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The Ward County independent., 1921-02-10
THIS STATE IS LOGICAL
SOURCE OF ALFALFA SEED
(By H. L. Walster, Agronomist. North
Dakota Agricultural Experiment
StatiOu.)

(By IA. l.. Walster, Agronomist. North
Dakota Agricultural Experiment
Station.)
North Dakota has Il natural m0nop-
oily on the production Of Grimm alfalfa
seed. The cool dry autumns insure
favorable conditions for the blossom
ing. and for fertilization Of the bios
som by the pollen. The severe winters
eliminate less hardy plants so that
as each succeeding year goes by an
old Grimm alfalfa field in North Da-
kota is prima facie evidence of its
hardness.
The great dairy and stock-raising
states are demanding each year more
and more alfalfa, and all Of these
states must have hardy seed. Wiscon-
sin, the premier dairy state in the
Union, has practically trebled its al
falfa acreage in the past three years.
Michigan and New York have probably
done as well. All Of the North Cen
tral, North Atlantic. and New England
states are crying for Grimm alfalfa
seed from sources that can be guaran-
teed as to their genuineness. There
is probably no better source than that
from the certified fields registered
with the North Dakota Grimm Alfalfa
Seed Producers association.
Thousands Of pounds Of this valu-
able seed are being shipped out Of
North Dakota TO Wisconsin and Michi-
gan. Buyers in these states are alert
and know the value Of this rare prod
uct. They get in their orders early
knowing that the price will undoubt-
edly be higher in the spring. There
are thousands Of farms in North Da-
kota that could well afford to start
next spring with hve or ten acres OF
alfalfa. Just at present this valuable
seed Is getting away from North Da-
kota With Grimm seed at 10 cents
per pound for lots Of fve pounds or
more the North Dakota farmer will
dnd no more profitable Investment
provided he is, willing to handle the
crop in a way that will furnish rea.
sonable guarantee Of success. 1et ~
have several thousand more Alfalfa
mead farms in North Dakota having
ten-year-old alfalfa fields. This yalu-
able crop does not succumb 10 rust
and Is able to live through seasons Of
severe drought.
One pound to one and one.
pounds Of seed will provide enough to
SOW one acre In drills 80 inches apart.
This seed can be sowed with a garden
drill. In case larger apparatus is
needed disc drill with grass seed
attachment may be equipped with rims
to prevent them from sinking into the
SOIL too deep. Write to the Depart-
ment Of Agronomy, Agricultural col.
lege, North Dakota, for full informa.
1ion as 7" the method Of seeding
alfalfa IN rows.
The Ward County independent., 1921-02-10
MANY EDUCATIONAL FILMS
LISTED IN NORTH DAKOTA

Bureaus of the federal government
makers Of and dealers in products re-
quired by the farmer, are included in
the organizations that are making the
visual instruction service Of the North
Dakota Agricultural college the de-
positOry in the state of their educa-
tional films and slide sets.
The service recently has been made
the state depository of the extension
department of the International Har-
vester company, and copies Of all their
motion picture reels and slide sets are
in stock in the visual instruction
rooms The Bureau of Commercial
Economics, Washington, D. O., alss
has informed the college 1t will use
the visual instruction department al
the depository in the state Of its films,
and already has sent 26 reels to the
institution. The United States depart
ment OF agriculture has selected the
visual instruction service to distribute
it's films throughout the state in
schools, clubs and especially amons
CAlCuSlOu "Ol AClS. xnO &ALl10 0SOUC0
tional Film company Of Chicago and
the General Electric company Of
Schenectady, N. Y, also are depositin1
films and slides with the institution
The Northern Division Of the Amer
ican Red Cross has nine Of its films on
deposit for state wide service q
Tho Agricultural college is listed %
having more films in its distributor
service than any other educational in.
stitution in the country except the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin, statistics con
tained in a recent reference book pub
lished by the Moving Picture Age, .
trade publication Of Chicago, show
The special Agricultural college rec
taken by 4. a. corbet, is listed amonl
the films recommended to all educa'
tiOnal institutions.
The Ward County independent., 1921-02-10

p.i!s! cs Asr;salS. l. %.s sst.:
o. gsD:;rt prs;sntse .; pc.
at Chicago, December 20. 1920
The crop yields from the old con-
tinuous wheat plat, from which has
been harvested the 3Sth consecutive
crop, were first presented. Yield rec
ords are available from this plat for
"a years and show that during the
irst IL years that this plat was under
the control of the experiment station
(1S92- 1909 It's average yield was 17.2
bushels per acre; during the last II
years C909-192O) the average yield
was 1877 bushels. The average yield
during the 24-year period which the
records cover has been 1874 bushels.
During the FIRST 12-year period yields
were cut heavily in 1893 and 1920 due
to drought but at no time during that
period were there severe rust attacks.
During the past II years yields were
cut heavily in 1911. 1914, 1915, and
1919 due to rust.
The decline in yield on the cOntinu-
Gus culture plat has been due to two
factors. Weeds. particularly wild oats
and Frenchweed have cut into the
Yields heavily. for these weeds com
pete with the wheat plant for mois-
ture and plant food. :, fact which well
demonstrates the necessity OF crop rO-
tation in order TO destroy weeds. Dur
ing the past eight years the average
Weld on he old continuous wheat
plat has been lab bushels per acre.
On "a nearby set OF plnts, run under a
simple four year rotation OF corn,
wheat. clover, and oats. and with no
return of straw or manure to the soil,
wheat being grown after corn every
year during the paSt eight years. the
crop has yielded 2l9 bushels to the
acre. or 53 per cent better than under
the continuous culture method.
TO show thar. land gets steadily
worse when devoted solely to wheat
culture, new set of continuous cul-
ture plats was started in 1913 on a
plat that had previously been farmed
under rotation method. As was ex-
.pected. this new continuous culture
plat has yielded much better than the
old continuous plat during the past
eight wears because ii had grown only
six cpops of wheat in the period 1892
TO 1912 inclusive, whereas the old con-
tinuouS plat raised wheat every year
The Ward County independent., 1921-02-10
FARM ACCOUNTS BOOK
HANDY FOR REFERENCE
ON MANY SUBJECTS

A table of standard varieties Of field
crops for North Dakota and a com
pendulum Of farming practice in the
state are included in the Nortlia Dakota
farmers account book, prepared by the
Agricultural college and now ready for
1921 distribution.
The table Of feld crop varieties was
prepared by DR.. H. L. WaIster, agron-
omist at the college experiment sta
ton, and this is the first time such an
extensive table has been prepared for
North Dakota. For each variety in
structiOn is given for rate of seeding,
part of the state for which the variety
Is adapted and information about it's
rating as a yielder aud its general be-
haviOr under North Dakota conditions.
The book includes Il short article on
horticulture by A. +. Yaeger, hOrticul-
turist at the station: one on animal
huSbandry by Professor j. II. Shep-
ptrd; on sheep in North Dakota. by
J. w. Haw, assistant county agent
leader Of the extension division: on
ration> for the dairy Cow, by j. T..
Dice dairy husbandry, experiment sta
ton; on feeding for winter eggs. by
Enoch J. Peterson, poultry husband
man at the college; on which variety
OF wheat to us for North Dakota. by
.Dr. Walster; on control of plant dis
eases, by Professor Fl. l.. BolIey of the
Agricultural college, and on animal
diseases, by DR.. Don Mcmahon, exten-
sion veterinarian.
The book, prepared by the farm
management department of the Agri-
cultural college in cooperation with
the United States department OF agri-
culture, is arranged in such way that
the tax returns may be figured on
either, cash basis or accrual basis lin.
,sentoEy). 1t has received commen-
dation from the United States COM
missioner Of internal revenue as being
particularly suited for making farm
income tax returns Az the state
makes no appropriation for printing
them q charge Of % cents Is made for
the book, which may be secured from
the county agent or the farm manage
ment department, Agricultural collegs
!, North Dakots.
The Ward County independent., 1921-02-10

/ gram must be referred to. X all these
measurements are In feet, the product
will give the volume In cubic feet. In
consulting the diagram to and the
value Of + for any particular stack. It
is to be noted that the top three tig-
ures represent stacks three-quarters a.
high as they are broad. the middle row
are as high as they are broad. and the
bottom row quarter more In height
than In breadth. From left to right
the stacks vary in fulness, from
roughly triangular shape to well-butlt
stack To take an example: A stack
is II feet wide, 20 feet long, and the
overthrow 10 34.2 feet. On inspection
the stack is found to resemble the
! middle figure In the bottom row Of the
diagram. The volume is then .34x34.2x
14x20 equaling 3o55.s cubic feet.
Where stacks are intermediate in
shape between two Of the figures on
the diagram. an intermediate value Of
F should be taken.
The number Of cubic feet Of hay in
ton depends on the kind Of hay. and
the length Of time it has been In the
stack. In the first IS days a stackNwill
shrink on an average about II per
cent. At the end Of 60 days. the shrink
age has risen to n per cent. and in n
days more has amounted to II per
cent when the settling has practically
ceased. So far as we know. the prac.
tice commonly followed in the Prov
ince Of Alberta does not rest on any
exhaustive experiment. but is merely
an approximation which both buyer
and seller agree to accept. Hay thirty
days in the stack is considered TO aver.
age 80 cubic feet to the ton. and 1t fs
advisable that the method Of measure
ment and the number Of feet to ton
should be agreed upon when the sale is
arranged so that disputes may be.
avoided. Taking the usual figure. the
stack taken as an example above con-
tains 3255.S divided by 512. or 6.36
TONS
The Ward County independent., 1921-02-10
TRAINING PHARMACISTS

The pharmacist Of today is a trained
scientist not only qualified to All pre-
scriptions but also to test foods and
drugs for purity. The pharmacist
plays an important part in the life Of
a community consequently thorough
training is required before a person il
qualified to receive license to put up
prescriptions and do similar work.
Courses in pharmacy are given at the
North Dakota Agricultural college. A
two years course Of nine months each
prepares the student to become an a..
sistant in drug store. After tws
years Of practical experience he cas
take the regular examination Of thu
Board of Pharmacy, the passing Of
which entities him to be registered a
regular pharmacist. A four year
course in pharmacy is also offered
which prepares its graduates to b.
come full fledged druggists on gradua.
tion.
Exceptional opportunity 10 ofkerS1
at the North Dakota Agricultural col.
lege for giving the courses in phar.
macy as the inspection Of drugs and
oil such materials Is made here bofors
they can be put on the market In this
state. This means that there are lab.
oratory facilities especially equipped
for analysing all classes Of drugs anl
foods, and also all kinds Of samples T.
work on. To still further increase the
value Of the work . drug garden 10
maintained whore the di6sesnt Dlaats
used in drugs are grown - that IL
pupils learn how these DlaAts grew %
we'll o. how they are prepared 10 "a
into the different drugs. The pharmacy
work is being taken up considerably
by women, as 1t Is q line of work II
which many women have done we'll
This course in pharmacy with Its study
Of chemistry, Of drugs, Of hlling Pre-.
scriptions, etc., proves to bs mighty
interesting to those who are takina
It up.
The Ward County independent., 1921-02-10
TOO HOT Water NOT
GOOD FOR SCALDIN6

II the scalding water is too hot 1t
sets the bristles, says DR.. P. F. Trow-
bridge, director Of the North Dakota
experiment station, in describing meth
DDS of slaughtering hogs on the farm.
A temperature Of 155 degrees Fahren-
heit is good temperature for barrel
scald, he says, while 165 or higher Is
dangerously high. as it will set the
hair if the carcass is left in the water
half minute too long. The lowest
temperature for a slow scald is 14O
degrees, but this is too low for out Of
doors farm practice. A thermometer
should be used by the beginner to de-
termne the temperature. It will save
work. as the right temperature will
make the removing Of the bristles
easy. while too hot temperature will
Get them.
tablespoonful Of lye or shovelful
Of wood ashes or pound of quick
lime put in the scalding water will
loosen the scurf.
Cut a gambrsl slit in one hind foot
for the hog hook, DR.. Trowbridgs adds.
Make a deep lengthwise cut from hook
to toe 50 as to expose both tendens.
scald the head end nrst, keeping the
carcass moving 20 the scald win be
even. II the side Of the hog rests
firmly against the side Of the barrel,
that portion will not scald. With very
hot water bring the carcass to the air
two or three times every minute to
cool an instant and prevent setting Of
the hair. As soon as the hair slips
easily reverse the carcass, putting the
bog hook In the lower Jaw, and COM
piets the scald.
The Ward County independent., 1921-02-10
VALUABLE QUANTITY or
FOODS CANNED IN STATE

80 . y
Foods canned by North Dakota
housewives in 1920 averaged $2o0.21
per family, according to the annual
report Of Miss Inez N. Hobart, food
specialist Of the home demonstration
department Of the Agricultural eollsgs
extension division. The most sf tht
canning was done BY the cold pacl
method.
Canning demonstrations were mol
part Of the departments work this
year, Miss Hobart says, 90 the prac
tice had come into such universal use
through the previous years work and
most housewives understand Il 4
report on the canning work, however
Is required by the department Of asri
culture lsnnorls were received from
wnlEcn u -, 4, ;.at!rs.
The Ward County independent., 1921-02-10
A SIMPLE METHOD OF
COMPUTING HAY TONNAGE

Every farmer has occasion to deter
mine the number Of tons Of hay In q
given stack, and disputes not infre-
auently arise owing to the fact that
different methods Of computation are In
common use, giving results that may
vary considerably. The department Of
extension Of the University Of Alberta
has recently had several Inquiries on
this point, and publishes for the use
Of farmers a method Of ascertaining
the cubic content Of stacks Of different
shapes, which, according to Professor
Dowell, of the department Of animal
husbandry, Is found very satisfactory
In use.
Where hay 10 bought or sold in the
stack, two problems are involved: ::
First, the question of the cubic content
Of the stack; and second, the question
Of how many cubic feet 1t takes to
weigh ton.
Measuring the Volume Of Stacks.
II stack were uniformly built, its
volume would be equal to its length
multiplied by the area Of Its cross Sec
tloll, UuI NJ StdckS are DSlOOIu UulIOFu,
any formula gives only approximately
the content. 1t is believed that stacks
are more often measured short than
long one reason for this 10 that allow
ance is usually made on account, Of the
sides Of the stack being loosely built
another reason 10 that stack tends to
taper towards the ends. 80 that the
average cross section Is greater than
the area Of the end Of the stack.
AS 1t IS not so easy to measure the
height correctly as 1t is measure the
overthrow. the formula We give IL cas-
Ter to use than one which depends on
correct measurement Of the height.
The formula. 10 be used in connection
with the diagram accompanying this
article. is as follows:
o Is the overthrow. W the width. L
the length and F fraction depending
on the shape of the cross section of the
stack. for the value of which the dia
The Ward County independent., 1921-02-10

Cando- One thousand IL the mem
bership goal Of the new Tewnsr
county farm bureau.
Evening star., 1921-11-06
AMERICAN UNION
HEADED BY JUDSON
University Of Chicago Man to Di-
rect Work in This Country
and Abroad.

Harry Pratt Judson, president of
the University of Chicago, will head
the American University Union in
Europe for the coming year. accord
ing to statement of the board of
trustees yesterday announcing his
election as chairman. DR.. Judson will
direct in this country and abroad the
work Of the union, which represents
the united effort of fifty leading
American colleges and universities.
President John Grier Hibben of
Princeton was chosen vice chairman
of the board. Other officers elected
were: Secretary. Prof. John w. Cum
life, director of the School of Journal
ism on the Pulitzer Foundation of
Columbia University. and treasurer.
Henry b. Thompson, Princeton. These
officers, with President A. Lawrence
Lowell. of Harvard. President w. A.
Shanklin -of w esleyan and DR.. Arson
Phelps Stokes of Yale will constitute
the administrative board of the
American University Union.
President Harding, it was announc-
ed by the trustees, has accepted their
invitation to become a patron of the
union. Similar acceptances. the
boards announcement said, had been
received from Viscount James Bryce,
Alexandra Mi1lerand, Brand Whitlock,
Col. George Harvey, Richard Wash
burn Child and Robert Underwood
Evening star., 1921-11-06

Johnson. secretary Of the American
Academy of Arts and Letters.
Foreign diplomats in this country
will also be among the patrons OF the
union. which yesterday made public
a plan to enlist the cooperation OF
other organizations in promoting q
general movement of international
Education. They include NJ J. J..
Jusserand, French ambassador; Baron
de Cartier de Marchienne, Belgian
ambassador, and Senator Rolando
Ricci. Italian ambassador. J. Destree.
Beleian minister of education, Brus-
sells. and H. A. L. Fisher, pres ident of
the Board of Education. London. are
others who have accepted the trustees
invitations to- become patrons.
Secretary Curliffe made public the
annual report of the director of the
London office, showing an increase in
registration last year from 63S to
1853 over the preceding year. The
number of applications from teachers
and students for posts or exchanges
was 22S, of whom ninety-six' We're
women. The registration in the Paris
office was almost double that of the
previous year, reaching total well
over 500 in French universities. Prof.
Paul Van Dyke of Princeton Is now
directing the continental division Of
the union, and he reports from Paris
increasing interest in French Amer
ican educational affiliations on the
part of the officials of both the gov
ernment and the universities.
Evening star., 1921-11-06
History of Formation
OF Agricultural Bloc

of prior republican policies as pro-
| test against wisconsin. The big ma
| jorities, it was said. came from the
middle west and the far west, and
| the senator's from these, sections came
to Washington in response to the call
for an extra session determined to
claim their rights. The east is no
longer in the siddle, they said. The
| west Is in control.
Movement Bi-Partisan.
The extra session of Congress was
hardly a week old when the agricul-
tural movement in the Senate came
to head. 1t was Bipartisan. SEN
| ator Kenyon Of Iowa. a republican,
and Senator Smith of South Carolina,
a democrat, were the two leading
| promoters.
The first meeting was held in an
| Office, down town, far removed from
the Capitol, "in order that it might
escape the stamp of politics." said the
:. senator. Twelve senators were pres
ent at this first meeting, divided
about equally as to politics. While
| the meeting was informal, it was
agreed that politics should not be
discussed and that no question of
legislation should be considered from
pOlltlCa1- point OIL view.
The main objects. 1t is stated, were
not to control or dictate to the Sen
ate. but to see to it that the great
! west, the agriculturists Of that Sec
tion, received a square deal. The
| members pledged themselves to fight
for the interests Of the agricultural
west without penalizing the cast or
any other section.
The tariff was not considered, be-
cause, although an economic ques-
ton, it is saturated with politics.
The west and one-half of the south
: is for reasonable protection, and the
senator's at this first meeting de-
cided to let the tariff alone. permit
ting each member to vote as he
pleased.
Held Open Meetings
When the newspapers revealed this
first secret meeting and dubbed the
organization "the agricultural bloc"
the members said they might just as
well meet in the Capitol and have the
meetings open. This they did, in
viting such mon an Secretary Mellon.
Secretary Hoover, Barney Baruch
and many others to attend and talk
over matters"
Soon the agricultural bloc became
Evening star., 1921-11-06
larry HILL BAND.

days, then he is authorized to go
ahead and have the repairs made
himself and charged against the al
lotment of the federal funds made
to the state. Furthermore. the sec
retary is directed not to approve any
further road construction in the state
in question until the state shall have
reimbursed the federal government
for the work of repair.
One provision of the bill which
should be of great benefit to those
who travel over the roads calls upon
the Secretary of Agriculture, within
two years. to have prepared. publish
and distribute map showing the
highways and forest roads that have
been approved as part of the system
which is to receive the federal aid,
and to publish supplementary maps
annually showing the progress made
in construction.
Evening star., 1921-11-06
SELECTED TO REPRESENT
! GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE

Wade H. Cooper, president of. the
United States Savings Bank. Will rep
resent Gov. A. A. Taylor of Tennes-
see at the burial of the unknown SOL
dier at Arlington on Armistice day.
as we'll as at the laying of the corner
stone of the Victory Memorial build
ing. November IA, according to in
structions wired him by the Tennes-
see official yesterday.
Mr.. Cooper is in receipt OF the fei-
lowing telegram from Gov Taylor:
Il have wired Secretary Weeks that
you would represent me and occupy
reserved box seats fof me at Ar
lington national cemetery November
IL, and at the. laying Of the. corner
stone Of the national Victory Memorial
building November H."