River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-01-16
THE GRAIN GROWERS.
They Meet at argo With Large Attend
ance and satiss actory Results. VAL
ale Papers are Presented.

The Tri-State Grain and Stock Growers
convention held at Fargo last week was
with the largest attendance OF any sim
liar affair held in Fargo Mayor Johnson
presided over the opening of the meeting
ana IN the organization was chosen pres
ldent and Major r. E. Fleming, secre-
tary, A. w. Scott from Grand Forks, and
L. A: Hoyerstad OF Crookston, Were Sc
lected as vice presidents. The convention
was given treat when Jas. Holes, living
to Cultivation
Mrs. Worst also spoke for a few mo-
ments upon the potato and its culture and
line.
Hon. R. J. Turner. state commissioner
OF agriculture, was unable to be present,
but sent an interesting paper on the pros
perlty and advantages of the state. The
paper was well received by the audience.
L. A. LELAND, of Edgerly, then gave an
interesting talk on the culture Of corn
which continued until the hour of noon
adjournment. The subjects of corn and
potatoes are especially fitting for this
meeting as nearly every farmer begins to
realize that farming in this state to get
the best results must be diversified and
that corn is almost a necessity to diver
sifled farming and stock raising.
n +. E; Fleming was the first speaker of
tanned the convention with q talk on the
raising of corn ensilage. The subject was
paper proved decidedi interesting.
w. +. Gushing spoke to the farmers for
a lew moments on the corn exhlbits OF
Tile state dI the Hdn-Am6r1can 0An1D1IlOn
and the bright hope that one day North
Dakota should rank first among the corn
producing states of the union.
Few more interesting matters could
have been taken up than the discussion
of macaroni wheat following an interest
ing paper on that subject by Prof. D. A.
tural College. The subject was discussed
at great length, and many of those pres
ent decided to try the cereal next year.
j. r. Phelan gave an interesting talk
on the raising of live stock during the
afternoon session which proved very in
teresting to all present.
Supt. Hoverstad of the sub-experiment
station at Crookston, presided as chair
man and after short talk on . matters OF
duced Ernest G. Schollander of the Fargo
Agricultural College. who spoke at length
upon the subject, Selection of Seed"
Station and College, emphasized the re- re-
marks of MT. Schollander, making a
strong and urgent plea for better seed,
better farming and clean machinery.
Hon. M. A. Carlton, cerealist connected
with the government department of agri-
culture was called upon for few words
and took up continuation of Mr.. Ten
EykS talk on moisture, and told of the
success being attained in Texas and Kan
sas with new varieties of foreign wheat
lately imported.
The first paper the next morning was
by w M. House of Lidgerwood on 'Ag-
was formerly wel-known educator and
has been a practical farmer for many
years. His address was most able.
r. S. Barnes of Fargo spoke on obi
versiied Farming" and convinced his
hearers, as he had been himself for some
years, that the one-crop idea for the
northwest was a failure. Much of his adj
dress was devoted to experience in farm
ing in both southern and northern Mime
sofa.
Mrs. E. P. Curtiss, of Moorhed, adj
dressed the convention on Our Farm
Life, How to Decrease it's Evils and In
crease it's Blessings" Her address, was
sarcastic and witty, and she brought
down the house on some of her remarks.
M. A. Carleton, cerealist of the depart
ment of agriculture at Washington, who
was sent here by Secretary Wilson to as
SiSt in the convention, spoke on drought
resistent cereals. He described his ex-
perience in southern Russia, which was
geographically similar to the Dakotas.
Long efforts on the part of the govern
ment there had produced wheat that
was especially adapted to North and
South Dakota.
The speaker advised efforts to grow
winter rye here and praised the quality
of the Dakota grown oats. The import
ance of the broom corn industry for this
section of the country was also urged
The afternoons work was concluded by
an address by George A. Ralph, of
Crookston, on Drainage in the Red
River Valley in which the absolute ne
cessity of some method for the protec-
ton of settlers and prevention of floods
was thoroughly exploited.