Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-05-31
GOOD AND POOR FARMERS.

any county there are few corn grow.
ers who raise more than 100 bushels
tc the acre, and yet we know that the
county average for corn is seldom
more than thirty-five bushels to the
acre. The same proportion is true
of wheat, oats, clover, potatoes, bar
ley and everything else. Now, what
is the real reason of this discrepancy :?
Why, under the same circumstances,
should not one man grow approximate
ly as much as another? Is it not rea-
sonable that. should the unsuccessful
farmer do everything the same as the
successful farmer. he could obtain
equally good results?
"The government and state schools
have for years been finding out truths,
but for some reason or other this
knowledge has not been pu; into gen.
eral practice. We have all accepted
these truths, and now it is our work
to put each man upon his inquiry as
to wherein he fails. and why, and to
introduce the same methods in his
work which bring such results to 9TH
ers under the same circumstances.
This is the platform upon which we
can all meet.
THE ORGANIZATIONS BEHIND.
"The committee, representing, as
it does. the principal grain exchanges
of the United States, employs the
secretary, pays his Office force and
travelling expenses. The members of
the Council of Grain Exchanges are
Chicago Board of Trade, Kansas City
Board Of Trade. Toledo Produce Ex-
changes, st. Louis Merchants Ex-
charge. Duluth Board of Trade, Cairo
Board of Trade, Detroit Board of
Trade, st. Joseph Board of Trade,
Mem phis Merchants Exchange
Omaha Grain Exchange, Baltimore
Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco
Merchants Exchange, Philadelphia
Commercial Exchange. Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerce, New York
Produce Exchange, Wichita Board of
Trade, Peoria Board of Trade
THEsEXECUTIVE SECRETARY.
Besides this county work, the as
sociation itself decided to employ an
executive secretary for two years, and
lit was estimated that this would take
abol5s $40. 600. Half of this amount
will come from outside scources, and
the other half will be apportioned
among the several counties, the share
of each county to be between $500
and $500. the executive secretary
will devote his whole time to the work
of the association and will spend some
time in each county perfecting the
county organizations, and will also
forward the immigration work.
| RALPH GOODHUES' SPEECH.
One address which attracted great
deal of favorable comment was that
of R. B. Goodhue, OF this county.
| The farmers interest in the de-
vefopment of west central Minnesota
was discussed at the DEVELOPMENT
meeting here by him under the three
heading, "Better Seeds" "Bettel
Stock, and "More Land Owning
Settlers, Better seed and better
stock, he said, will increase the class
of farmers, who are land owners.
"Better seed," he continued "means
pure. unadulterated seed and / hope
our association will go on record al
being in favor of pure-seed law anc
will work for its passage and enforce
ment. To my knowledge. there il
but one farm in my home township
infested with quack grass that cannot
Il be directly traced to grass seed sole
US by seed houses.
"0ne of my neighbors, after clear.
ing field of quack, has refused t
seed more grass, and has sold most o.
his stock and gone back to grair
/ farming. We must have pure grass
, seed, for grass and is the foundation
, of constructive, permanent agricul
ture.
: Better seed means tested seed
: corn has been planted. What viii
, the harvest be? 1t will depend to ,
: large extent on how thoroughly th,
: seed was tested.
. "Those of you who attended tn,
: Minnesota conservation congress will
} remember Mr.. Chamberlain littl
{ Dutchman, over in South Dakota. VIII
: had SO per cent of perfect stand
: and his Yankee neighbor, across tn
a fence, interested in politics but no
5 in corn testing, who had So per cen
D of stand. Who is the man we wan
in west central Minnesota? The ma
3 that tests. the tested man!
' "We must test for termination. i
. our seed, pedigree of performance j
\ InocossaPv We CON inorooSo or