Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19
('0NSERVhTI0N'S
PRACTICAL. Side
Chief object Of I!sIIonal Con-
gress al Kansas City.
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION.
Secretary of War stimson VIII eo
Among the Chief spsakers--ihe
Farmer viii BE the Most Important
Part of the Addresses.

There will be little of the usual Or
der OF convention addresses and less OF
oratory at the national conservatism
congress in Kansas City Sept. c5-..ssS.
The policy OF the executive committee
Is to develop the practical side of tie
convention and to let theory enter.
only where it is necessary The farmer
and his land are to be considered first.
and almost every subject to be dis
cussed will pertain to practical agri-
culture, in this sense differing from
any other conservation congress held
up to this time.
''The Country Child Versus the City
Child" will be one Of the subjects treat
ed; another will be Child Life on the
Farm another, .Co-operation Among
Farmers" Then there will be u series
of subjects that will come under the
general head Of 1.-The Rural Home"
''The Country School," 'srhe Country
Church" The Community Library
and '"The Community Club
Pertaining directly to the farmer will
be tine mstter Of Soil Conservation" ]"
which In its various phases will take
up tie major portion of the conven-
Hou's time. "The Farmer and the Gov
ernnent," '1he Farmer and the Rail-
road" and ''1'he Farmer and the Pos
tai Service" will be treated on the Sec
end cay OF the convention.
Under the henl Of Transportation
Of Fnrn4 Products the secretary OF
war. E.enry l.. Sttinson, Will talk ON
THE Farmer and the Navigable Riv-
era d subject OF peculiar interest to
| the wesG aid southwest ut present, ow'-
Ing to the r2ovement now under way
to revive tile use Of the Missouri River,
as web IS some of the western tribu-
| taries to the Mississippi.
Other subjects VIII be THE Live
Stock Industry" 1.-THE Farmers Insect
Enemies" and "What Good Roads Do
For the Farmer" Practically all OF
| the farmers west Of the Missouri river
are also stock growers, and as class
will be termed stock farmers The dis
cussion of the Live Stock Farmer
snd Soil Fertility" will be Of special
interest This will be treated by DR..
icuel lCh ID AlululOfu, Oeuu OIL IQG
| College of Agriculture. University of
Missouri. In the same line exc ov-
elnor W. D. Hoard of Wisconsin. the
authority on dairying, will have pa
per on "Dairying and Soil Fertility"
Professor e. n. Ten Eyck of the Ea
sas State Agricultural college will read
Il paper on Methods Of Cultivation"
and Professor Cyrus G. Hopkins OF the
| University of Illinois will talk on the
''Wornout Soil" Clifford Pinchot will
talk on "The Country Life Movement y
| Every address will be open for dis
cussion from the floor, and as many of
| the delegates will be practical farm
ers the discussions OF the convention
are expected to offer some Of the most
interesting developments.
In the first congress the principal
topic was Conservation Of the For
est" in the second convention at st
Paul last year it was "Conservation OF
Public Lands" This is the first con-
gress in which the farmer has been
made the most important part Of the
addresses and the discussions.