Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-11-06
AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS IN kANDIYOm
COUNTY DURING THE PAST YEAR

would be assured. The Live Stock Breed
ers Association are planning big live
stock meeting for Dec. IA, where the
best outside speakers will be heard and
future plans discussed.
THE FARMERS SHORT COURSE.
We believe that the Farmers Short
Course and Widwinter Stock and Grain
Show held last winter with the Short
Course enrolment of 268 farmers was
good thing and a progressive move. We
hope this year to put on another Short
Course with an even better corps of in
structors and more complete and sys-
tematic work
THE SILO CLUB.
At the Short Course last winter farm
ers who were planning on building silos
got together and organized a silo club.
No united effort resulted from this club
but it must have had it's results for we
know fourteen 14) farmers who con-
structed silos this summer. And We
know that several others were put up.
OTHER SIGNS OF PRO.RESS.
Organizations in themselves are not
results, they simply make thru Coop
Grafton results more easily obtained.
In a great deal Of driving thru the
| writer has noticed many signs of pro-
gress. Much new fencing has been put
up. Many drainage projects have been
started. An increase acreage of the
| farm has been seeded to clover. Roads
are constantly being improved and farms
are being cleared of rocks and improved
in other ways.
LAND VALUES.
The price of land is going up by leaps
and bounds. OF four farms sold recent
ly in one week the lowest price was $81
per acre. We know Of farm land in
the vicinity of Willmar held at $125.0O
per acre. High priced land goes with
progress and prosperity, but it means
that farmers must practice the very best
farming methods in order to pay in
terest on the value of the land and pro-
duce a profit.
FUTURE NEEDS.
We wish to suggest that what Kan
diyohi county needs most OF all is I'M
tied, persistent, enthusiastic effort
among both farmers and business men.
In every community there are few
professional knockers and those whose
petty jealoustes are bigger than they are.
These deserve our pity but should havo
no other consideration. Our work as
yet lacks unified purpose and thought
full guidance. The tendency for men who
should be leaders is to say, Oh, yes, It's
a good thing, but. This is not action
and does not help the movement. One
of the great needs then here as we'll as
in all agricultural communities is lead
ership. We need farmers and many of
them to take hold of better farming
movements and push them to sue
cessful termination.
Our county is only in the transition
stage from grain raising to live stock
farming. Out on the farm We need to
wake up to the possibilities of develop
ment. We need to adopt better farming
methods. We must quit robbing the soil
of it's fertility and start in with a pro-
cess Of constructive farming. We need
more and better corn in order to grow
more and better stock so that we may
have more wealth and better farm
homes" We need to study farm man.
agement problems. We would undoubt-
eddy 10 better with smaller farms and
more money invested in working capital
such as live stock and machinery.
We need to read and study more and
to think deeper so that we may become
broader minded and more efficient. We
need more recreation, more music,
wider acquaintanceship and better Soc
ial life This especially for the young
err people on the farm.
The boys and girls need education
along agricultural and home building
lines.
Would it not be possible for all who
desire progress to unite their efforts and
work together for developed Kandi-
yohi county during the coming year?
c. L. McNELLY,