Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09

attend to the farm the business of the country.
in more progressive way. in a more interesting
way. in such a way will elevate farming to
profession. not simply siav III work. And
when that time comes men will lie wiling to
educate their sons for that business just we'll
today they educating them for the pro-
fessiors.
Gentlemen. l apologize to YOU for one thing.
stand before .on as a banker and / know l
ought to have been a farmer was horn III Nor
way and brought up farm God bless the
old place; wish could have stayed there: hut
! was the youngest Of a large family OF boys and
was showed out into the world: had to go some
where. and am here by chance Let us look at
the methods OF farming which they have adopt
ed over III the old country know by personal
experience that the little kingdom of Norway
is districted into don't know how many dis
tricts. and i'll each one certain person is EN-
ployed by the government advisor to the
farmers. 1t is the duty OF this advisory farmer.
whenever called upon. to go to whatever farmer
of his district calls him and assist in every way.
i'll laying ont systematic drainage. in the estal-
lishinent Of creamery i'll the building Of
dwelling house, in the laying out of little park
" idHuSSupS SitIucIl AROUND tHe farm WllluluSS
Think OF it, Think Of such thing as a park
around a farm house. Yes. and have seen them
with fountains playing around the veraudas. in
places that did not amount to half much as
our Cass county farms or our Barnes county
farms. This sort of farming creates love for
the farm and the boys want to stay there and
not go away like they do here under present
ditions. One Of my farmer friends told ne
S1Or <1,o%1 l..
make any of his boys take up his work with the
idea OF taking the farm after him. know him
well and said. What have you done to keep
Your boys the farin?' Why" he says Il
have treated them we'll; have given them en-
ough to eat and plenty to wear: / haven't asked
them to work very hard but have given them a
good time. let them go to town when they want
ed to and given them all sorts of liberties.
think have done my duty" l said Yes but is
it not fact that your farming consists of get
ting out your machinery in the spring and SOW
ing the seed, then harvesting the grain and
hauling it to market in the fall then blowing
and putting the machinery away again for the
winter. and the thing over again next
year," Yes. that is about it, l said. Let me
tell you how YOU might make your boys stay
the farm. You have several thousand dollars
right here III our bank Take part Of it and 20
down to Iowa or Illinois place. and buy
some handsome stock. horses. cattle and sheep
and stock your farm with it, something that you
and your boys be proud Of that you can
love to see grow up and develop Next spring
hire an extra man and pillow up the ground
around Your house and plant fine lawn Beaut-
is Your grounds with shrubs and hedges and
build an addition to your house SO YOU car, ask
the friends OF your boys to visit and make ii
pleasant for them. Now l said don't you
think that will have tendency to make them
want to stay OH the FARM? Yes, ! guess So
but the truth Of the matter is. have been
thinking for some time that we have Just about
gotten ready to move to town"
And there YOU are. And now we have moved
to town and what becomes Of the farm? The rent
er takes possession and does his work with no
heart, with no interest. with no feeling III the
future condition Of the farm, working for the
present year saying to himself. In another year
won't be here and i'll little while the
in this condition right around in our country
and think probably you have here
Now have been talking to an audience con-,
posed mostly of bankers. What have you to do
with this question. and what good will it do to
sure am not funny enough to make this talk
even interesting to YOU. Let me tell you what
good think it will do To begin with You are
concerned III the success Of the farm because
therein lies. iii part the success Of Your business
For that reason you can advise farmers with good
grace and with Your admontion you can do some
thing to help out the system of farming. You
can also do more Some Of YOU have boys and
know that some OF those boys. if you would Ell
courage them, would gladly take up a progress
i've and advanced method of farming a pro
fession. Surprising YOU spend as much to cdu
cate them in that line you would to educate
them i'll another profession; don't you think that
that they would consider themselves right MP
even with other men III any other profession
Farming is profession when carried OIL rightly
and it must become SO i'll this country if we are
going to live. So far we have in lulged in moth
ing but soil robbing and haven't done any farm
ing. but the time is here when we will have
to change our ways. This year is striking
Fourth OF July as late as that l a field i'll
North Dakota good enough for twenty-five bush
els to the acre far appearances CO. if it fills
we'll noticed that that same man had quite
little park around his house. He had beautiful
lilac hedge, lie had great row OF Crab-apple
trees. he had cverereens and gravel walks and
flower beds and everything else in that line
Well that didn't make the wheat grow, did it
No, hut the same soul and the same mind that