Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-11-20
COUNTY AGENTS NOTES
BY H. O. Sauer

In answering these questions we
are not doing so from book knowledge
but from actual observations and from
talking with experienced and success
ul farmers within the county.
No. /. Would you recommend Hol-
stems in this climate? Ans. Yes, pro-
vided you have warm comfortable shell
ter. Dairy cows of any type would
not pay if left to rough it on these
cold prairies in winter. The Holstein
Breeding Circuit of New Salem has
proven great success.
No. 2. Are tractors more econom-
ical than horses? Ans. That must
be largely left to the individual farm
er to determine. 1t depends on size
of farm, kind of soil ETC., However,
we think yet that for the average
farm taking it all thru the year and
in the long run, horses are the more
economical.
No. 8. Would you recommend
growing winter wheat? Ans. No, il
has not proven profitable in the past
No. a. What corn shall grow?
Ans. The majority of farmers in the
county agree on this in general: Flint
for hogging off and Northwestern
Dent for Silage. However, Yellow
Dent and Jehu Flint have proven very
satisfactory.
No. S. Which is the best breed of
chickens? Ans. Any one you take
a liking to.
No. 6. How do I find the. number
Of tons in round stack? Ans. Meas
ure upper portion first (where stack
slants off for top.) Multiply the
height of this portion by lowest cir
cumference, squared ii. e. multiplied
by itself. Do likewise with lower
portion. Add the two products to-
gether and divide by 5s1.5. How much
silage shall give calves and cows :?
Ans. In starting be careful not to
give too much. For calves ten pounds
and for cows twenty pounds. After
getting used to it give them all they
will eat up clean. When given good
hay in addition, very little grain is re-
qrired to keep calves in thrifty.
growing condition. The same is true
of mich cows-hay and. silage is suf-
fSciop< h,,% rrro o;,1N - oJd:<:o., :,..~--z.
the milk flow.
No. z. What is a County Agent? ?
Ans. We shall answer that by stat
ing first what he is not. He is not an
expert. If it was possible for hu-
man mind to accumulate SO much
knowledge as to be an expert in all
divisions of farming the Presidents
salary couldn't hold him. He is not
a dictionary or encyclopedia of agri-
culture. He does not impose book
knowledge on the people, he rather
observes and studies the best farming
practices in the locality where he
works and gives that together with
the results Of the FIVE experiment
stations and twenty-five demonstra-
tion farms to others-and thus tries
to promote better farming. For an
example we are now introducing Ku-
banka wheat. Why? After ten
year trial at five stations in widely
different sections of the state, Kuban-
ka has rpoven the best yielder and the
least susceptible to rust. He locates
the pure-bred stock, the best seed of
all kinds. surplus hay and feed and
imparts that information to others.
He is ready to organize breeders as
sociations, shipping associations, COW
testing associations or any other or
ganization that seems feasible and
practical. In short he is here to help
not to impose or enforce-but help
promote better farming and better
marketing.