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at least $1,000, 900 acres, and perhaps
20. 900 900 acres. or from m -fifth to
one-fourth Of all the land required in
1919 for that purpose. This land is
now largely used to feed meat and
milk animals and to grow cotton.
Must Watch Consuming Volume
Turning to consumption. Doctor
Baker finds additional evidence that
caution should be exercised in in
crcasing the area Of land in cultiva-
ton. At present the per capita con-
sumption Of beef and veal taken to-
gether. and also Of eggs, is about the
same as at the beginning OF the CEN
tury. Per capita consumption of
mutton and lamb, and also of chick
ems, is much less. Consumption of
pork per capita is about 10 per cent
greater. and Of milk about II per cent
greater. Continuation of the indi-
Gated trend toward a greater per
capita consumption Of milk and pork,
and lessencd consumption of mutton
and lamb. and beef and veal, would
reduce the amount of land required
to feed a given population, for the
hog and dairy COW produce more
human food per unit Of feed con-
sumed than do other farm animals.
Since the war the consumption of
animal foodstuffs has increased at the
expense of the consumption Of plant
foodstuffs. Any change In this ten
dcncy would decrease the amount OF
crop land required, for animal food
stuffs need much more land to pro-
ducc a given amount Of human food
than do plant foodstuffs.
Consumption Of farm products de-
Ponds, Of course. on the aggregate of
the population. as we'll as upon its
per capita requirements. It was for
merly taken practically for granted
that growth of population in the
United States would eventually press
upon the limitations of the land sup
ply. In recent years, however, statis-
ticians have shown that the United
States, and also the countries Of
northwestern Europe. r approach
ing a stationary population. It now
seems improbable, says DR.. Baker.
that the population of the United
States will ever attain the high ratio
to agricultural resources that exists in
Europe. In fact, he says. 1t is calcu-
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lated that within a few decades the
United States will probably be de-
pendent upon immigration for its
increase in population, and that q
stationary population will be at.
tanned in from so to Is years at
somewhere between III, 100000 and
200. 00O, 1000.
From Viewpoint Of Birth Rate
Since 1920 the birth rate In the
United States has declined rapidly,
and a rise in the death rate Is Ax-
pected oon because the population
will include an increasing proportion
of people In the older age groups.
In those states where the per capita
wealth is larger than the average for
the United States. the birth rate IS
lower. In states where the per capita
wealth is smaller than the average,
the birth rate is higher" This strik-
ing fact. Doctor Baker remarks,
should not be conclusive on the basis
of the data now available. It is
nevertheless an indication that popu.
lation growth does not necessarily
tread upon the heels Of farm produce
ton q closely as was once thought.
It suggests that wi population may
cease growing long before the limits
of subsistence are reached.
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|DA|RYMAN CH|DES
BANKERS ON HASTE
Says It Takes Five Years to
Produce Good Herd, but
They Limit Loans

Muddy roads held down attendance
at the first of the series of four State
Dairy association district conferences,
staged at the federal dairy expert
ment station. below Mandan, Monday.
E. A. Greenwood, state dairy commits
sioner. presided. assisted by H. G.
Schultz, local chairman. and j. A.
Barner. assistant dairy commissioner.
Besides the talk by John w. Haw,
Northern Pacific agricultural director,
dealing with the trend to grow less
wheat and produce more dairy out
put. and the increased results by
method in feeding. there was another
leading talk on how successful dairy
ing should proceed. This was by DR..
I. H. Wells. president of the North
Dakota Holstein association.
Dr.. Wells called attention to bank
ers who expect 90-day returns on
loans to prospective diaries and over
look the fact that 1t takes five or six
years to build q dairy herd.
In his address A. M. Challey, extern
sion agent of the agricultural college,
said one dairy association over a four
year period showed an average in.
crease Of So pounds Of butter fat per
COW. Production records. he said,
make possible elimination of poor
COWS and bring about economical
feeding and care.
H. A. McNutt, agricultural agent
Of the 500 Line. spoke on the scien-
tific phases Of forage crop produc-
ton. Frank b. Astroth, tieli repre-.
sentative Of the Jersey Cattle club,
talked on All clubs. and J. A. Barner,
assistant dairy commissioner. dealt
with the car and quality Of Dakota
dairy products.
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Administration Board
Selecting President
For Dickinson Normal

Members Of the state board of adj
m~inistration, meeting this afternoon,
were to consider the selection Of q
successor to the late 8. T. May as
president Of the Dickinson State Nor.
NAL school.
Ten men were said to be- under
consideration for the position. They
were: Prof. Frank w. Hicks and Or.
G. E. Scott, Minot state teachers COL
lege; B. E. johnson, superintendent
Of city schools at Madison. Wis.,; M.
E. Nugent, . teacher In the Univer-
sity high school at Grand Forks; r.
e. Smith, now acting president Of the
Dickinson state normal school: H. o.
Pippin, superintendent Of schools of
Stark county; DR.. Conrad Kjerstad.
vice president Of the Valley State
Teachers college; Dr.. E. ]. Klemme,
Helena. Mont, and r. Evans, super.
intendent Of schools at Mott.
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or less excusablc. No one, Doctor
Baker remarks. could have foreseen
the coming Of the automobile and the
tractor, which has released a large
amount Of land formerly required to
feed horses and mules, nor the in
creasing production of milk and meat
per unit Of feed consumed by the farm
animals. Nor did anyone realize tho
influence Of shifts from less produc-
tive to more productive crops per
acre. and from less productive to more
productive classes of farm animals.
Moreover. he says, prior to the world
war no adequate evidence existed of
the rapid approach of a stationary
population in the United States.
All this, 1t appears, is now changed.
1t is plain to everyone that new forces
are abroad in the world. and Doctor
Baker believes the application of
science and invention to agriculture
is advancing at an acceleraCing rate.
Nevertheless. he thinks the tendency
will be, as it has been in the past,
to bring more land into use for crops
than is needed. Unless agricultural
settlement is prudcntly guided there
is grave danger, he says. that periods
of agricultural depression will recur.
Auto Released Feed Lands
Facts relating to the trend of pop
ulatiOn, the trend OF consumption and
the trend of population growth form
the basis OF Doctor Bakers analysis
of the longtime agricultural outlook.
From a combined acreage of crops
and pasturagc that has remained
practically stationary since the wal,
agricultural production in the United
States in the Swear period l922-1926
was 1875 per cent greater than in the
5-year period 1917-192l. In produc-
ton per capita of the population, the
increase was about 5 per cent.
More than two-thirds of the gain
is attributed by Doctor Baker to
animal products, and the remainder
to plant products. Increased use OF
automobiles and tractors in agricul-
ture in the period from January l.
1920. to January !. 1925, released from
5000. 900 to 10000. 900 acres OF crop
land previously required to feed
horses and mules. In the decade from
1918 to 1928 the amount Of crop land
thus released probably amounted to
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SLOPE WOOL POOL
Will MEET JUNE 4
Sterling Has Been Chosen for
Annual Session and Elec.
ton Of Officers

The Missouri Slope Wool Growers
association will hold its annual meet
ing at Sterling, Tuesday evening,
June I. according to notices now be-
ing sent out to- the members by H. E.
Wildfang, president, and A. r. ME-
sen, secretary.
The meeting will be held in the
town hall and will be occupied in the
election Of directors and officers. As
a matter of convenience, sacks and
Irvine viii be on hand for distribution
to the members desiring them.
Two speakers will be there. One
is the secretary Of the state pool, who
will discuss the wool market outlook
up to date. The other will be DR..
Don Mcmahon. of the Agricultural
college, who will talk on control Of
worms in sheep.
Sterling was chosen for the meet
ing Is it Is the most central point for
the entire membership Of the pool.
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DAIRY ENGINEERING
IS BIG AID PROFIT
IN BETTER METHODS
Many Labor Saving and SAM.
tary Devices Invented by
Industry's Experts

Davis, Calf, May 29.-Much Of the
success Of the dairying industry dur
ing the past decade Is due to the work
of the agricultural engineer, and the
future success Of dairyrnen rests to a
great extent in their hands. That's
the conviction Of Professor H. B.
Walker, head Of the University of
California agricultural engineering
division.
A century ago, before the exodus
Of the farmers to the city, dairying
was not q speciality. It was q sideline
on every farm. With the movement
of the farmers to the city dairying
rapidly developed into an industry
and Is now q major agricultural en-
terprise, says Professor Walker.
With the development in the dairy
ing industry grew the need for i'm
provements, he adds. The need for
production measures, sanitation and
l~abor-saving produced . line Of en-
deavor that offered employment to
many agricultural engineers.
Engineering applied to dairy pro-
duction will open up new opportu-
mites in management which in turn
involve more and better engineer
Ing" says Professor Walker. THE
manager Of q profitable dairy produc-
ton is faced with the problem of
quality production at q low cost. This
requires, in addition to q suitable
herd, q modern, sanitary production
plant equipped with dependable labor
saving equipment. In meeting this
problem engineering has contributed
must and will contribute to q solution
Of the industrial phases Of the bust.
ness"
Appliances and conveniences which
have been designed by agricultural
engineers for the improvement of the
dairying industry cited by Professor
Walker are milking machines, ster-
ilizers and refrigerators. the construc-
tion Of barns and stalls in such q
manner as to be as efficient as fig
ures a make them, and q host of
other improvements and inventions
that make for better dairying, cleaner
milk, and production at q lower cost.
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CHAPTER 8


THE EVIDENCE AGAINST JERRY
MacNair. the relentless m%anhunter,
remained quiet for most of the time
while I told him as much as I knew
of the case. Occasionally he inter-
rupted with a pertinent pointed ques-
ton.
Hyde refused to tell you where he
got the p~istol?" he growled.
"Yes."
"And Hubbard heard Ogden shout
gold bullets while this man Furie was
In the library. Furie, eh? Good
name, that"
Are you inclined to connect Furie
with the murder?" I asked quickly.
II am inclined to consider him.
That woman In black, too. And Ma
than Hyde, perhaps. Don't misunder-
stand me. / am not saying any Of
them did 1t. They have merely en-
tered the case-that's ALL"
"You are going to help us them"
He flashed his disconcerting stare
at MI.
Il suppose I shall have TO-" he
grumbled. Its about as odd a thing
as I ever tackled"
Lucy gave a sob Of relief, but she
was too overcome to do more than
whisper some incoherent expression
Of her gratitude.
Il want it clearly understood" he
went on. that I play no fayors. If I
I take the case I look for Ogden's MUIR
/ derer. When / find him / shall turn
him over to the police, no matter who
he may be. Is that understood"
I nodded, shuddering a little and
avoided Lucy's eyes.
I'VE are not afraid, MI. MacNair,"
she assured him bravely.
do you believe from what ! have
told you that Jerry Ogden killed his
father?" Lucy WINGED at my ques-
ton, but it had to be asked.
why shouldn't II" he returned
with such brutal directness that Lucy
gave q cry of pain. Hubbard heard
him talking to his father shortly after
! nine. You and Stimson saw him rum
ming as II for his life two minutes
| afters the thing was done. II it had
been any one else you had seen &C.
ing along that walk you'd have known
who killed Ogden"
The mans cynicism appalled, me.
"What about the possibility that
somebody else was wearing Jerry's
clothes. that somebody else dropped
his keys?" I ventured. Il didn't see
| JeYry's face. remember"
MacNair laughed. why should 1t
| be somebody else7 Because you want
It TO be. Well. never mind that" He
LIGHTED Z cigarette. See here,
PEBBLES. It looks % II young Ogden
killed his father. But ! am not start
ing out on the assumption that he
did. III draw my conclusions !.
later"
Fair enough" I agreed.
I'VE understand each other, then.
| You have known Ogden for some
| time, / take IT." S..
About nine years"
"Intimately7"~
He WAS my closest friend"
"Do you know Of anything in his
life that might suggest : motive for
his death?"
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Women Will Speak
On Memorial Building
In Theaters Tonight

Mrs. George Janda will speak at
the Eltinge theater this evening on
the memorial community building
and the proposed city debt limit in.
crease and 3l25. 900 bond issue. The
same topic will be discussed from the
stage Of the Capitol theater by Mrs.
L. M. Parsons.
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SYNOPSIS: Loyalty coming to
the defense Of Jerry Ogden, her
fiance. who Is accused Of murder
ing his father. Lucy defics the
police and attempts to hide some
important evidence. Attacking
the police theory Of circumstan-
tial evidence against her lover,
Lucy insists that the person seen
fleeing. from the Ogden home
after the murder was not Jerry.
With her uncle, John PEBBLES,
who Is also convinced Of Jcrry's
innocence, she pleads with Luther
MacNair. famous retired detec.
tive, to make an independent in
vestigation Of the murder. Two
words-"gold bullets"-angrily
shouted by Andrew Ogden a few
hours before his death, and two
queer, unknown visitors, add q
new note to the intriguing mys-
tory.
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Beach High School to
Graduate 80 Seniors

Beach, N. D.. May N.-B4ccalaure.
ate services will be held In the Beach
high school gymnasium Sunday eve.
ming, June 2. ct 8 O'Clock. Rev. Packer
will deliver the sermon to the class.
Commencement exercises will Be
given In the high school gymnasium
Monday evening. June 3, 1t B O'Clock.
Dean Walster q the North Dakota
Agricultural college win give the COM
mencement address. Thirty viii grad
uate.
The following win be graduated:
Maria Allen. Robert Alton, Eunice
Blue, Paul Heckley. Iona. Enderle.
Hollis Goblet, Ruth Hollstein. Aneda
. ,nes, Albert. Harp. rrnestine Ling
e., NarlyS kckown. Olga Meyer,
orAce Meyer, Leslie McClenahen.
Vaughan Morris. Elevine Pletan, John
Rice, Katherine Richards, Gertrude
6zudera, william 6zudera. Robert
Stone, arab sonnek. Marie aeeley,
George eeeley. Adelaide Schulz, Ruth
schmitx. Hazel VinquiSt, Vivian
Wcntland. Harvey Wentland. Eoris
whitaker.
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Today in Congress
ny The Associated rress)

49, 49,
WEDNESDAY,
Senate meets at neon 70 con-
tin0e work on cenoos-reappof.
tlonment bin.
House meets at / p. n. - take
up miscellaneous bills o. calen.
dar.
Senate -Sub.commlftee continues
Ware Wilson centest hearing.
Senate manufactures commlttee
recous16erS reversal Of vote On
conduct u prepesed textile In.
sestjgatlen ~ tsa1e cemmi1eien.
Ssa9te intetstate cpianoeee.
sslnmitt16 toatlnqos hoas14t q
leoas41 16oa1nnilo4Aleqt ysso6oil.
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STATISTICS TRACE
Ills OF FARMING TO
SHIFTING OF RATIOS
Consuming Totals, Both HUI.
man and Livestock, Have
Fallen and Still Drop
TRACTOR SURPLUS MAKER
Il and Auto Have Released Big
Acreage Formerly Devoted
to Growing Feed
TRACTOR SURPLUS MAKER

Farm production III tho United
States has increased a half more rap
idly than population since the world
war. This increase in production
certainly has been more rapid than
at any time since 1900 and probably
more rapid than any time since 1890,
Moreover. it has been accomplished
despite a decrease in the number OF
farms and in farm population. a de-
crease in the number OF farm ami
mails, and a slight decrease in crop
acreage. Incomplete data for the
years 1927 and 1928 indicate that agrl-
cultural production is still increasing
at a rate rapid than the rate OF
increase in our population. These
facts. together with evidence that
population growth is slowing up, are
cited by DR.. O. z. Baker. economist IN
the United States Department OF
Agriculture. in support OF his belief
that the welfare of agriculture neces-
states careful consideration OF any
proposals involving an increase IN
crop acreage.
It should not be necessary. he be-
licves. to expand the net farm area
of the nation during the next decade.
"Ncarly all the requisite increase in
our crop acreage" he says. could be
obtained by cultivating the crop land
that is now idle in farms. In addl-
ton to this idle crop land. our farms
contain more than 100,0 900 900 acres
of plowable pasture, as we'll as large
areas that could be cropped If cleared
or drained. However, there Will an
doubtedly be a notable increase IN
crop acreage in the Great Plains re-
gion. where the tractor and combine
are making super-marginal millions
of acres of semi-arid land that was
formerly sub-marginal: and probably
there will be a continued decrease in
crop acreage in the hilly and less fer
tile lands of the cast and south. After
1910 the country will still have avail
able some 500, 00O, 900 acres of poten-
TALLY cultivable land. all area greater
than the total cultivated land at
present. Less than half Of this amount
would need to be added to the exist
ing crop area III order to supply a
population of 200. 600. 900. AS acre
yields of the crops arc likely to in
crease, and the increasing production
of meat and milk per unit of feed
consumed by farm animals is likely to
continue, it may be that not o
than one-fourtll of this SOC. O00, 900
acres of potential crop land will ever
be used for crops, unless the United
States should be called on to con-
tribute increasingly to the foreign de-
mand for food and fibres.'
Overeyna nxiCn nenrcS<rS
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m. and at Rugby ct 2 p. m. MI. Wen
ze. formerly lived ut Rugby. Pro-
grams ct both cities are in charge Of
American Legion posts.
Mr.. Werzel was unable to give .
commencement addrecs ct Dickinson
Normal because Of q conflict In dates.
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AT THE MOVIES
CAPITOL THEATRE

Hector Turnbull and Edward H.
Griffith. the producer director team
who evolved Hold EN-, Yale as q
stellar medium for Rod La ROGUE,
have another hilarious one. It is said,
In Love Over Night" . comedy star
ring Rod La ROGUE, which will be
shown ct the Capitol theatre tonight
"wednesday and Thursday. Love
Over Night" Is going to help materi-
ally the gaiety Of nations, for It Is
pure comedy me1odrama Of distinctive
New York type, ranging from the sub
way worker to the million dollar"
debs and brides at the top Of the
heap.
George Dromgold and Sanford
Hewitt are the authors and scenarists
Of this original. and jeanette Loft.
Tom Kennedy and Mary Carr appear
in featured roles.
There are many thrilling and
amusing scenes in the comedy. These
are the robbery Of the hero. who is q
money. changer in q subway booth;
the apparent theft by the carefree
hero Of some money and his arrest
by q detective; his escape and abduc-
ton Of an cxpectant bride at the
marriage altar; the lively pursuit, and
then follows q smashing surprise
which it would be unfair to picture
fans to reveal.
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Arthur Durer. rural mil carrier Of
McGYegor. L., has driven hlj route
winter and tutsm6s Tor u y9ssA WITH
out 4 hat.
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ELTINGE

Conrad Nagel and Lois Wilson are
featured In kid Cloves" with talking
and synchronised musical accompani-
ment, showing ct the Eltinge today
and Saturday. Others in the cast Of
the vivid melodrama are Edward
Earle, Edna Murphy. Maude Turner
Gordon, Richard Cramer, Tommy
Dugan, and John Davidson. The story
Is BY Fred Myton.
Nagel has never given . finer per-
Torrance, and Miss Wilson Is lovely
q the heroine Of the cracking, swift
moving story. which has to do with
Z society girl who becomes entanslad
with the lives Of Z number OF UNDER
world people. especially kid Gloves"
hijacker, BY and with whom she IL
uAlly escapes.
In addition to the feature. the f.
tnge program for Friday and satur.
day includes . musically synchronised
color film, "Melodie," . vitaphone
vaudeville oct, "A Family Affair."" ~
Arthur Byron and company, and
Kilograms news pictures. .
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Oyerexpansion Deprcsscs

Overexpansion of the country's crop
area. says Doctor Baker. is one Of the
fundamental causes of the present
agricultural depression, but excessive
stimulation of agricultural settlement
during the last half century was more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-25
JURY IN THIRD DAY
OF LIQUOR LAW TRIAL
Evidence in Case Of James W.
Hunter and Son Under Review
in Judge Hits Court.

A Police Court jury reviewing the
evidence in the trial of James Walter
Hunter, 81, and his SON Bromley, 80
years old, charged with violating the
liquor law, entered its third day Of
elaboration today before Judge Isaac
r. Hit.
Charges were lodged against the de-
PENDANTS following a raid on an estab-
lishment in the 900 block of D street
by Sergt. George Little and the liquor
squad on March %, 1928. According to
police, the defendants operated speak
easy on the "hip pocket" plan. Gus
toners, it is said, would enter the shop
owned by Hunter and his son and make
their orders. The defendants would
then go to second establishment
nearby, which served as a storehouse,
and return with the amount requested,
according to testimony.
In the double" raid on shop and
storehouse, small quantity of alleged
liquor Is said to have been seized. Judge
HittHuled yesterday that the entry in
the storehouSe was illegal and without
probable cause" He ordered a direct
ed verdict returned finding the defend
ants not guilty on the possession charge.
Assistant United States Attorney
James A. Kirkland is attempting to Sc
cure convictions on three charges of
sale, as it is alleged the Hunters made
sales to police informers on several
occasions.
Attorneys James A. O'Shea and John
H. Burnett appear as counsel for the
defense.