The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 5, 1918, Page 2

TWO TRACTOR MAKER TO BE ASKED 10 SHOW MACHINES Competitive Tests to Be Made} q- 16 Sam Depends on North Dakota Fields For Preservation of Great Hulks hati Basis for Purchase of Em- ergency Fleet COMES AT NEXT MEETING One of the most interesting tractor contests the northwest has seen will be staged here within the next two or three weeks to provide the North Dakota council of dfense with a basis for thé purchase of 200 or 500 small tractors’ which are to be set at work during the summer and fall assisting with the harvest and breaking up a big acreage for next year’s record- breaking crop. | b The proposal of the council of de- fense that there be purchased either with state funds or through private subscription in each of the counties desiring to benefit 2 fleet of several hundred light tractors for emergency farm use has been endorsed by Gov- ernor Frazier and influential farmers throughout the state and has received the heartiest approval of Food Com- missioner Hoover and Secretary of Ag- riculture David S. Houston. At next meeting, the executive commit- tee of the council will devise means of financing this project and will also ask every tractor manufacturer in the country to bring a machine to Bis- marek, if he produces a tractor of the typé which the council has: under con- sideration, in order that there may be conducted competitive tests which will give the cguncil some idea of the rel- ative merits of the machines. Several members of’ the executive committee—a majority in fact—are practical farmers who are regarded well fitted to form a purchasing com- |; mittee. Just how the transaction will be financed‘has not been determined. Governor Frazier, addressing the newspaper men of the state on the subject, intimated that’ means might. be discovered through which the state could make the purchase. He sugges ed also that patriotic organizations in each county might get back of a cam- paign: for the purchase of the ma- chines by private subscription. In any event, a central supply depot for parts and repairs will be maintained at the capital under the direction of | the council of defense, and a corps of ex- pert mechanicians will be retained jin order that their services may be available at any time and place where they are needed to keep the tractor fleet in’ the field. Massachusetts, Mich- igan and other states have adopted a similar plan which is meeting with much success. TOWER CITY PLANS BIG LOYALTY MEET Tower City, N. D., May 6—Tower City: expects to entertain several thousand :visitors May’ 13 when the American Loyalist. association will stage a great patriotic meeting here. Judge John Knauff of Jamestown, leader in the organization of patriotic German citizens in this state, will be among the principal speakers, and an address will be made by Corp. Thomas Cosgrove, one of the fifty veterans whom General Black Jack Pershing has just sent back across the sea to tell home folks what he is doing in France. : The committee in charge pro- cured from George V. Halliday of the council of defense a promise that Cos-! grove. will be here, a BEACH MAN FINDS TIME TO. DO PATRIOTIC WORK M. C. McCarthy, county auditor of Golden’ Valley, in addition to looking after the ordinary duties of his busy manship of the county defense counc Mr. McCarthy reports to the state council that. much good work already has’ been done in his county. In Beach all of the stores close regularly at 6:30 each, evening “except Saturday, and in other ways business men, farmers and“ workers are displaying an ex- cellent spirit of patriotism. STATE HAS ONLY FIVE EXPERTS AS ITS QUOTA After all'the fuss made about Uncle Sam’s “Want Column,” which to ‘the length of two columns was printed in many. North Dakota newspapers, it is now learned.-that: the precise number of skilled laborers assigned as North Dakota’s quota is five—one bugler and veady has supplied the bugler and one four brakemen. Burleigh county al- brakeman. Three are left for the re- mainder of the state to make up, and certain editors are wondering, “What’s the Use?” These men go to Fort Ben- jamin Harrison. MINNESOTA HOLSTEIN BREEDERS GET BUSY St. Paul, May 4.—Minnesota breed- ers of Holstein’ cattle, as the result of a meeting here, have: launched’ a campaign to. encourage the raising of fine, blooded ¢attle. ‘Arrangements are being completed to award special prizes at county fairs and at the state fai It has been de- cided to offer a silver service instead of*a silver cup for the best breeder’s herd this season. ' ‘The last week in May has been} chosen for the annual meeting of the Holstein association. It will be- held at Northfield and it is understood that the ‘breeders will make final arrange- ments there for trying to bring the next national convention to Minnesota. The national ‘association will meet inj Milwaukee, on June 5 and 6 this year. AT LAKES CAMP GETTING INTO GAME AT ONCE Great Lakes, Il. May 4.—All mei | who entered the navy training school | here last winter had been called: to} active duty by May 1. During De-| cember and up until January 15 thou-) sands of apprentice seamen reportet:| trained men until June 15. at the station. Unusual calls fron: } the fleet ‘have taken ‘every one of these men as fast as they. completed have heen leaving the station in large , | quot and BISMARCK MORNING TRIBUNE * * SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1918. | LINSEED OIL, NEEDED TO KEEP WARSHIPS FROM BEING DESTROYED BY SALT WATER Much Use of Linseed Oil—Tarpaulins, Floor Coyeriny, and Canning Industries Employ it—Flax is Necessity of War | flage Requires | Finishings, Ink i POINTERS FROM BOLLEY ON FLAX RAISING AND SOME REASONS FOR RAISING BIG CROP There is especial need for a. flax crop this year. | Farmers need not fear large competition from other’ countrigs because, shipping fa- | cilities/are not. likely to be available for the importation. j The United. States goverament particularly needs the linseed oil for its war purposes. There is every reason to exnect that the price of flax sced cannot be materially lower. The seed available is of high quality. ce ¥ It may be difficult to get enough seed evenly distributed through the state to supply | the demand. Everyone should.aid:in this and the Pure Seéd ‘Laboratory will-test and're- | | port upon samples from any. source. A ares 7 In seeding prepare all seed beds so ’they, will,he even ang, give ‘good surface drainage. Make them firm so. that the drill discs will not cut deep, Do nat’sow over an ineh deep. Pack the ground or roll the ground-down firmly immediately after seeding. Sow the seed on the fresh worked land as. early as possible. Do not allow land to dry || afterit.is plowed. Work. and sow immediately and thus save the moisture. Before sowing wherever pessible treat the seed: with the. usual formaldehydesolution. One pound of formaldehyde to 40 gellons of water. Put it on with a fine spray ci sprinkler,: shovel’and rake over the seed in a box or 02 a tight floor until all seeds are thoroughly damp over the entire surface but not met together. Use about oné-half-gallon‘of solution to each bushel of dry flax seed. On new lands or light lands of the semi-dry region sow approximately. one bushel of seed to each three acres: : On the old lands in wetter, heavier : 1 per acre. On old land likely to be wilt infected use resistant fax wherever possible to procure | | regions use fourteen to sixteen quarts of seed it. e Save the seed from all largo clean areas harvested.dry. It will be a good call for.clean bright seed in, 1919, : ‘ ; : AK Have your seed crop fields inspected for weeds and’ disease during, thé summer. Apply. to the pure seed, laboratory, agricultural college, North Dakota, An acre of flax properly secded in 1918 prepares the ground: without further plowing for wheat in 1919.7 "5 Ms +. 965,000 “1 422-000 + 220,000 7, A Paavcall to. From Washington comes a new war call to the farmers of Notth Dakotsr 3 North Dakota. . ‘ fa Montana «.... The tillers of the soil of this state are placed in a position of] Minnesota: mal crop year—wheat and flax—are two of the most’ important, | Nana P if not the two most important crops, from a war-need point of view, [Wyoming x: that are grown in thé United States, | Colorado The need for wheat is known to all. ‘This cereal is in a class | ‘The totals [ hy itself as an economic food staple, during this world crisis. ' ee PESO Ong ncres.-Had Flax is a close’second and it is for a big crop of flax that) mat that acreage could have been ex. Unele pen is rae appealing to the farniers of North Dakota and | pected to produce approximately fifteen the other northwestern states. i |to eighteen. million bushels, ‘Under the ’ . or "4 or r 7 Heching. atro] | Okeessive droaght’ whieh pvailed it It’s a far cry from the great fighting battleships that patrol | oro ceed lons-thaltniiié'iililon tach ote the sea lanes for the United States and the slim, swift destroyers | ‘tt ts ‘apparent that the flax secd to that are braving storm and cold, day and night, combing the sub- he used'in the’ United States after June . marine zone for the menace that lurks “under “thc “wave, tothe ia Echt ton ek TM ite tite peaceful prairies of North Dakota. Yet Uncle Sam is dependent | covernment may BIpR Tei arent ne on the ‘fields of North Dakota for the 4 Hees {aaa aah ath ate eas Hireservative that keeps the mighty en- mi et | pradueron perks ciledy given iy North gines of war upon the seas efficient and safe from the corroding s.lt water that would soon destroy them, Flax is the answer. From flax comes linseed oil and there’ is no satisfactor; substitute for linseed oil as’ a preser- vVative of wood and steel, The war mak flax seed a govern- ficiency,” says Professor Bolley. »/ “Th price Of fax seed and it linseedpro- | dticty range higher’ every year until it! s evident that w relative shortage will bring distressing restilts ‘n our indus= | tries ‘and in‘the home life of our people. | “Approximately one billion’ dollars’! worth of American industries are based | mental ‘nece It is needed, not! onthe use‘of flax seed. linseed, and its alone by: th vy but by the army | bi-products, ‘he mills and factories | | the air 1 the industries | of the United States use approximately! that are supplying the United States! 28,060,000 bushels of seed per year. The | and i ociates in the wa: with food, | American: erop haS never in late years clothing and munitions. furnished the full supply of seed ‘for these industries.” | ESSENTIAL: IN WAR | HAL IN UNITED STATES FLAX YIELDS It is used in hundreds of ways whict a i Bolley gives the following | are necessary to the comfort, care, BL health ‘and protectin of our’ soldiers | competent na ervice and by i i \ Crop in bushels. and sailors, and th" the s | » 14,030,000 | prosecution of the war. ‘It paints /our | a oe Mie ships, hospitals and cahtonment build- Bey 00 | eee eae ibice Dakota has pro- | the supplies at the front’ It is used | annually somewhat, over half, of | jthe ehure ‘output of seed raised in the | in countless w: to deceive the enemy -atrol Sea Lanes—U sed to Paint Hospitals and Cantonments—Art of Camou-| sand} IS A TIONAL NECESSITY ek Ke He HO ee Oe Well packed soil is one of the s2crets of successful flax raising, This ‘picture |which is being done -1 the right way. |The drills are being followed by heavy packers which insure a firm seed bed, one of the prime requisites in ceeding flax. . Dakota, Montana, Minnesota and South ,| Dakota, | THE NATIONAL CALL “The nation” calls ' for’ 25,000,000 j bushels. If all states were to plant their full eage we would need to} plant at even then | ul he entire United States per dom nine bi We in North under weather cond bushels per acre. Some have raised | y much larger yields, There are | ood authentic records of from sixteen , to twenty-five bushels per acre. The abte help’ frgm the others can produce the amount® called for, © Under t specification North Dakot acreage and bushelage would be 1,500,000 :4..re% | and apbroximately 15,000,000 of bushels, ! “Will we do it? “The stateyhas done th i Let's do-it again. ‘The farmers have responded nobly for the call of a great- er cereal ncreage and there is yet an; abundance of new and old lands to furnish an old-time flax acreage. ! THE SEED “Where is the secd? If, North Nakota farmers are to do this duty to; themselves and to their country at war} every move made must count. “Is seed available?, + well befor ee ee ers any | South’ Dakota . : “4nd an vi, ve uaswered hy every- peculiar and special responsibility. Two of the crops in which | Kansas 34,000 | one who wishes to'add. this big fl North Dakota leads the nation, for the amount prodéed'in a nor-; }ewa 12.000) crop to the bumper cereal crop. ma'sin M. 6,000] it his business to plant as much seed ahd if he is not a planter ané kno} where good seed is, it is his duty sto let it be: known: by every means pos- sible where the seed is to be had a in what amount. The quality of produced in last y avy harvest season’ ig excellent, Never in the hi: ry of the ‘state has the seed gener: been so good as that which is now able. ‘There is perhaps cnough hut iteis difficult to locite. “The National Seed Stock at Minneapolis, 320° Flour Exchange building; the commissioner of agri- culture arek; the pure seed lab- committee “WAR CONDITIONS DEMAND AN INCREASED ACREAGE United ‘States 8 Fed bes 18] “There-are ‘many ‘very good reason: {why this state should this:year under- |take to raise the,old time agreage,,and | Professor Bolley. HAVE A BIG. CROP | through the art ‘of camoutlage, & protection to marching troupes, cloaks | the location of batteries, big guns’ and | supplies. ‘The g¢ dent's orders for | paint alone in the pi Will North Dakota st-year have al- 1918 Meet the Nation’s Call? | ready ‘amounted to millions of doflars | tor purposes as ind-cated. £ It is needed by our people ‘and by our ‘fighting friewds the allies, as sil never was! néedéd “before: | JAM our! The niitional need for 1917. was ap- people; farmers included, depend upon | proximately 28,609,000 bushels. i Iinseed: oil for preservation of their] ' “The supply of seed to this amount | “If weather prevails for the produc- | tion of-such a crop; market conditions | Our Army Our Navy U.S. A. NEEDS 28,000,000. BUSHELS — predict that it will pay the producer. | iy or Our Industries buildings; beautification of their homes,; was met by a United statzs crop in preservation of ‘supplies of all’ gorts.| 1916 of approximately; 15,000,000 biish: | it’ paints “and preserves building’ and] els and importations of approximately | machinery constructions of all sorts, 13.000,000. wooden and metalic. It is a necessity ‘Tlie crop produced in thé éntire | of all metal, wood and ss construc-| United States’ in’ 1917 was approxi* | tion, It is use@ in tarpolins, SMno- | mately: 8,500,000: bushels. leums, floor finishes, printer's ink, ean-| | ‘The nation’s full need for 1918:man- | substitute. It preserves wood Linseed oil is an absolute necessity. ‘There is no satisfactory and'steel. It waterproofs tents | | and-slickers. It enters into the manufacture of innumerable supplies, It protects.and camouflages batteries . at the front. and equipment ning industries ‘and isan essentla! to| ufacturing supplies ate thus less than proper process of sanitation ta puftd-| one-third met and the work of Impor= ings already constructed. tation is necessarily very difficult. | One can’ scarcely hame a modern] Comparatively ietle fax seed has’ yet | process of ‘manufacture: that docs not| been obtained ‘from foreign countries. depend some large way directly or in-| The’ 1917 Argentine crop:was far be- directly of the use of this valuable oil.| fow the normal and the:‘tonnage ‘or SERIOUS SHORTAGE shippitig facilities Gsually’ available for btn spite of, the Impartance. of ‘tix | OCoNm fellipments of, thath seed: 0. «the. Our state. produce North Dakota’s old bushels. yield. Let’s Do it Again. The Nation’s crop of flax seed’ in 1917 was only 8,473,000. approximately one-half of this ime annual output, was from 12,000,000 to 17,000,000 bushels. Use New Lands. ° ‘Use Remaining Old Lands. " crop, and its. vital necessity to all’in- United ‘States is needed and used’ for: : her purposes.:"': dustry, there has been serious falling} ter PU off in the output since 1909. This falling | ¢¢/,01Ner Os used in the past as sub- oft has been gradual, according to Prof. | Stitules sin the making of certaim sup- | H. L. Bolley, in chaige of the’ dep: Ble Nelo Onin e spa nsandn sak ment of botany and’ plant pathology at| (Tue forms of paint are in bigger di the North Dakota agricultural cottege | Mind for purposes bt sara beat d thruout the nation as DIG TOE PERSON TSH tocthase; we anytaxs given above. “Usually tere has bee AREA FOR CRCPPING LIMITED of the acreage plunte “The flax seeil crow! states and the ed breakings of | United new lands tn te mere western states! Ly ing to,insure a big ac have not always made up fer the, d ‘tary necessity. AN ACRE PROPERLY na decrease in the older MINNESOTA FOOD |“ ADMENISTRATORS TO HAVE TALK-FEST their three months’ course of train-| Great Lakes blue -jackets.. Most w ee caumiectnes : F H !gent of these calls is a request for Since April 15, the date they finish-/ 509 men immediately. * cd thei rttraining period, these men |” } it atety i n order to comply , with this re-} . A majority were cssigned to| West it will be necessary to fill the) ‘< Eastern receiving ships. | quota with men who have just com: & % Apprentice seamen were not receiv-| pleted their detention périod, .a\ facc} Bie Pauly May:ae veut aualowell, ed at the station between January 15} that is regretted’ very much by the March 15. On March 15 they| station as the men ‘sent catinot be ex-| ministration will be in St. Paul May 6 again started coming in until nowj pected to measure up to the standard | and 7, to address county food adminis- there are nearly 5,000 apprentice sea-| of Gr@at Lakes trained’ bluejackets."’ | trations, and awaken them to the need men on the station, most of.whom arc} From June 15-on,-the station wil:! of close cooperation in their work by going through their detention ‘perioc | be adie to supply the same qualifica-} citizens. and will not ‘be ready for transfer as} tionsas those who: have. made the! | Five Minesota counties, Big Stone, i n station known everywhere for, its ef-| Carver, Clearwater, Houston. and. Red Notwithstanding ‘the fact that the| ficiency in training men, Until then! Lake Falls are stil Without food ad- supply of trained men has been de®} no thoroughly trained seamen ‘will be! ministrators, according to: reports re- pleted, the fleet still is .demanding’ available. ; ceived by the state food -administra- ‘ ‘ . |in regard to the counties which hav state director of the federal food ad- | SEEDED ‘TO FLAX IN 1918 MEANS AN ACRE PROPERLY PREPARED FOR WHEAT IN 1919 i This poster is put out under the joint auspices of the United States depart- ment of agriculture, represented by Mr. Reddy, by Prof, H. L. Bolley, plant nica of Ye pathologist of the North ‘Dakota Agricultural college and A. W. Randlett, direc- tor of the North Dakota Extension department. Th of flax in North Dakota which is needed as a mili- three agencies are work- ition. The remaining counties have an ' excellent’ working organization: Judge F. T. Wilson, field organizer of thé state food administration said not organized: “The fact that these counties are net ‘ organized is due in some cases to local | apathy and in other cases to the fact ; that we have not yet been able to out- ; line organ®ation plans. : /MINNEAPOLIS TRACK TEAM : | BRINGS HOME BACON. Beatrice, Nebr., May 4.—Minnesota’s track team defeated Nebraska here today sixty points to forty’ seven. WELL PACKED SOIL SECRET shows a well worked tract of flax land! four great states named with a reasoni- | _Prserve the moisture and give the best possible seed bed for flax. as he can properly prepare ground for, | "the owner and the amount he possess: | BIG FLAX CROP IS UNCLE SAM'S APPEAL TO NORTH DAKOTA ee hk al OF SUCCESS WITH FLAX oo e : aS wing prairie sod for flax.. This plowing is well done, says Professor Bolley, but one mistake is being made, the plows should be followed with’ a heavy ‘packer! If this sod was packed immediately after it was plowed it would When the entire field is first‘plowed, then worked, the sod drys out, making it much move difficult to’work, causing a loss of a lot of valuable’ moisture. and the séed bed’ wil! Hot be nearly as good. “If ‘the work-is being done on’a'large- scale,” says Professor Bolley, “the best way is to plow, pack, disk, arid sced.with one operation. It will be better if the drills are followed as well as proceded by a packer. On a smal} scale t is well to plow about 20 acres, tne stop and pack, harrow, seed and pack in before doing any more plowing, The sooner the seed can follow the plow the better.” H oratory at Fargo; the count yagents, , erations next day. Continue this pro- the elevator companies and the linseea| cess until you have the field seeded crushers, wholesale seed houses and} “There are in the older portions o¢ lccal seed dealers are all in position to | the state thousands of acres of worn help locate the seed. out pasture lands, coulees, and low : Pure Seed Laboratory. mucky areas which when the drainag~ “It is the duty of the pure seed lab- | 18 properly arranged for and properly cratory by law to_examine seed for | Plowed' and handled as one does: the aay citizea and if. good seed is founa | 2ative sod will give splendid yiels o- ‘Wo make a list’ bearing the name oi| #5. There are perhaps some areas on Fes and to send: that list to all wav) Which corn'was grown last year. Such ‘wish to buy; Get busy. Send in the! cern lands always give high yields o- sample which you wish to buy or| lax. They should not be plowed. Sin: which you ‘wish to sell. Let us know | Ply surface disc and level to fill: uv ‘ho wmuch there is of it. Whether | the depressions so'that the water wilt it is cleaned’ or uncleaned, and if wn- | NOt stand in! pocket-holes. pack: down ‘cleaned whether you-can clean it or | S0me more and seed. lexpect to sell it in the uncleaned con-| “There are large areas of wheat, dion, ‘such aid as we can properly give portion’ of the country. If these were cording to the sample of seed. | well plowed last year and are reason- ably free from weeds they should no< Time. : : there time to plant the crop? Au; »¢ Plowed this: year for flax.. They ced lightly on the surface yv spring has made it possible not | Should be disced lig a fomly to plant as large a cereal crop | in two or three different directions the ; the siate has ever planted bur | ‘ise being followed by the packer to leaves plenty of time to tsive proper ; Make a firm seed bed. If there are | spring piowing, discing, harrowing ana any weed seeds after they begin to ing of sod lands and to prepare| Prout disc and pack again, then’ sow ing plowing, discing, harrowing and “Follow the seeder with the pack- f pacing of sod lands, and to prepare | &: Remember that a firm seed bec naining old lands to produce for the |@!lows the roots of the tlax to grow réa needed. The time to seed ‘fl Geeply into the hard firm soil, ana just as early in the spring as you | these are protected from the drying get it into the ground. Do not fear | Ot the ai and other . Flax prin» frosts. No*hing in the line or | !oves ‘a firm well-packedl t alter the flax is a few days ola | it cannot live on a loose mellow thor lever 2 ring. | oughly’ disced up: seed» bed. st the ‘spring, youns | “sit the old: stubble lands are really seeded in the | Weedy, and full of pigeon grass, etc.. oy, | they should be plowed deeply, discea, ye | harrowed and packed down firmly and tear ands frost well can be safe! :south half of th ate until June but the earlier it is seeded in tne thea : ae jately |spring the surer it is to give an even- | Sede os fast as worked; immediately ily ripened crop. jfollowing the seeding before the flax i “Thee yet remai millions of | 8¢° inates put on the packer and give Jacres of unplowed prairie lands which | it another good packing. lif properly spring plowed and worked | * Drainage. | and seeded to flax will not only give a! all wet areas and the heavy | good flax crop but the one plowing| @2ds of the Red River Valley be sure ; will prepare the ground for wheat in urface so that \'the 1919. Break new lands as deeply as|W@ter from heavy rains and showers “ will immediately run off. It must nov can be well done and at the same ‘ itime have thte furrow slices lie over| Stand in smal pockes here and there, flax cannot stand i iflat. Put on a heavy packer behind ¢ 4 {the plows, mash the furrows down 50 (Published fer the benefit of North jthat there are no air spaces under’) Dakota farmers in cooperation with neath. Disc the su -e lightly, do not} the Noith Dakota Council.of Defen- ‘ut up the sods. Work just enough to} se and through the courtesy of the OWS.) get the loose dirt to fill up all the) Coyrier- NOTJCE TO PATRONS sracks, follow with the drill while; Dr. H, S. Sowles of ‘the Union Dent- ‘he ground is fresh. “Do not’ plow. the land up and leave al parlors left April 15 for a trip to Florida, He will return in - about t lie there two or three weeks to out. Ereak a strip one day and seed behind the plows, or fol-| three weeks from, date .of departure, 4-15-tf lan to arrange the ar: rither ow with the working and seeding op- | SUC TTTTETTTTNTA e Would you stop a clock to save time? Would you buy inferior clothing, shoes etc., to save money? ; | | There is ng more economy in buying inferior cloth- ing, furnishings and shoes than there is time saved. in stopping a. clock. : There is something decidedly better about Bergeson’s styles than the average; there is something superior in the workmanship and something distinctive in the lines and that something is quality. Official Outfitters for Boy Scouts. S. E. Bergeson & Son The Union Daylight Store. Closed Evenings Except Saturdays — Closed Sundays. SULURUSODESOGAUUOUDSULSSUSUUNSasORaggCOOREAUANegedeganeadotasneaan snngesnannnes i= iF SS NUTRERESEAUOAOSUSOUSEROOEAUOMUEGAO ESS 2ROESUOEAOOUODORORSQUSEDOSOAOROOQSEDRUOONOOSUORURERIOGIOREOOOSOAcegsOunONaeN UOUEVUUULATAAUEAEREGSREOUNCUEOEUATOOUNUOUUUAUOUENECUOOUCONAOODSONAUOOONONUEREOOUOUOUOOOOOOOVOUOOGG You will receive a report an. | ats and parley lands, in the western 7s