Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1914-03-19
BETTER FARMING IN
STUTSMAN COUNTY
Summary Of Work Done in Co.
operation With Farmers.

have been employed in Stutsman
county this year. The new interest
developed in diversification is very
gratifying. The more definite ideas
that have been worked out and sug-
gested are along the line of laying
the foundation for actual dairying.
More and better corn is being grown;
alfalfa is being introduced on many
farms; more livestock is being grown.
Each co-operator in any one of these
lines becomes a center from which
the good work will spread.
]. w. McNary has his headquarters
at Pingree and works in the northern
part of the county. He has been in
strumental in introducing $50 head
of stock into his section. The banks
are making a lower rate of interest
on stock loans, which is helping this
work materially. Through the al
falfa campaign a great many farm
ers are trying alfalfa and are having
success with it. This is largely due
to their having been instructed in
how and when to SOW it, and how to
care for it. Before, quite few of
those who tried alfalfa failed and so
set back the introduction of this most
valuable hay and forage crop. The
farmers were assisted in saving hun
dreds of bushels of seed corn.
Mr.. A. F. Borchert is located at
jamestown, and works in the central
and southern part of the county. He
has encouraged corn growing to a
considerable extent, and four Stuts-
man county boys won prizes in the
Acre Yield Corn contest for the state.
A good deal of seed corn has been Sc
lected and cured. The success that
the co-operators are having with al
falfa is giving alfalfa growing great
impetus. Many of the farmers have
been induced >to do deeper and better
plowing, to pack the soil, and put it
in better condition for the next crop.
The pork production contest has de-
veloped considerable interest in hog
growing. Much seed testing was
done last spring, this work being car
ried on through the schools.
The agitation for better farming
has resulted in an added interest on
the part of the young people, more of
whom are now studying agriculture.
There is also an increased attendance
at the state agricultural college from
the county,.
The impetus given to farming in
it's better organization on more per-
basis is quite marked. Prog
ress from the Better Farming work
will be still more marked in the fu-
ture. The work has, in a way, had
to prove itself, to make a place for
itself. This has been done once and
for all. From now on, the greater
part of the time and energy of the
agents can be spent in constructive
wark.
The following table will give a
more comprehensive idea of the work
done by Messrs. Borchert and Nc
Nary:
General advisory work, farmers 27OI
Farmers Clubs organized 90. Ill
Public meetings held ....... All
at meetings $50. 1888
of co-operators ..... 14SI
Acreage under cooperation 1858
Acreage of alfalfa grown un-
der cooperation ........ 692
Assistance in building con-
struction 80. ....... ..... ISL
of silos constructed. 12I
Livestock introduced, No.head 400
pure bred sires intro
duced ......... ....... IL
of seed corn saved. 1.549
Acreage of farms replanned
and rearranged ......... 1000
Farmsteads and home grounds
replanned ....... ...... SCI