Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-03-09
the cost of labor on the productive

the cost of labor on the productive
hour basis.
Another point | wish to touch on
is the shamefully neglected Oppor'
tunities in horticulture. | have rails
ed the most luscious strawberries
here l have ever tasted, and the fact
that they ripen for market at time
when everything else is off assures
big prices for them. They will pay
$500 per acre, net. Raspberries and
strawberries are olso prolific sources
Of profit.
LAS | have said before, introduce
intensive methods and sell the finish
ed products, and you will not only
help those on the farms in a prac-
tical way, but add many others who
in turn will make your merchants
prosperous. Nor should it be over.
looked that you will be in position
to earn every dollar you may need
to maintain your club
Much Work For Committee.
1t is very probable that these sug-
gestions will be referred by the en-
ecutive committee to the club COM
George Fl. will, J. A. Field and J. P.
Jackson. This committee, which is
one Of the most important on the
club calendar, has already under con-
sderatiOn the organization Of a farm
bureau and the employment of an eX-
pert county agriculturist for Bureigh
county. and it has taken up the cOun-
ty unit plan for the encouragement
of immigration and the Improvement
Of the supply and quality of farm
labor. Other matters with which it
will deal at an early date will be the |
possibility of the establishment in or
near Bismarck Of a county agrlcul-
tural school, for which FEDERAL aid
will be available, and the encourage
ment Of diversified farming, or truck
gardening, through an investigation
of number of canning industries
which have offered to locate here, if
given local support.
The county farm bureau project has
been taken up with number OF rep
resentative farmers throughout the
county. and some Of the most proml'
nent have pledged their cooperation
ing upon the county commission TO
appropriate the necessary funds. I'm
der the Smth-Lever act, federal
appropriation Of $1,000 per annum
will be available July /. Director
Cooper of the. Fargo Experiment sta
ton estimates that the additional
cost to the county will not exceed
$4,000 per annum, which the board
will have authority to appropriate, up
on petition of resident taxpayers, un.
der the statutes devised for the en-
enlargement of better farming.
The farm agent idea does not seem
to be generally understood. 1t is
not contemplated that his sole duties
shall consist of the cultivation Of an
experimental farm plot. II employed,
the county agent will be farm doc
tor, whose services will be at the dis
pOsal of every farmer in Burleigh
county at all times, and who will al
ways be subject to call when some
farm problem presents itself His ex-
perimental work will be done on the
farm, under the eyest of the farmer
who desires his advice. He will be
man who can give counsel upon a
multitude of subjects-animal hus.
bandry, agricultural architecture and
construction work, drainage, road
building, etc, as we'll as to the prop
er seeding of a bed of alfalfa, the !
right method of selecting and curing
seed, and 50 forth. The farm agent
who is making good is the man who
gets out over the county, who visits
the farms frequently; who establish
es close personal relations with the
men whom he is serving; who can
address farmers meetings.; who can
tell the farm-wife why her butter
does come, or why her hens do not
lay. And such man is worth to any
county fortunate enough to procure
his services many times the cost.
The County School.
County agricultural schools are be-
ing established throughout the east,
and in no case have they failed to
justify themselves. They offer short
courses Of six weeks, or full courses
OF six to nine months; they are open
to adults, as well as to the young
sters; they offer training in domes-
tic science to the daughters, as we'll
as agronomy and animal husbandry |
for the sons. The federal government, |
in recognition of their value, appro-
PIRATES literally for their support |
and the burden to the county is not
great. The school is usually located
where at least 100 acres Of character
istic soil is available for experiment
al work, and where there is a good
opportunity for practice in animal
husbandry and allied sciences, and
Bismarck offers all of these advan-
tages, in addition to the presence
here of practical agriculturists and
students OF animal husbandry, in the