The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1914-07-25
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Had the weather man indicated in
advance the kind Of day he was
going to give Western North Dakota
this day it: is not at all likely that
Supt. Il. r. Waldron would have se-
1ected July Goth for the time Of
holding the annual picnic at the sta
ton. It was 100 degrees ia the
shade, hotter by 9 degrees than It
had been: at any time before this
season and to cap the climax there
was a hot wind blowing from. - the
southwest for a few hours. It was
an awfully hot day; injurious to
growing crops and very trying on
people. = = 80 So $50 - - ~
Greatly to the surprise of every
one. a string of Hebron autos COM
menced showing up at an early hour
until over 20 cars loaded with busi-
ness men and farmers were among
the interested visitors at the station.
Most Of the cars had these banners:
Hebron Commercial Club" It seems
that the Comemrcial Club down there
decided that it would be profitable
trip for the people Of that locality
to visit the experiment station at
Dickinson. Business men placed their
cars at the disposal Of farmers,
with the result that upwards of 100
people came 40 miles to study bet
ter farming methods. .,s.:.4. -
In the forenoon the people made a
tour of the fields, first studying the
rotation of crops, which is under the
supervision, of John G.. Thysell. The
first rotation noted was corn, oats,
summer-fallow and for the fourth
year, wheat. Other rotations provide
for a crop every year SO that the
land is never idle. Some plots show
the poor results of growing the same
y crop on the same land year after
year. Mr.. Thysell also has charge of
the weather and soil gauges at the
station, and his work is very import
ant to the farmers of this portion Of
the state. e. < NJ :r.ss -
On the western border Of the sta
-tion are plots of grain showing the
result Of different varieties of wheat,
oats and barley grown for a period
Of years. J.. Allen Clark is in charge
Of this department Of investigation,
s work that is also valuable to the
people Of North Dakota. From 100
varieties of wheat some 20 kinds are
Of special value to this locality.
From $50 varieties Of oats, II are
looked upon as having much merit,
and there are IA kinds Of barley that
are important to our formers. At
tempts, are being made to breed q
hardy, strain, of winter wheat that
can Be sown with profit by the farm
ers. :. Thus far the station has not
found variety that is hardy enough
for all kinds Of winters in this
Supt. I. r. Waldron's speciality has
been alfalfa and grasses at the Dick
inson station and he has shown the
people that any farm can grow fine
tame grass crops. Grim alfalfa that
was sown in 1908, at the. station has
been giving an average yield Of 2
TONS to the acre. The; first cutting
this season was TX tons. It is es-
timated that 45, 900 acres Of alfalfa
are growing now in the state, the
acreage to be increased 10000 to
10000 acres in 1915, and it is very
largely due to Mr.. Waldron's efforts
that people have come to realize that
they can raise this valuable fodder on
the farm.
The growing Of fruit, shrubs and
trees have also received much .atten-
ton at the station. d. s5s ss n
Following the noon hour seats were
arranged andta few hours were de
voted to- speaking. n.
a Mrs. G. w. Randlett spoke briefly
of the home and Of the important
part the wife played in making a
farm home what It should be. A
better home should mean better
farming, for in her opinion the hus-
band and wife should work hand in
hand and when improved labor saw
ing appliances were purchased for
the farm; the house should also be
considered She advocated cleaner
and better ventilated houses, plain
but properly cooked food for the
table, served in an inviting manner
B She also pointed out the many houses
containing lot Of useless articles,
things that presented much time
and strength that would have been
better used in some other way. The
real home, said the lady, is made OF
1 loving deeds that will last a Thousand
Z years. In closing she said that the
greatest woman Of today is the FAR
/ mer's wife Of moderate means who
brings up her children well, clothes
them and finds time for g little recre-
Stunt. Waldron spoke sof his recent
S trip through the National forest re-
4 serve 40 miles southwest OF DiclSin.
Il son and Of the thousands Of native
i bull pines he saw there on the steep.
est hillside. These evergreen trees
are successfully grown at the station
4 and Mr.. Waldron believed them s