Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-05-31
DEVELOPMENT MEETING.
Executive Secretary and Farm
Experts to be Hired.

The practical results of the big
development meeting held at Glen
wood last week Thursday and Friday
will be the hiring of an executive
secretary who will have charge of the
organization and immigration work of
the association, and also the hiring
of farm experts in each county of the
association which will contribute half
the necessary funds.
The West Central Minnesota De-
velopment Association is thus COM
mitted to definite plan of betterment
and the work will be undertaken as
soon as the necessary funds can be
raised.
The program of addresses was espe-
cially strong, but it is quite beyond
our resources to reproduce all the
speeches, as to do so would take
several pages of this paper. We
give a synopsis of Mr.. Ball's PROPOSE
tion to contribute half the funds for
a farm expert, and also Mr.. Goodhue's
speech on the farmers part in Weat
Central Minnesota Development.
BERT BALLS PROPOSITION.
Bert Ball. secretary of the crop
improvement committee of the Coun-
Gil OF Grain Exchanges, with head
quarters in Chicago, was one of the
first speakers on the program of the
West Central Minnesota Development
association. He is forwarding the
movement to station an expert agri-
culturist in each county, to make
study of local conditions and suggest
plans of scientific farm management
for the purpose OF obtaining larger
yield of better grain. He made a
| comprehensive statement of the OBJ
jects and scope of his organization.
saying in part:
''This committee is uniting the
effort of all commercial, industrial.
educational interests in each county.
Many counties in many states have
already undertaken this organization.
generally through the initiative of the
local commercial clubs, amalgamating
all the forces in the county to employ
competent man of tact and judgment
representing all interests to make an
intimate study of agricultural condi-
tions, and to aid every farmer by per-
sonal contact.
$1,000 FOR EACH COUNTY.
'The establishment Of trained agri-
culturists in each of the counties of
all of the northern agricultural states
in connection with the United States
Bureau of Farm Management, state
agricultural colleges. state CONNER
cial associations and local commercial
clubs. is one of the purposes of the
committee.
"The national fund for this purpose
is now being raised in order to offer
81, 900 or more to each county in
each state. and state commercial or
CARNATIONS are ready to form state
crop Improvement associations to raise
a like amount to that offered to each
county from the national organiza-
tions. This fund has been started
with one million dollars by Sears
Roebuck & Co. of Chicago, who have
set aside this sum, 81. 900 to be given
to each of the 1000 counties in every
state which will raise fund locally,
sufficient to employ permanent coun-
ty agrciulturist and farm demonstrat-
or. Some counties are raising local
funds which may be trebled by the
time the funds from the other sources
! become available.
DUTIES OF FARM EXPERT.
1T will be the duty of the farm
demopstrator in each county to advise
any farmer in the county requiring
his services; to organize farmers
clubs; to conduct corn clubs and Other
agricultural contests; to arrange fol
exhibits of agricultural products: t.
,, give practical demonstration and in.
struction in crop rotation, soil build
ing, farm management. and horticul
tural work in various parts of the
: county under ordinary conditions: tc
cooperate with the superintendent ot
county and city schools in teachins
: the rudiments of agriculture, parti
cularly of seeds, so that the childrel
may ultimately test all of the seedl
| to be planted on each farm in eacl
school district.
Laying all science aside, if W,
could demonstrate to all those below
the average how those above tn,
3 average ha. g succeeded our problem
t would become comparatively simple
Better crops means better times
: batter citizens, and all the stuff tha
{ | happiness is made of