Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1898-06-17
DAIRYMAN'S CONVENTION.
Most Successful Meeting in the History Of
the organization.

1AAOuS oAS cAiSoIS VI VIC Ian llldu
Association that the meeting held at
this place last week was the best at
tended and most enthusiastic gather
ing in the history of the order. 1t
was meeting which was fully worth
the attention given it and more too.
Every farmer within travelling dis
tance Of this place should have been
in attendance for it is seldom that
one is able to listen topapers of such
general interest to a farming COM
munity as those which were read at
this convention. President Powers
address at the opening of the meet
ing was one Of the greatest interest
to every farmer aud is given in full
below.
w. II. Morrison of Hawarden gave
some startling figures as to the value
OF the hens to the farming commun-
ity, showing that the enormous in
come Of S39o,00O,0O0 was received
from eggs and poultry, an income
greater than that received from any
other farm product.
Miss Marie B. Senn's addresse es
fairly captured the audiances. She
is wonderfully pleasant speaker
and brought forward ideas Of great
practical value to farmers wives.
President j, H.. Worst made two
addresses and still further endeared
himself to the people of this place
There is no speaker in this state who
can command the attention and re-
spect of an audiance to quite such a
degree as seneator Worst.
Professor Sheppard's remarks were
very good as were those of H, U.
Thomas state Commissioner of Agri-
culture.
w. +. t. bushnell OF the Dakota
Farmer appeared before an Oakes
audiance for tho first time and great
| ly pleased it by his eloquent address
favoring diversified farming.
Papers were read by the following
citizens of the county: H, S. Nichols
on the Possibilities of Diversified
Farming: G. NJ, Baker on the adj
vantages of sheep raising; j. w
Phifer, on the Boys on The Farm
M. j. Anderson, on the care OF Milch
Cows. Mrs. q. ii. Ladd on the Girls
on the Farm; e. Mayhem on the
care of Milk and T. w. Bush on
Dairying as an important factor on
the farm. All the papers were gooG
and many Of them we will be able to
reproduce in these colums.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year. President, j
B. Powers, Power. Vice President
Chas. McKissick, Mayville; Secre.
tary, e. d, Kaufman, Fargo. Treas,
urer, j. H. Sheppard, Fargo, Board
of Managers, w, f. Dodge, Engle-
vale; H. U, Thomas, Bismarck; 7. d.
Hinebauch, Tower City.
President Powers opened the ses-
sion with the following address;
Members of tho North Dakota Dairymans
Association-Lades and Gentlemen;
AS required by the constitution of this
ASSOCIATION this meeting has been called by
its secretary. Its principal object is for
discussion of subjects pertaining to the
dairy interests of the state and such other
matters as are connected with this industry.
The annual address of the president is
simply an opening wedge, SO to speak, to
make way for good things that will follow,
in fact one of tho fornalities that has to be
endured, but from which but littlo must be
expected, except perhaps in the way of
suggestion.
In my address at jamestown last year
stated that we have in our state nearly forty
millions of acres of native grasses, moro
nutritious than the best that is cultivated in
the eastern states, but that only n small part
of this great rich grass producing area is
now used by stock men for summc: grazing,
the greater part not used for any purpose
but allowed to go to waste every year, rot
ting on the ground or burned by prairie
fires. l repeat this now because want to
impress on your minds the great loss to in
divlduals and to the state by not taking ud-
vantage of an opportunity at our doors, un-
cqualed in any other state IN the union.
There is a great wealth to be produced
from these rich grazing fields. 1t is ours if
we take advantage of the opportunity, but
so far We have failed to do it. Three fourths
of the lands in our state is not adapted to
continuous or profitable cultivation of wheat
the character of the soil and climatic contll-
tons are against il, yet every quarter soc
ton, as soon rs occupied is put into wheat,
a few profitable crops perhaps will follow
then continuous yearly losses, but with a
persistency worthy of a better cause we con-
tinue our effort to force nature to perform
something that it cannot do. But let ma
ture alone and she always gives us good
crop of grass, and it can be made of value
if we will use it.
Occasionlly we hear from some poor debt
burdened farmer who has found his land a
failure as wheat producer, the Cry, "what
can do to be savcd?" 1t was in response
to this cry that the North Dakota Dairy
mans Association was organized, For Sc
ven years it has been trying to get the pco-
pie to listen to the doc rlne of agricultural
salvation. A few have accepted it and their
burdens are becoming lighter every year,
but altogether too many are yet under the
dominion of their old cxacting lord and
master King Wheat