Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-02-05
WASlARGELY ATTENDED
Farmers Institute Given
Yesterday was a Success
in Every Way


with valuable information on prac:
tically every essential point OF
agriculture, especially on dairying,
stock raising and co. operation:
w. W. T. Mcconnell of Mankato,
who was in charge of the institute,
opened the morning session at 10
o'clock with general talk on agrlcul-
ture and brief outline of the subjects
to be taken up by the different in
tructors. He stated that the way to
improve rural conditions was to
increase agricultural returns. and that
how to do this most successfully IS
the source Of all wealth. If each
farmer can be shown how to produce
twice as much On an acre OF land and
at less cost, this would be tho founda'
ton OF the greatest reform in the
country. The farmers would have
more comfortable homes, better schools
and farming would be brought up to
a higher plane He stated that good
towns and good farming went hand IN
hand In agricultural sections snch as
this, and that it was a mistake to
believe otherwise. Where there IS the
best farms there you will find the
best towns. Mr.. Mcconnell SAID that
as soon as the farmer realizes the
value of what nature has given IN the
fertility OF the soil and how to keep 1t
that way, that soon would he prove
successful, and then the pastures will
find better live stock. He stated that
the way to get the most out of the
soil and to keep it fertile was to use
better seed and to have a rotation of
crops The speaker said that he could
see no reason why the land in this
county should not be worth 800 per
acre, beacuse with proper tillage of
the soil and by having rotation of
crops the production of the land would
be worth even more that that to the
farmer. Clover is an excellent rOta-
tion CROP 1t enriches the soil and
provides excellent feed for the dairy
herds, giving the substances required
for fine rich milk. The talk was q
very comprehensive one and was
eagerly attended to by the audience.
r. A. Schultz of Leroy, Mlnn. spoke
on good roads, and of their vast i'm
portance to the farmer. He told how
to build a road, level 1T, drag, drain
1T, and then keep it in repair, advocat-
ing the use Of King road drag for
this purpose.
Carl Carlson OF Erskine, M1nn., a
prominent dairyman of the Red River
Valley gave an excellent talk on
"Feeding the Calf. -
The afternoon session was COM
menced at 80 with the ''question
drawer. conducted by W. W. F.
Mcconnell. in which those present
were given a chance to ask questions
Nvr1 $n 0vf1 0Y~f FNf
agriculture they wished to have
information on, and these were
answered to the satisfaction Of each
questioner. Mr. Mcconnell said that
he finds that since his lecture tour
through this part OF the county last
summer the farmers have put a large
amount OF the Instructions gwen at
that time into practical use, and that
it is through the question drawer,
which he conducts at each institute
that many little difficulties are cleared
up for the farmer.
Mr.. Carlson gave an excellent talk on
dairying, telling Of the important part
this particular branch of agriculture
had taken in the producing Of wealth
in Minnesota. He emphasized the
Importance Of selecting good herds,
even if they were small to start with.
He told OF his experience in the dairy
ing line, which proved of great
interest to the audience.
At about 2 :45 the science class in
the high school were taken to the
institute to listen to the lectures on
potatoe culture and clover raising.
R. A. Schultz gave the talk on
clover and Mr.. Mcconnell that on
potato culture Both talks proved of
vast interest.
Several other subjects were interest
ingly dwelt upon during the course OF
the institute.