Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-04-10

Is the basis of prosperity and pro-
gress, naturally farm problems claim
first attention. The aim is higher eff
fcieney, both on and OF the farm.
And this Is to be brought about thru
an improvement Of material, social.
Intellectual and moral conditions.
To do a big work a big organization
is necessary. Not alone the bigness,
but the perfectness of the Internation-
al organization as we'll appealed to
Prof. Holden. In its well-oiled ma.
chinery he saw the means for accom-
plishing an end. The entire organ
~ization is to be enlisted in the service
/ work. The big general agencies, all
over the United States; the statesmen,
treyelers and expert machine men;
the 10000 dealers-every one, SO far
as possible, is to be made an apostle
of better farming.
For years the Harvester company
has realized the Importance Of ser
vice. 1t has spent millions of dollars
IN the perfection of labor-saving ma
chimes, and it has sent men out into
the fields to show farmers how to op.
crate these machines. 1t has loaned
machines to schools and colleges, and
it has distributed tons of literature,
packed with the latest and best farm
information. And last, though first
the invention of the reaper, which
founded modern agricultural great
ness also founded this country. Ag.
riculture and the International com
pany have grown up together and to.
gether they have prospered. But here
%tofore the service rendered was more
or less indirect. Now the company
is going in for direct service-direct
! to the farmers, and direct to the farm
er's children, that the men and Wo.
men of tomorrow may be more cap
able and so more prosperous than the
men and women of today.
It is no longer a theory that If we
are to get the most out of life we
must raise mor per acre. Intensive
farming" is in the air. 1t is the bat
tie cry of peace and plenty. But rails
ing more is the result of mind, not
muscle. We must know. And not
only that, we must know we know,
and know why we know. We must
know good seed from bad right cult
walton from wrong and the why's
and wherefores of climates, soils, cat
tie horses, poultry, and SO forth. All
this will add to the. wealth of the
farmers. Wealthy farmers make
prosperous communities, and a nation
is but an association of communities.
At the heels Of prosperity follow edu
cation, conveniences, social inter
course-everything which makes life
worth the living. These things r
growing up in the mind of Professor
Holden at the time he was helping to
grow an average of three more BUSH
els of corn to the acre in Iowa. And
these are the ideas of the /. Fl. G. SER
vice bureau. For these things the
bureau was established. But the bur-
eau and Professor Holden see more
than an average increase of three
bushels. They see a time coming
when farmers will raise twice as many
bushels of corn wheat and oats to the
acre, and like yields of other kinds
of farm products. European countries
are doing it. Why not America? They
see a time when farmers and farm.
,ers' wives and their children will
think more and work less. Every
bushel raised meal just that much
profit, and the profits Of the farm pro-
mote and industry.
Were every acre Of ground in Am
erica made to produce all that it Is
capable of producing, the wealth Of
America would be more than double.
The United States government, the
agricultural colleges the railroads, the
bankers. the grain men, the /. H. G.
service bureau, the agricultural and
country press, and other organizations
have done much in education and in
farm development. But the service
bureau and Professor Holden r now
going forward with plans which seek
to cooperate with all other plans, and
at the same time they are pushing out
along individual service lines all their
own.
After a period of good work in
Michigan agricultural college, better
work at Illinois, and great work at
Iowa, Professor Holden now enters
upon a worlds work. While in future
Professor Holden will designate Chi
cago as home he says he is not leaving
Iowa-vhe merely is carrying Iowa TO
the rest of the world