The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1920-02-12
NOTESOF THE
FARM BUREAU
Nearly Four Hundred Farmers in
Attendance at Institute Held
in Ellendale

Nearly Four Hundred Farmers IN
Attendance at Institute Held
in Glendale
BEST CROP is, BOYS AND GIRLS
President Black Says They Will Garry
Out Programs Started Now
The total aggregate attendance at
the farmers institute held at Glendale
was 397.
Owing to minor wreck on the N.
p, DIR. Worst was unable to appear
on the program last Thursday night.
As it is impossible to give COM
plete summary Of the institute, few
excerpts from speeches of various lee
turers will suffice.
Mrs. A. p. Hollis: II never wipe
my hat chinaware. There is no use.
in drying these dishes with towel.
Put them in a wire rack, pour boiling
water over them and the heat will not
only sterilize them but will also dry
them quickly, thereby saving the work
of wiping the flat dishes and washing
so many towels"
H. C. Puderbaugh: "The average
wheat crop for 1918 was 1876 bushels
per acre; for 1919 it was go. It has
in the past two years cost more than
$50 per acre to produce wheat. Since
the selling price per acre has been less
than the cost of production we have
been producing wheat at loss and
are entitled to higher price. It is
the actual farming conditions of the
average farmer that should be con-
sidered.''
There is no month of the year in
which wheat is not harvested in some
other country. Since we are exporters
of wheat, how are we going to get
our price? We certainly have not
produced corn, potatoes, butter and
eggs at loss.
Oscar Martin: "It is more import
ant to have the soil fairly fine and
we'll packed at the bottom of the fur
row than to have it so on the surface.
This can best be done by discing the
ground before plowing. This decreas-
es the air space, does away with the
definite layer of organic matter at
the bottom of the furrow and prevents
the soil drying out too rapidly. Near
Power Lake, IN. D., we sometimes
hook disc behind the binder and we
find it pays. big returns"
j. C. McNary: GAS county agent
have helped to sow 5000 acres of al
falfa in Stutsman county and / am
not yet prepared to say which is the
best time of year to sow this crop.
This know, though, that the seed
bed should be we'll prepared and quite
firm; the land should be practically
free from weeds, and the seed should
not be planted too deeply"
]. C. Hoke: II believe that all farm
implements should be systematically
overhauled each year. We make a
practice of doing this on the differ
ent ranches. feel safe in saying that
a large percentage Of the mowers,
binders and drills, relegated to the
fence corners, could have been made
to last much longer had they been Civ
en- an occasional and systematic over
hauling. Too many farmers cast aside
machinery that with a little compe-
tent overhauling can be made to do
good work. 1,also believe that COW
ering Of oil and paint is better in
vestment than poor or half open tool
Sheds"
A. P. Hollis: "Less than two per
cent Of our school population finish
the four year college course. Less
than fifteen per cent finish the high
school and less than thirty per cent
finish. the eighth grade. In the per-
centage Of attendance the city is de-
cidedly ahead of the country"
DR.. Hollenbeck: "About thirty per
cent Of the fowls in the country are
affected with tuberculosis. The best
remedy is to sell the entire flock, dis
infect the premises and start over"
Mr.. Kuenning: "The farm bureau
must be based on q platform upon
which we are all fundamentally agreed
like the object Of commercial club
or labor union, and not like the plat
form Of q political party. The mo-
ment the farm bureau takes up polit.
ical queptions it becomes q house di-
vidsd against itself and must fall. It
must take up lines Of work that are
20 essentially necessary that no ind;-
vidual or class will oppose the UNDER
taking"
President Black: 'sThe best crop in