Fergus County Democrat., 1909-10-26
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE.

BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE.
Dakota Farmer: The Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul Railway has done
much in recent years towards the set
t1ement of western Dakota and east
ern Montana and the company's i'm
migration department is just now very
active in locating settlers along their
lines west of the Missouri river
The most notable feature of this
work is the effort to secure the best
possible class Of farmers and to that
end the departments heaviest work
is being done among farmers in local
tiles where farming conditions are
much the same as along the new lines
west. In addition to carefully select
ing settlers, the company is spending
great deal of money in farm expert
ments along the new lines and in edu-
eating the farmers as to the most
profitable crops to grow and the best
methods of growing them.
In this connection the company has
just announced series of Farmers
Institutes" to be held during Novem-
Der at places and under dates as
shown in the Coming Events column
On page %. The company has spared
no pains to secure for speakers, at
these meetings, the most able men in
the country, along the lines on which
they will lecture. Indeed it would be
difficult to choose better fitted body
of men than will address these meet
ings. Among them will be H. w.
Campbell, the pioneer dry farming
authority, than whom no man in
America has done more to prove the
real worth and possibilities OF our
immense semi-arid territory or who
has taught and inspired more men tc
dig the wealth from the western soils
Mr.. Campbell has been student O
soils, and especially the conservation
of soil moisture for 80 years. He ha
borne the brunt of the fight for bet
ter and saner farming in the North
west and is today the country's lead
ing exponent of dry farming. Othe
speakers will be Prof. F. B. Linfeld
Director of the Montana Experimen
Station; Prof Alfred Atkinson, pro
fessor Of agronomy at the Montan
Agricultural College; Prof. F.
Cooley, Superintendent of Montan
Farmers Institutes and DR.. w. \
Sudduth of Billings, Montana. Th
last named gentleman has been yer
successful in practical farming i
Montana and the crops he raises ar
object lessons to one who is skeptic;
regarding the possibilities of Montan
soil and climate.
The positive results that may /
shown are amazing to the EASTERN
or one who knows not dry farmin
An instance in this regard is the e:
hibit of grains, grasses, legumes al
fruits grown in western Dakota al
Montana, that is being shown
Aberdeen, S. D., by the c. M. & P.
Ry. during the present land openin
This exhibit is viewed daily by tho
sands of strangers to Dakota ar
Montana and if they ever held Il
opinion that the Northwest was
huge wilderness they have abandon
it if one is to judge by their remark
The entire corps of speakers
these coming institutes could not W
be bettered and it is indeed fortuna
that the new settlers in the terrific
concerned may be able to hear the
It is an opportunity that they canr
afford, by any means, to miss.
these institutes follow immediate
the Dry Farming Congress at B
ings the best talent in attendar
there will also be available and t
includes men of national reputati
along the lines of agriculture in ser
arid regions in all parts of Ameri
This is certainly great work a
should be appreciated by the farm
in the localities covered. The Oak
Farmer sincerely hopes that ev
farmer within reach of the meeti,
will attend, not only for the good t
may be obtained. but as an enco
agement of the work the company
undertaken.