Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-03-09

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have begun to sack in as 1t were, into
our city population and they too, real
lie that il they expect their cities to
grow and gain on q permanent basis,
they must first see to it that the rural
conditions are such as will produce
the best of results, not, confined to the
products of the farm but to the So
lcial environment as well. Without
this eternal source to draw upon, the
cities and towns will, and must, lag
and stagnate. The interest mani
tested by men in every walk Of life
and every locality, will without doubt
revolutionize the farming industry in
this country.
There will be science injected in
to the business of farming, and Mr..
ITullar made the apt assertion the 9th
er day at the farmers institute, that
scientific farming, meant common
sense farming. Who will question
but that lot of common sense has
been lacking in the conduct of our
farms in years gone by? Now we be-
gin to learn that there are funda-
mental laws of nature that can mot be
Ignored. We must learn what these
laws are, and like good citizens in all
respects endeavor to pay heed
/ I am depressing somewhat from my
Subject and then again, don't know
as am. The one main tenor of every
address at the convention was: How
can the commercial clubs of the state
of Minnesota assist the farmers to
make farm life so attractive and SO
remunerative as to fully develop the
whole of the state to the maximum
productive capacity? If had to
make a short report of the proceed.
ings of the meeting would say that
the following questions would be suf-
ficient:
How to interest our farmers to re-
.|juvinate our soil. How to procure pro-
gressive farmers for our vacant lands
How to educate our children so as to
make the agricultural education the
most interesting, of such lasting i'm
preston, that farm life will take on
the glory which rightly belongs to it.
70 make the farmer himself feel, and
have others recognize, that he repre-
,Isents the best type Of citizenship.
The st. Paul Commercial club kind
lily gave us the use of their rooms for
tour meetings and spared no efforts to
make the gathering a grand success.
They provided us with an elaborate
banquet on the evening. of the 25th
which assure you was appreciated
! by the delegates. st. Paul people are
fine entertainers and make you feel
that you are entirely welcome to their
hospitality.
The governor of Minnesota made a
fine address, and his theme was THE
Value of United Effort" He gave good
advice pertaining to his subject and il
was made to apply largely to agricul-
tural development
Prof. Worst, President N D. Ag.
| College, made one of the very best
and most interesting addresses be-
fore the convention. His subject was,
The Importance of Agricultural Edu-
cation" It was scholarly effort
and Prof. Worst is an orator of no
mean ability. He made an eloquent
plea for the extension of the Rural
school consolidation and the broaden
ing of the work in the agricultural
schools.
He emphasized the absolute need
of better and more scientific farming,
Saying that such farming as had been
carried on in the past may be contin-
ued for 90, 80 or at most 40 years
longer, after which time the soil will
be entirely exhausted. He urged the
need of rotation of crops, breeding Of
good stock, careful selection of seeds,
laid particular stress upon the MAX
ing of new farmers out of the rising
generation and their instruction along
scientific, businesslike lines, in the
proper methods of agriculture as a
means toward the future agricultural
prosperity of the nation.
Or. Worst also said that the kind
of education that had been furnished
heretofore has been nine-tenths for
the benefit of the distributing class
while only one-tenth has been the
4 right sort of education for the nrO-