The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1916-04-27
RICHARDS MAKES
ANNUAL REPORT
Work OF 0sttsr Farming Department In
Dickey County outlined-Grsat
Improvement In Conditions
Noted


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The Honorable Board of County Commits
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The following is n brief report nnd sum-
mary of thu. yurious lines of work which
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county AMs report is US mace ny W.
B. Richards, Agricultural Field Agent for |
The County Agent work in Dickey
county has been carried Oh during the |
past year along very much the same lines |
as during lDl4. with the exception TINT
importance ] @ see seemed to % demand and a com com
parison OF the figures In the summary for |
the two years during which the work has !
been in progress will show that there has |
been considerable increase In the work
done in each line during the pust year. |
This has been made possible because OF
Ia better acquaintance throughout the |
county with the people and conditions.
and a better organization for work.
of th s.u1y S, a' tms rGh"tt ana i the summary ,
will, 1 believe. bear out this statement |
that considerable work has been done. |
In Judging the benefit derived from the !
lCounty AEricultur7,i work Nv tho im.iivid- |
uni or the community. 1T must be consId- |
smch inr%. tnrriiorS =, ,nyc "i,'i y, l.; ,,,,mns
ih to MAKE iu,.:. ,J sun', ~ J.; 10 ,pUS "me
neighborhood, or to devote as much mt
sire without neriectinr other c,mn;,nit- |
les or other individ,,nis U,y..w.r thn1,
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secure helm either dirnc, M.." iE from n" ,h raior. w.
| ty agent or through the orrnn n;znticn.
which have been Perfected The agent f,
stands So ,% ready to siys asssanss: it Is "
sources uf mid ,,hirI ,r. ~ n a.n;iaissi " rhnt
the work is Of practical value is shown
some assistance contin,I. tn come for !
help. s'' '0
The records show. however TINT there
month to month. and am confaent that
the work has reached ~" poin, o'"v. where .i #
will produce much rre,ter results than II
hns in the mast 'rhn dn,non natrn ttyn
work with field ,r,ns vii, WIN .,"sor"sar ~ a,
fruit from this time on M III" E IA aT armers. @
the Industrial contest work n ossnc;"tei
with them. and the other "rpnniza tions
have been firmly established in the couno t,uio
the future. "''' 50
i a review of tho yorious ,,pes of work
Accomplished during the year follows:
I. Rotation Demonstrations
! The work with the rotation dcnonstra-
There were three a.trer.nt sps nla1s 81 Started.
and the fourth is beng prepared to start
work in the spr.nE ol loi6 The pats ere
county and dh different soil types They
consist OF four or five plots. attending on
whether It is q four or five yt.,ir rutnI,on
Two of the rotatlOns in question are nv.
year rotations, and the third. which liz n
four year rotation, may be. mnuv a 1--WE
year rotation
The plots consist of from four to five
acres apiece. making a total ., twenty
five acres in the rotation. The co-opcr1t-
.int,crs In han%t. the me ,'ia,n ,nre.. VINO VOL
by the county agent. The FARMER on
whose land the rotation plats are e es,nb.
lished furnishes land. seed and labor and
receives the crop harvested. These plnts
require much extra work. or rather con
sumo more of the farmers time than the
same acreage farmed In connection with
the regular field work For this reason,
1t Is rather difficult in this region where.
large machinery Is employed TO get farm
ers to take on these rotation demonstrn-
tions. There is also difficulty in getting
co-operation where larger fields are in
cuded in the rotation.
The three rotations are practically as
follows: 1915, barley and sweet clover.
1916 sweet clover: i9l7. corn: 1915. wheat: |
1913. oats. The aim is to have sweet clo-
yer serve as II substitute for red clover
to furnish the nitrogen crop. as red clo-
YER is very uncertain in this region.
The results OF the cropping system will
not show for a few years however tn"
crops grown this year as n result of bet |
ter cultural methods used, exceeded in |
yield the same crops grown on neirhbor-
ing farms These rotations will teach
many lessons as time goes on ms to IN.
value OF growing different ella sses of crons |
on the same land in rotation Th,. nIn,s
have been placed near the road in encb