The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-11-29
HEARD HILL TALK
AT new ROCKFORD
w. c. PALMER or AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE BACK FROM BOOST.
ERs' MEETING At NEW ROCK.
FORD yEarERDAY WHERE j. j.
HILL SPOKE.

James ]. Fiji made one Of the best
agricultural addresses believe / ever
heard" w. G. Palmer OF the A. C. to-
day to Forum representative. Mr..
Palmer attended the big demonstra-
tion at New Rockford yesterday which
was given in honor OF the empire
builders visit there and said that the
enthusiasm displayed in city Of that
size was unusual.
They had a forty-foot banner bear
ing the words, 'the midway city greets
J. ]. HILL the empire builder and also
picture Of the great st. Paul man
continued Mr.. Palmer Mr.. Hill HIM
self was particularly happy in his re-
marks and made most excellent i'm
preston upon all the people who gath
cred from far and near to hear him.
He stated that he felt himself one
OF the pioneers of this state for he
had been in North Dakota back in 1870
and had endured all the hardships of
those early days along with the rest
or the men who had helped to build IN
this commonwealth. So in every sense
he felt North Dakota pioneer.
Hill declared that it was the eli
mate and soil that made every conn
try and that everything OF value came
from four sources. the sea, the for
ests. mines and the land North Da-
kota had neither sea nor forests, but
1t did have some Ignite and It's land
was its great resource. He stated that
one could farm perpetually and the
land would still respond to the culti-
walton given it. while the mines could
become exhausted.
While the rainfall could not be
controlled he went on to say. still he
declared that the soil could be con-
trolled so that the best use could be
made Of what rainfall there was. His
emphatic assertion was that a single
crop leads to ruin, and that ii every
acre were to bring 800 which all
North Dakota lands should IL farnned
right, that there would necessarily
have to be q diversincation of crops.
Cultivation could not be by 2 or 3-incn
blowing and sowing any kind of seed.
Praise was given the agricultural
colleges and experimental stations and
their great work. Barnyard manure
was cited as the best kind OF fertilizer
and the non-culture OF the land would
soon place any country in the same
place with ancient Babylon. Egypt
was given as an example of good fer
tility. which not the fault of the farm
ers but on account Of the overflow
ing Of the Nile river.
The empire builder advocated the
raising of live stock and hogs and
stated he had distributed 500 bulls In
North Dakota and Minnesota himself.
He gave Denmark as the most highly
cultivated country in the world which
is a territory about one sixth the size
Of North Dakota.
Mr.. Hill was followed by Prof. Thos.
Shaw, the agricultural college expert
VINO spoke much along the same lines.
Professor Shaw took a vote ON the
amount OF land fenced in and II proy-
ed that only per cent of the land
was fenced. Both are strong advo-
Gates OF the cultivation Of corn and alf-
alta.
The Eddy County corn contest was
displayed at New Rockford also. and
there We're several excellent corn ex-
hibits shown there. The other speak
ers at the New Rockford demonstra-
ton were Prof. James Boyle Of the
state university, and Sidney T. Adams
Of Fargo"
An automobile ride was given Mr..
Hill and the other visitors at New
Rockford yesterday, and a general
boosters meeting was held. Plans for
bigger and better New Rockford were
discussed and twenty new members
were added to the commercial club Of
that place.