The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 31, 1926, Page 8

FAT ANIMALS PUT PROFIT IN FARMING Prove Value of Hogging Off Corn Fields Fargo, N. D., Aug. 31—No part of ing business offers greater apportunity at the present moment, no angle of farming is of greater im-/ portance in the development of 4 profitable business and the growth and progress of this section of the northwest, than the fattening and fitting of livestock, but particularly hogs and sheep, as prime market animals. That is the opinion of many prom- inent officials of the North Dakota Agricultural college and their judg- ment is backed by the officials of Armour and company who emphasize the importance and value of the sarmer getting his livestock into prime condition for marketing, at every opportunity. For the purpose of testing out the practical advantages which North Dakota offers to the livestock feeder the agricultural college has been carrying on a series of experiments with cattle, hogs and sheep for a number of years. Sheep ing Shows Profit The sheep feeding experiments have consisted of the purchase of young Montana stock, late in the summer or early in the fall, just as these animals came from the ranges, and stopping them at Fargo in transi the packing houses. They hi been fed some of North Dako cheap feeds, including screenings, and the venture has shown a good profit in_every instance. The hog feeding experiments have been carried on much more ex- tensively and over a longer period of years. The college has bred and reared its own hogs, and has carried on a number of experiments with various methods of feed and management, these expeziments proving to be of great practical value. For about a decade the college of- ficials have been testing the value of “hogging off” corn and they have reached the conclusion that pigs, far- rowed in March or at the lastest early April, put onto alfalfa pasture, with a ration of three and one-half pounds of grain per day for each hundred pounds of hogs as soon as they are Weaned and finished on corn in the it} and federal census is not reflected —_— sands of miles of count ceiving congratulations ond place. Walter Beech (right) is the winner of the Ford Reliability Tour for commercial type airplanes, which took a score of machines over thou- ¥ without a serious mishap. ‘rom Louis Meister of Detroit, who tock sec- He is shown re- 216,146 CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE IN STATE THIS YEAR, CENSUS SHOWS Fluctuation of the number of peo- ple in the state as revealed by state F uted in in a similar fluctuation in the number of children of school age, the state school census compiled by the super- intendent of public instruction shows. This year’s count, made in June by clerks of the various school districts, is the largest ever recorded. The figures show 216,146 as compared with 214,474 last year and 193,092 in 1916. Every child of sehool age recorded in the various counties will receive lands a listed o1 interest fines ai state, t the inte fine an Amount Number Children 1,801 6,123 4,266 County Adams (x) Barnes Benson Billings Bottineau Bowman Burke .. Interest Fun $2,053.14 6,980.22 Apportioned this year $1.17 from the state tuition 890.82 will be distrib- this manner. The money is received from interest'‘dn money re- ceived from the ‘shle of state school | g; nd from fines, taxes, etc., as| ¢, n the distribution blank. The totals $246,406.44 us com- nd other sources. The following table shows the num- ber of children in each county in the he amount apportioned from rest and income fund and the d tax fund, respectively, and the total received by each county. Total Apportioned $2,107.17 7,163.91 4,991.22 1,236.69 52.82 Fines id and Taxes 0: 1,852.11 | were working pared with $6,434.88 received from| p, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Has Come Within 30 Miles of Idaho Line Bozeman, Mont. Aug. 31—()— Protected only by an invisible wall, its political boundary, guarded by the ultural experts of Montana state coulege and the state department -of agricutture, Montana's hay crop thus far is safe from the attack of the dread alfalfa weevil, which already has carried it past the geographical barrier of the Rocky Mountains into Wyomirig and Colorado. ougn # close watch has been kept on the state's million and s quarter acres. of tame ‘hay fields, the weevil never has been found within Mon- tana’s borders, says J. R. Parker, assistant. plant entomoligist of . the state college, Periodical investiga- tions are made during the growi season and a wary eye is cast towa’ the Idaho border where the pest has advanced to within 25 or 30 miles from the state line. Quarantine Rewritten Within the month, Montana has re-| written its quarantine against im- portation of thay from seven western states as @ protection for its alfalfa and crops. The original quarantine WALSH COUNTY AUDITOR WAYS OF IMPROVING HIGHWAY LA Suggestions ‘for improving the state’s road laws are contained in letter received at the state highway department from W. J. LaMarre, au- ditor of Walsh county. LaMarre asked for advice on cer- tain phases of road construction work pertinent to Walsh county, but high- way officials his observations about the W. county situation fairly typify the situation throughout the entire state, The Walsh county man’s observa- tions are thought to be only the fore- runner of an avalanche of advice which will be received by the legisla- ture during the next session when road problems are expected to demand a large share of legislative attention, One suggestion which highway ex- perts here believe is almost certain to be made is that North Dakota adopt the Minnesota system and have one man in charge of its roads in- stead of a commission of five men as at present. Even its advocates, how- ever, are doubtful that it would win enough support "to carry because of the enormous power it would place in the hands one man. LaMarre’s Letter In hia letter to H, C. Frahm, chief ghway engineer, LaMarre “In the year 1927 the Walsh coun- ty board of commissioners is con- templating making appropriations of county road funds to townships for became void through @ supreme court decision and is re-engcted under an act of the last congress. It prohibits shipment of hay into Montana from/ Malheur and Baker counties in Ore-| gon, from all of Idaho except the) counties of Lemhi, Latah, Benewah,! Shoshone, Kootenai, Bonner, Bound-! te rene see ied ughly, the panhandle; and Lassen counties in 1 of Utah; .Converse,} , Freemont, Sweetwater, Uin-| Lincoln counties in Wyoming,| Gunnieon and Montrose in! Washoe, Storey, Ormsby, Pershing, Lyon and White Pine in Nevada. Montana's tame hay cfop of 2,034,- 000 tons is consumed principally with- in the state but production of alfalfa seed of high gradajhas become an industry of considerable importance: Hardy, and pure, this seed commands a substantial premium in. eastern| markets. | Natron ta and DIE AS PARENTS TOIL \ Pelly, Sask.—John Zeleny and his) brother, Mike, 5 and 3 years old,! were suffoeated to death when thefr | home burned while their patents in. the fields. The! the purpose of constructing and main- taining roads within the respective townships. Such grants will be made to townships which agree to meet the county on a 50 per cent ba: spend a like amount for construction and maintenance.~ Construction will be under the direct supervision of the board with the assistance. of the county engineer, ‘ i “At the present writing there is a question as to whether the work will be let by contract or if the county will purchase road building equip- ment for this purpot This county does not own any road construction. machinery of any kind. All the road machinery that the county owns is road maintenance machinery. “We understand thi countigs the plan of the county own- ing it? own road buildin, doing the: work and cl half of the cost of construction to the township is working out satisfactorily, Very likely you have full knowledge of how roads are now being built and maintained within the townships throughout the state. From an. observation of how this work is being handled it would ap- pear-that a change in the system of 3,822.39 | mother, being the last to leave the| townships expending money for road 4 up in INONTANA’S HAY CROP GUARDED Alfalfa Weevil Feared, as it) sive road machinery. This machin- ery, especially graders, is used from 20 to 40 days at the most in each. year. The remainder of the year the machinery stands idle and in some townships is not even under cover and protected from the weather, . It would indeed be very interesting to compile information as to how mach money has been expended in township for road machinery that is used as I have stated. “We have had this matter unde! consideration for some fime and q: our budget hearing of taxpayers the matter was discussed at length with township and municipel officers. It was surprising to note that all those present were agreed that road con- struction within each township should be handled by for the fact that road by the townships, which taxes farm- ers have to pay, very few would care to work on the roads, It is only nat- ural for them to want to earn back that which they have paid as road taxes if given the opportunity to do 80, 4 “If.the townships did not make any levies for roads and the work was handled by the county there would not be any desire on the part of most farmers to work out road tazes, If, the counties levied what the town- ships ievy for toads-each andi road bagi Prag handled by the county. we Believe. that more work could be done With lébs money tied wipment. This would result | _ RUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1926 in better roads being built at a small-| and our laws governing the expendi- er, cost. @ures made on pe town- ‘Better Program Needed ships, Tn view of the fact that this “From a comparison of county levies | county is fpr roads in this county with town-| tem ahip levies of the pest, it would seem as though a more constructive ‘program for building roads could be adopted if the proper legisiation and the ‘Were enacted. have brought to yeur attention will “Some few years back the state| be bi before the next legislative Wanted to take over all road funds| assembly éf possible.’ fraction entirely wmder the swoere-| Mullins Will Try; to Block Big Fight sion of the state highway commission. That might even be a better plan than rk, Aug. 31—)—Paddy making the county the unit as sug- geatad above. manager of Harry Wills, the “The ‘question is, is the -public deriving any. benefit for the money that is being expended by townshi| tht challenger, said interview vania in an attempt to block on roads under Th t Dempsey-Tunt championship fight at Phils a, September of Ask Them!!! “If their car (any car in America today at under $1,000.00) has MODERN FORCE-FEED OILING SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE WITH OF FORCED . TO EVERY BEARING - (Instead of the old-time noisy gears) : — THE WHIPPET HAS ! — Don’t Buy Blindfolded ! ! In fairness to yourself INVESTIGATE !!! Watch this space every day for many suyerior Whippet features LAHR MOTOR SALES CO. Willys-Overland Fine Motor Cars \ Ne Mullin: n the something wrong with our system Burleigh Cass ei Cavalier .... Dickey 669.82 | house, had put the catch on to keep) construction is necessary. That is 347.24] the children i {to say, for'the amount of money the 5,525.91 Sa eee er sam | townships have tied up.in road ma- 3752.19 500,000. FLIES | chinery and, the amounts levied each with Canadian field peas and + alfalfa pasture available and adjoin- ing fields, show the best results and i r* the anima husbandry department of ; i / f ;, . Trouble make the most economical gains, Prof. J. H. Sheppard, chairman of the college, who is in charge of the 3,796.20 3,620.64 2,282.28 Divide Dunn Kddy ... experiments, has issued a bullet! “The Northern Pig From Birth Market,” which gives details oF the results of these experiments over a period of years. Feed ue Cheap In some of the earlier experiments expensive tankage was used as part of the ration of the hogs, but instead of tankage, field peas are now being used to furnish the material needed by the hogs, which are formerly sup- plied by the tankage. In these experiments the college uses a number of different breeds but specialize in late. years in hogs which are of the bacon type. Yorkshires, Duroc Jerseys, Poland Chinas, Chester Whites and some crossbred animals with a Tamworth strain were used in the experiments. It was found that the bacon type hogs gained un average of about one and a half pounds a day while in the corn, and that the lard type hogs gained at the rate of one and eight tenths pounds per day on the corn ration. Gehu or Dakota flint corn has been used and the hogs are turned in when this corn is just past the roasting ear. This year they will be in the corn by Sept. 1, a little earlier than the average. they will go into the ig this year weighing from 135 to 1 pounds. The college likes to have them weighing 150 pounds or more when they go into the corn. They will be ready for market, woiching from 220 4 ee. one lagen in Neve years the hogs have produce from 300 to 500 pounds of pork per sere of corn. At 10 cents per pound, & production of 800 pounds per acre would make the corn worth $30 per aere, marketed in this way. Expected to Open Warfare Tonight Managua, Ni jus, Aug. 31.—(#) Reports from Bluefields are that Fevolutionists probably will en- i iment forces there to- The American marines have the fighting “probably wilt e ng fined to the” assault ‘on El strategic point at the en- the harbor, the control of means the control of the east if Nicaragua. The government are en- t., United Seater ustom: in Bivefields with all his staff and re- safe in the town itself. Emmons Foster ..... Golden Valley .. Grand Forks .. Grant Griggs Hettinger Kidder .... LaMoure Logan McHenry MeIntosh .... McKenzie McLean Mercer Morton ree | Mountrail 'Nelson Oliver Pembina \Pierce Ramsey ansom .... Renville ... Richland Rolette Sargent Sheridan Sioux Slope Stark {Steele ... Stutsman Towner Traill ... Walsh Ward 49% Wells . Williams 4,932.78 2,120.40 1,600.56 10,050.24 4,240.80 2,657.34 3,229.62 4,420.92 2,657.12 6,682.52 3,879.42 1,627.92 4,986.36 3,088.10 7,616.34 3,381 3,8! 2,916 2,848 1,316 1,386 5,155 2,187 7AT6 2,653 3658 6,292 9,531 4,347 6,341 1,500.24 1,580.04 5,876.70 2,436.18 8,522.64 3,024.42 4,170.12! 7,172.88 10,865.34 4,955.58 7,228.14 3,896.10 y 95.28 60.06 129.81 55.80 42.12 264.48 111.80 69.93 84.99 82.26 116.84 96.24 174.54 105.27 94.08 18320 93.30 10,314.72 4,352.40 2,727.27 3,314.61 3,208.14 4,537.26 3,753.36 6,807.06 4,105.53, 3,669.12 7148.70 3,638.70 8,220.42 5,445.18 09 42.84 131.22 94.44 147.96 104.09 79.96 200.43 101.43 87.45, 85.29 39.48 41.58 154.65 64.11 224.28 19.59 109.74 11,151.27 5,085.99 1,418.97 TOTAL .... 216,146 246,406.44 6,484.38 262,890.82 (x) Last year's figures. No new ones for Adams county this year. that Barth was not @ the withdrawal. 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