The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-17
THE GRAIN GROWERS.
They Moot Mt L argO With Large Attend
ance and Satisfactory Results. VAL
able Papers arc Presented.

They Moot Mt argo With Large Attend
ance and Satisfactory Results. VAL
able Papers are Presented
The Tri-state Grain and Stock Growers
convention held at Fargo last week wa, was
liar affair held in Fargo. Mayor johnson
presided over the opening of the meeting
and in the organization was chosen pres
tary. A. w. Scott from Grand Forks. and
r. A. Hoverstad Of Crookston, were Sc
lected as vice presidents: The conven ,'o n
to Cultivation"
Mrs. Worst also spoke for q few mo-,
ments upon the potato and its culture and
lead an interesting discussion along that
line.
Hon. R. J. Turner, state commissioner
of agriculture, was unable to be present.
but sent an interesting paper on the pros
perity and advantages Of the state. The
paper. was well received by the audience:
interesting talk on the culture Of corn
which continued until the hour of noon
adjournment The subjects of corn and
meeting as nearly every farmer beg ns to
realize that farming in this state to get
the best results must be diversified and
that corn Is almost a necessity to diver
sitied farming and stock raising.
r. E. Fleming was the first speaker Of
the afternoon and for some time enter
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raising Of corn ensilage. The subject was
paper proved decided interesting.
op fSe 70 one exhts of
the state at the Pan-American exhibition
and the bright hope that one day North
producing states of the union.
Few more interesting matters could
have been taken up than the discussion
of macaroni wheat following an interest
ipp y,o hot c1lhio0f n A.
Saunders of the South Dakota Agricul-
tural College. The subject was discussed
at great length. and many of those pres
ent decided to try the cereal next year.
]. e. Phelan gave an interesting talk
on the raising OF live stock during the
afternoon session which proved very in
Supt. Hoverstad of the sub-experment
man and after short talk on matters OF
duced Ernest G. schollander Of the Fargo
upon the subject. Selection Of Seed:
Station and college, emphasized The re.
Strong and urgent plea for better Seed,
og Hon M A. Ea1iton ee cerealist connected
with the government department Of agrii-
culture was called upon for few words
and took up continuation ion Of IT,, Mr.: Ten Ten
success being attained in Texas and Kan
sas with new varieties of foreign wheat
lately imported.
by W. M. House of Lidgerwood on AZ
riculture and EDUCATION" The speaker
was formerly well-known educator and
years. His address was most able.
R: s: Barnes of Fargo spoke on "P [i
yersified Farming" and convinced his
years, that the .one-crop idea for the
northwest was a failure. Much Of his ad-
dress was devoted to experience In farm
ing in both southern and northern Mime
sofa.
Mrs. E. P. Curtiss, of Moorhed. ad-
dressed the convention on Our Farm
d a HGw IT'S Ey
sarcastic and witty, and she brought
down the house on some Of her remarks.
NJ: A: Carleton cerealist Of Of the. depart,
was sent here by Secretary. Wilson to as
sist in the convention, spoke on drought
resistent cereals: He described his ex-
GEOGRAPHICALLY similar to the Dakotas.
Long efforts on the part of the govern
ment there had produced a wheat that
was especially adapted to North and
The speaker advised efforts to- grow
winter rye here and praised the quality
anc enc Of the broom corn Industry for this
section Of the country was also urged.
The afternoons york was. CONCLUDED by
croofston on ny 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.
Resolutions Adopted.
Mr.: J. J.. Hill. president of the Great
N. D., on the 10th before the State
Grain Growers Association. Before his
arrival the following resolutions were
1T is the sense Of this meeting there.
fore, that in resisting the attempts of
the Union Pacific Road and it's allies on
R faa and its othe
Railroad, James J. Hill has performed
dDyed p9 he a4 and and
like policy that has characterized his
long, career as the great developer OF
northwestern resources, and the most psf
terests.
railroad through a wilderness, that has
bonus or a subsidy He has connected
that railroad at one end with a fleet OF
the Orient and bring back the Oriental
trade to the northwest. and to the whole
nation, and at the other end with ship
eaboard-all this. too. without dollar
of bonus or the semblance Of a subsidy.
Trusting to the resources of the country
for the traffic to justify extension, he
has entered every section that needed
transportation facilities and constructed,
often at a loss to himself, hnse into
sparsely settled and unproductive COM
munities. During all the years Of rail-
road building, there has been a regular
" marked reduction of freight tariffs,
according as the volume of traffic in
creased and warranted it, and a uniform
disposition to make temporary sacrifice
for the permanent Improvement Of the
country.
I'm view of this record, and in recogni-
ton of the honorable and upright course
the farmers Of the northwest, we con
n preventing the Ia1bsorption, Of the
Pacific manipulators on the other, and
and ability of Mr.. Hill to give to the
states of Minnesota and North and South
Dakota, the best and cheapest transport
tation facilities to be had by the people
c. any section of the nation.
Two years ago Mr.. Hill came to our
convention and gave us some good points
on diversified farming and other matters
Of interest to the farmers Of the north
west and stated that he would furnish
free transportation to delegations OF
farmers from the different counties Of the
state to visit the Agricultural College
and State Farm, which offer many farm