The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-02-14
FARMERS
INSTITUTE in N. D.
TWO DAYS SESSION CLOSED
SATURDAY AT CAVALIER -
PRESIDENT WORST DELIVERED
AN ADDRESS ON LIrE OF AREI
LINCOLN.

GRAIN Growers convention held at
\ Fargo, and has been ever since Il was
Estarted. The Cavalier Commercial
club u good live one. and deyotes a
great deal OF its time and attention.
to the Farmers institute They adL
vertised the meetings widely, furnished
free lunches 60 all who attend and on
Friday evening a free banquet was
provided for ALL A large hall has
been furnished 1t will be enlarged
as 1t cannot accommodate the large
4 attendance. The music was furnished
by the high school band and orchestra
| The institute was conducted by SUI
pertntendent Hoyerstad. He was as
sisted by ex-Superintendent Gregg Of
Minnesota and Professor Palmer of
| the Agricultural college. President
| Worst came up on Friday, delivered an
address on Lincoln in the evening and
4 also stayed over Saturday and took
part In the meetings.
Addresses were made on a number
lgpf topics. but the one that attracted
the most attention was Superintendent
Greggs talk on corn. Among other
things he emphasized a careful selec-
ton OF the, seed He advised selecting
| II in the field, and from stock that
carries the ear in good position. Also
select an ear that has a fairly strong
shank and one that holds its diameter
well towards the tip. Early maturing
| ears should also be selected He stat
ed that 1t was yvry essential that the
seed corn be thoroughly dried, as IL II
should freeze before drying the germ
would be killed The best way TO dry
this corn Is to place 1t in a rack
which can be made from 2x4s. with
| lath nailed on both sides, and the orn
should be laid across in such a way
as not to have the cars touch each
other. This allows Of the most per-
feet drying out, and hence, makes the
most valuable seed corn. This rack
should be placed where the corn will
dry out. near a stove pipe or chin
ney in the attic This makes a good
place for drying out where only
small quantity is to be cured
He recommended fl blowing for
corn, and to harrow a. early as pos
sible in. the spring In order to warm
up the soil and start the weeds grow
ing and then harrow 1t at intervals
until near time for planting. when the
ground should be thoroughly disked to.
Kill all weeds that may have Eernin-
ated. He, laid particular stress on
having the rows straight both ways
SO IT would be possible to use a three
horse cultiyaror. which is a labor saver
IS ons man can do as much work with
three horses as two men with four
horses, when using the two1horse Gull
ttvator. He also advised narrowing
the corn after IL was planted at in
tervals, ntil Il was up about three or
four inches. but to use a harrow with
slanting teeth. Also that II was a
good plan not to begin narrowing I'M
TIL the sun was up quite II ways, as the
corn will break up then less easily
than on a cloudy day. nearly i'm the
morning. Shallow cultivation should
be practiced. as the corn grew quite
near the surface, and reep cultivation
would cut number OF roots and
again., deep cultivation stirs UP the
weed seeds in the ground With prac-
Using this shallow cultivation, the
corn can be cultivated until along in
August. It would be necessary. how
ever, TO use the one-horse cuitivator
for the last. .-a.,..
Address by Worst.
The subject of President worst's adj
dress: Was Lincoln a Man of Destiny?
He went back to the founding Of
jamestown, and the purchase of some
slaves by the jamestown colony in
1919, as being the starting point of
slavery. In this connection he also
spoke Of the Plymouth colony. estab- |
lished in, 1920, as containing the spirit |
OF liberty that finally broke the back of |
slavery. He spoke of Samuel Lincoln. !
who was born in England in 1919, came
to this country when Is, and settled
at Salem, Massachusetts, for a number
OF years. The sons OF Samuel were
members Of congress and held many
prominent positions, as also did his |
later descendants. Abraham Lincoln
was in the sixth generation from Sam |
uel. His. grandfather, however. had !
moved to Kentucky and had been killed !
by the Indians, and his father. Thomas, |
had grown up where there was no |
chance for an education Hence he |
grew up ignorant, nor did he seem to !
have any business ability. Abraham !
grew UP under the same conditions. but. !
however, managed to attend school |
four months in Kentucky and Indiana. !
He also read several books, such as |
Ween1's Life of washington, Aesop's /
Fables, and the Bible. Several other |
incidents OF his early life were also |
mentioned, such as HIS moving to In
diana. death of his mother, and the two /
trips to New Orleans, where he saw /
slaves being sold on the block and all +
the horrors connected with It, and there I
vowed that he would do what he could 4
to abolish this curse.
When the Blackllawk war broke out, f
Lincoln was elected captain of COM
pany. and when he came back from
this war he ran for the legislature and
was defeated. but ran again and was
successful. He was also elected to
congress, but in none of these positions Il
did he distinguish himself, but ne was i
rubbing up against the great men of
his time. and developed rapidly. He also
practiced law and was successful i'm
this, not because of his great knowledge /,
OF the law, but because of his honesty E
and his conscientiousness in taking a
case.
The Great Crisis.
In 1853 the great crisis in the politi-
cal situation came. Should slavery be
extended? It was at this time that he
was sent on the stump with Douglas.
In this series of famous debates, Lin
coin came out easily a victor. His con-
tention was that the country must be
either all slave or all free. 1t was at
this time that he was called to New
York To deliver his famous address at /,