The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-23

North Dakota today Officially"
Joined the list Of "corn belt states. }"
The judgment of experts attending
the first Statewide corn show ever
held put the state in that classified
tion to stay. Out-oftown agricul-
turists attending the show delivered
the verdict after viewing the ex-
hibits. They declared that North Da-
kota raises corn which compared ia
vcrably to corn anywhere in the
United States. These experts, who
include d. E. Willard, formerly with
the Agricultural college and now with
the Great Northern; j F. Kadonsky,
rerrcsenting the 500 lines, f.. F.
Benson, representing the Northern
Pacific, and Commissionr of Agricul-
turc c. c. Davis of Montana, de-
livercd the verdict to local corn show
officials and the institute of yester-
DAY afternoon.
The show is declared an epoch in
North Dakota's agricultural develop
mcnt. In the past there has been
debate as to whether corn can be
raised successfully in every part Of
.Ihc Stdte. Inc SNOW dHSWcTS tndt
II also answers the doubts Of people
living in states to the south. The
discussion in the future will not be
whether corn can be grown, but how
to improve the yield 49," 2. ~ Z.
Judging was in progress today but
1t was not expected that winners
would be announced before tomor-
row, the last day of the show.
Crowds continued to stream into
the corn show room on Main street
today. They included scores of peo-
pic from all over western North Da-
kcta. many travelling men who are
keen 10 learn of agricultural devel-
orment in the state and hundreds
OF local people.
Almost unanimous observation of
local people was that this marks the
beginning Of an annual corn show.
which Bismarck will make one of the
biggest things in the state.
DIR. Coulter to Speak.
Among those at the corn show was
Claude X. Spotted who was sent
here by the Standing Rock Indian
Agency to study the exhibits. On
his return a meeting of Sioux In
dams will be held in the .Cannonball
district at which he will explain to
tie other Indians things he learned
at the show
The last institute of the show will
be held at p. NJ. Thursday, at the
Rlalto theater, when DR.. John Lee
Coulter Of the state agricultural col
lege will speak. Local people as we'll
as visitors to the show are urged to
hear him.
E. F. Benson, manager of the de-
partment and industry for the North
err Pacific, speaking at the institute
yesterday afternoon, urged diversifi-
cation strongly.
Few states depend more on agri-
culture, few on single crop which |
means as much, as wheat to North |
Dakota. Your old slogan, "'The
bread basket Jof the world should |
not be Your only slogan" he said.
Hence the significance of this !
state corn show as being big step
in the direction of diversification,"
he continued.
when we compare our soils de-
p'eted from continual wheat crop
ping during the past 40 or SO years,
with the fertile farm lands Of GER
tain European countries that have
been titled d thousand years or more,
and with the lands Of China which
have been farmed during the past 40
centuries producing not only one
crop but III many parts two or three
crops each year and with no impair
mcnt of soil fertility, we must ac-
knowledge their wisdom in soil treat
ment even though we class them as
a semi-barbaritus and uneducated
race. Notwithstanding our extensive
system OF agriculture education, their
practical soil treatment puts US to
shame.
ANY single cropping system is
bad but especially if it only employs
the farmers time three of four
months year.
1T is the normal and natural
thing to be reasonably employed most
OF the time and it is economically
ond fundamentally wrong to so plan
out work as to be idle two thirds or
tn three-fourths of the year. Besides
It is dangerous to put all our eggs
lr one basket. as the exclusive wheat
growers of North Dakota have learn /;
ed to their sorrow in recent years.
especially the past year,
Corn Is King Crop.
Corn is naturally your king crop, I
because of the livestock it brings ,
along. Dairying and hog raising, ,
ooultry-especially turkeys-beef cat ,
lie which now seem to be lookinpI 8
Up, and sheep, which with the ex-
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