Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-26

sums of money in advertising their
lands Liberal commissions are paid
to land men handling these lands,
which is a big incentive, as you all
know. This incentive not so ap-
parent on our side of the line
We Must Remedy Conditions
Another thing. The Canadian gov
eminent looks carefully after the in
terests of the settlers after they are
there, and this is not done to any
great extent by us, and in measure
our settlers are left to shift for them
selves. Lately there has been a
strong movement in several directions
to remedy this condition, and North
Dakota, am pleased to say, has TAX
en- up this work in earnest, under the
direction of Prof. Thos. Cooper of
Fargo. This movement is being &C.
lively supported by the bankers and
business men of Fargo, as we'll as
by those Of the Twin Cities
County Demonstration Farms
Every county in the Slope should
have a we'll established and we'll
maintained demonstration farm, and
in addition to tbs, every individual
FARMER who can be enlisted in the
work should be asked to make ex-
periments with every kind of crop
that can be proftably grown in this
section. BY this mean, when the
newcomer arrives in any community
there will be dozens of practical and
successful farmers who will be able
to give him advice as to the best
crops to raise in that particular Sec
ton, and the best methods to adopt,
etc. This will result in success
where too often failure has been writ
ten heretofore and the new settler
has been discouraged often to the OK.
tent of causing him to leave the state.
Demonstrate Resources to World
I have no doubt that as soon as
North Dakota really demonstrates to
the outside world what she can do
successfully, it will not only attract
a great many good farmers from our
own country, but will also call back
many of the farmers from our sister
country across the border.
Federal Aid Promised
while our government has been
sadly remiss In work of this kind,
yet good day is coming. Just re.
Gently bill has been introduced in
congress, known as the Lever BILL
which is can act donating public
lands to the several states and ter
ritories which may provide colleges
for the benefit of agriculture and the
mechanic arts, and arts supplement
tary thereto, department to be
known and designated as an Agri-
cultural Extension Department or
division to give instruction and DEM
onstrations in agriculture and home
economics to persons not resident in
said college in the several communi-
ties-and to convey and impart to
persons information on said subjects
through field demonstrations, pulica-
tons and otherwise
Need Of Travelling AaricuIturists
Dosen't it look reasonable, that if
one wholesale house in the Twin
Cities can afford to put twenty or
thirty travelling men on the road.
every county in North Dakota could
at least employ one good agriculture
LIST to travel from farm to farm, Civ.
Ing instructions in better farming?
Cooperative Creameries
l saw an article a few DAYS ago re-
ferring to the Farmers cooperative
Creamery, at Elk River, Mimi, man.
aged by Mr.. B. F. Plummer. During
the past year this creamery made
256,90O lbs. of butter They paid
1859, to the farmers for butter fat
The average price for the butter fat
Was p is cents. At the annual
meeting, dividends of 1922, were d.
vided among the patrons pro rata on
the amount of butter fat delivered.
This brought the price of the butter
fat for the year to % 1-3 cents. The
cost of making the butter in this
plant was 81 cents per h., which in
cluded the hauling charges. Leaving
out the hauling charge the cost was
EOS cents per Id. This is a good ex-
ample of what we'll managed CO.
operative creamery can do.
North Dakota Should Be Leader
In this industry alone, North Da-
kota in the next five years should be
a leader as she can find good mar.
kets both east and west, for such
products.
Need Of Successful Advertising
One Of the great problems that al
ways confront meetings of this kind,
Is that of economical and successful
advertising. More money can be
wasted, and wasted faster, in expen-
sive literature, than in any other
one way that we know of. We know
this from experience. In most cases
we overlook the simple, direct and
inexpensive methods of advertising,
and too often follow the indiscrimin-
ate distribution of expensive litera-
ture.
Get IN Touch With Prospects
First of all, it is desirable to get
In touch with the people who want
to make change Then find out in
what part OF the country they are
most interested. Then ascertain ex.
actly what they want, and do our best
to supply their needs.
eooms Must Be Avoided
Booms, with nothing behind them,
should always be avoided and discour.
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