The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-12-12
Business Men Had Farmers As Din.
ner Guests and Schools Were
Dismissed.
THE WOMEN STAY AT HOME
Not One Attended Evening Session
and Few In Afternoon In -
Blackjack.

A. e. Nelson, F. B. McLaren and
Miss Margaret Bull are in Northome
and Mizpah today carrying the latest
ideas in good farming into the back
woods where agricultural trains and
special speakers are seldom, if ever,
seen or heard. Friday they will be
in Tenstrike and Turtle River and
will come to. Bemidji Saturday for
the big farmers rally to be held here
Saturday in the High school.
The three speakers are making a
tour of Beltrami and Southern Clear
water and Kooehiching counties that
will take them two weeks. The first
meeting of the. series was held in
Farris Monday and thirty-six farm
ers attended,; the second was held in
Kelliher Tuesday and over 100 men
and women were crowded in the city
hall, eighty-tive percent being from
neighboring farms; the third meet
ing was held in Blackjack Wednes-
day with an attendance of eighty
men-everyzo a farmer.
Although Miss Bull was to have
come from the University in time to
be present at all the meetings,;s7she
did not join Mr.. McLarens and Mi.
Nelson until yesterday as she got as
far as Blackjack Tuesday and. did
not know how to get to Kelliher. Just
when Miss Bull Joined the party Mr..
McLaren was forced to return to Du-
l,ith for day as he had been sub
pOened as a witness in a. court case.
He rejoined the party at Northome
today.
Give Farmers Free Dinner.
The success of the Kelliher meet
ing was in a large measure due to
the activity of the business men
headed by William Lennon, postmas-
ter and county commissioner. The
business men gave tickets to the
farmers which admitted them to any
hotel dining room. in the city and
entitled them to the best in the ho-
tel. AS result, when the meeting
was called to order at 1870 the
speakers had an audience of over
100. Mr.. McLaren talked on "Pota-
toes" while Mr.. Nelson talked on the
DAIRY Cow" The upper grades in
the schools were dismissed in order
that the students might attend the
meetings. The forenoon was spent
in the schools among the children.
At the Blackjack meeting yester-
day, Miss Bull talked on the "Rela-
ton of Various Foods to the Body
Although she was given place on
the program particularly to interest
the women, the Blackjack women
evidently believed that the talks
were for men only as few were pres
emf in the afternoon and none in the
evening. Miss Bull was vigorously
applauded by the men,
Nelson Talks About Horses.
Mr.. Nelson talked about the horse
and outlined various classes but EN-.
phasized the value of the draft horse
He advised raising large horses anC
claimed that they are never toe
heavy for the city markets as Ions
as they are sound. Mr. Nelson sale
sold best because it "dressed up" bet
ter in a black harness. He outlined
fully the conformation of the better
breeds of horses and advised the
farmers to raise enough horses fol-
their own use and so save the profit!
made on the sales, and shipping ir
Of southern horses.
Mr.. Nelson was kept on the fool
over two hours answering questions
and at the close of the meeting wa:
asked to address the farmers in thu
town of Summit the first Sunday il
January. He will accept the invi
tation provided it does not conflict
with other engagements.
Farmers Lunch Here Saturday.
At the evening meeting, Miss Bull
dwelt largely on the relation of agri.
culture and domestic science to the
public schools and Mr.. Nelson urged
the consolidation Of rural schools, Of
ten referring to the school at Saun
for his illustrations. Beltrami coun.