Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-01

wei or now mo the W0Atnor, or now
many chances there were for auto
rides or frolics, something can be re.
allied OF the noble work done.
Next to the horticultural car, or
ven nearer to the hearts OF the wO-
men came the home economics car.
Here. too, were lessons for the home
maker that showed how hungry for
knowledge were these noble wives
and mothers OF these broad prairies
Of our state and how determinedly
they were to do their part we'll.
Then to watch the faces Of the men
"a they passed from car to car and
grasped as rapidly IA they could the
many lessons there to be learned,
Well some will ask II the Indifferent
and thoughtless were altogether ab.
sent? No, they too were there, but
many an Indifferent boy or man that
went through this train did not leave
It ~ Indifferent as he was when he
started through.
The lessons cost the people moth.
ing, save their time and expense.
which was often quite a cost. but had
the state been taxed many thousands
Of dollars the lessons would have
been cheap and would have paid we'll.
II n lesson alone could be press.
ed home. 1t would add millions to the
bank account Of the farmers every
year, and that was
The Lesson Of the c Conservation Of
Moisture.
But another part Of this lesson must
be learned too. When the people full
ly realize that moisture can be 10 aid
ed that q less quantity Ia SUFFICIENT
much will be gained. The chemist
can tell how much fertility there Is
in q given sample of soil. but no chem.
list Is able to tell what that soil will
produce, as he can never tell how It
will be cultivated nor what rainfall
will reach It. Many a plant like a man
drinking weak coffee has to consume
more water than is necessary to get
results. The water must have plant
food before It ia worth much to the
plant, and the farmer that fertilizes
properly will need less water than the
man who has a sterile piece of land,
These and hundreds Of other lessons
were earnestly taught. Any many are
the people that we're benefited.
But Many Other Lessons Were
Learned.
One question that would often arise
in the minds Of those most carefully
studying conditions as was the rail
road, the college, the better farming
associations. nea enough to the peo
pie? The bankers over the country
when they formed the better farming
associations did a noble thing, one
worthy of all praise, but did they as
sumo too lofty an attitude, II they
were to get the best results? Were
they just a little p%atronizing il theil
methods of expressions? They die
not mean to be, but we're they? The
same question might be asked Of some
others.
Are the people being made full part
ners in this enterprise and while be
ing so made are they treated as part
ners? The American farmer does no
care to be treated as II he was infer
ior in knowledge and too greatly II
need of ten consideration OF others
Let there be a mutual understanding
in this mater and then see how |
works.
10 the Cry Of Back to the Land
Mercenary?
Well meaning is the cry back t
the land" but Is there not some time
something mercenary about it al
pears? Something unnatural, un
wholesome Is the cry coming from
the one who left the land? Will
the cry is world wide and all men fee
it il possibly no ia fact that tn
cry should come from the heart o
those who have left the land and no
from the banker who has loane'
money on it? And in fact Is it no
from that source and only interpreted
by others and given tone by then
while after all there is something
deeper? Is it not the cry Of the prod
igal son? Is not the heart Of mothe
nature calling to her own If so lie
any repeat it who may wish and tn
end will be we'll?
Many indeed were the lesson
taught in this enterprise and som
time is going to be required befor
it is easy to say what has been tn
greatest.
But n thing is certain and that i
that the Northern Pacific Railwa,
Company, the Agricultural College
and the Farmers Institute have al
combined and done a noble work. An
other thing is equally certain, ant
that is that while two years ago Their
was more or less desire upon the par
Of certain ones to use the train ant
those on it for advertising purposes
of real estate or nieghborhoods ant
that at that time many an auto part!
Or hannuot was served for adVertfs