The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31
SOUTH DAKOTA
FARMERS JOIN
ON DAIRY TOUR
viii See DiversificatiOn Put
Into Practice in North
Dakota on Trip
ROUTE OF THE TRIP
Visits to New Salem and
Flasher Are Planned as
Part of the Tour

Information which has already
how to change from grain farming
to diversification will be obtained by
the several thousand farmers who
plan to attend the Flasher-Ncw Sa-
lem Mandan tour to be held June H.,
Is and 10.
Arrangements for the event are
being made by County Agents r. c..
Newcomer of Mandan and C. II. Will
son Of Carson, members of the Flash
er and New Salem dairy circuits, j.
II. Shepperd of the North Dakota
Agricultural college and officers of
the Northern Great Plains Field sta
tion at Mandan, and the commercial
clubs of the three cities to be visit
ed.
Visits will be made to typical
farms in the Flasher and New Salem
dairy circuits and programs will be
held at each place. The three day
tour will wind up at Mandan. where
the party will inspect the Northern
Great Plains field station and par
ticular attention will be paid to the
pasture demonstrations which are be-
ing conducted by John T. Sarvis in
cooperation with J. II. Shepperd Of
the North Dakota Agricultural col
lege.
Flasher Meeting
John Lee Coulter, president Of the
Agricultural college, will speak at
the Flasher meeting June II and
the New Salem meeting June 1S. j.
II. Shepperd will be on the program
at New Salem and at Mandan the
following day. Other speakers who
will take in the entire tour include
G. w. Randlett, director of the North
Dakota Extension division; Director
p. F. Trowbridgc of the North Da-
kota Experiment station; A. M. Chal-
ley; A. G. Arvold of the public
speaking department and DR.. H. L.
Walster, recently appointed dean of
the school of agriculture at the col
lege.
More than 300 South Dakota farm
ers are planning to make the tour,
and number from Montana are also
expected to attend. The South Da-
kota delegation will leave Lennon
Tuesday morning, June II, and will
be headed by w. F. Kumlien, direc-
tor of extension, and H. M. Jones,
South Dakota dairy specialist.
South Dakota county agents who
will bring delegations of farmers in
cludc A. Nj. Eberle of Bison, Floyd
+. Collins of Faith and L.>C. Lippert
of Selby.
Route of Tour
The first stop will be made Tues
day morning, June II, at the William
Vogel farm west of Flasher, and
after that the Charles Cotncr farm
will be visited. Dinner will be served
by the Ladies Aid societies in Flash
cr and a program will be held there
afterward. Following the program, "a
visit will be made to the Sawtcll e.
StoweIl farm north of Flasher and
the party will return to Flasher for
supper and to spend the night. An
is being arranged for
the evening.
The following morning will be
spent in an inspection of the farms
of the members of the New Salem
dairy circuit, and u program will be
held at New Salem at 2 p. M. We'd
nesday, June 1S. In addition to
those already mentioned, speakers at
New Salem will include John Ch"is-
tiansen and Charles Klusman, Jr.,
president and secretary of the New
Salem Circuit; ]. w. Haw, develop
ment agent of the Northern Pacific
railway; w. +. Reynolds, state dairy
commissioner, and Max Morgan of
the FairmOnt creamery.
Thursday, June 19, will be spent
at Mandan, where the party will as
semble in the square at the North
crn Pacific depot and drive out to
the trial pastures which are three
and one-half miles from town. Fol
lowing the inspection of the grazing
trials, the party will proceed to the
field station grounds and inspect the
crop and tree trial paintings. A
will be held at 2:30 p. m.
at the field station.