The Devils Lake world., 1922-12-20

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to marketing the county agent held s
potato grading demonstrations during
the digging. season to acquaint the
growers with the requirements of
rethe U. S. grades and to inform them
that it would be impractical to ship
anything that would not meet the
requirements for U. S. No. 1.
Test Smut Treatment
Three farmers cooperated with the
county agent in conducting a test
of the value of copper carbonate for
treating wheat for prevalence of
smut. Due to the fact that little
smut was found in the county this
year no definite results were secured.
Three alfalfa demonstrations were
conducted and good stands were Sc
cured in each instance. In two cases
the seed was broadcasted with the
grass seed attachment and then har-
rcwed in order to cover it, using Mar
quis wheat as nurse crop at the rate
of one bushel of wheat and seven
pounds Of alfalfa seed per acre. The
third farmer planted the alfalfa in
| rows with Marquis wheat as nurse
crop. He used grain drill with a
grass seeder attachment and plugged
every seventh hole in the drill and all
except the fifth hole in the grass
seeder. This made the rows 8 feed
apart.
Big Return From Alfalfa
A 4-acre field of alfalfa planted in
the spring of 1921 yielded z tons of
hay and 400 pounds of seed this year.
The owner estimates crop returns
from the field at more than 5000 or
$52 per acre. He plans to sow Is
acres Of alfalfa next spring.
Ten farmers cooperated in carving
on hogging off trails of North Da-
kota White Flint and Gehu corn and
Hulless barley. Pasture crops of
sweet clover, oats, rye, alfalfa and
rape were also used in these demon
strations. Definite weight were not
secured but the observation was made
that the hogs handled this way gain
ed much more rapidly than those ON
nelghboring farms which were not
given plenty Of range and were fore
ed to rustic their own feeds.
Hold Feeding Schools
A series of livestock feeding schools
were held during the winter months
at which the food requirements of diff
ferent classes of livestock were dis
cussed. The farmers were also shown
now to balance a ration using home
grown feeds.
Poultry culling demonstrations were
held on 13 farms the past few months,
At each demonstration the method
OF culing was carefully explained
and then the entire flock was culled,
Members of the audience were per
mltted to handle the hens so that
they would learn how to do the work
and could return to their farms and
Gull their flocks. Production records
are being kept for seven flocks and
some interesting figures are being
secured.
Helps Farm Women
Farm women have not been over
loked in the Extension program in
Ramsey county. Home demonstration
work has been started in five COM
munities in which Homemakers' clubs
have been organized. These clubs
meet twice each month and take up
programs outlined by the State Home
Demonstration Department. The
stateespecialists attend these meetings
about once every two months. Cloth
ing demonstrations have made up the
programs thus far and total of 80
dress forms have been made at these
meetings. Three poultry culling de-
monstrations were also staged al
these meetings by the county agent
Communities in which clubs have beer
organized include Brocket, Crary
Doyon, Penn and St. Joe.
Many in Club Work
Three boys and girls clubs were
organized and completed some yer,
successful work this year. Five
juniors of consolidated school form.
ed boys and girls pig club, eacl
securing two purebred Chester Whit,
sow pigs about eight weeks old. TIL,
County Agent instructed the member.
in the care and feeding of the pig!
and urged the use of pasture AM
crops which COULD be hogged off
Each member was supplied with suf
ficient White Flint seed corn to plan
one acre for hogging off purposes
Three Of the club members exhibite
their pigs at the Lake Region fai
held in Devils Lake and one Of tn
gifts won second place in the ope
class against stiff competition.
second club member won first plac
on the exhibit Of corn at the STARK
weather farm products show. I
every instance except one tn
II DipS were nnlch hottor tho, %ko.