The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-15
Sessions End Late Yesterday
After Various Commodity
Committees Report and Rec
concentrations Are Adopted
Meeting Fourth of Series
of Seven

That the most efficient practices
have been determined and will be
used by farmers OF south central
North Dakota was the consensus Of
opinion among the 200 delegates
from 10 counties who attended the
agricultural economic conference
held at Bismarck Monday and
Tuesday.
Meeting with members OF the
staff Of the extension division CT
the North Dakota agricultural COL
lege, the farmer delegates consid.
cred their knowledge OF local con-
ditions plus the technical informa-
ton from the college workers. Com
modify committees made reports at
a general session, and the outstand.
ing recommendation were as fol-
lows:
No increase should be made in
the acreage OF wheat and the trend
should be toward a lower acreage.
In the western part OF the area
only hard wheat should be grown.
In some OF the eastern TT, durum
does best. Marquis 10 the leading
variety OF bread wheat and Kuban.
ka does the best OF the durums.
Winter wheat is not hardy enough
to be practical in this area. Win.
ter rye is more desirable than
spring rye on most Of the area with
the possible exception of Kidder
county, where spring rye Is seeded
on light land to good advantage.
Flax should only be sown on clean
land and the acreage should not be
expanded materially except when
the market outlook Is favorable.
Oats Not Profitable
No increase should be made IN
the oats acreage as oats generally
does not yield we'll and is not prof.
table as cash crop. Barley Is =
better feed crop than oats and a
slight increase in acreage should be
made, particularly in Mcintosh, Lo-
gan and Morton counties. Speltz
may be used to supplement oats
and barley. A reasonable increase
should be made in corn acreage and
Falconer Is recommended az an
outstanding variety. Early strains
of Minnesota 13, Northwestern dent
and Pioneer white dent are good
varieties for grain and silage. Gehu
is best for hogging Oft. Millet 10
one of the most dependable hAy
crops to grow in this area.
Considerable increases should be
made in the acreages OF alfalfa and
sweet clover throughout this area.
Yellow blossom sweet clover Is
preferred to the hite. The rota-
ton system Of handling livestock
on native pasture IL advised TO
guard against over.grasing. Every
farm should have a shelterbelt, veg
etable garden alkl small orcharl.
Potatoes should not be grown on .
commercial scale until marketing
facilities have been developed.
Beans can be grown profitably
here.
More Poultry Needed
Poultry production should be In
creased, as the price outlook and
the likelihood OF profit are good. At
present there are only s. hens per
farm and this should be raised to
minimum OF 100. A reasonable
increase should also be made IN
turkey production.
Volume of dairy products should
be increased through the use Of
more and better feed, testing OF
cows and use OF purebred sires. No
increase should be made in the
number OF beef animals, but there
should be improvement in quality
and finish. A small and orderly I'M
crease in the number Of sheep Is
desirable. There should be no gen
cral increase in hog production.
Only good quality horses, weighing
1000 pounds or more, should be
raised, and much Of the low grade
stuff should be disposed OF by ship
ping to canning factories or other
wise.
This meeting was the fourth OF q
series of seven that are being held
lin different parts OF the state UNI
der tho general direction OF C. r.
Monroe, director OF the extension
division. Reports Of the farmer
committees will be published later
in full in bulletin form by the col