The Dickinson press., 1915-07-17
EMINENT MEN
VISIT DICKINSON K
DIR. F. KOLPIN RAVN, NOTED
PATHOLOGIST FROM COPEN-
HAGEN, DENMARK, SPEND
DAY AT EXPERIMENT
STATION.
Prof. Bolley of N. D. Agricultural
College, DIR. Johnson of Wiscon-
sin University and Prof Stalk
man of Minnesota U.
in Party.

The Dickinson experiment station
was entertaining extinguished Wis
itors last Saturday, July 10. DR.: F.
Kolpin Ravn, professor of plant
pathology at the Royal Agricultural
college, Copenhagen, Denmark, spent
the day in this city. He came out
the night before with H. c. Bolley,
professor of botany at the North Da-
kota Agricultural college. They were
accompanied by DR.. A. G. johnson of
the University of Wisconsin at Madi-
son, and E. c.. Staknan, professor
in the University of Minnesota.
DIR. Ravn is recognized as the most
eminent pathologist in all Europe.
He came to the United. States in
May, at the request of our govern
ment, to make, an investigation
of cereal plant diseases. His stay in
this country is for three months and
some of his most important work for
the government is delivering lectures
at Washington and to agricultural
colleges and universities in the var
ious states.
DR.. Ravn was the center of attrac-
ton at large gathering in the Twin
Cities early last week, coming to
Fargo on the 9th for three days in
North Dakota. Prof. Bolley, also en-
inent in his profession, who has trav-
eled in Europe, knew no better way
of entertaining DR.. Ravn and his as
sociates from the universities of
Wisconsin and Minnesota than to take
them to Dickinson for one of the
three days allotted to this state. Here
the men were turned over to Supt.
L. R. Waldron, r. W. Smith and
Homer Davis of the experiment sta
ton. J. V. Jessen and M. L. Ayers
took the party in autos in the morn
ing to the P. F. Stults farm north
east of the city, where two hours
were spent in looking over the crops
of this model place. Mr.. Stults has
been a resident of Stark county for
more than a quarter of century,
but he did not settle upon his present
place until 1905. During the past
ten years he has been trying to farm
scientifically and has made success
of it. To start with he has a COM
Portable home nestled down in a
grove of shade trees. Some time a
new house will be erected on nearby
site where beautiful hedge, a row
of pine and spruce and many varie-
ties of shade trees have been start
ed. The garden affords strawberries
and many kinds of fruits, all of which
add so much to farm home. Mr..
Stults has rotation of crops on his
farm that works out splendidly. His
grain and hay crops are very prom
Using this year. The visitors We're
much interested in the fact that
this gentleman had won the Northern
Pacific silver cup for the best bushel
of corn grown in Stark county for
two successive years. If he is sue
cessful again this season the cup will
become the permanent property of
this man.
Before leaving the farm, S. Stults
and Miss Barbara served the visitors
with a. most appetizing dinner, the
meal including home grown aspara-
gus on toast, Irish cobbler potatoes,
home cured ham, ETC., for all of
which the place is famous.
After dinner Mr.. Stults got out
his new Dodge car and with his
chauffeur, Carl Kono, accompanied
the party to the experiment, station.
On Che way a halt was made to en-
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