The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1920-04-15
NOTES OF THE
FARM BUREAU
Directors of Farm Bureau Adopt
Extensive Program for Period
from 1920 to 1895

Extensive Program Tor Ferl0d
from 1920 to 1925
OUTLINE FIVE YEARS WORK
County Agent Gives Resume of CAM
paign to be Carried Out
The directors of the Dickey county
Farm Bureau have worked out and
adopted an extensive program to be
carried out during the period from
1920 to 1925.
In order to overcome the black
stem rust attempts will be made to
locate and eradicate the remaining
barberry bushes in this county. This,
coupled with early sowing of such
rust resistant varieties as Kunbanlsa,
it is thought will in time overcome
the rust epidemics. The following
persons are sowing the Kubanka va
riety Of wheat this year: Adolph
Schmidt, Herman Wedel, Stordinger
Bros, Fred Martin, Aaron Edgerly,
Conrad Mattheis, Frank Boiling, M.
J. Schmierer Sr., NJ. Schmierre Jr.,
Dan Schmierer, j. M. johnson, F. j.
Thompson, w. M. Winkstern, Anton
Christianson, all of Glendale; A. l..
House, Monango; Harry Neumann,
Guelph; j. Huber, Silverleaf. If these
farmers will have as much success
with this wheat as did the farmers
in Cavalier county last year we will
be able to supply great many peo-
pie in the county with the seed next
year. In order that we might have q
fair method of comparison most Of
these farmers are sowing one acre
of common durum along the side of
the Kubanka. This will give anybody
an opportunity to see for himself how
this wheat will pan out in comparison
with the ordinary durum wheat.
We are also getting all of the
sheep men in the county lined up so
that they can sell their wool collect
lively at one central point in the coun-
ty. Foreign buyers will come in and
the wool will be sold to the highest
bidder.
The directors are also planning
that we standardize our crops and
products The ,need of this is evil
dent. If a person buys sack of
Gold Medal flour he knows just what
he will get in quality as we'll as guam
tity. If he purchases a sack of po-
tatoes he might get little, big, rotten
and scabby potatoes all in the same
sack. In the vicinity of Oakes num-
ber of farmers have decided to raise
the Early Ohios. We will give this
list of names later. Since there is no
farm crop that responds to selection,
treatment and proper culture so read
lily as the potato, it is evident that
even by next spring we will be able
to supply majority of the farmers
with excellent seed for producing this
standard potato and sufficient
quantity can be raised to justify the
establishment of local potato ware
house at Oakes such as is being con-
sidered at the present time. How
ever, for the benefit of farmers who
desire to ship potatoes this fall, it is
planned to get representatives from
each county to meet at Fargo soon
and plan Potato Shipping associa-
tion such as is in operation in Mich
igan. at the present time. This asso-
citation keeps tab on all potato ship
ments over the country and knows to
what city to make shipments in order
to avoid market congestions.
A. number of farmers are also go
ing to have their herds Of cattle tu-
berculin tested. Among these are T..
J. Kelsh, R. N. Youngquist, H. X. Hal
deman, N. ]. Nelson, Edith o. Clark,
VIM. Burgeson, Albert Larson, Frank
Leamer, F. ]. Thompson, and several
others whose names we do not have.
Live stock work will include feed
ing Of properly balanced rations, con-
trolling of contagious diseases, espec-
tally hog cholera, contagious abortion
and blackleg. Proper feeding Of
poultry, sanitation, and cnlling to in
crease egg production will be demon
strated in different communities.
Community meetings where all or
parts of this program have been
adopted have been held with the fol-
lowing community chairmen: E. j.
Hubbard, T. j. Kelsh, H. X. Halde-
man, Robert Kuhn, Swan johnson,
N. j. Nelson, C. E. Pierce. Addition
al meetings will be, held with Chris
Gebhardt, John Wirch, A. S. Marshall,
=. II. Heine, A. D. Babcock, C. B.
Maddox and Geo. T. Webb for their
respective communities.
= Odd Fellows Anniversary
Sunday, April 25, will be the one
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