The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-19
RESOLUTIONS OF
GRAIN GROWERS
continued Frorn Page ono.

forward the work OF field demonstra-
ton until ultimately a trained and
practical man will be placed in every
agricultural county to work with the
farmers and help them to adapt and
apply the new methods to their farms;
Therefore be it Resolved, That the
membl $ of the Tri-state Grain and
Stock Growers convention, assembled
at Fargo, n. D., Jan. II, 1912. hereby
endorse unqualifedly said proposed
bill and we urge our senators and
members of congress to do their ut
most Ito secure its passage.
Resolved Further, That copies of
these resolutions shall be sent to our
delegation in congress. and a copy
to O. w. Thompson, Columbus. o.,
chairman of the executive COMMITTEES
OF the agricultural colleges, and to MT.
H. H.. Gross, president of the National
Soil Fertility league, Chicago, and a
copy to the committee on agriculture
in the senate and the house, and that
other copies be given to the press
Of the states named.
Cooperation.
Whereas, Cooperation in producing
and marketing farm crops can often
be made to add a great deal to the
profits. The farmer operating on a
small scale cannot always afford to
have all the machinery necessary for
operating the farm and does not pro-
duce enough Of any one commodity to
market it to advantage-if several
farmers in the same locality would
cooperate in the ownership OF some
of the more expensive machinery and
Of growing the same crops or raising
the same kind of stock, they would
then have enough in the community to
market it to the best advantage;
Therefore be it Resolved, That the
members of the Tri-State Grain and
Stock Growers convention urge upon
the agricultural college that they give
some attention to securing information
on farm cooperation and put it into a
form that will be available to those
who desire to make use Of it, and
Be 1t Further Resolved, That the
farmers be urged to study the BUSH
ness side OF farming and to investi-
gate the advantages of cooperation in
producing and marketing.
Rural School Problem.
Whereas, The present one-room
rural school is not an effective school
for the country being proved as out of
place in modern life as Is the hand
sickle for harvesting grain:
Be it Resolved, That the members of
the Tri-State Grain and Stock Grow
ers' convention earnestly urge the
consolidation of these small, weak and
1neh1cient one-room rural schools into
larger units that can provide efficient
~ the industrial and agricultural train
ing needed as well as do better work
in all branches.
Whereas, The foundation of farming,
Of manufacturing, Of transportation
and business are the products of the
farm, and.
Whereas, The output of the farm is
dependent upon the extent to which
the science of agriculture is incorpor-
ated into the operation of the farm;
Therefore Be 1t Resolved, BY the
members in attendance at the Tri-
State Grain and Stock Growers con-
Yention that they deem it extremely
necessary that Investigations be car
ried on in the science of farming. that
it's teachings be impaired to the young
men of the state, and
Be 1t Further Resolved, That as the
experiment station, s%ubstations. dem
o~nstration farms are carrying on such
Investigations; the agricultural col
lege is doing such teachings, and the
farmers institute and extension de-
partment are carrying them to the
farmer; that these agencies be liber-
ally supported by the legislative and
executive departments of the state. In
this way will farmers learn the great
Importance and interest that exists IN
their work when it is thoroughly u
derstood; in this way will boys be in
duced to stay on the farm.
Whereas, DR.. j. H. Worst. as presi-
dent Of the convention, and Supt. #.
A. Hoverstad, as secretary, have rend.
cred faithful service in the manage
ment Of the Tri-State Grain nj Stock
Growers convention, developing it in
to the largest farmers meeting In the
United States;
Whereas. The Commercial club has
provided for the entertainment and
support OF the convention;
Whereas, The speakers have made
the programme interesting and instruc-
tive, and
Papers Thanked.
Whereas, The papers, especially The
Fargo Forum and Courier-New have
been faithful in reporting the addresses
so that those who could not attend the
convention had had the addresses
brought to them. and also put in a per-
manent form;
Be 1t Resolved, That the members Of
the Tri-State Grain and Stock Grow
ers' convention express their high APP
probation of these valuable services.
Whereas, C.ne Of the things neces-
sary to the developing of better farm
ing is capital, which is often times
difficult for the farmer to get;
Be 1t Resolved, That the president
appoint a committee to make an in
vestigation into the securing of farm
credits, which viii enable farmers to
secure capital at a low rate Of inter-
est for the better development of his
farming-such committee to make d
report at the Trf-State Grain and stock
Growers convention 1918.
Whereas. The better farming train
brings information to many farmers
who could not otherwise secure ii, and
Whereas. Through better farming