The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-01-20

been told that trees destroy lie fer
unity of the soil. Investigation along
this line seems to prove that trees do
not destroy the fertility of ;he soil.
out effect the crops by robblng the
soil of moisture"
The speaker then dealt with the re-
latiOn of windbreaks to evaporation.
to drifting SHOWS and to the temporal
ture in the protected areas, the effects
or heat upon crops and ip fact every
thing in which shelter belts work an
Influence upon the crops growing in
the fields which they protect.
in closing his address President
Smith said: With increased wind
breaks and shelter belts VIC may look
forward TO the time when ar0p fail
ures will be a thing of the past.
with increased windbreaks and
shelter belts We may look forward
with certainty to that millennium OF
farmers-the time when there will be
no crop failures"
c. E. Brown Speaks.
After the address by President
Smith Of the forestry school, Prest-
dent Worst introduced G. L. Brown
of the extension department OF the
University of Minnesota, who ad-
dressed the farmers on the subject Of
potatoes.
This address was of especial inter-
est to the farmers from the Red River
valley, which is the greatest Iotato
country in the United States The
speaker gave many valuable hints to
the farmers on the growing = the
tubers, calling attention to seed Sc
lection. planting, cultivation, harvest
ing and even marketing of this great
product OF the northwest.
Mr.. Brown was speaking at the time
of going to press and a more CCm-
nF lie aHd
published in The Forum at later
date.
The next speaker on the - ogIar
was A. o. Nelson of Wilmar, Mlnn.
The Program Tonight.
The program this evening Is to be
an especially good one. The musical
numbers which were scheduled for
Tuesday morning, but which had to be
postponed on account of the students,
which compose the quartet being
unable to get away from their work,
will be rendered tonight
Another feature of the evening rro-
gram will be drill by the crack squad
of the cadet corps of the college
The crack squad is one of the
leading organizations found at the
agricultural college it beng quite
different from any Of the others. 1t
Is the only organization of it's kind
ia our state and one foI which the
students of the a. G. are always boost
ing.
The squad consists of twelve men
and a drill master. The first year it
was very hard to get the required
number as very few knew what it
really meant to be a member of the
squad and did not take kindly to
the long gruelling hours of practice
which must be gone through before
the drill is mastered. The second
year there were but fifteen men to
try out for places and this year
there were thrty-four. This gives
an idea of the growing popularity OF
the squad, and the manner in which
a position is regarded. Any student
of the agricultural college is cligi-
bic to try out for a place on the
squad at the annual try out which is
held during the fore part of the fall
term.
The squad is under the direction of
Drillmaster McGuigan and the other
members of the squad are, Warren
Dodds, Curran ROurke, Helmer Brueg-
ger, Dick Lewis Sherman Pinkham,
Adrian Foley, Walter Bender. r. r..
Gibbons, Roy Boyd, Morse Dial, II. G.
Powell, Cyril Mergens. Melvin Holten.
The Many Shows Crowded.
IhlS year the people attending the
convention are given plenty to see
while they are not taking in the pro-
gram at the convention. The Home
Products show, the corn show,
the Improved Seed show and the
North Dakota Poultry show are
crowded. Each of these shows is
a feature in itself and each is the
best of it's kind ever seen in this part
of the country.
The Poultry show has attracted
wide attention. There are O number
of birds shown at the show that are
not generally seen and there are some
breeds that are new. not only hero
but elsewhere. The Rhode Island
Whites exhibited have. attracted wide
attention, being something new hero
and being shown for the first time in
the state at the exhibit that is now
on.
The Home Products show, the corn
show and the seed show are all held
in the auditorium building and are
crowded with visitors at all times.
The corn show this year is excellent
as North Dakota had good corn
crop last summer. AS President
Perisho of the South Dakota agri-
cultural college said, One has only 20
look at this exhibit to realize that
Conf;,,iad on paoa Siw