The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-20
THINGS THAT WILL HELP
Prof. Bowman Suggested the Organ
ization of Corn Clubs as Good
Thing for County.

ization of Corn Clubs as Good
Thing for County.
There we're three good addresses at
THE corn show in the city hall on
Tuesday evening, which were con-
trihuted by Prof. w. A. Wheeler,
Prof. Bowman and President Cham
barlain. A couple hundred farmers
and business men listened with
interest and profit to what these
gentlemen had to say.
Prof. W. A. Wheeler, Of this city,
manager of the Dakota Improved
Seed Co gave a very interesting
statement of South Dakota at the
national corn show held in Chicago
early in October, in which he told
of the high standing the corn Of this
state received.
Prof. Bowman devoted the greater
part Of his talk to advancing the idea
of organizing corn clubs throughout
the counties of the state. These
clubs, the speaker said, were a very
popular thing down in Iowa and
that since they were first organized
they have been growing in number
and strength every year. Mr.. Bow
man said that as a result Of these
corn clubs. which served as a means
of bringing the farmers and their
families together every so often. that
there was a much better spirit Of
friendliness among the people, that
they found each other ready and
willing to help along any community
enterprise, and, moreover, he
declared, that when there was such
a club he could always find a very
prosperous community, because there
vas son citing in the affliation of
the men that brought them to a
better understanding OF their work
on the farm and how to solve the
problems which ultimately brought
Them greater success.
MIR. Bowman started a query box
and invited the men In the audience
to PROFOUND any gu stion upon wi ich
they desi,ed information. Tie tirsG
question lead to an explanation of
che eta 1lishment Of an experiment
st:tion In a county. lie held to the
idea that it was the duty for every
county board to provide its county
with an expe. iment station, where
all grains be grown and tested.
The farm ers in Iowa think Sd much
IF this proposition that they finally
seru.ed IN act Of the legislature
making it. legal for the commissioners
to appropriate the sum Of $500 per
year for the maiEtainance Of au
experiment station, and now the.
wouldn't attempt to get along with
out me-. He suggested that the
farmers right In this county Of
Dawson ought to have one. and he
believed that If they went to the
county commissioners and explained
their request that an Appropriation
would be made so that the work
could he started next spring. MIR.
Bowman said that the state agricul-
tural college at BrookinRs would be
only too glad to send its professors
to the experiment Station and look
after the seeding and harvesting of.
the grain. Mr.. Bowman declared
that the county could not invest a
SUN OF money that would insure
better returns than that placed in.
experiment station. The ques-
lions were poured into the professor
pertaining to a variety of subjects
and he answered all In a way that
was Eost satisfactory.
President Chamberlain gave a short
talk on Lessons for the west from
the experiences of the east" Mr..
Chamberlain said that last summer
he had Travelled through the far
eastern states aud on that occasion
learned much that Swould-be ibenef-
cial to the farmers of the west.
Passing through Maryland and the
virgintas, he said that he saw
hundreds Of thousands of acres Of
land which had not been titled for
thirty years or more, and which had
deterlorated In value. That land be
declared had beea farmed to death,
there had been no change Of crops
from n year to the other and as
consequence all the nutriment had
been removed and 1t was too ex-
pensive to fertilize. Going up into
New York state he ,jiscoverediland
In mi portion that was in the very
same condition. and land that was
once valued at $50 and 800 per!acre
is today s. ling from 5000 Sl2. But
1t was not the case in other parts,
for In the Mohawk valley a different
class of farming had been followed