The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-08-10

LINED Up
Latest County in State to Try
Better Farming
MOVEMENT is A SUCCESS
j gs ! . & u
SECRETARY COOPER GREATLY
PLEASED WITH SUCCESS SAYS
BIG CROP WILL NOT HAVE a
TENDENCY TO RETARp THE
BETTER FARMING MOVEMENT.

''Hettinger is the latest county in
the state to take up the better farming
idea as a business said Sec. Thos.
Cooper of the North Dakota State
Better Farming association, :'and
have just succeeded in closing con-
tract with that county by which we
will send a man there who will begin
active work about the first Of next
week and the contract covers a per-
iod of three years. This will give us
no less than three counties in the
southwestern part of the state, Adams,
Bowman and the latest, Hettinger,
which is showing pretty well, and /
know that it will be big thing for
that section.
A Good Year.
"The idea has been advanced by
some," said the secretary, ''that the
good crops this year will be the means
of rather belittling our work, or in
other words, will give us a black eye.
But the idea Is simply foolish. There
could be nothing better for the better
farming principle than such excellent
crops as we are having this season,
for it will inspire the farmers to great
er and greater efforts, and there can
be nothing so beneficial as this meth
cd which We are advancing.
Had Delightful Time.
T just returned this morning from
attending meeting Of the agricultur-
al committee Of different bankers as
Eociations in the northwest and want
to tell you that 1t was a most pleasant
and profitable meeting, one that
thoroughly enjoyed and / had the
pleasure and honor of being one Of the
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really surprised at the very great In
terest that the bankers from a dozen
or more states showed in our work,
and / was questioned by nearly every
| delegate present on what we were do
ing in the state of North Dakota and
endeavored to give them all a clear
and concise statement of what had
been done as well as what we expect
to do in the future. 1t was a very
! profitable meeting.
Gratified by Success.
"The Better Farming association
was very much gratified at the success
that has attained the efforts OF North,
Dakota and we were more than pleas
ed that the great silver cup was
awarded to us as the most progressive
state in this direction Of farm work,
When the matter was explained to the
bankers at the meeting at Minneapo-
| lis, and it was shown what North Da-
kota had done, each and every one ex-
pressed himself as being OF the opin-
| ion that the cup had surely gone to
the right state and that North Dakota
was deserving of it."
Big Meeting at Cakes.
Secretary Cooper has been invited
to address the Fourth Judicial District
Bankers convention which will be
held at the town of Cakes on Tuesday
next, Aug. 13. and he will leave here
the day before to be in attendance. He
stated that 1t was expected that there
would be many bankers present from
hall over the district and he understood
4 that an excellent programme had been
arranged. He will take for his subject
Better Farming, and will endeavor tc
show what has been done in North
Dakota and will advise every county in
the state to take up the matter. He
said that so far as he could learr
everything in the crop line in the
state was all right.