The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1914-04-03
A LARGE ATTENDANCE! !!
The ''Get Together Meeting was Grand Success
Both in Attendance and Discussions.
Everybody Well Pleased.

SoVAu SStoPo up SoIuIu Ou tu0 uOOTS.
Sometimes use dip if necessary. Don't
shut the young up for five or six weeks.
Don't feed green corn. Oats are good.
Young chickens with turkeys teach them
how to eat and be active. Mr.. F, mar
keted at Winnipeg and got good prices.
Sold 365 after using lot himself. Sold
none under 10 pounds. Turkeys pay
better than pigs. Two hundred pounds
Of turkey brings S44. while the same
amount Of pig brings $40. You can
raise wheat and have the turkeys as
side line.
William Fraser, of Letellier, Manito.
ba, an enthusiastic believer in mixed
farming, gave talk on what dairying
had done for Letellier. He said they
had just really begun dairying but re-
suits have been so marked that they
will 90 in in earnest. Six silos will be
built this year. More and better COWS,
clover and corn will be added Traffic
between Winnipeg and Letellier will be
arranged for better service. Mr.. w. H.
Moore was the first man to start dairy
ing eight years ago. His success en-
couraged others. The following figures
show the amount received by farmers at
Letellier from milk and stock during the
last year as submitted by the local board
of trade:
Farmers receipts for milk ..... SCI, ,62O
Receipts for cattle and hogs... 43,145
Amount of grain shipped ....... 143,l
Total, 247,S65
The daily shipment of milk from there
is between 1000 and 5000 pounds. MIR.
Fraser said the increase in grain grow
ing has kept pace with the dairying.
This is wonderful showing for town
of less than 300 people with territory
tributary no larger than that of Pembi-
ma.
Father Jutras, also of Leteller, CO.
worker with the rest of the dairymen in
that locality, and one who has done lots
to place his parishioners comfortable H.
nancially through advocating stockrais.
ing: was to have addressed the meeting
in French, but on account of the limited
attendance of his nationality, and those
who were there understood the English,
his talk was given in English. He spoke
along the same lines and strongly urged
mixed farming. He added that any
farmer should be glad that he lives in
the Red River Valley, the most fertile of
any on earth except the Nile.
Emerson on mixed farming:-J. H.
Emerson of Toilette said that he had
been trying to farm too much land. He
said deep blowing and cultivation had
brought Mr.. Gof of Drayton thirty
bushels of wheat to the acre last year.
Wheat was narrowed until six inches
high. Mr.. Emerson has made special.
ty of hogs.
Matthews on conservation of the soil:
George Matthews of Humboldt, Mimi.
said that stable manure and clover will
bring land back quicker than anything
else. Take off the hay before you break
and break in June. Plow in August
and kill thistles. Hogs are one of the
most protita BILE products. Make the
farm paying proposition and the chill
dren will stay at home. After travelling
in western states and Canadian north
west he considers his holdings here bet
ter than anywhere else he has been; we
have been abusing the land and must
change our system.
Morrison on clover-Mr. Alex. Morri.
son of Bathgate talked of clover yield.
Forty acres on gumbe soil; cut a ton to
the acre on June 10th and cut for seed
on October 1st, for which he received
$l2. bushel. Raised half bushel more
wheat to the acre after clover than after
corn. Clover was better on low land
and alfalfa on the high land. Clover
land had not been matured. Illinois
farmers who saw the crop said they had
not seen better field. Roots found
when plowed next season we're 13 inches
long, which helped to loosen up the
heavy gumbo soil.
Glow on weeds.-Mr. Charles Glow of
Humboldt spoke of weeds. Plow in the
fall. and then harrow. Harrow again in
spring. just before they 90 to seed, NOW
and burn Plow l to 8 inches. Guilt.
vate seven times. Takes about seven
weeks. The yellow clay subsoil is mari
and possesses large fertilization proper.
ties which makes the soil almost inex.
haustable.
Wells on hogs.-Mr. G. A. Wells was
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