The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-10-13

uneaus II. Z. k1ttel, CasSeltOn. n. s.
Adams, Lisbon; ]. j. Nierling, James,
town; and j. Austen Regan, Fessen-
den; are some Of the North Dakota
men back of the move. They are the
men who were named as the first board
OF directors of the newly formed North
Dakota One Hundred Dollar an Acre
association and the announcement of
the plan for the establishment of the
practical demonstration farms is the
first indication of the lines along which
intend to work for the betterment of
farm conditions and the increase of
the productive powers of the statae.
The plan is based upon the idea that
good farming cannot be taught by tell
ing the farmer to read book, that it
cannot be taught by sending him PAM
phlets through the mails and that the
way to do it is to go right to the far.
mer and demonstrate to him that good
farming brings its returns many fold.
No such plan. on SO large scale, ever
was worked out for reaching the far
mer. The Denmark plan, which is a
model that other countries interested
in agricultural improvement work have
followed, and which the state of ILL
nois took up. will be enlarged upon in
North Dakota and 500 of the five and
ten-acre farms will be established.
The big farmer will be left out of
it when it comes to locating the farms.
The man with 5000 acres, who is still
to be found in North Dakota, but
whose large holding becomes more and
more conspicuous by contrast as the
breaking-up process follows agriculttu-
raj diversification, will be left alone.
Only the men who does his own pillow.
ing will be included in the demonstra-
tfon farm allotments..
Flowing, narrowing and moisture
conservation will be shown on these
demonstration farms, and rotation Of
crops will be part of the educational
plan, for the North Dakota men who
are back of the plan are going to fin.
ance it for three years and there will
be chance, even in that time. to show
the farmer how he can better himself
and save his soil infection or cxhaus-
tion by proper rotation.
E. ]. Weiser, of Fargo, who was in
Minneapolis this week with an exhibit
of corn, believes that the productive
possibilities of the state can be in.
creased immensely, even next year, by
good farming.
'The season of 1910 taught us that"
said Mr.. Weiser. In many cases
there were. patches that stood up well
and others that deteriorated, where the
effects of better or more Indifferent
farm work could be seen. We learned
something"
To find a sufficient number of agri-
cultural experts to carry on the work
and man to direct the whole will be
the duty OF the 500 an acre associa-
tion, for it has been decided that the
money will be handled by the treas.
urer OF that organization. When a
farm has been located. the work of
cultivating 1t will go on under good.
farming methods. and the crops that
will grow upon it will come up side by,
side with those that the farmer will
grow of his regularly cultivated land,
QUILL uAnCtC uSSo d6 Will dppSdt DIT Iu0
seasons close and such advantages as
the good farming method may be able
to show, will be traceable in every in
stance back to work that was done
right where the farmer could see it
and that the farmer will be quick to
take advantage Of such practical
demonstration the men back of the
movement do not doubt. .. s3
The demonstration will not stop at
grain or the root crops. There will be.
practical showings in livestock teed-
ing and raising. and as, North Dakota.
with increasing wealth. is developing
thesdairying industry very rapidly. that
Increase is one Of the most important
changes under way. the COW will be
studied as a source of wealth aud the
farmer shown the things that good
farming teaches. z, y AZ