Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-09-06

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weary lands are unable to grow
wheat as III the days rs yore 4 h ~
country Was new and many n1er
were not able to buy Sstock Others
who did buy had not the necessary
knowledge 10 care for I'LL operly
Fenc es were wanting and sta bles
had not been built ia som parts
1.-The cultivated grasses grew shyly
and its never dawned upon the
people that underneath the dead
grasses that cracked beneath then
tread in August, latent forces
were capable of oducing forage
crops as ma gnifiic ent as the world
ever saw.
But forces hay been at work
which have led farmers to give
some attention to live stock. a
grasshopper visitation visited Ger.
tain parts many years ago. Tbs
farmers had to give up 4 growing
grain, and turn their attention. to
stock keeping Next came the
destructive Work Of the chinch
bugs. Grain crops were 50 com
3pletely destroyed that farmers
were compelled, Of necessity, 10
grow livestock The places
thus visited are the most pros
porous portions Of the state
today If q monument were built
to the dead grasshoppers and
chinch bugs Of those times, the
ms riiption on it should read: - 2
the dead shoppers and chi inch
bugs Of south eastern Minnesota
for tho service they rendered the
ffarmerssi compelling them to On
gage In livestock husbandry."'
Then later came failure in crops
and low prices, and these,in turn,
compelled many farmers to do
what even Theodore Louis could
not atsfirst acc omplish. The old
man tried to persuade them to go
into hog-raising, but they said to
him: wheat is good enough for
us But when the steed they
rode threw til I'm off in the years
If failure, they came to hear
Theodore Louis talk about raising
swine. And now We come to the
farmers and stock-groWers of the
state with q mode OF helping OH
the livestock very different IN
characte tx that proposed BY
the asshopp ers, 81 inch bug 5 and
The bliglftt Dur prop siition u 5tttoo
organize lives took associate ons.
representing the various live took
industries as yet unrepresented in
the state Of nnesota, during the
week ST the state fair which is.
soon to be held. . 5..% !:
MI This proposal originated with a
committee appointed by the board
Of trade Of Minneapolis, Of which
Mr.. P. Y. Collins is the chairman.
The committee was appointed FOR
the purpose Of devising measures
calculated to promote the. live.
stock interests Of the Northwest.
Mr.. A. .. Croker, the president
Of that body, has taken an active
interest in the moy ement from the
first. :4.. I'm
Some time ago Mr.. I Collins. and
the writer, on behalf Of The com
mittee, interviewed the members
Of the staue fair board at regular
meeting Of the same, to negotiate.
with them for the appointment Of
a day and hour for a meeting Of
farmers and citizens, to effect, if
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possible, the establishment Of live.
stock anizatlons representing
the various livestock industries
Of The state. The board heartily
endorsed the proposal, fixed upon.
9 q. M, Of Thursday, September
18th, as suitable time for holding
the proposed meeting It will, Of
course, be held in the Agricultural
hall on the state fair grounds.
Many reasons may be given as
to the necessitY for such organ1z-)
atoms. Only some Of these will
be stated, and as briefly as is con-
sistent with clearness of presellta-