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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1916
Page
6
The Bureau of Crop Estimates reports price increases for major farm commodities in January with indexes showing gains versus prior years. The piece also describes a farmer’s pest control method using straw burning and Paris green to combat rootworms and cucumber beetles while preserving crop growth.
Carlton F. Fisher discusses the cucumber beetle, a half-inch pest with two yellow stripes. He explains its threefold damage as the adult eats leaves spreading bacterial wilt that kills melon squash and cucumber vines, threatening garden crops.
The garden near the house yields more per acre than other plots when well cared for. Keep a chicken tight fence around it and place it close to the home so chickens can reach without neglect. Rich soil and well rotted manure improve results. avoid overstocking with poultry on the same patch.
The writer favors fall plowing and spreading pulverized manure to boost spring soil warmth and quick, thrifty growth. They describe shifting from horse cultivation to wider 18 inch rows for large crops while noting North Dakota soil and drainage considerations and recommending tile drainage where ground isn’t well drained.
Instructions from Miss Helen J Sullivan of Agricultural College North Dakota describe winter meat canning. Cut from bones and fat, pack in glass jars with salt and pepper, seal and boil three to four hours, then cool without overturning. Suitable for beef pork fish chicken and other scraps, with bones for soup directions available on request.
A 1905 report notes Grimm Alfalfa planted at Dickinson Sub-Station remains healthy with no winter kill. A similar stand at Edgeley Sub-Station also thrives, showing the older plants still vigorous.
A farmer recounts a field survey where a “book” farmer and locals count stalks per hill to gauge stand quality. Finds 74 percent in one field, 92 percent in another, and notes poor stands spread across a 40 acre plot. Emphasizes testing seed and culling inferior stalks for better yields.
The article presents tested chick and broiler rations for beginners. It details grain and mash mixes, milk addition and substitutions, and schedules from hatching to market readiness, emphasizing lactic acid benefits, gradual grain changes, and controlled feeding to optimize growth and health.
A Dickinson Sub Station pasture was seeded half to bromus and half to slender wheat grass. The brome was eaten down to the stem while the slender wheatgrass was grazed but little during the season.
North Dakota and Montana communities plan farmer cooperative elevator systems. The Equity Co Operative Exchange will fund a St Paul training school to prepare managers, hoping young men with ability enroll on short notice.
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