The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-02

FARMING NOW
BEING URGED
ROusing Meetings of Farmers
and Business Men Being
Held in S. w. Dakota

The raising Of more alfalfa ane
sweet clover and larger corn acre
age, the use Of pure bred sires am
OF milking more dairy COWS with
all the benefits of diversified farm.
ing as solutions for farming PROB
lens, by raising the average yields
from wheat and grain, are being
discussed in rousing meetings OF
farmers and business men i'm south
western North Dakota this week
and next.
The gatherings, arranged by B.
+: Groom, chairman Of the agri-
cultural committee of the Greater
North Dakota association, are ad-
dressed by members Of the Mime
apolis Tribune agricultural speak
ing staff.
A. r. Kroh, farm economist,
with County Agent Alfred East
gate Of Dickinson, addressed an
audience in Mott, county seat Of
Hettinger county Tuesday, while
Charles +. COLLISION, the Tribune's
agriculture editor and lecturer, and
L. A. Campbell, travelling immigra-
ton agent Of the Northern Pacific
railway, were the speakers before
a crowd that packed the Carson
theatre.
The latter were introduced by
L. II. Leavitt, county chairman of
the Greater North Dakota associa-
ton, and County Agent Thco.
Martell OF Carson.
N. p. Has Common Interest
THE Northern Pacific railway
has common interest with North
Dakota in building for stable
farming, prosperous communities
and a happy farm life" declared
Mr.. Campbell.
Great strides have been made
in this state in this direction. al
most unbelievable to those unfa-
miliar with conditions.
"Out Of Our experiences in the
western part Of this state and our
neighbor, Montana, has come a
vast storehouse Of information up
on which we are now building sue
cessfully type Of farming that
is helping to put dollars in our
pockets and is overcoming the UNI
certainties of the early days of
trial and errcr.
with this new knowledge of
climate, soil and tillage we pin our
faith on the future. Experience
has taught us the value of reserves
of feed, seed and a storehousc for
the family living. 1t has shown
us that farming is profitable on
this fertile, low priced soil, when
we assure our living and farming
expenses by making ourselves in
dependent of the wheat crop. We
have definitely demonstrated that
this means more livestock on un-
titled land. hogs, poultry, dairy
cows and plenty Of feed.
Cheap Feed and Pasture Needed
Cheap feed anI pasture are
the foundations of profitable live
stock raising. Dairy cows need
succulent summer pasture and win
ter feed to maintain the milk flow.
Hogs need summer pasture to keep
down the cost CT grain feeding
We need not only corn, barley and
rye to put the market finish on our
beef, but also the alfalfa and oats
to supplement the nutritious ma
tive grasses Of this country, which
build the bone and muscle for
these rugged, strong bored ami
mails for which this country IS
famous.
Corn is cur balance wheel. It
furnishes palatable roughage and
high feed value concentrates, it re-
places summer fallow. 1t fattens
self harvesting hogs, it gives us
the succulent winter feeds that
keep up the milk flow. 1t gives
us the highest acre tonnage of
feed of any crop.
Alfalfa has been grown at the
Mandan station for more than 10
years. 1t promises to be our
greatest hay crop as is now being
DN tilC way LIic dl.TC.
age is increasing here.
Reserves Of feed, seed and
moisture = livestock - the wheat
crop as money maker instead Of
a mainstay, and the low produc-
ti3n costs possible in this country
are putting western North Dakota
to the forefront as happy and
prosperous section of permanent
farm homes"
Many Farm Problems
I'VE hear a great deal about the
national farm problem" said Mr..
COLLISION, "and the solution for it.
When w6ilock into it we find that
there .siss not one farm problem,
with one ready made solution, but
about as many farm problems as
We have farmers.
Zone of those in Grant county
is the declining grain yields. The
county agent says your wheat av-
eraged only 8.6 bushels to the
acre for the past five years, while
the state average is only 1913
bushels. The agricultural college
in Fargo says it takes more than
IL bushels to the acre to break
even on the costs. +
mo wonder the wheat farmer
complains that he makes no money.
But what is the good of high
prices for wheat when you cannot
raise wheat to sell? 1t is the farm
erswho raises more wheat to the
acre instead CT large acreage Of
low yields, who gets the profit.
-"Isn't. it, then, good business and
good farming, to rotate ones
wheat crops with sweet clover and
corn, alfalfa and potatoes, with
livestock and dairy cows, pigs and
sheep to fertilize the soils. rather
than mining them with successive
crops Of grain
s1These thif10s increase the WELD