The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-03-12
Better Farm Work In
Steele County.

4ue Ootter farming WOrk III Sv0OAo
County was started in March, 1918.
A. E. Nelson was detailed to have
charge in the county. BE has carried
on work with the farmers in alfalfa,
corn, oats, flax, pasturing, barley,
Canada peas and in rotations. Some
of these crops have been grown in in
dividual fields, while others have been
included in the rotations. A gooddeal
of interest has been taken in these
trials by nsighbors as we'll as the far
Nor carrying>on his work. 1t is also
interesting to note that on these fields,
while the yields have not been exoep.
tional, they have been above the aver.
age, and a few have been quite o
spicuous. The most successful work
has been with alfalfa, the crop having
been increased four hundred per cent
during the year.
The interest in livestock has been
increased very much. A good many
animals have been introduced and
but little female stock is now being
sold out of the country.
A great deal of attention has been
given to corn. "a corn seed Sunday"
was observed. Practically ell the min
listers the in county preached sermon
relative to the selection and care of
seed corn. The week following the
agent held eleven neighborhood meet
ings in the corn fields, where the far
mers Of the community gathered to
get. pointers in the selection and stor-
Ing of seed corn. Each farmer was
given a sack and asked to select ten
ears. These were then sorted into
three grades and each grade discuss.
cd. In this way a good deal of in
formation was secured on the select.
tion of seed corn.
Mr.. Nelson has talked to the pupils
in all of the city schools but n and
in many of the country schools. He
has addressed two teachers meetings
and given demonstrations as to how
agriculture can and should be taught
in the rural schools.
In the spring a seed testing cam
paign was carried on in the schools
with a good deal of success. The
pupils tested the seeds for their home
farm.
MI. Nelson keeps a list of materia
that the farmers may have for sale
In this way a good many sales are
brought about between neighbors who
would otherwise not know what eacl
one had to dispose of.
1t is becoming quite a custom te
submit pedigrees certificates of regist
ration to Mr.. Nelson before stock i!
bought.
Efforts have been made to secure
help for farmers.1 This has been &C
complished by keeping in touch will
employment agencies and especial,
in the busy a of harvesting ant
threshing.
Mr.. Nelson has ten farmers club
in the country and more are being or
ganiEed.
The following is a summary of tn
Genral Advisory Work .......... 20
Farmers Club orgonized.
Public meetings held. 4
Attendance at meetings 582
Mileage travelled in work ........7 TAG
Number of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 3
Acreage under cooperation. 81
Acreage of alfalfa under co-opera-
: ton (thiss does not include acre.
age under supervisory ~........ 6
Assistancesin building construc-
ton. .......... !
Number of silos constructed 80.
! Livestock introduced. ........... q
Number OF pure breb slres intro
duced ........... ............
Bushels of seed corn saved. .l30
Acreage of farms replanned and
r~earranged 49,. ...... .......1 9e
Farmsteads. replanned: and rear
, ranged ........... .........
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