The Dickinson press., 1911-11-18

the one that has to do with increasing
the efficiency of the farm. likewise the
farmer. This is extension work. There
is plenty of good farming preached in
the books and farm papers, but it is not
put into practice. The problem of today
is to have that put into practice. upon
the farms. Among other things. Presi-
dent Worst will undertake to tell how
best this can be done how to bridge the
gap between advanced farming and far
ming as commonly practiced.
Frank L. McVey. able president of the
University of North Dakota. will deliver
an address Thursday evening, December
7. The nature of his address will be
announced later. President McVey
aside from being thorough student of
affairs is an orator of no mean ability,
and his address will be a decided treat.
Professor H. L. Bolley. of the Aeri-
cultural college, will be present and de-
| liver an address on plant diseases and
crop rotation. Professor Bolley is one
of the leading students of the diseases
of small grains. and his reputation
along his special lines extends even be-
yond this country. He has lived in
North Dakota over twenty years and
knows the state pretty thoroughly. AS
a flax expert Professor Bolley has prob
ably no equal. and for his opinions upon
flax culture he is often called to the lar
ger cities.
The speakers mentioned are only a
few of the good ones that will be here,
w. C. Palmer. Agricultural Editor of
the Agricultural college, to whom the
weekly papers of the state are indebted
for the articles regarding farming and
farm life, will be present and deliver a
talk upon corn growing.
/ W:;R. Porter, superinten dent of the
some thirty demonstration farms in the
state will tell the audience what those
farms have been demonstrating during
the last few years in comparison with
the surrounding farms.
Hugh j. Hughes. the able editor Of
the Farm Stock & Home, has promised
his attendance and will devote a little
time to the discussion of the business
side of the farm, especially the relation
of the farmer to the business man.
Those who have not heard Mr.. Hughes
have treat in store.
The Dakota Farmer will also be repre-
sented, probably by it's live stock editor,
and he will, no doubt, want to tell us
something regarding the importance of
hogs for the western Dakotas.
The Northern Pacific Railway Co. will
be represented by several of its officials.
Among them will probably be Thoma
Cooper. The development agent. D. E..
Willard, will be present and will prob
ably discuss the importance of good
roads.
The German speaking section of the
audience will be separate ely organized
and will have speakers of their own.
The services of John Christensen.
an able and prosperous farmer OF New
Salem and good German speaker. have
been secured and he promises 10 discuss
dairying. Mr.. Christensen has one OF
the finest herds Of Holstein cows in the
state, but he made his success with the
ordinary grade COW and has gradually
built up his dairy herd.
\ Mr.. Zimmerman will address the Ger
man section, as will also Secretary Fred
Maser of Dickinson.
! 1t is likely that other speakers will be
present, but these we are sure of, and
even if no others appear the meeting &
will be one of the big successes of North
Dakota. Speakers could be obtained
no doubt from greater distances, some
perhaps with greater reput ations than
some that are to appear. but these
speakers would not understand our con-
ditions as the speakers we have secured,
so it can not be said again that the
While perhaps the audience will not
numbered by thousands yet there is not
q farmer within q radius of one hundred
miles or even more that can afford to
be absent. It is to be hoped that 8
large number of farm women will at
tend these meetings. and it is the aim
IF those having to do with the meetind
to aid the farm women in bringing
about an organization of their own t.
meet in connection with the Dry Farm
ing association. The rema rkable sue
cess of the women's meeting at Colorado
Springs would certainly be incentive fol
more organizations of this kind.
L. r. WALDRON.