Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-01-16

ing. From 3 o'clock till moor more
than a thousand delegates to the con-
Ventlon were the guests of Hon. G.. S.
barnes at his Glyndon (Minn.) farm.
he secured a seventeen special train
and took all who wished to go. There
they saw a combination bonanza grain
farm and stock farm. Buildings and
Brown Swiss cattle and pedigreed swine
We're inspected generally, and later fine
specimens We're brought out on a plat
FORM N thoroughly explained by
fror. Shaw of the Minnesota station
n Prof. Shepherd of the North Dako-
Ia agricultural college. The discussion
winch followed was spirited and dem
onstrated the interest taken In i'm
proved stock by farmers of the North
west. Mr.. Barnes was rendered a vote
OF thanks for the diversion his hospi.
tality had given the delegates and for
the forenoon spent.
In the afternoon the first paper was
py n. -. Hurley of Duane, Trail counI
W ~. ID, on farm telephones. Mr..
t1urley was a pioneer in that respect,
having extended a line from Hillsboro
10 ms farm. Others became interested,
uhtii nnally a company was organized.
anu all the farms connected with each
other and with Hillsboro and the entire
northwestern telephone system, He ex-
patlated on the many advantages of
being able to sit by his own Preside and
converse with friends in Fargo or the
irwin cities and to make rush orders
Tor supplies n repairs. AS a time
and money ave the farm telephone is
a huge success.
|. DR.. I. ID. Hinebaugh of Tower City,
eS-state veterinarian, read an instruc-
i've paper on feeding INLET to stock
and created a most animated discus
sion, many giving the convention the
benent OF their experience. Superin-
tendent OF Public Instruction Devine
made an able address on the education
OF boys on the farm. Diversified farm
ing was the subject of the address OF
2. j. Beltz of Buxton, who pictured
Its advantages in a manner that proved
his ability to discuss the question thor
oughly.
One OF the most timely addresses was
that of e. K. Kaufman, state dairy
commissioner, on the dairy interests OF
the state. His efforts to arouse en-
thusiasm We're successful. The cream
cry question is a vital one in the state
now n the statistics given by Mr..
Kaufman, with the record of North
Dakota butter at the Pan-American,
gave the speaker ample scope for his
address. Ex-State Treasurer X. j.
Nomland discussed corn culture in an
eminently practical manner, giving the
benefit of his experience of many years
on a Trail county farm. Great dis
cussion followed.
Charles McKissick, Of the big Gran
din farms near Mayville, spoke on
grain and stock and showed what the
combination could do. Before the af-
ternoon adjournment Vice President
Hoyerstad appointed an executive COM
| mittee composed of J. III. Worst of Far
| go, chairman; T. A. Hoverstad of
Crookston, and Prof. Saunders OF
Bookings, S. d. The resolutions com
mittee is composed of Capt, ID. L. Well
man of Frazee, Mimi, chairman; II.
L. Forket of Lamoure, N. d.; I. A.
Hoverstad of C~rookston, Mimi; George
| Earl of Oriska, N. D., and James Ken
nedy of Fargo.
The first speaker In the evening was
G. C. Hanley OF st. Paul, president OF
| the Allied National Agricultural assoc
citation. The Nicaragua ana and Its
effect on Oriental trade was his sub
iect. He opposed the canal scheme,
and thought the United States was be-
ING used as a c~at's-paw. His address
was a plea for the development of the
Pacific trade to the Orient.
sheep on the Farm" a favorite
tcpic with the speaker, was discussed
by Prof. Thomas Shaw of the Mime
| sofa AGRICULTURAL college In an able and
interesting manne He said In part'
eft NAV sound like a contradiction
of terms to speak of keeping sheep on
the grain farm. And yet Ii is not, since
no kind of live stock, except the horses
which are required to do the work, can
be kept with so much advantage on the
grain farm as sheep. The benefits from
keeping them on the same are fourfold.
First, they act the part or weed oe-
stroyers: second, they bring fertility TO
the land; third, they may be made TO
reyu1ate the growth OF the crops;
fo,,rtb they are a source of profit far
hove the outlay involved in keeping
them II may seem a waste Of time TO
taik about fertility in the Red river
valley IT is. as you farmers know, a
land the natural fertility of which has
never been exceeded probably since the
world was created. Not a few of the
men who till the lands In this Valiey
vii, look you straigt in the face ana
tell YOU that the fertility of this valley
viii never wear out. And the endless
succession of grain crops which they
grow. and the periodical burning OF
| straw stacks which occus every year.
are evidences of the sincerity of their
convictions. notwithstanding, just as
surely as the waters of the Mississippi
How southwark and those of the Red
river flow northward, just so surely
will the lands Of this unrivaled valley
he depleted of their fertility unless his
system OF never-ending grain growing
and grain seeding is modified. With all
the powers of my being. ! want to raise
nv voice in reHionstrance against Wnat
must some day bring ruin to the agri-
culture of this valley II long enough
continued"
Michael P. Moran OF Graceyiiie,
MINI. and president Of the Nationai
Grain Growers association, spoke on
the development of Oriental trade and
To ,nauence on the Northwest.
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