The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-07
WORST MADE A
GREAT SPEECH
PRESIDENT OF THE A. C. MADE A
HIT IN HIS ADDRESS BEFORE
THE NORTH DAKOTA NIPPLE
MENT DEALERS CONVENTION
AT DEVILS LAKE.

The Devils Lake Journal has the fol-
lowing regarding the speech delivered
at the meeting of the North Dakota
and northern Minnesota Implement
Dealers association convention last
week by Pres. J. III. Worst of the A. c.:
At the morning session of the imple-
ment dealers convention, Pres. j. H.
Worst of the North Dakota Agricul-
tural college made an address. When
President Worst stepped forward he
was given such an ovation that he need
not be told he was very welcome
guest.
'I came here today not only for the
reason of making a speech" SAID
President Worst, but also to see the
fine machinery display which you are
having. The implement dealers and
the Agricultural college are working
Tarallel and should be working togeth-
err for one object, and that is to de-
yelop the great resources of this fine
state. The only way to develop the re-
sources is to start at the bottom,
rameIy, the children, the farmers
children. | nave spent the last six
teen years of my life in agricultural
college work and in that time / have
learned many facts and one of them Is
that only one-half of one per cent. OF
The children of this great agricultural
state are attending, or rather have at
tended the agricultural college. And
still agriculture dominates in this
vast state. Gentlemen this is the age
of machinery.
Mr.. Worst then went on to show now
in the olden days all things were done
by human energy, how 1t has developed
step by step, how when men began to
do things which their energy could NOT
do they showed horses and oxen into
the breach, ETC., until today the finest
machinery the world has ever seen is
on tie market. "And, gentlemen" con-
tinued the speaker, this high stage
o. development has come none too
soon as the great machinery now IL
use is taxed to the utmost and we have
rot to have something larger and Of a
greater capacity. Statistics show that
one family in the country has got 10
supply two in the city, because OF the
city filing up day by day. But how are
the farmers going to do this? Use
modern machinery and plow with one
of these big tractors, etc. The farm
ers' childrens ambition nowadays is
to go to the city. Gentlemen, 1t has
simply come to this, that we have got
TO make the farm pleasant place to
live and work and do away with all the
orudgery, as that is the only way to
keep the children on the farm. During
the late years, if you have noticed
farmer likes to show you all OF ms
modern machinery, his late. drills, etc
In other words he is proud of it. Thea
Won step into the house and you see MS
wife leaning over the same old wash
tub. using the same old scrubbins
board, and turning the same old churn
Now, then, do you call that q square
deal? Why doesn't this farmer take
an much bride in his house as in his
-oacninery and have an engine to rur
| the churn; why not press button K
run the washing machine and have nj
wife sit in comfort and read while tht
butter is being churned and the clothes
beinQ washed? No reason at all a!
vo,, have the machinery Gentlemen
| YOU are not to blame as you have the
machinery, but you have to educate
the farmer. BY using this machinerl
| the farmer could conserve his Witei
strength and by putting in a cemen
walk from building to building he coul'
make the farm look whole lot nice
and save all this moving to the city
Then by adding few things the farm
err can make the home delight ant
not a place of sordid drudgery. VIII.
mot consolidate the country school,
end have d principal in charge VIII,
knows a little about agriculture. Eve
lave store and a postoffice and hav'
| the system Of teaching something
ike that OF the agricultural college
There are 100000. bachelor women Il
the United states and do You blanl
them any when after having finishes