The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-04-13

dren. I see roses empowering the
houses and Notwithstanding with
| flowers that bloom the year round,
even at Christmas. see the vegetable
that would make any seed catalogue
man feel proud. I see oranges, lemons.
apricots, loquats. guavaH. grape fruit,
japanese persimmons, figs, apples,
pears, In the orchard, melons and
grapes holding their own in the race.
hear the lowing of the mich cows
in the rich alfalfa and see hogs and
steers fattening for the market. I see
hundreds Of chickens and turkeys,
ducks and geese turned into the al
falfa, and there's peace ana plenty in
the land.
The farmers autos, laden with happy
prosperous farm people, go to town
but it's back to the farm" now!
There's a reasonl And a good one!
The boys are glad they went to the
agricultural college and not to the city
business school and when the city boy
comes out and visits his country cous-
in, If he's the right kind OF boy, he
may inwardIy sigh regretfuIly that he
was not country boy, an agricultural
school boy, instead OF city bred boy
and maybe it is not too late yet to
learn to be farmer" / see all these
things in my mind and yet am not to
live to see them in fact. And who is
to bring all this about? You and every
earnest worker today who IL trying to
elevate the farmer and make him real
ize his importance upon this earth
the most important man on this earth
The present generation does not I'M
derstand all this-but the farmers boy
agricultural school taught will, and he
/ is the one who is to form the future
| integral part OF the social farm struc-
ture that, under dry farming, intelIi-
gent, Industrious intensive farming, is
TO rule this country. The day is COM
ing when the duery,-''What do the
farmers think about this mover will
be powerful query. When national
agricultural committees are made up
to work upon important problems, they
will not be composed Of lawyers. man
ufacturers and perhaps one farmer
senator on the committee. No, the
committee will consist of al farmers,
boys once educated at the agricultural
schools.
So now you have my vision in black
and white as seen from my sick room
window, as I look out upon the chap
paral-covered ground, the sage-brush
land that won't grow anything under
a twelve to fourteen inch rainfall I'M
less irrigated. but will grow anything
everything to the highest yield and
perfection, under dry farming meth
DDS and dry farming methods are new
farming methods We have new
thought Modern" this and modern
that; now let us have new farming, -
even IL the Aztecs practiced it and we
4 forgot all about it.
/ Why does Mr.. HILL in his wheat ar
/ ticle in The Worlds Work so care
fully, persistently and guardedly re-
frain from even mentioning the word
"dry farming" He evidently don't
believe in following land or prefers
manure and rotated crop. am quite
Eanxious over this.
Why. dry farTning-the conservation
of the moisture feature especially and
sealing in the planted earth, be 1t gar
den, wheat, or grain field or orchard
is universal. good farming. and it be-
longs to the world and 1t is Just as APP
plicabIe to the moist and the irrigated
land anywhere in this world as Il is
to the ten to twelve-inch rainfall
thirsty desert Fact.
am afraid am firing you--but this
all prevents introspection with me;
hinc lilac lachrymoe.
Yours truly,
Charles Crfstadoro.