The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-11-20
BEST CORN And POTATO
SHOW HELD IN STATE


each year and the seed is now worth
$3.50 per cwt. He will plant 25
acres Of sunaowers next year. He
plants the seed with corn planter and
it can be threshed in a threshing ma
chine. Mr.. Hayes planted II acres Of
potatoes this year, getting a yield of
70 bushels per acre. He will plant 40
acres next year.
County Agent German and his as
sistant, Miss selton, were on the job
continually. Miss Selton is a real
farmer herself, having operated farm
for several years, doing much of her
own work.
1t is predicted that by reason of the
show, Ward county farm land will be
enhanced from five to ten dollars an
acre during the coming year.
J. L. McKinnon, old time Sawyer
merchant, was one Of the most inter-
ested spectators at the show. He has
already conferred with a number of
Sawyer farmers and Sawyer Potato
Growers Association, with ware house,
will undoubtedly follow next year.
J. K. Porter, Berthold Potato King,
has been asked to remain in the state
to give addresses on potato growing
during the winter. He has made so
much money growing spuds, however,
that he has planned trip to Palm
Beach, Fla, in hopes of getting rid of
a little of his surplus cash.
County Agent German says: "This
show will result in growing more corn
and potatoes, in rotation of crops, and
raising more live stock. Inasmuch as
for the last ten years, the average net
income per acre from potatoes has
been $4,000, it will lead to great pros
perity for Ward county. The show
was very timely and am surprised at
the large number of exhibits. Next
years show will be still larger"
The businessmen of Minot put up
$1240 for the show, realizing it's
worth.
Berthold won the first prize for best
Community Exhibit, which consisted
of miniature potato warehouse.
showing tracks, cars of potatoes,
methods Of loading and unloading. end
structure Of potato bins. Berthold
has modern potato warehouse and
the exhibit was greatly appreciated
by those from the various communities
shat are contemplating building struc-
lures of this kind.
Burlington won the second prize for
the Community Exhibit. Einar Mad
son, Burlington merchant, was in
charge of the exhibit and has good
reason to be proud of the showing. The
exhibit comprised some choice exhibits
of corn and potatoes. There was some
splendid Gehu Flint grown by Paul
Musch, Chas. Ouradnik, Geo. johnson,
II. j. johnson and Elmer Kind. Rust
lers White Dent, equal in sze and quail
ity to Iowa corn, grown by Aug. Hoel-
scher; Northwestern Dent by Rudolph
Hoelscher and Herman Schemnel-
pfennig; Mammoth Early Ohio pota-
toes by John Young; some choice Tri-
umph potatoes by Werner and Case
and Irish Cobblers, great big solid fell
lows, by Herman GEM. Mr.. Madison
himself had a fine exhibit of Rainbow
Flint.
Edward Nelson, from down the val
ley four miles, won the sweepstakes,
on Early Ohio potatoes, with his bush
ell exhibit. The prize was a $50 Lib
erty' bond given by the Second Nation
al Bank and a Cloth Lawn Dryer, Civ
en- by the Piper Howe Lumber Co. Mr..
Nelson is very careful in selecting his
seed, always keeping for seed the best
potatoes grown from plant with a
single stalk. thus getting stronger
seed: Mr.. Nelson also won first and
third on seed corn exhibits, his win
nlngs aggregating about $500.
One of the interesting exhibits was
a flag in a frame, made from red,
white and blue corn by C. A. Johnson.
Breeders Organize
Pure bred stock breeders Of the
county met at the Armory Saturday
morning when many farmers were at
tending the show and organized the
Ward County Pure Bred Breeders As
sociation. j. G.. Haney, superintend-
ent Of the International Harvester
Co., demonstration farms did not ar
rive to address the meeting as was
expected, and County Agent German
outlined the purpose Of the proposed
organization.
The pure bred stock breeders were
entirely in sympathy with the idea
and the organization was perfected
with the following officers:
President-Henry Finke, Berthold.
Vice President-Halvor L. Halvor-
son, Minot
Secretary and Treasurer-Wm. Enr
MlnOt.
Board Of Directors-M -Mjor E. S. Per
son, Minot; Frank Lenton, Surrey;
John Algren, Ryder, and j. M. Thorn
ton, Donnybrook.
Porter Speaks
Mr.. 3. X. Porter, the pioneer potato
grower in Ward county, man who
has actually marketed over $4,000
bushels Of potatoes in the past ten
years, addressed the Friday evening
session.
Mr.. Porter likes to prepare his soil
BY means Of . summer fallow. He
handles the summer fallow in this
way: The field IS plowed shallow in
the spring; keep clean BY cultivation
to prevent weeds from going to seed
that summer. The next spring he
plows this summer fallow plot deep
and plant to potatoes. This grower
hnds that the year Of summer fall
lowing % good place TO put light
application of farm manure. The