The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-02

contlnued From page Ten.

tor with a clear Idea OF the whole
scope OF the sessions work. A wide
conception OF the work OF the scientist
was shown.
Bsckwith Talks Of English.
Prof. Beckwith. who also attended
the Winnipeg meeting, spoke OF the
work in physics and physiology, and
then passed on to tell that the English
were much more formal than Ameri-
cans. He spoke Of the full dress din
ners, of a garden party held by Lord
Strathoona, now 80 years old. and OF
other features OF the stay Among them
he mentioned visiting the Manitoba
Agricultural college, but three years
old, yet well equipped and preparing.
for q large field of work in the Cana
dian northwest. This school has built
largely on lines laid down by North
Dakota and Minnesota,
All 900
BalIinqer- Pinohot Scrap.
Prof. willard characterized 1t as
Nothing at all Of Ballinger and not a
great deal of Pinchot." It seemed to
Willard that 1t resolved itself rather in
to a newspaper war. The real fight at
the convention he attended-The Ma
tional Irrigation congress at Spokane
was more one between DR.. Smith of the
United States geological survey, de-
Tending his own conduct of the affairs
of his ONCE, and Ex-Governor Pardee Of
California, who took the Pfnchot side.
The sum total OF all this wa.
leave In his mind the definite feeling
that Pardee knew what he was talking
about, had the facts, and that there
was real bsis for the claim that dur
ling the period that the lands were re-
stored to entry certain powerful inter
ests were busy getting hold of valuable
rights
| A comment on the work of the con-
gress was to the effect that the tend
ency is to cover too wide a field, and
not to have any definite aim in any one
particular line. Prof Willard sees
Itendancy toward selfishness in the at
Ititude of many of the western mem
bers-a desire to retain for their sec
ton the glory and all the BENEFITS of the
irrigation work. He looks for irrigation
to play large and important part, ul-
timately, In the development of the
east, as well as the west. A tendency
to broaden the scope of the work SO as
to include all the country was held
back by the sentiment of the majority
that 1t was, and should be, a western
proposition.
The Dry Farming Congress
/ At Cheyenne was reported by Dean
Sheppard. The members Of this congress
are men CO. operating in dry farming
investigation throughout the double
tier of states stretching from Canada
to the Rio Grande, lying east of the
Rocky mountains. Their problems are
wide in scope, and among others, aside
from securing such plants as will
thrive in semi arid conditions, are now
to handle the small amount of humus
contained in western soils, how to hold
the moisture. how to keep the soil from
blowing and washing In Texas this
|, year the drought was so severe that
the delegates from that state reported
almost no results, while those from N.
d. reported unsatisfactory dry-land
results for the reason that our rainfall
had been too ample that there was lit
: tie difference in the plots treated for
moisture conservation from those al
lowed to lie under ordinary culture.
Cost Of Farming
Cooper Of Minnesota read paper at
the Cheyenne meeting on the cost OF
/ farming operations. Mr.. Cooper has
in charge the work of finding out how
much far labor actually costs, and a
] bulletin giving the results of some OF
his earlier work is published, and may
be had by applying to the u s. depart
ment OF agriculture, Washington, d. G.
Decentralization Husbandry.
Wanted-A keen young man, tc
: make the most OF his life. Such Is the
want ad" that the world today Is put
ting out in every neighborhood. The
demand for combined muscle and brain
was never greater. The comparative
: supply was never less. For the young
man who intends to enter the business
world an education is all admitted ne
3 cessity. For the young man who would
: be q successful farmer under the con-
: ditions that face us at the present time
! training is no less necessary than 1t Ii
to the machinist, the lawyer, or the
physician. Thousands of young amer
are needed to AXE the lead in theil
own communities. Such men can dc
!. wen for themselves. and for then
neighborhoods. Men are needed who
. know how to grow little better wheat
than the next door neighbor-how tt
raise more profitable cattle--how tc
keep UP the producing power of the
! land. To talk about there being more
) educated men than are needed is idle
> You may have more physicians than
can make living, but you can't have
more farmers than the world needs
: and needs very much at the present
time.
Cash Returns.
Suppose it costs you total Of $500