The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-07
Moorhead Department
HANEY URGES
FARMERS TO
GROW HEMP
Large Attendance at Crook
ston Farm Crops Show
Hears Advice

Hemp. a new crop for northwest
farms; loosening the shackles of the
sisal trust on grain farmers-this was
! the picture drawn by J. @. Haney, of
the agricultural extension department
of the International Harvester Co., who
spoke at the farm crops show at
Crookston yesterday on American
| Hemp-A New Crop and a Weed Fight
er. In making his points, Mr.. Haney
said:
Hemp is produced entirely for the
fiber which it furnishes, and this fiber
is used largely for the manufacture of
carpet, cords and Irvine.
production of hemp in the United
States amounts to something more than
5000 tons a year. while there is more
than twice as much of this kind of fiber
imported.
American hemp fiber is suitable for
the production of binder Irvine. At
present fiber from which binder Irvine
Is made comes exclusively from Yucca
tan.
TT is estimated that each 1-cent ad-
vance a pound in the price of fiber
means an additional cost of $4,000, 900
to American farmers for binder Irvine.
cost the American farmers $1S,oo0,0p
for binder Irvine this year.
"All the money for this fiber which is
used as binder Irvine in the United
States must leave the United States
more than $s0,000,000.
"a feature which commends 1t espe-
cially to this region Is the fact that IT
is one of the best known weed fighters.
favorable growing conditions prevail,
will outgrow quack grass and other
weeds to the extent of completely
smothering them"
Mr.. Haney told the farmers that ex-
cellent hamp had been produced at the
agricultural college of North Dakota by
Prof. H. L. Bolley. 1t has also been
farm at Crookston, and thirty acres on
the International Harvester Co. farms
at Grand Forks, and the same acreage
at Aberdeen s. d. last year made
emily is no question as to production"
he said.
The total cost of the crop" he con-
tinued, including seed, should not be
the stack. Adding $12 to this for break
ing would make a. cost of $22 an acre.
Baling the fiber is as easy as baling
hay, so that it will be seen that $25
yield of 1000 pounds of fiber at 10 cents
a pound, would leave SIS net income an
acre. Results at Waupun, Wis, for
shoE to Of aG sore
with a gross income Of 500 to $3.50 an
acre"
Hundreds of Farmers Attend.
Several speakers of statewide repute
attended by hundreds of farmers.
Mayor H. W. Misner's address of well
come was followed by a talk on Red
River Valley Farm Problems, by An
drew Boss, of st. Paul. Prof. p. r.
Crane, also of ST. Paul, spoke on In
creasing the Yields Per Acre.
Potato Growing and Marketing was
discussed by C. e. Brown, of Elk River,
and T. A. Hoverstad. of Minneapolis, at
the afternoon session. Other speakers
at this session were Prof. c. B. Wal
dron, of Fargo, and K. A. Kirkpatrick,
agricultural agent of Hsnnepin county.
The Red River Valley Pure Seed as
ISOLATION met late yesterday. The eve
ming was given over to entertainment
features, including a rural school SPELL
ing contest, and a cantata entitled, The
Nautical Knot, presented by students
of the Northwest School of Agriculture.
Kellogg Judging Team First.
The Kellogg high school team, COM
posed of Forritz Hanson, Gunnar Baker.
sigvert Bloomquist and Ferdinand
Swanson; won first place in the potato
and corn judging contests held in con-
nection with the meeting.
Gordon Carr, Hurley Benson, Adrain
Cormier and Harry Thorson, represent
ing the Argyle school, won second
place. Glyndon high school, the 1916
champion, was third.
Glenn Douglass, of East Grand Forks,
won the silver trophy in the declama-
tory contest. Blanche Morgan, of War
road, was second; Sinclair Macarthur,
Warren, third; and Ruth Nayrum,
Waubun, fourth.
Fifty-five head of pure bred stock
are on exhibition at the show.