Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-28

his pleasure at meeting strictly agrl-
cultural community ana 'n Nir n,aue and and
Northern Iowa:
In your state here. and you will pardon
may seem. as comparisons often are. |
little odious, comparing southern MN M,hh nf
sofa with Northern Iowa the tier nt
counties on the line of each state, with
nothing but the conventional boundary
between them, they have advanced nj
tie beyond you. Curious enougn YOU
age. You have about lSO'ooo acres more
than they have and they have the ad-
Now, they. have no advantage in soil or
climate over you. But they probably
gave up the raising Of wheat NV i too,s
up the care of live stock, of cattle and
hogs earlier than you did. and for that
their yield pef aes staten
the records show that they are 81 HI
acre ahead of you. ,.,, >,,
ern Minnesota he said the Southern farms
realized 81 an acre more than the north
ern and added:
a man can be more independent or hap
pier than he who cultivates the sofia
man on a farm is an independent prince
will depend more upon the cultivation of
the land in an intelligent way and the
restoration of the qualities OF the sou
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 tertI Im If Is tbs feed YOU
give the animal. ~
Following along this line, Mr.. Hill pro
ceeded to say that If tn n c thn sen ta their
live stock and they would get one-'n,ro
more than the market price of the feed:
land. Take good care of it. Nothing will
nav you as well. Stock raising means
more to you and to the country.
Keep the Farm.
Keep your farms. Cultivate them; cul-
AGRICULTURAL farm. To-day l want to call
your attention to this, have taken
ever since It was started the rS greate is b IN,
one change that would make II l coulo;
| and would make that in the interest or
| the school. l would separate it from the
state university, because to-day 1t is only
In alta chment 1t is strong enough and
| it is of more Importance that the boys
| be educated to take advantage of and to
| .ntelligently cultivate the soil:
Everything that Is of value he the woTye
have not got it. The forest,-.our trees
ere counted. and in a very few years
Minnesota will have no ,f forests that ARE are
twelve years of standing timber ~
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
year than the mines of any state in the
Union. When mines are dug out they
be but tic crops ine can w bs
urged them not TO sell their farms. but
keep them for their boys and girls. of
the great drouth in the northern part of
the state in 1883, and how to encourage
500 and 500 thoroughbred bulls and be-
tween 5000 and 1000 Berkshire pigs and
scattered 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 brought them over from
Great Britain and had paid as much as
5000 for a COW. l had more pride in
seeing these cattle, because among the
lot there was one animal that took the
last ar in the tna Dominion
Manitoba; in Grand Forks he took sec
a an North Dakota bull had little feel
ing of pride creeping up my throat when
the owner told me that he was descend
ant of one Of the animals sent up there.
They will get along prosperously to-
gether or will be poor togethe,
Mr.. Hill continued at some length to
| eXDaIldte upon Cne lHlpOTldHCe. duNdtl-
tages and independence of the farm life.
and then took up general matters which
might he termed national Along this
| line he said in part:
Government Policies.
There arc two main essentials to all
successful and happy effort: industry and
| character in the man a private indi-
vidual and honesty and intelligence in
chosen to represent him in the life of the
state. You cannot get along without
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
I If that is low or dishonest it Will react
upon You eventually just as surely as II
| YOU received into the intimacy of your
| tamil, lifG some man of bad converse
ton and corrupt example. II that is UNI
intelligent, mistaken or wilfully misdi-
| rected it will affect you lust AS certainly
, as if you continue to use plough that
merely scratches the surface OF the soil
instead of turning it over. or carry your
products to the lowest instead of to the
: highest market. 1t is your place to keeI
D just as sharp guard set upon these pub
- lie issues and the way in which they are
met as you do upon your own personal
expenses and the actions Of those who
= work under your personal orders.
Are your representatives. speak in the
s broadcast and most general way. for you,
! representatives will compare well with
u al quality and fiber. and are they doing
| those things which are most clearly con
ceived to benefit you. the people, and moi
| some interest aside from and anita gonis
tic to your own? 1t will profit us all t.
| think seriously about these matters fol
) the responsibility for them cannot b'
ri evaded or shuffled off.
War ON Graft
= And first as to honesty. which is tn
c,ajn thing, You all read the papers
and 1t is chief stay and hope of rhi
country that the diffusion of intellixenc
ana an intimate acquaintance with Whs
is happening elsewhere has bscome 9