The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-29
PROFITABLE MEETING
OF COMMERCIAL CLUB

There was a big attendance and a
fine display of enthusiasm exhibited
at the regular monthly meeting of the
commercial club, in the latter's rooms
last night. President Mackall, who
presided. said it was one Of the best
and most profitable meetings held for
a long time.
Not much time was devoted to rou-
tine business as there was little on
Secretary Wright's desk to consider
at this meeting. The special commit
tee on the purchase of a piano for use
in the lecture room Of the public IL,
brary made its report and was laid on
the table for the present. Attorney
Witherow made a report for the COM
mittee or "undesirables' which were
daily crowding the city at the time
when the committee was appointed
and when some investigation was
deemed desirable. Mr.. WitherOw said
one thing is firmly established and
that was that the police force, during
the trying times. did their full duty.
There had been. during the fall
months, an extraordinary influx of
itinerants and despite the daily eXo-
dus under orders of the police author
tiles there would be fresh arrivals
from all directions every night Great
Ing conditions over which there was
no control only to exercise a strict
supervision and that is what the po-
lice did under the laws of the state
n under local ordinances. The COM
mittee thought that the police force
should be strongly commended for the
excellent work which had been done
in holding down the commission Of
crime to the minimum.
II. J.. Harris made a verbal report
on what was done at the Good Roads
mass meeting held last month at Wi
mona. The delegates from Moorhead
believe there will be some very prac-
teal results grow out Of the meeting |
in the important matter Of the ON
structiOn of good roads all owe the
state.
Farmers Clubs and Seed Corn.
The feature Of the evening was the
very practical and straight from the
shoulder address delivered by c. E.
Brown, agricultural agent for Clay
county under the system of the better
farming idea. Mr.. Browns remarks
commanded the closest attention and
many times they were punctuated by
appreciatiVe applause. In substance
he said that farmers clubs were
organized for the purpose of getting
the farmers together SO that 1--WE
agents" can work with them to better
advantage and besides save a great
deal of valuable time. To impart the
same information individually would
take two or three years. There should
at least be a club in every township.
To improve the stock in Clay county
there should be community breeding
clubs which should undertake the pur-
chase Of better sires, under the club
system farmers Of small means would
be able to get the very best. The
speaker advised that the school house
be made the social center and it must
not be overlooked that the interests
Of the farmers and business men in
the respective communities are COM
mon, what benefits the one benefits the
other. Farmers need good towns and
markets, and good business men and
the towns need good farmers. There
is coming better social conditions on
the farm, a breaking Of the monotony
which exists on too many farms. The
farmers clubs should meet twice a
month and it will be found that they
will help. 1t will supply the farmers
and their wives and son and daugh-
tiers a place to grow and there will
be sure to develop leading spirits to
frame programmes which will be
interesting and profitable and there
will be sure to be a blossoming of local
talent different lines-where there are
young people who have been to the
agricultural schools, they will be
Of valuable help.
Corn Growing.
Mr.. Brown then RECALLED his hearers
with a citation Of interesting facts re-
lating to corn culture, a subject which
be made very interesting for meet |
ings of farmers clubs. Say there are
100 rural schools in Clay county, with
2, 200 pupils. Five children from each
planting an acre of corn means
500 acres. The product of ten bushels
of selected seed corn from each acre
gives 5000 bushels Of seed corn, worth
81 a bushel, or 100000. which would
plant 40, 900 acres of corn, or twenty
acres on each farm in Clay county. A
half put into silos would feed 10000
and young stock on the farm.
The milk taken from 20, 900 COWS taken
to a creamery at a low average price
for the milk or cream would realize
81, 200, 900. The other half of the corn
yielding thirty bushels to the acre
would make 100000 bushels to feed to
hogs, and should realize $500 00. Dur
ing his talk Mr.. Brown cited actual
facts which had come under his OBJ
s~ervation.
Fire Prevention.
Following Mr.. Brown there were
addresses made by a number of Min