The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-01-20
Governors Proclamation Calling
Conservation Congress
TO MEET IN 81. PAUL
Will Open at Auditorium on March
I6, 1910, and Continue for
-Four Days

tnere is no uouDI. Inc SOIL and Gil
mate of the state are second to none
There exist within the borders of this
state untold opportunities fer the de-
velopment of farms, mines, forests,
waterpower, reclamation CT swamp
lands and construction of country
roads as well as the necessity for
more railroad lines.
To determine by a congress of
representative men, interested in all
lines of business and social endeavor,
what the resources of this state are
and how the rapid and intelligent de-
velopement of Minnesota may best
be assisted, will contribute greatly to
the advancement of this common
wealth to the front rank of the states.
The development of unused lands,
conservation of soil fertility CT landA
now under cultivation; increase Of
production per acre on the farms;
careful handling Ct mineral resources
to eliminate waste; preservation and
prepetuaticn Ct the forests; scienti-
fic drainage of swamp lands; inn
provement of public roads; extension
OF industrial and agricultural educa-
ton; study of the practicability OF
water power and the continuance of
the best sanitary conditions to in
sure public health; are all subjects
which must be considered and agitat-
ed in order to give force to state
wide movement for the development
OF Minnesota.
The time has come for a new era OK
pioneering. Men and women are
coming into the West and Northwest
in the days of old, but they must com
and expect to come without fa.lng
the hardships endured by the first
pioneers. They will open the vlr-
gin regions of Minnesota, creating
new wealth and at once contributing
t. public maintenance. How to as
sist these people to the advantages
enjoyed by the older and more highly
developed regions, giving them good
roads, educational institutions, trans
portation facilities, mail routes, health.
full surroundings, telephone lines and
markets in which to buy and sell, Is
one of the problems which citizens
Of Minnesota may we'll consider in a
meeting of representative men and
women
For many years parts of this state
have been severely subjected to
single cropping. Thousands of farms
have been compelled to pield year
after year the same crop until the soil
wearing out and profits have I'M
doubtedly been reduced These soils
must be given back the elements of
the plant life or they will cease to
pay dividends at the increased val
uations.
While the state of Minnesota has
vast timber and boundless mineral re
sources, agriculture is a condition to
control in large measure, the indust
rial activity of the pepole in towns
apd cities. Only little more than
one third of the land in the state suit
able for agricultural purposes is now
should be opened and handled. so as
tC insure the best results to the titles
of the soil.
Another demand has followed this
The farmers should be given every
possible opportunity to secure the
knowledge of practical, scientific az
riculture, the profits to be gained by
crop rotation, the increase possible
by creative and selective breeding OF
plants and ANIMALS. Those things
generally known and applied will re-
SILT in immense improvements in pro-
auctions.
To develope and extend the dairy
industry necessitate more general
discussion and knowledge of stock
breeding. Ireat progress has al
the work is encouraged and extended,
Minnesota will have in ten years, a
profitable market in other states and
! abroad for high priced cattle which
combine milk and beef:
Good roads must be built to enable
1 Minnesota producers to meet the COM
1 petition of other pproducrs in states
i having better transportation facili-
Il ties, nearer markets and improved
/ country roads. The cost of hauling
our products from the farm to the
market is excessive in comparison
/ with the railroad charge for hauling
SIMILAR products and win remain in
excess of the cost of wagon hauling
similar in other states unless we i'm
prove our roads. Practical, intelli-
gent work on the highways of the
state will reduce the cost from a half
1 to two-thirds. broaden the scope OF