Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-31
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struction, and at. the %ssclose every boy
was required to make q! report. not only
on what. he had been taught. but on
what he saw at 3ths state fair. Fifty
dollars in cash prizes was divided among
the boys. for the best reports. These
youngsters and the hundred others VIII"
/ will come to future encampments annu-
avly, are the ones o'whom North Dako-
ia and the Better Farming association
are looking for really permanent results.
The first steps toward lettering social
conditions in farm life were taken in
the spring Of 1912. when twenty-seven
farmers club were organized in the diff
ferent counties through the activity OF
the associations fields agents, and be.
fore the crop season was well under way
many more had been. organized by the
farmers themselves. 1t is the expecta-
ton Of the association that at least five
hundred of these farmers, clubs, which
include in their, memberships the entire
families, will be organized before the
summer Of 1913. and that. through these
clubs, social centers viii be created,
which will furnish a means not only, for
social intercourse, but for1s community CO.
operation along many lines and the ed
~ucation Of thu. farmer and the farmers
wife in santa tion,s5 domestic economy.
and better living conditions generally.
Besides reaching the farmers of North
Dakota through personal contact; the
association hast begun the publication of
a series Of ;lnonth ~ press bulletins that
deserve ID circulation outside ioE, the
a6sssss q y ShssEasW iaii.sSAstg ,sGSEsbsaisssis a
masterpiece Of, simplicity and practical
information on :!this vital subject "Al-
falfa," cultivation of the Corn Crop
and Hog Pastures embody the ,agricul-
tural wisdom OF the colleges with the
experience, OF tile best farmers. The
press of the state generally reprints these
bulletins and reports enthusiastically and
Iintelligently>e the work Of the associa-
tons field agents. Occasionally some
farmer Of the '"'mossbacl" stype-..they
have 'mossbacks' in North Dakota as
everywhere else-writes a letter to the
editor OF his local weekly ridiculihg, the
notion that Eastern experts" can teach
the hofny-handed tillers of the Nortl,
Dakota soil anything new. The appear
ance of such a letter is the invariable
signal for a score of replies. not from the
association, whose men take no part in
such controversies, but from farmers who
write to tell Of the benefits they have
already received from the advice and
help of the scorned experts"
Business men and public spirited citi-
zens in several other Northwestern states
are planning similar better farming as
sociations for their own states. Goth
Iowa and Illinois have made tempting
offers to Tom Cooper to take the lead
ership of the work in those states, and
some Of his field agents are being urged
to accept larger salaries from other COM
munities.
Just to illustrate what could be done
with more capital intelligently used in
farming said Tom Cooper, as we talked
over the work of the association last
June. take the six eastern counties OF
North Dakota---the Red River counties
I worked for years in the Red River
counties on the Minnesota side of the
line and know what they are capable of.
In these six counties there is.now en-
ployed in farming a capital of approxi-
mately $210, 900, 900. from which the an
nual production is $40, 900, 900 at: an an
nual expense of about $1,000. 900. ITO de-
velop the farms of these counties to
higher productive capacity would require
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