The valuable work accomplished by
the North Dakota demonstration
farms during the seven years they
have been in operation was thorough
ly diagramrned and explained by a
series of elaborate charts. The rela-
ticn of moisture and yields, cost of
production, total income and typical
rotations adapted TO North Dakota
conditions were displayed in such q
way! that they could be easily inter-
preted by the average person.
North .Dakota's showing in the com
p~etitive classes Of grasses, grains and