The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-04-07
uyTHRsTATE GATHERING. AT FAR.
GO A GREAT SUCCESS.
Vital Question Of Pure Seed ana
Other Matters OF Concern to the
Farner Are Fully and Interest-
iasly DiscussedLMinne~ota, North
amd south Dakota Represented
A Feature Of the Convention IL
an Able Address by President
Hill, Of the Crest Northern-A
Permanent Organization Effected
-Meetings VIII BE Held Alter
nately in the Three States Rep
resented.

nately in the Three States Rep
resented.
The interstate grain growers convention
orened auspdcfously at Fargo Tuesday
morning at the opera house. with large
attendance Of farmers and grain men
from all parts Of the state. and with
Eoodly representation from Minnesota and
South Dakota. The keynote Of the con-
vention's work was sounded by President
Worst. of the North Dakota agricultural
college. in an address covering the SUBJ
jects Of better methods of tillage, preven-
ton Of weeds, elimination of smut, i'm
Drovernent of grade and prevention of de-
terioration of the quality of wheat and
Increase Of yield. President Worst spoke
on invitation Of Prot. Hays Of Minnesota,
and welcomed the convention to the city
and to the agricultural college and state.
The convention organized at 10 a. m.
DR.. Dudley offered the invocation. Mayor
johnson Of Fargo was elected president;
eupt O. G. Gregg Of Minnesota, vice
president; J. H. Worst, secretary; Prof.
Waldron, assistant secretary; committee
3ron, Budd Reeve and Prof. Hays.
Budd Reeve was introduced as the orig
anator, promoter and father Of the con-
vention and on invitation Of Prof. Hays
outlined the work for the convention to
do indicating the benefits to result to
che agricultural and business interests of
She Northwestern states. By a vote of
the convention, an invitation was extend
Cd to President Hill, of the Great North
ern, to attend the convention and to give
an address. The proceedings are much
Of the nature Of a farmers institute, in
Guiding y question box feature. Evening
sessions will be held and all proceedings
printed in full in pamphlet form and
widely circulated.
Wheat.Live Stock Combination.
When the convention assembled in the
afternoon Vice President Gregg was in
troduced as the presiding officer of the
meeting. He introduced Col. Power, of
the Helendale farm, and formerly land
commissioner Of the Northern Pacific, as
the first speaker Of the afternoon on the
subject Of Combination of Wheat and
Live Stock" Mr.. Power has been work.
ing on these lines for number of years.
and his investigation shows that the cry
OF the farmer against the better inspec-
ton Of wheat and excessive freight rates
was hardly fair, as the blame lies largely
with the wheat growers themselves for
failure to clean their wheat properly be-
fore shipment and for sending tons of
good cattle feed to Eastern terminals for
which they received no pay, but in addi-
ton paid high freight rates. His investi-
gations had shown that there were thou
sands OF tons Of feed shipped into this
country annually and paid for at a high
rate. He advocated feeding refuse grain
to the cattle and shipping cattle at per
cent Of the cost rather than cheap wheat
at 20 per cent of the value His figures
Qtn0k -.
= last six years in number with corre-
spending increase in price and foretold a
future Of prosperity for the farmer who
invested in cattle and combined the in
dustry intelligently with wheat raising.
vice President Gregg spoke on cattle
IN the shock and oat hay
Prof. Hayes, of the Minnesota experi-
ment station. followed on the subject of
Crop Rotation" This interesting subj
9ect was handled in mastery manner
and evoked much discussion from the
participants in the convention.
Fodder Corn.
Tonight the first address was by E. c.
Cdles of CroOkston. who is q very well
known dairynan ard farmer. He gave
an interesting half-hour's lecture on ''Fod-
der Corn" and his experiences and COM
parsons In fielding dry corn and easilage.
HIS experiments had been carried on in a
scientific manner and we're of much value
Prof. Waldron. of the North Dakota ag-
ricultural college. followed on ',Yhat it
Costs to Raise Weeds in North Dakota"
He presented a startling array Of facts in
this connection and showed. that the loss
to the farmers Of the state amounted to
millions of dollars, the actual amount of
weed seed being the smallest item. The
loss to grades in dockage the damage to
plant, food and light and other causes
was OF great importance. He went into
the methods of prevention and extermilla-
ton.
The last speaker was Charles Braith-
waite, superintendent Of noxious weeds in
Manitoba, who was sent tn the conyen.
ton as special commissioner of the prov
ince by Premier Greenway. His address
was along the same lines as that Of Mr..
Waldron and brought out points s,lg.
gested in the former.
Wednesdays Session.
supt. Gregg, vice president, presid-
ed during the morning session Of the
grain growers convention. The enthusi-
asm Of the farmers in attendance wholly
crowded off the latter part of the pro.
gramme arranged by the committee. The
most practical feature Of the session
looking TO permanent results was a reso-
l1tion offered by N. p. Rasmussen ex-
railroad commissioner for the appoint
ment Of q committee Of nine members
to report permanent organisation of the
grain growers Of the Northwest to secure
Improvement in methods Of cultivation
and better methods Of handling grain
products. and to insure producers the full
value for their grain products In the
markets
Thomas Harrison spoke on barley hay
% feed for work horses. Papers for q
425 prize on "How to Make the Farm
Pay" were read by c. A. Fuller Of War.
rem. MIMI. and W. T. House Of Richland
county. ss
Prof. j. H.. shepperd, Of the North
Dakota agricultural college, discussed
"EIereMty In Wheat Growing for Seed =
Destruction ofsWeeds'' was the title OF
. paper by Prof. Braittwaite, Of the Mani
toba experiment. station, who i followed
Prof. Waldron on the topic, ''What 1t
81 Costs to- Grow Weeds"
In the Afternoon Prof. Ladd discussed
'Soil Huma,s dn Relation to Wheat G..
8. Barnes, q leading business man and
capitaltst o6 Fargo and large farmer,
gave hfs Twenty Years' Experience in
Ta1m1hg;;'' E.rof. Ro,leg, 81 the Notth Da.
s isnert Hon. Discusses q s$ss.Po-
tato 6cab. Bolley's investdg ations In this
n. NokN ssAp i