The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1920-07-22
NOTES OF THE
FARM BUREAU
Potato Growers to Hold Meeting in
Oakes Friday Evening of
This Week
PROF. PORTER WILL BE PRESENT
Poison Grasshopper Bait May Now be
Obtained in County

The Potato Growers association is
planning on special meeting in this
city tomorrow evening, July %. Prof.
Porter Of the Agricultural college,
who formerly had charge Of the dem
onstration farms throughout the state
and who now has the work in market
ing, will deliver talk on the Michi-
gan plan Of marketing potatoes.
It was originally planned to hold
this meeting next Monday evening,
but Prof. Porter wrote that it would
be impossible for him to be here then
The people in this vicinity are plan
ming on having their local organization
join q state association through the
medium Of. which they may market
their potatoes the same way Min
nesota and Michigan growers manage
it. Details will be given by Prof.
Porter. Please remember that this
10 the only opportunity we will have
for getting the growers together prior
to the harvesting Of the potato crop.
It the local association is to do any
thing this year plans should be work
ed out as soon as possible 50 our po-
tato crop may be handled efficiently
and economically this year. Come
out to the meeting and let's also make
plans for large crop next year.
Poisoned bran grasshopper bait may
be obtained from any Of the following
persons: Mr.. Shellabyer of Forbes;
Mr.. Dresser Of Glendale; Mr.. Dickin-
son Of Fullerton; Mr.. Bleibaum Of
Ludden and Mr.. Pannebaker Of Oakes.
The following suggestions should be
kept in mind:
No material is sent out unmixed.
Do not take more material than ne
cessary.
By signing the contract you are un-
der obligations to use the poison &C.
cording to directions.
The public is expected to pay for
the mixing, for unreturned sacks, and
also for the lemons, which are hard
to keep in hot weather.
Any material used out Of the coun-
ty il charged up to the user at cost.
People living outside the county
may get the poison bran, providing
they pay for same by check made pay
able to the treasurer of Dickey coun-
ty, and by signing contracts provided
ut the various mixing stations.
It has also been recommended by
the directors of the Farm bureau that
parties obtaining poison bran should
be members Of the bureau. If you do
not belong you should hand your sub.
scription fee Of $1.00 to the man in
charge at the mixing station. Re-
member it is the Farm bureau that
makes this work possible.
Crops in Dickey county are COM
pairing very favorably with those of
LaMoure, Barnes and Cass counties.
Grasshoppers are most abundant
this year on last years flax fields and
sandy sections Of the county.
Lars Martinson, j. 81. Killer, Malm-
berg Bros, of Oakes, and the Baldwin
corporation of Glendale had some fine
stock exhibits at Fargo last week. All
OF them are wearing a blue ribbon
and smile. Dickey county certain
ly made good showing at the fair
this year.
There is some evidence of rust on
some Of the Marquis fields this year.
Since the grain is about to mature in
a week or ten days, it is hoped that
weather conditions will be such as to
prevent further spreading Of the rust.
j. w. Haw, assistant county agent
leader, left Fargo last week for Chi
cago and points in Michigan in the
interests of the various wool growers
associations of the state. We expect
to hear from Mr.. Haw in a few days
and he will give US something definite
concerning the arrangements made for
marketing .the entire wool Clip of
North Dakota.
G. o. p. Plank Missing
The law and order plank adopted
by the republican national convention