The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-31

tlon. AT 8 O'Clock in the evening DIR.
M. A. Brannon Of the University OF
North Dakota, who has just been
elected president OF the University of
Idaho, will deliver an illustrated lee
ture on Legumes, native and culti-
waited. This will probably be the last
chance the people Of Grand Forks
will have to hear Professor Brannon
on any scientific subject.
The old-New Corn.
On Thursday morning the lecture
period from 9 until 10 o'clock will be
devoted to An Old-New Crop for the
Northwest. 1t Is expected that Jo-
seph E. Wing of Mechanicsburg, O.,
the. greatest authority on alfalfa, will
arrive at the hall early enough to al
low him to lead the discussion on this
subject. The period from 10 o'clock
until noon will be devoted to dairy
cattle and practical poultry for the
farm, the latter in charge Of Gustav
Walters. J.. e. Dorman of Salt Lake
City, Utah, who has charge of the
dairy experimentation in the west for
the United States department of agri-
culture, Pres. G.. A. Mcfarland of
Valley City formal school, and F. w.
Merrill, will lead in the discussion.
From 1880 until $3.50 beef cattle and
potatoes will be the subjects. The
potato demonstration will be in charge
or Z. E.. Brown of Elk River, MINI.
Mr.. Brown was in charge Of this Sec
ton of the 1913 convention, and his
work was SO satisfactory to those in
attendance that he was Engaged again
this year. The beef cattle section will
be in charge of Frank Sanford of VAL
ley City. n. D.. j.. E. Eastgate, A. v.
Lindberg n G. A. Mcfarland.
AT $3.50 Joseph Z. Wing will deliver
a lecture on Making the Farm PAY,
and in the. evening he will deliver his
famous lecture, In Foreign Fields.
Mr.. Wing is probably the best known
authority in the United States on al
falfa, as he has made it a study for
a great many years and has visited
every portion Of the United States
and many foreign countries in gather
ing information "r% ~ 49,
siIos and siIase.
The lecture period on Friday morn
ing from 8 until 10 o'clock, will be
devoted to silos and silage. with J. E.
Dorman, H. Wilson and Anton Christ
in charge. MI. Wilson and Mr.. Christ
are residents of Leal, Barnes county,
N. D., who have built a number Of
cement silos and have been feeding
successfully from them the past year.
From 10 o'clock until noon the class
WAN ~ OSS4 SoIh4S o11o pOldlOSS Will
continue.
The afternoon section of the con-
vention will be held at the new city
abattoir, where the grade Shorthorn
steer which has been furnished by r.
T. Kingman of Hillsboro, and which
will be on exhibition all week at the
auditorium, will be slaughtered in the
presence Of city and state officials and
those in attendance at the convention.
1t Is planned also al this time to
slaughter other animals under the d.
rectlon of 0. D. Center of the Better
Farming association, who will have
entire charge of the programme dur
ing h week.
Session for Women.
At $3.50 in the auditorium Miss Min
ME Nelson, county superintendent of
Barnes county will address the con-
yention on The Other Side of Country
Moore-Mitchell Of Drake university.
Des Moines, Ia, will deliver an address
at the auditorium, taking as her SUBJ
Ject, Three Times Three Makes Nine.
Mrs. Mitchell is a woman of wonder
full personality and puts her entire
time in institute work throughout the
west. During the winter Mrs. Mitchell
is In demand as a speaker before state
associations and winter institutes.
Women of the Farm.
The Saturday morning session will
be devoted entirely to the interests of
the women on the farm and in the
home. At 8 o'clock Miss Nelson viii
deliver an address on The Farm Girl.
At 10 o'clock Mrs. Clark Kelly of Dew
lis Lake will speak on Tried Farm
Conveniences, and at II o'clock Mrs.
Mitchell will close the weeks work
with an address entitled AS the Farm
er and His Wife Looked Back. Miss
M. Beatrice tombstone, the county
superintendent of Grand Forks coun-
ty, will have charge of the programme
Friday afternoon n evening at the
auditorium n Saturday morning,