The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-17

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there were one or two present at the
meeting who had been at the first
meeting of livestock men. He hoped
that the livestock breeders would
work with the college. He Hkened
the members of the association to
missionaries who blazed the way and
after a time the others followed n
in closing he wished the association
every success.
Forks State Fair association talked at
some length on the prospects OF the
state fair for the coming summer and
stated that an effort would be made
ut the present sitting of the legisla-
lure to secure an increase in the APP
~propriation for the state fair and he
believed that 1t would be- granted. He
and attend the fair next summer.
Offer Prizes for siIes.
III. j.. Hughes, editor of q Minnea-
polls farm paper was the next speak
err and he paid a high compliment to
the association, and stated that his
paper had offered prizes aggTegating
the sum Of $3.50 to the clubs in the
northwest which had through their
efforts succeeded in getting the great
est number Of gilos erected during the
coming year. Professor Richards
stated that he felt this was good
work and that he believed there would
be a dozen or fifteen built right in
this section next season.
C. T.. Bachelor Of the town Of Fingal,
talked on the dairy COW anc he al
luded frequently to the good qualities
Of the Jersey stock. He said that IL
was a mighty nice thing to ha sa
money coming In for butter fat all the
year and that 1t helped amazingly.
1T was better than to work the whole
year and then collect at the end Of
the year.
For the Northern Pacific.
Professor Willard, formerly of the
A. c. but nov connected with the
Northern Pacific Was called on and he
said that his company was always
ready to assist in any work OF this
kind, because the company, like
individuals, is selfish. and he believed
that when the railroad encouraged
livestock raising, in time 1T would get
all of its money back In case it ex-
pended any. He thought the N. p.
could be induced to donate" In case
OF necessity to assist in the work.
Sam #. Crabbe, president OF the
North Dakota Poultry association,
was the next speaker and while Mr..
Crabbe is the raiser Of some of the
finest Jerseys in the state he confined
the most Of his remarks to the little
brown hen. which he said was a more
remunerative producer as shown by
the national secretary of agriculture
than the little red cow, the wheat or
the corn. He believed in raising corn
and he said that already the little
brown hen was making itself felt all
over the state. and the COW, the corn
and the hen would be the states
greatest producer, and he thought OF
the three the hen was the greatest.
Beef Cattle Raising.
Frank sanford. of Valley city was
called ON to represent the beef cattle
men. He took the position that a man
had to be a good man i'm order to be a
successful cattle raiser or livestock
raiser ok any kind. He said that a
cattle raiser must be an idealist and
must have 9 love Of beauty and there
WAS no business in the world that
would make a man better than just
this, Kindness and contentment can
be found in the barnyard, just as In
the farm house and the good CATTLE
man will always make a good hus-
band. He said you cannot possibly
be q good stock man unless YOU are
ia good man.
Last state Fair Best.
In introducing Hon. r. 8, Lewis,
president or the last seasons Fargo
State Fair, Toastmaster Macdonald
said that the state fair OF last sum
mer was the best the state had ever
had, and 1t was made so by the ef-
forts OF r. s.. Lewis and his secre-
tory, Hon. Frank s. TaIcctt, and he
knew that everybody tn the house,
although the hour was late. would
like to hear from the president. Mr..
Lewis.
Mr.. Lewis was quite humorous and
during hts talk he and Mrs. G. 70.
Bachelor OF Fangai, INDUCED In a few