The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1920-10-07
NOTES OF THE
FARM BUREAU
will Feature Lines of Activities in
Booth at County Fair this
Week
ELECTION OF OFFICERS FRIDAY
Members of the Executive Committe.
Should Live Close Together

Members of the Executive Committee
Should Live Close Together
During the three days Of the Dick
ey county fair the Farm bureau Office
will have booth right across the
street from the First National bank
in Glendale. They expect to feature
lines Of activities Of their work. There
will also be some educational exhibits
that you should see. Drop in and
make yourself at home.
On the afternoon of October 8 it is
expected that members of the Farm
bureau will elect their new executive
committee. In order for this commit
tee to do effective work it is almost
imperative that the members live close
together so they will be able to hold
frequent meetings. During the last
year this committee was centralized
around Fullerton. For this year it
is expected to centralize either around
Glendale or Oakes, probably around
Oakes.. It is sincerely hoped that men
will be elected who have no political
aspirations and are not too active in
the present political campaign. If
such men are elected it would mean
house divided against itself and no
good work would be accomplished. In
the national Farm bureau if officers
accept political plums they automatic
ally lose their Office in the bureau. and
this is as it should be. Be present on
October 8, hear DR.. Worst deliver a
good lecture and help elect the. new
members Of the executive committee.
Much attention at the present time
is being paid to cost Of production. In
order to get an idea what it has cost
to produce certain farm crops this
year, Rex Willard Of the farm man
agement department desires to meet
a number Of farmers in the vicinity Of
Glendale on October %. We are in
deed glad to know that the college as
well as the farmers are paying par
ticular attention to this line Of work.
It is as important for a farmer to
know what it costs to produce q bush
el Of wheat as it is Cor manufacturer
to know what it costs him 10 manufac-
ture certain products. tits up to the
farmers in general to at least give
work Of this kind a. little moral sup
port. It is not possible for every
farmer to attend such q meeting, but
it is possible for him to back up such
proposition.
Potato grades for North Dakota
have been established by DR.. e. F..
Ladd. The grades provided for are
Alpha, North. Dakota Nos. and 2.
The requirements for these are essen
TALLY the same as the federal grades,
Fancy and Nos. and 2. The require
ments for seed potatoes are also es-
tablished. Copies Of the circular de-
scribing these grades can be secured
from the Regulatory Division, Agri-
cultural College, Fargo, N. d.
Farmers having grain which is Of
special value for seed, especially ped
igreed stuff, should sell the same for
seed, rather than to have it shipped
to the mills. says Prof. II. L. Bolley,
state pure seed commissioner. "Some
farmers are SO situated that they can
not hold their grain and must sell it
Immediately. If it is pedigreed seed
Of good quality, they should send a
sample in to the state pure seed lab
oratory here at the college and have
it analyzed. Then, il it shows good
test, we will be able to help them dis
pose Of it Immediately We have q
number Of calls for good pedigreed
seed, particularly D1 and Kubanka,
from seed houses who will buy inn
mediately. All grain that is suitable
for good seed should be used as such. .
In the purchase Of sheep, farmers
do not run any serious danger Of in
PRODUCING highly contagious diseases.
Any farmer who has sheep-tight fen
ces, a>little surplus feed in the way OF
weeds and roughage and q hundred or
two hundred dollars to invest, certain
ly cannot make any mistake in the
purchase Of breeding ewes. We con-
slider this good time to buy them be-
cause they can be bought for from 81
to 81 per head.
Farmers considering a small farm
flock have an exceptional opportunity
to secure a start at an unusually low
figure this fall. The temporary de-
moralization Of the wool market has
affected breeding eve prices id most
disastrous manner. Since September
Il wool has started to move and it be-
comes increasingly apparent that the
market for good grades Of virgin wool
cannot be forced back to prewar lew