The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 11, 1929, Page 2

Bm Be S xzavev]e seeeme f 2 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1929 Three Crops Per Year Is Engineer’s Solution of Farm Problem °|’ [LACE-MITE CONTROL | SIDE GLANCES - - - - By George Clark ARTIFICIAL DRYING OF GREEN CROPS IS NEW FORM FARMING Chicagoan Places His Tracts on} Mass Production Basis by Fire Heat and Fans ALSO CURBS SOIL EROSION By Multiplying Cuttings Protein Production Is Raised to 1,500 Pounds to Acre Artificial drying of green crops by| means of coal fire heat and power- ful ventilating fans which enables the farmer to raise three crops a year in- stead of one, is offered as the real panacea for agricultural ills by Arthur J. Mason, of Chicago, nationally known industrial engineer. | Upsetting agricultural traditions | which have prevailed since man first began to till the soil for his food sup- ply, Mr. Mason proposes to revolu- tlonize the work of the farm andj boost the farmer's prosperity by plac- ing the farm on a factory or mass Production basis. | To this end, he is raising three | crops a year instead of one on each of a dozen large farms he is operating H in various sections of the United States and declares that it is possible for any farmer to do likewise. The essence of Mr. Mason's sensa- tional conception of agriculture, which long since passed the theoretical stage, is the cutting of crops while green and immediate planting of oth- er crops—the substituting of green harvests for golden or mature har- | vests. Declaring that crops are three or four times more valuable when green, Mr. Mason says that the method eliminates a frightful waste, slashes production costs and boosts the farm- er's profits manifold. “There is nothing beautiful about the golden harvest,” Mr. Mason said. “It is dead waste.” After cutting, Mr. Mason prepares his green harvest for market by arti- ficial drying, which removes all moisture from the crop. He calls his method a “portable summer” which consists of a 20-foot blower fan and @ soft coal heater. In this way, hay or alfalfa, may be cut in the rain and within half an hour it is nicely baled and ready for shipment. Driven by the powerful blower, air heated to 300 | degrees has removed all signs of) moisture. Would Solve Soil Erosion Mr. Mason found that this method not only tripled the yield in dollars per acre but the product is higher in flesh-building protein and nitrogen content as well as other elements of value to domestic animals, especially cows in the production of milk. He Points out, too, that his method per- mits growing of crops in places now | considered impractical if not impos- | sible, while cutting of crops when green saves the stalk and leaf which otherwise are wasted in spite of the fact they contain as many food ele- ments as the grain. Mr. Mason declares that his method | of planting and harvesting three! crops a year will conquer the prob- Jem of soil erosion, which, according to government figures, is costing America one-sixteenth of an inch of her choicest soil every year and threatens to wipe out the very basis of American national life within a cen- | tury. Soil erosion is due to heavy rains which fall upon open plowed- up fields and carries away the soil. By planting three crops a year, the | sheet crosion. f Weather Report 4 @| Season. ‘Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 a. m. wind velocity . 68 | 12 State of weather net i 99 | Of the product. Mey $3) animal feed at least three-fold what farmer binds together this soil which | is not swept away by washouts. | Can Sow Later and Earlier “Artificial drying has displaci natural drying in all the arts,” Mason said. “Agriculture virtually is | alone in continuing to rely on the ordinary sunshine to dry its products. | No successful man nowadays puts brine in the sun to get salt. Nor does; any successful enterprise try to dry | brick in the sun preparatory to burn- | ing if it expects a profitable kiln. All | material used in the manufacture of | Portland cement is dried artificially. Look where you will. natural drying has been abandoned in modern life. “Not only docs artificial drying of crops make them much more valuable | but it enables a new view of the en-! tire subject of agriculture. It enables | the season to begin earlicr in the} year and to go later. Thus, we make | excellent hay in May, and on one oc- casion, at least, I have made a crop of alfalfa hay worth as much as the corn crop of my neighbor before my neighbor's corn crop was planted at all. At the other end of the season, cowpeas may be harvested and cured | in November at a time when all con- ; ventional farming has long shut up! shop for the year.” | Mason points out that the farmer's income rises with the number of food units per acre. By his methods, he would increase the present average of 200 pounds of protein per acre to 1,500 pounds per acre. This also more than triples the working days possible and makes the demand for labor continu- ous rather than intermittent as at present. Virtues He Claims The improved plants, for complete mechanical handling of the crops antl with artificial drying proposed by Mason, can be operated 200 days a year regardless of the weather on a 600-acre tract. Mr. Mason has in- terested groups of farmers to com- bine their holdings to rent or buy these plants on a plan that has Proven very profitable to the farm- ers. This is how Mason summarizes his recommendations to agriculture: 1. A crop which will bind the land | together in the manner the ancient prairie sod did, and stop washing or | 2. An agriculture which will great- | ly improve labor conditions, | 3, Continuity of operation. 4. Lengthening of the growing 5. Complete mechanical handling j Increase in yield per acre of is now accomplished. 7. A compensation to all engaged || our ouR Way SAY ~ Good IN THET BoNK YORE FEET 2 LIWE~ Une | talking. \merit of the picture because Ben WHAA HOO! ¢mon ICK-ROLL OUT-1TS 2 — \S THER A SUNK PLACE SEEM T' STAND our in this two or three times greater than now obtained without increasing the market value of the product. © AT THE MOVIES | e CAPITOL THEATRE A charming romance set amid breath-taking thrills furnished by daring air exploits is “The Flying Ma- rine.” synchronized with talking and jmusic, which will open today at the Capitol theatre for a three-day run. This picture is more than an air- plane picture. It has a tender love story combined with an underlying theme of brotherly sacrifice. Two brothers are in love with the same girl. The younger brother, a careless, reckless, irresponsible youth, wins the girl after a dashing, impetuous courtship. The older brother, a steady and earnest worker with a sterling character, stands aside for the kid’s happiness. It doesn't take the girl long to realize that she has made the wrong choice. She tells the older jbrother that it is he that she has loved all along. Just as they are bout to break the news to the young- brother, portrayed by Ben Lyon, a tuation arises which results in-one of the most unusual and spectacular climaxes ever witnessed on the screen. Intensely dramatic sequences are in This adds to the general Lyon, Shirley Mason and Jason Rob- ards have marvelous speaking voices. An entertaining evening is in store for you when you see this film be- cause it is a delight to the ear as well as to the eye. PALACE THEATRE, MANDAN Bert Roach, who has the comedy role in “The Time, the Place and the Girl,” Warner Bros.’ talking and singing vitaphone production of Hough, Adams and Howard’s famous musical comedy, which is now play- tonight and tomorrow night, started jin pictures sixteen years ago as an extra at Universal. | ‘@/may also be diluted by adding an INPOULTRY HOUSES IS IN PART SIMPLE Sodium Fluoride, Mercurial Ointment and Painting Are Among the Remedies Lice and mites are very partial to warm weather and during the heat of summer they increase and multiply, according to Geo. P. Goodearl, in- structor in poultry husbandry, North Dakota Agricultural college. Un- checked they soon over-run the flock and turn the life blood of the fowl into square meals for themselves. They have no market value and can quickly bring the bird to the point where it too has no market value. No chick can supply @ host of mites with & goodly portion of its blood and at the same time grow and develop as it should. The nutrients in the blood stream are contributing to the growth, development and egg produc- tion of mites, and still more mites. Body lice live on the bodies of the fowl, crawl around and make them generally miserable. They stay right with the fowl at all times, which makes the treatment for their elim- ination quite simple. They are obliged to come to the vent of the fowl for moisture. An application of sodium flouride, or of mercurial oint- ment in the feathers just below the meee will quickly rid the bird of body Either of these remedies may be obtained from the drug store or from poultry supply houses. The sodium fluoride comes in a powder form and the mercurial ointment as an oint- ment. The sodium fluoride may be diluted to a satisfactory application by the addition of two parts of plas- ter of Paris. The mercurial ointment equal amount of vaseline. In either case they should be well mixed, Red mites, although the most de- structive of the two, do not spend all During the day they conceal them- selves in the cracks of the roosts, dropping boards, and other crevices about the house. At night, when the birds are on the roost, they sally forth, swarming over them, and each drinks its fill of blood. Painting the ident of the state irrigation associ- ation. TEN YEARS AGO Twenty-nine North Dakota news- papers have changed hands or gone out of business since April 1, accord- ing to the records compiled for the new North Dakota Blue book by the office of secretary of state. The con- dition 1s ascribed to the Brinton newspaper bill. Mrs. Mary Grady and her grand- daughter Mary White have gone to LaCrosse and Beloit, Wis., where they 1 visit for several weeks. Senator Frank Ployhar, Valley City, jis spending several days in the city on business. R. W. Patzman and G. C. Marsh have returned from Wahpeton where they attended the state convention of the Modern Brotherhood of America. STATE BEEKEEPERS WILL HOLD SESSION Day to Be Given to Talks and anger must havi GOLD BULLETS By CHARLES G. BUOTH PSIS: A lead bullet solves Married! I had me into my chair until an uprush of gave me release. He e felt the wind of its com- Jerry . | Henry?” into his hands. Lucy ran over to him and put her arms around him. “He didn't want to come away,” Lucy said tenderly, “but I told him I'd stay there until he did—and that he didn’t love me—and if he didn’t want me then he needn't have me ever—” “Didn't want you!” Jerry burst forth, lifting his head and seizing her shoulders. And with this he kissed her very competently indeed. “When she said she'd stay down there un- til I changed my mind—Oh, damn it, Uncle John! what could I do? I gave .| Furie $20 to keep his eye on the mine—and what was in it. I hoped we'd be back the next day, but the sandstorm held us up most of the night. That's all.” “Furie earned his $20,” I said grimly. “Don’t feel too badly, son. I imagine most of us would have done the same “Young fools!” he growled. “I sup- Pose it’s the sort of thing that’s done nowadays.” I chuckled reminiscently. “So I’m | SEEK CATTLE GRUB SECRET FROM FREE AREA AROUND FARGO Federal Entomologist Striving: to Save $50,000,000 to Stookmen of Nation — The study of the despised cattie grub in the grub-free areas of the United States, if successful, mi to the saving of $60,000,000 each year to the cattle men of the country, ac- cording to W. G. Bruce, ent for the United States department of arise e at present concentratt: his efforts toward finding out the reason for the absence of the cattle grub in the Fargo area. His work will continue in this territory until next September, and during each fol- lowing ed ioe to Sep: tember hereafter until the grub prob< on is solved. iiha & recent tour of the northeast section of North Dakota, Bruce made ricultural ajl pa ber from proprietor noldsville, quary Apiaries, roosts and dropping boards and the walls around them is advised by Mr. Goodearl. Almost any coal tar dis- infectant, if applied undiluted, com- pletely covering the area just men- tioned, is effective. Waste crank case oil applied once a month during the summer and fall discourages the spread of mites. Most important is it to see that the disinfectant gets into all the cracks, for it is there that the mites hide. [ Our Yesterdays , > FORTY YEARS AGO C. C. Propper arrived ioday from Wahpeton to look after business in- D. 8. Cowan, northwest agent for the Associated Press, came in from the cast yesterday, and. will remain in Bismarck during the constitutional convention. Miss Marian Mead has returned from Glendive where she has been visiting her brother and her family. W. G. Mitchell, editor of the Minot Journal, has come to Bismarck and |ing at the Palace Theatre, Mandan, | will remain during the convention. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO For .our years} Miss Cecilia Heneghan leaves to- previously he had been on the stage, | day for her home at Graceville, Minn., beginning with a role with Charles| after a visit here with friends. Frohman in “The Arcadians.” He had important roles in “Excuse} Miss Helen McGillis and Miss Helen ” °Tin Hats,” “The Last Warnin STUMPING THE BOSS ‘The Crowd” and | Burton are visiting in McLean county this week, Nels Lovine has gone to Hunter's Hot Springs, Mont., to receive treat- The Boss: Call yourself a typist,| ment for rheumatism. and you can't even put a ribbon in the machine! The Girl piano?—Passing Show. ————————— GAWsH! ? WHERS THEY DONT DAT WHoT MAKE ME MAD ERBouT Dem Feet’ MIST CoRLM. OF MINNIT AH Lays COWN DEY SPREAD RIGHT OLT AN’ LAYS DOWN “Too. DAT WHUT MAHE ME TOE OUT WEN AH WALKS State Engineer E. F. Chandler, Could Paderewski tune a|Grand Forks, is here for a conference with General E. A. Williams, pres- By Williams Demonstrations at Hills- Plans have been completed for the North Dakota State Beekeepers’ asso- ciation one-day program at Hills- fboro, July 24, according to word re- ceived from President Charles Haus- mann, commercial beekeeper of that city, by Prof. J. A. Munro, secretary of the association, North Dakota Ag- of North Dakota and a num- ance. Speakers have been secured from Texas, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Washington, D. C., and Canada, in addition to North Dakota men of Prominence. I ‘The chief speakers are George Rea, commissioner of agriculture and la- bor, Bismarck; Mayor W. F. Boylan, Carrington, North Dakota Beekeepers association; | 1, thelr time on the body of the fowl.|DX Harold J. Clay. marketing spe of the beekee; the University of Minnesota; Prof. T. Floyd, provincial apiraist for Man- itoba; William D. Wright, Floradale Fischer, assistant secretary of North- ern Cold Storage and Warehouse Co., Duluth; Ralph G. Smith, North Da- told. But if I remember rightly, the young lady who became Mrs. Deacon wouldn’t have you unless you eloped with her in the romantic manner.” Henry raised a hand, grinning. “AlF right, John. They are forgiven.” I suppose he was thinking of his im- ft an extensive search for the cat grub. He rod in ing. “I know what you are going to say, uncle John!” he poured forth in grief stricken tone. “I'm a cad to have done such a thing! I don’t blame you. Dad dead and not buried—this mur- der charge hanging over my head— it was a beastly thing to do! Get it out ot your ir stem. It’s coming to me, y { God knows: “Oh, Jerry.” Lucy cried distress- tural experiment fully. And then, so gently that my anger softened: “It isn’t coming to you! Please keep quiet while I tell} m him about it, dear.” Her dark eyes, tender, earnest, yet unafraid, held mine. “Jerry is trying to shield me. It was entirely my fault. He didn't know about ‘his father until this . We started back as soon as told him. “You didn’t tell him until this morning!” I exclaimed incredulously. “Hardly!” Jerry mumbled. “You young idiots!” I roared, covering myself. “Couldn't you have waited until this boro July 24 college. Beekeepers from “Yes. But I changed into these Canada will be in attend- khaki duds before I left.” ‘Where?” of Reacroft Apiaries, Rey- Pa.; Joseph A. Kitchen, ‘They were.” “What time did you leave your father?” “At 15 after nine. I looked at my watch.” . “I suppose you went out by the hall door?” a es. “and you went straight to the gar- age?” vice president of the thing was cleared iP’ ‘Don't you see?” Lucy said pa- . “If @ man doesn’t need a wife when he's in trouble, when does he need one?” “Oh!” I gasped. I felt as if I hadn't known Lucy until this moment. “You always said I was a funny lit- tle thing, Uncle John, but you've been such a dear!” She kissed me and I began to melt like butter. “Jerry was serious trouble. If—if he should Find Crop Rotation One Way to Combat Effect of Dry, Spel? Recent observation made by J, ¥,, Chapman, assistant in soils at the North Dakota Agrioutural college, in! ping division of L Souris, Manitoba; E. P. “No one, Uncle John.” I rounded again upon Deacon. “Sat- isfied?” kota director for the Mountain States Honey Producers association, and commercial beekeeper, Amenia; E. E. Salge, producer of package bees, Wes- laco, Texas, and Hillsboro civic of- ficials. In the forenoon the program will be held in the Hillsboro city park, and in case of rain everyone will meet in the armory. The afternoon session will be held at the apiary.of Charles| story Hausmann. A banquet will be served during the noon hour by the Hills- boro Civic club, at which time there will be a special program of enter- tainment. The program begins at 10 in the forenoon and consists entirely of talks and demonstrations of an educational nature, according to Mr. Munro, “ Dunn County Schools Distribute Diplomas (Tribune Special Service) Killdeer, N. D., July 11.—Sixty-five graduates of the Dunn county public schools received their diplomas at the county-wide exercises held at Man- ning last week. The diplomas were presented by L. C. Hulett, Killdeer, president of the county school officers’ association. One of the features of the day was the concert by the Manning band. The following students received di Plomas: Rose Adamsky, Clifford An- Gerson, Elenore M. Bren, Clayton Beaton, Sylvan Berdahl, Mildred Miland William ‘Weisenberg, Faye . foolery, Wi Ww ‘Ida Wolf, Otto Wolf, ab Ww : 18, tie coun ae. ge og eo French, Donald Gould, Emil Gustaf-| 3% Sitter, [ale[s | MMMlo[O MMS /A[N| Hoe eee Gromman, Robert Gebble,| $0. Women’s vert [RIA|WEML [610 (R15 MN ]A] miunson, denny Gli, Norman Gun-| gp meage seeee [EIRIALSIOIRMMELE(C MD theses folulwiata] m vos curve a. of ane ae a foo ot « of co eale ot the blood 4, Fas up the pe again a hi “Some time ago,” he cried heartily. ‘When Henry is convinced he is wrong he always. admits it manfully. “You were right, John. Dillon is our man. He killed Andrew, dressed in the boy's flannels, and later planted them be- hind Lundy’s bar. But I haven't any idea who he is. Has MacNair? Where is MacNair, by the way?” I nodded. “He is. Why?” “Nothing. I was just wondering. If his memory is gone I don't suppose he could recognize Dillon. You were .| right about the motive, too. 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