The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-11-22
ROUNDUP I A TTRA rs
MANY FARMERS
Tillers Of the Soil From Red Lake
and Points Along 500, Great Nor
them and M. & I. Present
PROF. WILSON TELLS OF SOIL

Whlle Mcclure Recommends Dairy
Even Though Price Of Beef is Al
most Doubled in Recent Years
Farmers who attended the big
Roundup meeting held at the high
school building today were told of
the manner in which to properly
care for the soil, the good of Farm
ers clubs and cooperation, that dairy
ing is more profitable than raising
beef, all about alfalfa and a lot of
other things, even to the more pro-.
per way of making Salads
While the attendance at the meet
ing today was not as large as had
been expected, the institute was con-
sldered as being one of the most sue
cessfull ever held in the county.
Bergh Talks
Otto fBergh, a member of the
Crookston Demonstration farm fa-
Guilty talked on Alfalfa. Mr.. Bergh
is a former Bemidji instructor and
he was given cordial welcome when
he was introduced by w. P. Dyer,
who presided at the meeting. Mr..
4Bergh compared the growth of Al
falfa in several of the northern
counties and brought out the fact
tia Beltrami county stands at the
Sc !: 4 tons to the acre. He told that
Norma and Clay counties grow the
il.ssis.,es amount of alfalfa, growing 80
IN 50 acres, respectively, while
-De1trami grows but 6, but with much
more tonnage to the acre.
Prof. A. D. Wilson took as his
subject this morning "Soil Manage
ment." He made plain the necessity
Of Keeping in the soil a good supply
of vegetable matter, and other grass
crops and by the use of barnyard
manure.
Wants More Clubs
Mr.. Wilson's afternoon topic was
s"The Farmers Club and Co-opera-
ton. : He said that there are now
800 OF these clubs in the state and
that there should be one in
each Of the 1900 agricul-
t,,ral townships and one In
each Of the 5000 school districts.
He gave three advantages of the
Farmers club, social, educational
and financial.
Socially, the farmers club brings
people together, affords food for
thought and discussion, and en-
courages kindlier feelings. Educa-
tionally, make general the knowl-
edge of each member. Each individ-
!ual who takes part is forced to live
up to the standard set in his talk. It
stimulates study, and enables the
community to secure outside talent.
Financially, a club makes possible
business methods which are not pos
sible in handling the business of the
average individual farmer, especial
ly in his purchasing and market
ing.
Recommends Dairying
Prof. A.. J. MCGUIRE Of the Grand
Rapids Experimental farm in dis
:cussing his topic, Give Stock" de-
voted much of his time to the new
settler. He said that he would adj
wise dairying for the farmer with
limited amount of feed, and that the
settler should not keep more stock
than could be fed by the products
raised on the farm: Mr.. Mcclure
brought the point that beef cattle
were worth much more now then in
former years and said that beef steers
born in the fall should be dispos-
ed of a year later, because at that
time this can be done at a profit. He
explained the kind of feed to grow
where the farmer had only fifteen or
twenty acres under the plow.
Bueford M. Gile told Of the .Feed
Unit System.
Miss Hoover Complimented
Helen Hoover, supervisor of the
domestic science department Of the
Bemidji schools, and the members Of
her cooking class we're comp1imented
on the dinner which was served at
noon. The meal was free to the
farmers and their wives who attend
ed the meeting and the menu COM
lprised scolloped potatoes with cheese
cabbage salad, cranberry jelly, sand
witches, doughnuts and coffee.
| The lecture on Salads" by Miss
Olsen of the domestic science depart
ment of the Crookston Experimental
farm was one Of the features Of the
days program, being especially In
Iteresting to the women. Several Be
midi women attended the lecture.
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