Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-02-01
]. ]. HILLS TALK
Makes Pleasant References to
the Farmer and Wheat
Grower.
Talks About the Fraud in the
Hanna Ship Subsidy
Bill
And Tells of Larger Markets
Needed For Wheat. No
Hope Without.

hope without.
In his speech at the grain growers
convention j. J. Hill said in part:
When was here year ago l hoped
that was not to be the last meeting the
farmers would hold and am more than
glad to be with you again.
Better cultivation and more intelli-
gent work on the farm is going to help
you, and the Agricultural colleges and
experimental stations cannot fai! IN
making your profession more profitable.
AN glad that the farmer OF 80 many
counties took advantage Of the free
transportation to visit the Agricultural
college last summer, and l hope that
they have great interest in the work
being done there. want to extend the
same invitation to the farmers OF tho
state again this year.
Fifty years ago the old countries OF
Europe we're wondering what they
should do to keep their people from
coming to America, as the tarms and
cities we're becoming depopulated, on
account OF the poor crops from the poor
" titled lands The result WAS that the
Royal Agricultural association was
organized in Great Britain. In the old
On time their wheat yield was from 40
to IA bushels; now they reap from "a to
80 bushels, the Increase being brought
about by the improved methods OF
farming,
II you would retain tie fertility OF the
soil you must have stock. You Eaust
make the COW and the creamery help
more than just to raise the calf. / am
glad OF the progress shown in the feed
ing Of fat stock, and the showing in the
northwest within the past few yesss ls
far greater thsu you would thank. We
carry from our lines through the state
$4,000 more cs.tle to narket from pstnts
east of NinoL than We do fro0 ell other
parts of our lines between there ana the
Pacific coast The aomber OF hogs oar
ried have been trebled. HoRs ere a
good crop and can be grown every gear
We should pay attention te them 'and
have the young come in the spring.
Fall pigs are not profitable es they cost
too much to keep growing through the
winter. Our lands have become en-
hsnced 10 value aud expect to see the
valley lands sell from $40 to $50 per
acre and they are worth it.
Statistics show US that the population
OF the Uoited States doubles itself 10
about thirty years. This belog true we
should have q population OF l5G0o0;O0O
in 1880. They cannot all be doctors.
preachers, etc. , and halt OF them muet
cultivate the soil as bait OF the present
population ,s. In polnt OF Intelligence
and patriotism the farming oom mmunities
rank first and there never WAS time
when the farmer did not stand for the
country when help and patriotic service
was needed.
You Oh the farm have been in the habit
OF helping yourselves, and it Is q good
habit; you may have to help yourselves
further. don't know of any interest
that would care to 1pjure the interests
of the farmer Everything depends
on the farming classes. Everything de-
pends on the man who follows the pIow.
l am always wiling to 90 any place
where can raise my voice IN behalf OF
agriculture. 1 think the country is
better off, by reason OF the intelligence
and prosperity OF the farmer, and with
the growing population we must Guilt
vate the soil. II we cultivate more land
We shall raise more grain, and where
shall We market it? Great Britain
raises only about enough grain to feed
her people but thirteen weeks out OF the
fifty-two. Great Britain buys large
per cent OF all We have to sell. England
does not discriminate against our grain.
We sold to France last year twenty mil
lions OF wheat. England bought eighty
millions and to the other countries We
sold less than twenty millions. We
ought to have more than one good Gus
touer. The wheat production OF tho
United States has been placed at 49,.
100000 bushels, allowing that each per-
SOD eats i've and half bushels per an
mum. The average bushels per capita
OF the world is four and a half bushele.
Fully thousand miIions OF people do
not eat wheat for food. and We ought OF
reach some OF these people. II the pee
pie of China and Japan begin to buy our
four. l2,OOO,OOO bushels OF our wheat
would fipd ready market. There has