The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-06-29
LIVESTOCK ASSN.
HOLDS PICNIC

The Barnes County Livestock Asso-
citation held their annual picnic at the
T.. j. Sebby farm, seven miles west of
Fingal, yesterday. Even though the
weather was not the best, being cloudy
and windy, there was crowd of about
600 present. Inspection of herds on
the way to the picnic grounds open
| ed the program, inspections being held
at the Van Houten farm south of this
city and the Hoilinshead farm south
of Oriska. There were two bands in.
attendance for the day, the Fingal
band and the band from the Minnie
Lake Consolidated School. They cer-
tainly entertained the crowd with a
very good musical program. Dinner
was served by the Ladies Aid Society
of Norma township and the ladies
supplied the wants of the crowd in
mighty good style, giving them lots
to eat, a large variety to choose from
and prices less than reasonable. ..s
The program opened with stock
Judging demonstrations by George
Baker, of the Agricultural College at
Fargo. Mr.. Baker demonstrated on
five classes, Holsteins, Shorthorns,
Guernseys, Red Polls and Herefords.
Each class was we'll represented by
animals from herds in the southern
part Of the county, James Thoreson
having his excellent Guernseys there
for inspection, John Anderson showed
Holsteins, Vernon E. Grant showed
Red Polls, Henry King had two dandy
shorthorn heifers and Mr.. Sebby had
his Herefords on inspection. Mr.. Scb-
by has large herd of the white faces
and they certainly create a go"d i'm
preston Of the farm when the visitor
drives in.
Following the judging demonstra-
tions short band concert was enjoy
ed before the directors of the associa-
ton were introduced to the crowd by
County Agent T. X. Calnan. After The
Iintroductions Mr.. Calnan presented
DR.. John Lee Coulter, president of the
Agricultural College at Fargo, one of
the speakers for the afternoon. DR..
Coulter referred to the excellent eli
mate in North Dakota but stated that
the farmers, in order to utilize this
climate, must practice more dive, sifi-
cation. He compared the exclusive
h. a. D,,f ,I~
only handled one article. When there
was no dmand for that particular ar
ticle his business was bound to fail.
He scored the practice OF summer fall
lowing, recommending in its stead the
practice of turning cattle or sheep on
to dirty land so that they might keep
| the weeds down and at tine same time
pack the land and add to its fertility.
He added that The fertility Of the soil
could be doubled or trebled BY the
raising of cattle. He referred to the
practice of glutting the wheat market
in the fall, forcing the price down and
seeing it raise again wl.el there was
no wheat for sale. lie clvocated bet
ter business 1,i;.NaEenle .J of Market
| ing and advocate cooperate mar
keting plan. He made plea Tor het-
ter agricultural finance which would
enable the farmer to get into cattle
to greater extent
The Davidson Quartet, composed of
four sons of Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Da-
wilson of this city, entertained the
crowd with several selections during
the afternoon, being encored time and
again. This is the first appearance
of these four boys as a quartet md
their performance yesterday was one
to be proud of. They all have good
voices and know how to use them so
that the result is mighty pleasing to
their auditors.
At the conclusion Of DR.. Coulter's
address VIM. Mcpherson took the
floor and gave an invitation to all Old
Settlers to attend the picnic, being
held in this city today. He was fol-
lO"SU NY odI1OIu WIN GuOh do
| his subject, "The Indirect Profits
From Cattle. Mr.. Sanford explained
the manner in which the soil urew it's
original fertility from the air follow
ing the glacial period and showed how
the soil could be rejuvenated by the
same means. He advocated the rails
ing of cattle as being one of the GER
tain methods of increasing the fertil-
ity of the soil and assuring the farm
er better crop average. Mr.. San
ford is we'll known in the county as a
deep student of farm problems. He
lis a fluent speaker and gave his aud
itors yesterday some very good ideas
on the upbuilding of their farms.
4 Following the speaking for the day
the program called for several stock