Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1915-07-08
FIFTY FIVE BOYS
JOINLONG HIKE
COUNTY FARM BOYS HIKE Full
LY ORGANIZED-LEAVE HERE
MONDAY, JULY sTH

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the membership is complete their be-
ing fifty five boys enrolled. Plans are
made to make the trip as comfortable
% possible. A cook car has been fitt-
ed up and will accompany the boys on
their hike. The expenses of the hike
are met by the boys themselves and
the Board Of County. Commissioners
from the Better Farming Fund.
The following is the schedule and
route of the Hike:
Monday, July 18th
"a. NJ, Boys report at County Com
missioners Office.
10 A. M, Leave Court House for
Experiment Station.
Studying the work Of the Williston
Experiment Station until noon. Dim
ner camp at Experiment Station.
1P. NJ, Leave Experiment Station:
Stop at G. NJ. Thomas alfalfa field
and hog pastures. Stop at Howard
Bros. farm. Alfalfa in rows, trees,
straw shed and corn field. Stop at
Pat Tone Farm to see dairy herd and
Judge dairy cattle.
Night camp at Chinaman's Coulee,
5.4 miles from Court House.
Tuesday, July 10th
Leave Chinaman coulee about 3
a. ston at H. c. Blankenship's for
chicken house and three year rotation
of crops. Stop at B. C. KeihPs for
study of silo and corn. H.,
Dinner camp at Keihls, 9:5 miles
out. Leave KeihPs at M: stop
at Boe's for alfalfa in rows: Stop at
Martin Jenson's to see grade herd OF
Herdford cattle. Stop 1T G.. A.
Wicks for night camp, 1874 miles from
Williston.
Wednesday, July 21st
Leave Wick's at 8 P. NJ, at A. Hintz
6or corn field and wheat on corn
eround. Stop at Higley's for pit silo
and herd of grade Herefords. Stop
ot John Albrecht's for alfalfa in rows
and broadcast. -,
Dinner camp 1t John Albrecht's.
Ieave John Albrecht's at p. M,
and stop at Albright's Hereford ranch.
From Albright's to n: Z. Lsmpman''
for studying and judging horses.
Night camp Ut Lampman's on GOV
Creek. Boys will have . chance TO
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change clothes. This camp is 100
miles out of Williston by the route OF
the Hike. Wv,
Thursday, July 12nd
Leave Lampman's at 8 p. NJ, and
atop at Rieder's for alfalfa in rows
and hog pasture and barn. Stop at
Joe Gromatka's for grade beef herd
and turkeys.
1P. NJ. Leave dinner camp and 60
to inspect wheat on corn ground On
Buffers farm
Nieht camp on the Muddy at Stew
art Farm crossing. This camp is 1872
miles out by route Of Hike.
Friday, July 23rd
Leave camp at 8 A. M. cross Muddy
to Palmer Farm to see and Judge hol-
stein herd. Stop at Dick Evans farm
for another Hofstein herd and York
shire hogs.
Dick Evans. Leave dinner camp at
son farm. Finish hike at the Expert
ment Station. Last night camp on
the Station grounds. .,,,
Many OCneI tHlukS WILL OS SSA S''sA
what IS mentioned on the schedule:
The boys will receive one or two short
talks on what they seen during the
day. They will be spoken to on some
of the poor farming as well as the
rood and on some of the mistakes as
we'll as the successes.
The parents of the members OF the
Hike are at all times cordially wei.
come to visit the Hike and see as well
as the Boys what there is to be seen.
The hike will try and acquaint the
bows with some Of the natural sur
roundings that we find on the prairies
and with the grasses and weeds that
are common to this country.
The boys will be at the Experiment
Station for the last camp and can
leave from there the following morn
ing for their homes. This will give
them a chance to get the local pas
seneer east and west 50 that they Can
get home for Sunday.
The boys will be under good care
all the time and every precaution will
be used to keep them safe and we'll.
BOYS CLOTHING