The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1915-02-25
INTEREST SHOWN
IN SHORT COURSE
ATTENDANCE VERY sATIsFAO
TORY TO NAuAoExENT
Club Il Organlzed to ASSIST IN Garry
ing on Work IN Winch Farmers
and Business Men Join.

attendance 1t 10 q. m. Monday and
was confined to . discussion led BY
Better Farming Agent Richards on
the various subjects related to horse
production. !
During the afternoon the meeting
was well attended and the subjects Of
how to grade up the horses raised and
the care Of the brood mare and foel
were discussed. The speaker urged
the using Of better class stations and
discouraged Cross breeding or mixing
breeds and keeping only brood mares
for work purposes and raise costs
fiom them.
This was followed by . discussion
Of feeding work horses to show how
alfalfa could be made use Of for feed
ing work horses with straw, at the re-
quest Of soma Of the farmers Of this
vicinity. 1t was shown that those fed
with oats would furnish . 400 D.
horse doing heavy work balanced
ration of feed in the following guam
titles: Is fb. oats, 8 ib alfalfa and 10
ID. straw. The feeding value Of
prairie hay, timothy, bronze and mil
let came up for much discussion, -
shs farmers asked questions eagerly
on this feeding subject for they know
It is essential to find some substitute
for prairie hay as our land advances
in price.
The next subject discussed was the
silo and silage, by ]. NJ. Humphrey.
Better Farming Agent Of LaMoure
county. He emphasized the value Of
silag. as \ feed, and showed the
amount produced per acre exceeds all
crops except alfalfa in total feeding
value, and requested the farmers of
vicinity to build silos as soon as pos
sible. He said farmer would have
to decide for himself what type to
build, but be sure and build one that
can be made to stand up without
needing attention too frequently as is
the case with many Of the so-called
wooden stave makes. The statement
was made, that it costs 70 cents pei
ton to fill silo and that one should
get 6 tons Of silage per acre on the
average in this vicinity.
The audience adjourned after the
silo question was thoroughly discussed
to Moore's livery barn, where the
Judging Of horses was conducted by
Agent Richards. Several stations
recently shipped in by the H. ]. John
son Land and Cattle Co. were used for
illustration.
Tuesday the morning session open
ed with good attendance. At the
opening Agent Richards spent a short
time urging the adoption of definite
plan in the production Of cattle and
to adhere to the original purpose. In
case it is beef production use stock
that are especially adopted for this
purpose and improve them by the use
of good beef bred sires Of one of the
following breeds: Shorthorn, Aber-
teen- Angus or Hereford. If milk is
desired use dairy bred cattle in its
production. Grade up the hest fe-
males in your possession with pure
bred sires Of the class Of stock de-
sired.
Mr.. Humphrey followed with a dis
cussion Of the rotation Of crops. He
showed the value Of practicing the
proper rotation in maintenance OF
fertility. He urged every farmer to
plan systematic rotation and adhere
to it. He advocated using sweet Glow
er to supply the lugum necessary in
case a success can not be made in
growing red clover. He also advo-
Gated the use Of minor rotation and
recommended setting apart 30 or 40
acres on 320 acre farm for this pur-
pose. located near the buildings to
furnish feed for hogs. The rotation
for farms recommended was corn
followed by wheat, seeded down with
clover. this followed by clover 2. years
then oats or barley and back to corn
again. It was shown that farm OF
320 acres with this kind Of cropping
should be worked with five horses
The question provoked much discus.
sion.
The afternoon session was address
ed by o. o. Uhlhorn, Better Farming
Agent Of Ransom county. The sub
ject assigned to him was "Corn Rails
ing" This talk was full Of informa.
tion and much appreciated by those
present. How TO select and improv.