The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-09-30
!. ]. HILLS NOTABLE ADDRESS.
He Discusses Agriculture, National and World
Affairs at County Fair.

Northern railroad, delivered an address
at the Fillmore county fair at Preston.
Mimi, Sept 20. which is perhaps the
most notable public utterance of the
many he has made. 1t is of national.
ven worldwide scope, and is attracting
eat attention He began by expressing
is pleasure at meeting a strictly aGrl-
,ultural community and then made this
contrast between Southern Minnesota ana
Northern Iowa:
In your state here and you will pardon
me for making some comparisons, LhaI
nay seem, as comparisons often are. d
INle odious comparing Southern her t Mlnn Of
counties on the line of each state, Will
nothing but the conventional BOUNDARY 1i+
between them, they have advanced NJ
tie beyond you. Curious enough your
fa6rns average exactly the same IN acre.
age. You have about 100000 acres more
vantage in fhe one item of live stock.
Now they have no advantage IN SOIL OI
climate over you: But they propI;i t{1s
earlier than you did. They probaply tooS
up the care of live stock. of cattle ana
hogs earlier than you did, and for that
reason their yield per acre, and am
speaking from the United States census.
the records show that they are 81 an
Comparing Southern Iowa with North
ern Minnesota he said the Southern farms
realized 50 an acre more than the north-
ern and added
There is no calling in the world where
g. man can be more Independent or nap
Dier than he who cultivates the sOil-a
man on a farm is an independent prince
and he ought to succeed. your !uIuIe
will depend more upon the cult1Vatl99n. 81 %
the land in an intelligent way anu InS
restoration of the qualities OF the son
that give good returns. Live Stock nn
the farm is worth more than the p l!So
YOU can get for the live stock peca atio
the manure as a fertilizer is worm one
third of the market value of the teed you
give the animal. 113,, nm
ceeded to Say that if they could sell the !l
gain hay or roots, feed them 10 t tieiL
live stock and they would get ohe-LhiIu
more than the market price OF the feeo:
I want to say to you, cultivate your
land. Take good care of it. Nothing WI
Oay YOU as we'll. Stock raising means
rtese TO you and to the country.
Keep the Farm.
Keen vour farms. Cultivate them; Gull
ivate them we'll. Stand by your state tate
Jgricultural farm. To-day want 10 can
Yer since it was started the greatest in
,rest in the state farm. There is p9C
ne change that would make II coulos
nd I would make that in the interest OF
ne school I would separate 1t from the
tate university, because to-day it IS only
n attachment. 1t is strong enough anu
is of more Importance that the poyS
nd girls Of the State of Minnesota shall
e educated to take advantage of and TO
ltelligently cultivate the SOIL: ,,,o,.,a
Everything that is of value IN the Worlo
mos from four sources. The sea,-We
I'VE rot got it.. The forest,-our trees trees
coUnted and bay In no fery that are
anv value. Theoretically we have
5elve years of standing timber. vi
urse they won't cut it all in tWeIve
,arS hut that will be because they re-
ice the rate at which it Is cut each
Proceeding. he said the mines were next
the forest, but the farm in Minnesota
Oauces more value. more gold every
ar than the mines of any state IN tine the
V,riy, rn
nrsot be reproduced, but crops can pc
prSduced indefinitely. The mines Will
It grow again, but the crops will VIII: ,l ne
ged them not to sell their Farms, Dut
en- them for their boys and girls.
He then related the circumstances OF
great drouth in the northern part OF
State in 1883, and how to encourage
Jersified farming he bought between
and 900 thOroughbred oulls anu pe7
altered them throughout the northern
TT of the state and Dakota. SPeaIk1n1g
his recent visit to the NofCh DdhoIa
Ate fair, he said:
Practical Example.
saw as fine cattle there as I ever saw
nv life and l brought them over from
eat Britain and had paid as much as
900 for a cow L had m more P pro +b III
there was one animal that took the
eepstakes last year in the Dominion
Canada; in July he took the sweep
.kes in Winnipeg in the province OF
ynitOba; in Grand Forks he took sec
] prize, was beaten to a StandStlIl by
North Dakota bull. had little reel
of pride creeping up my throat when
owner told me that he was descend
of one of the animals I sent up there
Y will get along prosperously TO-
Qer or will be poor together,
r. Hill continued at some length to
atiate upon the Importance adyan-
IS and independence of the farm life
then took up general matters which
at be termed national. Along this
he said in part:
Government Policies.
ere are two main essentials to all
9ssful and happy effort; industry and
acter in the man a private indi-
Il. and honesty and intelligence in
cts and in the acts of those who are
m to represent him in the life Of the
You cannot get along without
the one or the other. You are all
ed, directly and permanently, by
.uality and the acts and the policies
government under which you live
at is low or dishonest it Will react
you eventually just as surely as if
received into the intimacy of your
life some man of bad conversa-
nd corrupt example. If that is I'M
gent, mistaken or Wilfully miSdi-
it will affect you just as certainly
you continue to use plough that
7 scratches the surface of the soil
4 of turning it over or carry your
It's to the lowest instead of to the
market. 1t is your place to keeT
sharp a guard set upon these pub
les and the way in which they are
you do upon your own personal
and the actions of those who
lnder your personal orders.
yOur representatives. speak in the
st and most general way for your
antatives will compare well with
Of other states-Of the highest NOR
lily and fiber and are they doing
things which are most clearly con-
to benefit you, the people, and not
interest aside from and antagonis-
YOUR own? 1t will profit lis all tC
Seriously about these matters, fol-
responsibility for them cannot be
/ or Shuffled off.
War ON Graft
first as to honesty, which is tn,
thing You all read the papers
is a chief stay and hope of Thu
nv that the diffusion of intelligence
IN intimate acquaintance with wha
ppening elsewhere has become S,
al. For that reason the extension
rural mail service is to be claSseC
re of the real achievements of Our
one fit to rank with the spread o
Ltion in our schools AS thus ia
with events. it is scarcely neces
that I should remind you that In
of patriotic men almost every
is to establish and maintain !;
lard of honesty and decency i'll pup
e. There is word more familiar
lere is none more ominous in Amer
o-day than the word graft.
s from the mouth like the spit OF
pail and it is doing as deadly worl
,at weanou in the hands of a muir