The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-10
HIGHER PRICE,
LOWER COST, is
BIG PROBLEM
Topics Will BE Discussed at
Tristate Farm Congress
January II 10 Ia

Increasing prices Of farm product.
through quality production and stan
dardization, and reducing the cost 81
production. are topics around which
attention will center al the Tri-!S,atc
Farm congress, North Dakota agricu!-
inral college. Jan. lili.
The demands by the farmers for
Interpretation If data concerning the
farHi nutlnuk ia led krx 4. Willard.
fain ccnnftnt-t. - wriie many art
icleS Of this nature for ne pre- +
during the past year. TN the first
day Of III. farm congress. Mr. WI.
lard viii present the pro pe,t8 for
ugricnltur. and the Indication a. IL
the trend IT differen, crops :nd live
stock. His talks and discussion vail
apply especially 10 til. northwe /
farming area.
Land Locked" is tn. terra that eE,
rrssses the geographic situation II
North Dakota. according to tn.
boosters Of the Great Lakes.St
Lawrence project. North Dakota lies
1900 miles from either the Atlantic,
the Pacific or the Gulf ports. A
deep water way, point out the Great
Lake st. Lawrence boosters. viii
place an ocean port at North Da-
kota's back door The deep water
way is "a short cut from the Dakota
producer to the consumer Gov. A.
q. Sorlie, the Greater North Dakota
association and the North Dakota
Agricultural college have had com
nittee "a, work for some time bring
ing together facts showing the i'm
portancc Of the deep water way to
North Dakota. On the third day Of
the congress. Jan. -, the deep water
way committee will make its report
and there will be some representative
from the head office of the Great
LakesSt. Lawrence Tidewater asso-
citation to address the meeting on
that day.
The Way To Success
Quality and standardization of the
farm products point the way TO sue
cess for the farmer and fit into the
scheme Of better farming for the
Northwest. as indicated by Dr.. H.
L. Walster. dean of the school Of
agriculture and authority on farm
crops. To produce quality crops and
then to standardize these crops will
result in better prices and more Of
the consumers dollar to the farmer
A general discussion on Quality and
Standardization of Farm Products"
will be led by DR.. Walster on We'd
nesday
Other talks and discussions as inn
portant as those above are as follows:
tuesday. Jan. II: Discussion on
weeds, and especially on Sow Thistle
and quackgrass; radio problems, H.
Hance of the Radio Equipment cor
poration of Fargo.
Wednesday, Jan. IL: Market value
Of wheat as affected by test weight
of moisture and protein content, C..
+. Hangels, cereal chemist at the col
lege; quality in cream, John Huseby,
state dairy commissioner; Grimm
alfalfa, what operation has done
to keep it pure and develop world
market for it, f. |. Olson, college;
demand for quality potatoes, DR.. P.
=. lToWDTluRe. director oil North la
kota Agricultural college experiment
station, and 4 special meeting for
women, with preparation Of foods as
the topic Of discus sion. In the even
ing Of the Gold Star band will en-
terrain with Il concert. There will
also be IN address, Farming Around
the World, by Professor j. n. Shep-
perd, chairman Of the animal hus-
bandry department Of the college.
Tax Problems
Thursday. Jan. ID: North Dakota
Farmers tax problems. Dr. A. II.
Benton. agricultural economist at
the college, who has made a special
study Of this subject; Shall Farming
be Business or Mode of Life, by
Andrew Boss, Minnesota College Of
agriculture. Professor Boss was call
ed to Washington, y. G., about a year
ago to re-organize the department Of
farm management in the United
states Department Of agriculture. He