The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-01-19

no douot when he sees the results
of his many .ears Of tireleas efforts
In its behalf.
1t was rather fortunate occurrence
that Herman A. Nelson, one of tho
most important farmers of the state,
should have happened in the city
this week, for he accompanied his
old friend. Martin Jacobson 70 the
meeting and gave one OF the most
practical extemporaneous after dinner
talks We have heard in a ,ong while.
Herman Nelson Is no ordinary farm.
er. In the first place, he has farmed
in North Dakota for rs years and he
has learned the business from tho
ground up" He owns 2.40O acres in
the famous Nesson flats, in Mountraa.
county. south Of Ray. and he bears
the distinction of having installed
the first irrigation plant in the state.
Mr.. Nelson 10 one Of the wealthieSt
farmers west of Grand Forks, tho he
makes no display. He appears to be
the same quiet, unassuming. think
ing Herman Nelson that he was a
quarter Of a century ago. He Is do
ing wonderful work, not only for him.
state, thousands of whom are patter-
elf, but for the other farmers OF the
rning after the methods Of this pion
eer.
Mr.. Nelson proved himself quite
an orator too for he answered the
question: that Is the matter with
Ninot?" from an outsiders stand.
point, eloquently and to the point. He
said he had watched the growth Of
Minot from its infancy and he was Of
the opinion that Mlnot was al right.
When reliable concerns were willing
to install 500, 900 plants in Minot,
| that was some evidence that people
had confidence in tho future Of the
city. He believes that Minot Is d.
stined to become the greatest city In
the state. It has such q big country
to draw from, and such . fertile
country too.
Il live 80 miles southwest Of Minot,'
Mr. Nelson said, and We have some Of
| the very best soil in the state there.
The soil is all Of it all right. Right
methods must be employed. that's al
will admit that We farmers Arc .
little slow to take up with new Noes
It lies with you business men to show
the farmers the right system. We
are farming under Q different system
than we did 20 years ego. We now
summer fallow and store up the moist
ure. Out in our section. under such
methods, we raised from IL to Is
bushels of fine wheat this year.
IT was surprised to learn that milk
was selling for ten cents quart IN
/, Minot Here 10 wonderful oppor-
tunity for someone to make some
money. l understand that tho dairy
men are buving hay on the open
market for ten or fifteen dollars ton.
They should be growing their own
feed and it can be done. Here Is an
industry that many a" farmer could
take advantage OF.
The farmers have plenty OF cou-
fidence in the future. They are pre-
pairing now for the future and will be
busy seeding as soon as the season
opens.
The business men should attend
the farmers institutes more generally.
They will then have more confidence
IN the farmers and be able to advise
them more intelligently. The farmer
must prosper in oder for you to pros
per. You should have more conf
dence in each other.
Farming is just like any other
business. Take any large business
in a city and run it for few years
with improper methods and it will
become bankrupt. Farming can be
made to pay under proper conditions
and It will surely fail unless the pro-
per precautions are taken We used to
think that all there was to farming
was to pillow, seed and reap. Now q
farmer must be learned man in hi
line. The upto-date farmer under
stands the makeup Of his soil.
Mr.. Nelson then told Of his exper
fence with alfalfa, which 10 20 I'm
portant that we have featured Il else
where for our NEXT issue.
It is quite likely Mr.. Nelson vii
accept the invitation OF the club t.