The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-09
REPORT IS ISSUED
BY FARMERS CLUB
FORMER STATE FARM SCHOOL
PUPILS FORM ORGANIZATION.
Book Of III Pages Not Only Gives Rec.
ord Of Society, but Contains Valuable
Information on Farm Topics and Mat
tiers Of Interest to Agricultural Com
munity.

The Farmers club of Minnesota has
just issued it's first yearbook and annual
report, a little volume which will serve
as a text for a great deal OF amateur
experimental work on Minnesota farms
this summer. The Farmers club is an
organization having it's center at ST..
Anthony Park, in the state school of
agriculture, and taking in as members
any former students at the school who
wish to cooperate in 1.-THE work. Its OBJ
,ject is to promote the interests of agri-
culture III the state by experiments, by
holding county meetings, and inter
changing information Of practical value.
Annual meetings are held in connection
with the meetings Of the state agricul-
tural society.
The yearbook has 1T pages, filed
with reports, papers on agricultural
topics and directions for experiments.
The members of the club are organic
ing their counties and interesting farm
ers generally in the work, and the work
has been recognized by the legislature
with an0snnual appropriation of $1,000
to defray it's expenses. !.
Students Help Neighbors.
The report of President A. D. Wilson
calls attention to the fact that stu.
dents after taking a course at the schoo!
Of agriculture are under obligations to
help their neighboring farmers: The
school is for farmers, Supported in part
by farmers, and in the spirit of coop
Grafton every farmer should be glad te
help his %neighbors. In the county meet
ings the students do not set themselves
up as teachers, but take hold and ar
range for the meetings, at which every
one may have something to say, ant
some expert is generally present to give
an instructive lecture.
The report speaks of the county corr
and seed growing contests which .hav'
been fostered by the club, and the stat
tributed by the millers and grain deal
ers Of Minneapolis. Papers are in
Guided in the report, prepared by ex
perts, including one by Professor w. M
Hays, assistant secretary of agricul
ture, on HChoice of Schools in whic.
Ehe calls attention to the advantages o
an agricultural school, and the oppol
tunity presented to take advantage Q
it's equipment and expert services witt
out payment .of tuition.
Some of the Subjects.
Professor William Robertson has
} paper on "Rural School Consolidation
in which he pleads for agricultural IL
& Articles on cooperative creamerie
, farm buildings, seed and plant bree'
, ing and cooperative telephone system
: are included and X. O.. Fnseth explain
2 a scheme for cooperative laundries I
. be run in connection with the co-oper'
: tive creameries. Cooperative fire il
surance for farmers is also advocate
by Professor J. M. Drew.
Directions are given fora series
= thirty-three experiments, and each cou
ty club is allowed SIS to be spent
. such work. The experiments are d
y signed to show the merits of diHere,
q farm methods, seed selection, sto'
feeding and the revenue from differe
crops. "Culling cows by testing milk
: and "Raising Calves by Hand' a
subjects to interest dairymen.