Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-02-13
DIVERSIFIED
FARMING PAYS

Dealers Convention at Grand
Forks. Every Farmer Should
Read II.
Visitors in attendance at the i'm
plement dealers convention were
last evening priviledqed to hear a
splendid address by President J. H.
Worst, of the state agricultural
college on "Diversifed Farming."
The address was given at the Com
mercial club before an audience
which filed the large hall to its
largest capacity, and was followed
by social session arranged for the
entertainment of the visitors by the
local machinery dealers and the Com
mercial club. The evenings pro-
gram was opened with fine
selection by the orchestra. Tracy
R. Bangs presided and introduced
the speaker. of the evening in his
Enthusiastically happy manner.
President Worst in commencing his
address referred to the changes that
have come about in the manners of
living of the American people during
the last century. The time was
when our wants were few and easily
supplied. The husband and wife in
days gone by could with their own
labor supply about all the needs of
the family. which then consisted al
most entirely of food, clothing and
shelter. These are still our para
mount wants, althought here are
many other things we must regard
as necessities. Man wants more
than he once did and the teepee,
shack or cave do not suffice for
shelter. He wants better houses and
more and better clothing. The
status Of people as to civilization
is marked by the extent of its wants.
There is a growing tendency toward
. division Of labor. Instead o. sup
plying himself all the wants Of the
family, a man may work all day, for
instance, making shoes, while him
self and family eat from a table
made in Michigan. covered with
linen from Ireland. laid with plates
from Germany and knives and forks
from England. and the menu .in-
cIudes coffee from Brazil. tea from
China. fruit of California and bread
from North Dakota wheat shipped
to Minneapolis to be ground into
flour and shipped back again. He is
no longer able to supply the wants
of his family by his own labors. but
he can command the services of the
uttermost parts of the earth.
Farmer as Manufacturer.
The farmer is taking his place
among the manufacturer, and it is
your mission to simply him with the
tools he requires. The farmer as a
class is not making the headway it is
his privilege to because he is not or.
gaDized. as men in other lines OF
production are organized. and be.
cause he is not making the most OF
his opportunity. In Europe the
farmers are organized and are also
farming scientifically and yet there
are conditions in Europe which
would regret to see in this countr,
-conditions which we are fast drift
ing to and will reach If we do not
Call Halt.
Nine-tenths of the farmers il
Europe are living on rented lana ant
unless we change our system of farm
ing our children will be sowing ane
reaping on some capitalists farm al
an enormous rental. Farms Cal
be bought in sections of the east ant
south for less than the building
would cost today. The people i'm
|poverished the land until there wa
no profit In them and abandoning
them came west to begin again OF
the free government land. We ar
today pursuing the same course tina
has spelled failure in the past TO
millions by robbing our land of thei
wealth. without giving them anv
thing In return.
Why Diversity.
Why should we be interested il
the farmers diversifying? Do no
the farmers Of these prairies of our
have a comparatively easy time il
raising wheat year after year? HI
plows his field and sows his seed ant
may then take life easy while HI
waits for the harvest and threshing
and then NAV take another long res
through the winter and then repeat
the process. There must be som,
reason for your wanting your farme
friends and customers to diversif!
their farming.