The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-09-29
J. J. HILLS NOTABLE ADDRESS,
tie Discusses Agriculture, National and World
Affairs at County Fair.

1torthern railroad delivered an address
q the Fillmore county fair at Preston
1nhn.' on Sept 20. which is perhaps the
most notable public utterance of the
many he has made. 1t is of national
even worldwide scope. and is attracting
great attention. He began by expressing
ms pleasure at meeting a strictly agri-
cultural community and then made this
contrast between Southern Minnesota and
Northern Iowa:
In your state here, and you will pardon
me Tor making some comparisons. that
may seem, as comparisons often are. a
little odious, comparing Southern Mime
sofa with Northern iowa. the tier of
counties on the line OF each state. with
nothing but the conventional boundary
between them, they Lave advanced lit
tie beyond you. Curious enough your
farms average exactly the same in acre
age. You have about 10000 acres more
than they have and they have the adj
vantage in the one item of live stock.
Now. they have no advantage in soil or
climate over you. But they probably
gave up the raising ,} Of wheat little
up the care OF live stock. of cattle and
hogs earlier than you did, and for that
reason reason their yield per per acre, and ! am
the records show that they are 81 an
acre ahead of you.
Comparing Southern Iowa with North
ern Minnesota he said the Southern farms
realized W an acre more than the north
ern and added
There is no calling in the world where
q man can be more Independent or hap
pier than he who cultivates the sofia
man on farm Is an independent prince
and he ought to succeed. Your future
Will depend more upon the cultivation of
the land in an intelligent way and the
restoration of the qualities of the soil
that give good returns Live stock on
the farm Is worth more than the price
you can get for the live stock because
the manure as fertilizer is worth one
third of the market value of the feed you
give the animal
Following along this line Mr.. Hill pro
ceeded to say that IL they could sell their
grain, hay or roots, feed them to their
live stock and they would get one-third
more than the market price of the feed
want to say to you. cultivate your
land Take good care of. it. Nothing will
pay you as well. Stock raising means
more to you and to the country.
Keep the Farm.
Keep your farms. Cultivate them: cul-
tivate them well Stand by your state
agricultural farm. To-day | want to call
your attention to this, i have taken
terest in the state farm There is but
one change that l would make if could,
and would make. that in the interest of
state university. because to-day it is only
an attachment. 1t is strong enough and
1t Is Of more Importance that the boys
be educated to take advantage Of and to
intelligently cultivate the soil.
Everything g that that Is OF value I'm In the world
are counted, and in a very few years
Minnesota will have no forests that are
OF any value. Theoretically we have
twelve years OF standing timber. or
course they won't cut 1t all In twelve |
years. but that will be because they re-
duce the rate at which it is cut each |
Proceeding, he said the mines were next |
to the forest. but the farm in Minnesota |
hsn f6e n. ae >, Eoa sb
Union. When mines are dug out they |
cannot be reproduced. but crops can be |
reproduced indefinitely The mines will |
urged them not to sell their farms. but
keep them for their boys and girls.
the great drouth in the northern part of |
the state in 1883. and how to encourage
farming he bought between |
tween 5000 and 1000 Berkshire pigs and
Dcattered them throughout the northern
part of the state and Dakota. Speaking
Of his recent visit to the North Dakota
state fair, he said
Practical Example.
saw as fine cattle there as I ever saw
In my life and l brought them over from
Great Britain and had paid as much as
5000 for a cow. had more pride in
lot there was one animal that took the
Iweepstakes last year in the Dominion
Of Canada; in July he took the sweep
Manitoba; in Grand Forks he he t took ,tk sec -
,nd prize. was beaten to a standstil by
North Dakota bull l had little feel
he owner told me that he was a descend
mt OF one of the animals l sent up there.
They will get along prosperously to-
rether or will be poor together
Mr.. Hill continued at some length to
'xpattate upon the Importance. advan-
ages and Independence Of the farm life
md then took up general matters which
night be termed national Along this
Inc he said in Dart
Government Policies.
There are two main essentials to all
uccessful and happy effort; industry and
haracter in the man as a eprivate indi-
idual. and honesty aud intelligence in
is acts and in the acts of those who are
hosen to represent him in the life of the
ither the one or the other. You are all
nected. directly and permanently. by
he quality and the acts and the policies
I the government e; rI under which you live.
pom you eventually just as surely as if
ou received into the intimacy of your
amily life some man of bad conversa
lon and corrupt example. If that is un-
Intelligent, mistaken or wilfully misdi-
eoted. 1t will affect you just as certainly {
. II you continue. to use a plough that
lerely scratches the surface of the soil 3
lstead of turning it over, or carry your {
rOducts to the lowest instead of to the {
lgneSt market. II is your place to keep
lst as sharp guard set upon these pub
C issues and the way in which they are {
let as you do upon your own personal
expenses and the actions of those who |
ork under your personal orders.
Are your represen tatives-I speak in the
roadest and most general way, for your
representatives. will compare we'll with
lose Of other states-Of the highest NOR =,
quality and fiber and are they doing
lose things which are most clearly con- ;
sived to benefit you the people, and not
,me interest aside from and antagonis- :
c to your own? 1t will profit us all to
link seriously about these matters for | :
10 responsibility for them cannot be :
vaded or shuffled off, )
War ON Graft,
And nrst az to honesty, which fs thu. ..
lain thing. You all read the papers:
nd 1t Is chief stay and hope of this |
1untry that the diffusion Of intelIiRenca )
nd an intimate acquaintance with what
happening elsewhere has become 40 !
eneral. For that reason the extension !
the rural mail service is to be classed
J one Of the real achievements of our
me; one fit to rank with the spread OF
iucation in our schools As thus ia
liliar with events. it Is scarcely neces-
Try that I should remind you that the
Tort OF patriotic men almost tvery- :
mere is to establish and maintain q !
:andard OF honesty and decency In pub .
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