Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-02-13
DIVERSIFIED
FARMING PAYS
President Worst, Of, the Fargo
Agricultural College, Delivers
Strong Address at Implement
Dealers Convention at Grand
Forks. Every Farmer Should
Read Il.

Visitors in attendance at the i'm
plement dealers convention were
last evening priviledeed to hear a
splendid address by President J. II.
Worst, of the state agricultural
college on ''Diversified Farming"
The address was given at the Com
mercial club before an audience
which filed the large hall to it's
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 a 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, although 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 it's wants.
There is a growing tendency toward
a division of labor. Instead O. sup
plying himself all the wants of the
family, 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-
cludes 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 a Manufacturer.
The farmer is taking his place
among the manufacturer, and it is
your mission to supply him with the
tools he requires. The farmer as a
class is not making the Roadway it is
his privilege to because he is not or
ganized. 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 l
would regret to see in this country
conditions which we are fast drift
ing to and will reach if we do not
Call a Halt.
Nine-tenths of the farmers in
Europe are living on rented lana and
unless we change our system of farm
ing our children will be sowing and
reaping on some capitalists farm at
an enormous rental. Farms can
be bought in sections of the east and
south for less than the buildings
would cost today. The people i'm
poverjshed the land until there was
no profit in them and abandoning
them came west to begin again on
the free 7ernment land. We are
today pursuing the same course that
has spelled failure in the past for
millions by robbing our land of their
wealth. without giving them any,
thing in return.
Why Diversity.
Why should we be interested in
the farmers diversifying? Do not
the farmers of these prairies of ours
have a comparatively easy time in
raising wheat year after year? He
plows his field and sows his seed and
may then take life easy while he
waits for the harvest and threshing,
and then may take another long rest
through the winter and then repeat
the process. There must be some
reason for your wanting your farmer
friends and customers to diversity
their farming.
The speaker said he was called
to St. Thomas some time ago to
make an address and while there