The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-01-21
WANT TEST FARMS
MODEL TRACTS OF TEN ACRES
EACH TO BE PROVIDED FOR
EXPERIMENTS.
TO IMPROVE MINI. AGRICULTURE
Farmers VIII Assemble To Study
Crops and District Problems
Commercial Club Delegates
Would Aid State Growth.


Minneapolis. Demonstrated farm
tracts, ten in number, established in
as many sections of the state and
operated under instructions of agricul-
tural college experts, spreading the
most advanced ideas of farming, are
the novel innovation which will follow
the sessions of the third annual meet
ing of the Minnesota Federation of
Commercial Clubs.
These model farms, ten acres each
in extent, are to be furnished by the
various commercial clubs, acting in
conjunction with the farmers. The
crops are to be sown under the direc-
ton of the farm school experts, with
farmers from the entire section in at
tendance. Meetings are to be held
in towns, following the actual work
in the field, at which the farmers will
be privileged to ask any questions
which present themselves. Similar
gatherings will attend each new step
as the harvest progresses, the crop,
at the end of the season, to belong to
the farmer owning the land.
1--WE don't know just what grains
will be experimental with first" said
Secretary Mosher. Where we find a
section backward in the production of
certain crops, these will be given spe-
cial attention"
A committee was appointed to look
after the details of the scheme and to
consult with the state farm school au-
thorities, as follows: A. G. Nortz,
Breckenridge; E. H. Helms, Renville;
John Stone Pardee, Duluth, and Allan
Ferbush, Osakis.
The meeting was called to order by
President D. M. Neill, of Red Wing,
who also responded to the address of
welcome by Mayor Haynes. Frank ].
Meyst, of Minneapolis, also spoke
About 100 attended.
Development of the states water
power, proper rotation of crops, con-
servation of the coal supply and the
more extensive use of peat for fuel
purposes, better roads, industrial train
ing in schools, better public SANTA
land and closer relationship between
the various classes of people of the
state-all were advocated by Governor
Eberhart in his address on "Conser-
walton" in the Commercial club rooms
Minneapolis of a stiff
fight marked the closing session of
the third annual convention of the
Minnesota Federation of Commercial
Clubs, when the report of the commit.
tee on the demonstration farms to be
established by the state university
was read.
1t recommended that the state agri-
cultural college establish such farms
at Breckenridge, Renville, Pipestone,
Osakis, Delano, Bemidji, Wadena, East
Grand Forks, Detroit, Rothsay, Will
mar and Stewartville.
Fergus Falls, st. Cloud, Alexandria,
Watertown, Red Wing, Hibbing and
Brook Park were included in as access
sorry list to be considered by the uni
versity. Delegates from st. Cloud and
Brainerd Immediately protested
against cutting their cities from the
list.
BY the report of the nominating
committee, President D. NJ Neill, of
Red Wing, was reelected for his third
term. Other officers were chosen as
follows: F. e. Wade, of Fairmont,
first vice president; Andrew Davis, Of
Elk River, second vice president; w.
l.. Brooks, of Bemidji, third vice presi-
dent, and Frank j. Meyst, of Mime.
apolis, treasurer.
The executive committee members
chosen were DR.. Burns, of Stewart.
vile, for the first district; F. B. Mel
son, of Luverne, for the second dis.
trict; w. w. Sivright, of Hutchinson,
for the third district; J. w. Mitchell,
of st. Paul, for the fourth district:
Wallace G. Nye, of Minneapolis, for
the fifth district; R. R. Wise, of Brain
erd, for the sixth district; F. w. Muir
ply, of Wheaton, for the seventh dis
trict; H. V. Eva, of Duluth, for the
eighth district, and Thomas r.
Browne, of Crookston, for the ninth.
The report of the resolutions COM
mittee embodied a protest against ex-
aggerated press reports of storms in
Minnesota; recommendation that the
state investment board invest the state
funds in municipal and country drain
age bonds, instead of bonds of other
states; and vote of thanks to the
Commercial club, mayor and city of
Minneapolis for their hearty welcome,
and another to the Twin City press
for its assistance in giving publicity.
Resolutions deploring the deaths of
the late Governor Johnson, and of the
late Professor Williamson Robertson.
of the Crookston school of agriculture.
were also adopted.