Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-04-12
PROMOTES CAUSE
OF AGRICULTURE
The Farmers Club Plans Much
Work for the Coming
Season.

After four years of existence, tn
Farmers club OF Minnesota has dem
onstrated it's general usefulness il
promoting the cause of scientific agri
culture in all it's branches thrOughOu
the state. The club has just issue'
it's year book and first annual repor
which sets forth in comprehensive
manner just what are the aims of tn
club and what it has accomplishe,
since it's organization in February
1902. In personal letter A. d. Viii
son, the president, sets forth the ain
of the club as follows:
1.-The Farmers club of Minnesot;
was organized in February, 1902. Al
students who have ever attended tn,
school of agriculture ale eligible t,
membership. The object in organic
ing the club was to promote in every
way possible the interests of agricul
ture in the state and keep the stu
dents in touch with the school anC
experiment station after they have
returned to their homes, and to fur.
nish these students the machinery
and opportunity by which they car
disseminate the agricultural knowl-
edge accumulated by experimentation
and research at the school and sta
tion.''
The last legislature, recognizing
the work which the club has accom-
plished, appropriated 81, 900 annually
for two years to promote it's work.
The executive board of the club in
tends to spend the appropriation
largely to promote experimental
work. 1t is planned that the Farm
ers' club members in each county use
from $40 to SIS in getting some of the
experiments suggested started in
their county. The president in his
letter suggests twenty-four expert
ments which he hopes the members
will attempt and report the results
SO that the club may derive the bene-
fit.
Following is list of the expert
ments which it is hoped the members
OF the club will attempt:
Poultry experiments, improvement
of roads by use of King road drag,
eradi cation of weeds, meat killing re-
cords, growing small fruits, testing
new varieties of grain, top dressing
pasture lands. results of pasturing on
old and new seeding, sowing rape in
corn and grain fields, sowing winter
wheat, sowing winter wheat in stand
ing corn, sowing clover in standing
corn, treating grain for smut, testing
mich COWS to Gull OFT Improbable
animals, methods of sowing grass seed
and preparation of land for same,
drilling VS.. check rowing corn, rails
ing calves, improving grain by using
good seed, breeding corn, determining
prevalence of smut in corn, and treat
ment, hogging off corn and rape, ro-
tatiOn Of crops, movable fences (cost
and kinds).
The club intends to inaugurate in
every county in the state corn and
grain growing contest. This contest
is to be managed through the county
superintendents of schools and the
teachers. Following is the plan as
outlined in the presidents letter:
"Another feature of this work
which as yet has not been mentioned
is general movement by the Mime
sofa school and college of agriculture,
and experiment station. to inaugur-
ate in every county in the state.
through the county superintendent
OF schools and the Teachers corn
and grain growing contest. A bule-
tin is about to be published as
Rural School Bulletin No. , contain
ing full informtion in regard to the
grain and corn growing contest. A
few copies of this bulletin will be
sent to every rural school in the
state. Each county uperintendent
will be asked to distribute these bull
letins and cooperate with the Farm
ers' club members to carry out the
contest. The plan is that the county
superintendent through the teachers
will interest the boys of the county.
under eighteen years of age, to enter
into contest to grow the best grain
or corn in his county or the state.
Contests Of this kind in growing corn
have been carried on this year in
several "ounties of this state and in
several other states. Great interest
has been thus aroused and much very
valuable information gained by the
contestants. 1t is hoped and urged
that the Farmers club men bers in
each county will cooperate in this
movement with the county superin-
tendents and help to get up a good