The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-06-18
PEOPLE OF SLOPE ENTHUSED
OVER BETTER FARMING SPECIAL
BOlley Tells at Length About New Wheat Wit Disease
Splendid Crops Reported by Experts With the Train
Great Crowds at All Places

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pie managing the Better Farming Spe-
cial' had some apprehension lest wher
they got up out of the valley towns
the interest in the better farming pro-
paganda might begin to wane. But
Medina steadied their nerves a little
and Steele completely floored them and
from that time on the surprise is
growing. Well, as to Mandan Glen
Ullin, New Salem and Dickinson, sure
ly the new country west of the Mis-
souri, river would not be SO responsive
Yet 1t Is even more responsive and
these cities are showing the people
from the college and the railroad what
a western agricultural country can do
Clean, well groomed business men,
farmers that look the world square
in the face and takes back seat from
no one, women with the perfect glow
of health and that self poise that is
the wonder of weaker people and here
in numbers and in a few days the full
force of the power west Of the river
will be impressed upon them so deeply
that they will know something in real
ity that was before only a faint i'm
preston.
People Out in Force.
The bands are playing, people are
examining the exhibits and listening
to the lectures and there is a picture
of life and animation that is hard to
realize when one stops to think that
only a generation ago the white man
had no hold here and that the In
dian and buffalo had full control OF
the coutry.
The big elevators, the live people
and intelligent investigations are
showing the people on the train that
the new country" is a thing of the
past for long ways westward.
The intelligent questions asked
and the way the people point out the
good qualities in "Dick" the big roar
short horn pet of the train convinces
the attendants that that is not BY
any means the first real beef steer
that they have known; that they have
seen thousands of his type with eth
er the roam coats or the white faces
and that train loads of similar fellows
go to the eastern markets from the
grass that will weigh just as much as
he does, and that bring prices that
makes their owners good profits.
Many Able Speeches.
1t appeared that the speakers are
at their best on the slope and BolIey
Greedy and others deliver addresses
that will be long remembered.
The college men on the train are
noble, broad minded men and they
too, are learning as well as teaching
lessons that are going to be of great
value to the state and to the college
they so ably represent.
Railroad People Carrying a Burden.
But few people can realize the rea
burden of the railroad officials in this
enterprise from reading the news.
paper reports. They carry a load il
the train matters as Transportation
problem that is weighty as there /!
a big expense attached to any move.
of this kind, but when you realize tn,
ability Of the learned men, and it,
scientific and economic Importance
to the state and nation from the ag.
ricultural standpoint, and to that ado
the tremendous development that is al
stake from the economic standpoint
you begin to get faint view of the
case.
There is not a stop where the in.
terests of the railroad people are mo-
shown UP in a new and larger, light
and between the stations it is more ap.
parent.
At Mandan, General Superintendent
Nichols, of Livingston, Mont, has hi.
private car attached and ne Joined
in the game, and all were satisfied
that the fact that he was along show.
ed additional interest on the part OF
the company, and that the Northern
Pacific was reaching out in every di.
rection to make this enterprise a rea
success so far as the railroad Is con-
cerned.
At New Salem.
At New Salem the dairy conven-
lions and previous Institutes are bear
ing fruit, and as this is one of the most
prosperous communities in the state
much is expected of her people. The
creamery industry is here developed tc
a high state of efficiency. New Salem
butter is the standard by which other
butter interests in the state are meas
ured
Holstein Breeders Association Here
AS the headquarters for the HOl-
stein Breeders association of the state
Is here much is expected in dairy
breeds OF cattle. The association IL
in healthy condition and good re-
suits are looked for all over the state
from the organization at this place
1t would be well for other people tc
learn the lesson of cooperation from
the people Of this town and vicinity.
Wheat Root Rot and Wheat Wilt.
Upon urgent request Prof. H. L. Boil
ley furnished the following for publica-
ton regarding wheat root rot and
wheat wilt diseases:
The better farming train furnished
by the Northern Pacific railroad has
allowed me to make observations dur
ing the week upon many wheat fields
in many different localities in the cen
trail and western parts of the state.
$50 far, / have not observed any
wheat fields suffering materially from
drouth. The stand is of good color
and generally strong for this stage OF
growth.
Wheat wilt and wheat root rot fur1pr