The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-28

many ne has made. 1t Is of national.
even worldwide scope. and is attracting
great attention. He began by expressing
his 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 for making some comparisons, that
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 have advanced a lit
tie beyond you. Curious enough your
farms average exactly the same in acre.
than they AVE and they have the ad-
vantage in the one item of live stock.
Now. they have no advantage In soil or
s sllmas sp oy tse Iys 1inii But OF Wheat shsy a a0G iitt1s
earlier than you did. They probably took
up the care Of live stock, of cattle and
hogs earlier than you DID. and an I1r tn nm
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 81 an acre more than the nortn-
ern and added:
There is no calling in the world where
a man can be more independent or nap
pier than he who c~ultiyates the SOIL
man on a farm is an Independent a Rrtm 1Te
dIlu IS ouBII " coSSSSo'
viii depend more upon the cultivation OF
the land in an intelligent way and the
restoration of the qualities of the SOIL
the farm is worth more than the price
you can get for the live stock because
the manure as a fertilizer is worth ONE
third Of the market value ct the feed you
give the animal.
Following along this line, Mr.. Hill pro
ceeded to say that If they could sen their
E ira sto hay a or r fSev w feed ts Ret o no thGld
more h the market price of the feed.
I want to say to you. cultivate your
land. Take good care OF it. Nothing W1il
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 l want to call
your attention to this; Il have taken
terest in the state farm. There is but
one change that I would make II l could;
and I would make that In the interest or
state university, because to-day it is only
an attachment. 1t is strong enough and
1t is of more Importance that the boys
and girls of the State of Minnesota shall
i~ntelligently cultivate the soil;
Everything that is of value In the world
comes from four sources. h sea;mwe
are counted. and in a very few years
Minnesota will nave no forests that are
of any value Theoretically. we have
twelve years of standing timber. or
course they won't cut it all in twelve
years, but that will be because they re-
duce the rate at which 1t Is cut each
year.
Proceeding. he said the mines were next
70 the forest, but the farm in Minnesota
produces more value, more gold every
Union. When mines are dug out they
cannot be reproduced, but crops can be
reproduced indefinitely. The mines will
not grow again, but the crops VIII: ne
keep them for their boys and girls.
He then related the circumstances OF
the great drouth in the northern part of
the state in 1883. and how to encourage
diversified farming he bought between
$40 and 800 thoroughbred bulls and be,
tween 5000 and 1000 Berkshire pigs and
part of the state and Dakota. Speaking
Of his recent visit to the North Dakota
state fair, he said:
Practical Example.
I saw as fine cattle there as I ever saw
In my life and l brought them over from
$1,000 for a cow. 1 had more pride in
seeing these cattle, because among the
lot there was one animal that took the
Of Canada; in July he took the sweep
stakes in Winnipeg in the province of
Manitoba; in Grand Forks he took sec
ono prize. was Dedt6n 10 IL StdHuSllll ny
a North Dakota bull. I had a little feel
ing of pride creeping up my throat when
the owner told me that he was a descend
ant oS one Of the animals I sent up there.
They will get along p~rosperously to-
gether or will be poor together
Mr.. Hill continued at some length to
expatiate upon the Importance. advan-
tages and independence of the farm life.
m then took up general matters which
might be termed national. Along this
line he said in part:
Government Policies.
There are two main essentials to all
successful and happy effort; industry and
yidual. and honesty and intelligence in
his acts and in the acts OF those who are
chosen tS represent him in the life Of the
either the one or the other. You are all
affected. directly. and permanently. by
the quality and the acts and the policies
OF the government under which you live.
If that Is low or dishonest 1t will react
upon you eventually just as surely as If
you received into the intimacy Of your
ton and corrupt example. II that is UNI
Intelligent, mistaken or wilfully misdi-
rected. it will affect you just as certainly
merely scratches the surface of the soil
instead of turning 1t over. or carry your
products to the lowest instead of to the
highest market. 1t is your place to keep
just as sharp a guard set upon these pub
lie issues and the way in which they are
met as you do upon your W personal
and the actions of those who
work under YOU personal orders.
Arc your representatives, speak in the
broadest and most general way. for you
representatives will compare well with
those of other states-of the highest NOR
al quality and fiber. and are they doing
those things which are most clearly con-
ceived to benefit you. the people. and not
interest aside from and antagonis-
tic to your own? 1t will profit us all to
think seriously about these matters, for
the responsibility for them cannot be
syaded or shuffied on.
War ON Graft.
And irst as to honesty, which is the
main thing. You all read the papers:
and II Is a chief stay and hope of this
country that the diffusion of intelligence
and an intimate acquaintance with what
A. happening elsewhere has become SO
General. For that reason the extension
Of the rural mail service Ia to be classed
"a one Of the real achievements Of our
time; one fit to rank with the spread OF
education in our schools. As thus IA
miliar with events. 1t IL scarcely neces-
sary that I should remind you h a the
effort Of patriotic men almost svery-
where Is to establish and maintain a
standard of honesty and decency. In pub
lie life. There Is no word more familiar,
as there Is none more ominous In Amer
lea to-day, than the word graft" 1t