The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-15
TODAY'S PROGRAMME.
Morning Session, $3.50 O'Clock.
Presidents annual address.
Secretary's report.
TreaSurer'S report.
Report of committees.
Election of officers.
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DIR. Cyrus NOrthrop, of the state uni
versity, defended the agricultural
school and the agricultural college be-
fore the convention of the Minnesota
State Agricultural society yesterday
afternoon in the Commercial club. In
addition to the $50 agriculturists who
have been attending the convention,
number of outside visitors heard the
address
The speaker stated that Minnesota
had the best agricultural school and
the best agricultural college in the
country. Referring to a criticism OF
agricultural institutions, recently pub
lished in a New York paper, DR.. North
rop said that it was undoubtedly in
spired by a knowledge of the limita-
tons of agricultural schools similar to
the one IN Wisconsin, which had no
connection with any university.
mo cOterie of farmers said the
speaker, lis intelligent enough to give
to the pupils of an agricultural school
or college the opportunities and the
training to which they are entitled.
Such a school and such a college must
be maintained in connection with the
broader university"
At the beginning Of his address DR..
Northrop explained that he was a
farmers boy, and had been brought up
on farm, and therefore could address
a body of farmers with some under
standing He said that he was glad
that the question of land fertilization
had been duly considered by the con-
vention, for he thought that this was
the most important problem that the
Minnesota farmer had to face. The
latter part of DR.. Northrops address
was a plea for optimism.
Pleads for Optimism.
There are two ways of looking at
life," he said. "One way is to gaze
steadily, carefully and appreciatively
at the things we possess. The other
way is to look steadily, carefully and
appreciatively at the things we do not
possess, ignoring all others. The first
method leads to optimism, the second
to pessimism. You farmers of Mime
sofa have right to be optimistic he
concluded. You dwell in a land of
prosperity. Your farms are prosper
GUS and your state is prosperous. If
you are always mindful of your rich
possessions you will never lose faith
in yourselves or humanity.
Prof. S. B. Green, of the state agri-
cultural school, also spoke at the aft
ernoon session. His subject was
Progress in Horticulture and during
the course of his address he read a
number of statistics which showed that
Minnesota had really made progress in
this branch of agriculture. Especially
had the Minnesota apple crop inereas-
ed, the speaker declared. The cold and
snowless winters were hard on the
sensitive roots, he said, but number of
experiments were now being made to
see if this root could not be strength
ened
Prdcts Big Apple Crop.
The speaker declared that the pres
ent winter was ideal apple weather.
and that if all Minnesota winters were
like the present one, the state would
have an enormous apple crop.
1.-The small fruit industry is also in
creasing rapidly in Minnesota" said
Prof. Green. Farmers are handicap
ped in the grape-raising industry be-
cause they are obliged to cover the
mes in winter. but the Delaware