The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1915-03-04
SOUTH End FARMERS
SHIPPING ASSOCIATION
SHORT COURSE SCHOOL
Every One of the Four Sessions Draw Large Attendance
of Those Anxious to Secure Most Reliable Inform
alton Diversified Farming.
The Womans Division Is Splendid Feature, and House
wives Took Liberal Advantage of Opportunity
to Acquire Special Training.

ecial Training.
urged the farmers. to use good sires
of one OF the beef breeds, and by cross
selection splendid animals can be SO.
cured in two or three generations. In
fact, the first CROSS will be big i'm
provement.
Professor Waldron, in discussing
Fruits" called attention to the many
hardy kinds that can be grown in the
state, as the Compass cherry, many of
the plums,. apples, and more particu-
larly the small fruits, such as straw
berriesi red raspberries, goosebsrries
and ourrants. He called attention to
the advantage Of the wind-break In
growing these fruits. 1t protects them
from the whipping of the wind, also
from its drying effects in the summer
time, and again it holds snow, which
help, in measure, to irrigats these
fruits
| The farm women held Short
Course OF their own, for which they
provided a program which took up
the following subjects:
Feeding and Clothing Children-by
DR.. j. G. Abbott.
Home, Nursing, with demonstration
by Miss Walsh.
Cooking for lnvalids, with demons
tration-by Miss Kruger.
Farm Garden--by Prof. c. B.. Wal.
dron.
The Needs of the Country Schools
by Miss holt,
Cooking Vegetables Cooking Meats;
Savory Dishes-by Miss Hows.
/ Meat Cutting Demonstration-by T..
Thorsland
/ Textiles; Home Dscorations-Mrs
4 C. Wambsrg.
Lecture by President Mavey. Of ths
University of North Dakota.
These. two Short Courses were a,
nanced by selling tickets The family
ticket, admitting the whole family to
the Mems Division, was sold for one
dollar, while q ticket admitting to the
Women's Division sold for fifty cents;
In this way sufficient funds we're
raised to pay all the expenses:
The Shippers Association held its
\ annual meeting on February 9th. The
meeting opened at ll:00 O'Clock with
talk on Feeding Hogs" by W. q.
Peters, of the North Dakota Expert
ment Station. He took up the points
he considered important In producing
pork cheapty. He emphasized the
need of feeding the sows we'll before
farrowing, and weaving the pigs, al
eight weeks old. He advised the sum'
mer pasture and stated that at the sx
pertinent station it had been found
that pigs on a good pasture required
only about half the grain to make the
gains that would be required il they
were in dry lot. OF the pastures he
placed alfalfa the highest, stating tina,
it produced the best feed and also the
most feed. However, where alfalfa
:, could not be had, he advised using
some grain crop, as fall rye for the
early pasture, and then corn or bar
ley to follow that. Two sowings could
}. be, made, one early and one late, If il
is desired to make this extend over q
longer period; this to be followed by
corn to be hogged down. The corr
should be ready by September l. He
also stated that in some sxperimsntal
work that had been carried on at the
Experiment Station 1t had been found
that alfalfa could be fed brood sows
in winter, and that but halt ss much
grain had been required a. when oil
grain had been fed to keep them ir
the same kind of y condition..
}, At 1900 O'Clock, banquet wa'
pro vtded.- A committee OF I've had
charge OF this. These were distpibu
, ted throughout the territory and each
one had charge Of certain section
and they had each family bring in GER
, tain foods SO as to provide what wal
needed to furnish the amount required
, There were 553 people present. The,
invited the business men and theil
, wives to attend the banquet. The
Dherbrooks band. which 10 an sll-far
mers band, furnished the music.
After the banquet was over the reg
ulsr business session was held. Ar
address of Welcome was made by @. 9
9hippy. E. v: Green, of South ST
, Paul, was to have bssn, present, bu1