The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-01
The stoclemen,s Roundup.

The rain of the previous night and
the threatening weather of the morning
was detrimental to large attendance
of the Stockmen at the Annual Round
Up, arranged by the Fort Hays Ex-
pertinent Stasion, for Friday, April %.
This was the second annual meeting in
which demonstrations of the Stations
livestock feeding of the winter were
presented to cattle feeders, ranchmen,
and market stock handlers.
President 81. J. Waters, of the Kan
sas Agricultural College, was in atten-
dence and presided at the afternoon
meeting, held in the large barn at the
Station. The program was given most
entertainingly, and the men present
expressed the concerted opinion of be-
ing well pleased at being present.
The forenoon of the day was spent in
showing the guests about the farm,
which courtesy was extended through
the favors of a number of Hays gentle
men who willingly used their automo-
biles for the trips. The visitors were
greatly interested in the various de-
partments of the Experiment Station;
and several out of state visitors mar
yelled at the extent of the State Farm
and its work. The fields looked well,
as the wheat at the Station is very fine
this spring, and the first tillage work
on summer crop land had all been ac-
comphshed. The alfalfa fields are a
rich green, most pleasing to behold.
At noon, some of the young women
from the Normal School domestic
science department served an appetiz-
ing lunch, which was made up from
provisions grown and prepared at the
Station, to large extent. About 100
men were entertained at this lunch,
and each one possessed a regular Yves
tern Kansas Outdoor appetite.
President Waters called the conven-
ton to order at 1:3O p. m, and gave an
address upon 1.-THE Usefulness of the
Fort Hays Station" He recited upon
some of the work already accomplished,
and what was now in progress. Fol
lowing him, Mr.. E. J. GuiIbert, of
Wallace county, gave practical talk
upon handling cattle on the range, and
what the stock situation in the west
now appeared to be. Mr. Guilbert' s
speech was well listened to and proved
instructive. Following him, Superin-
tendent Helder, of the Fort Hays Sta
ton, lectured upon the production of
forage crops. He dwelt particularly
upon the handling of the soils long in
advance of the planting time; the at
tempt by fall tillage to save more of
the winter moisture; and by early
spring listing, or double disking, get
weeds killed and soil opened to take in
the early rains which come prior to
planting time. That the practice of
drilling In sorghum seed on any kind of
stubble land, or unprepared land, would
never insure a crop IN dry seasons;
while the Station has always grown a
good forage crop In the passed three or
four years by its methods Of soil work
done In late fall and early spring. The
methods talked of pertain to grain sorg-
huns, corn, and silage crops generally.
Professor Cochel, of the Agricultur-
al College, explained the feeding tests
conducted at the Station during the
winter, and then took the guests at the
meeting to the stock-yards and showed
them the various lots Of cattle which
have been expsrimentally FED. This