The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-12-18
HOT P TO
PROF. HANSEN
w. {. ALLEN OF .ABERDEEN DE
CL.AIillS BROOKlNGS PROFESS
SOR is JEALOUS OF BROWN
COUNTY ASSOCIATION.

Aberdeen, S. DIN the absence of
Superintendent III. +, Patterson of
the South Dakota Better Farming
association from this city, w. c. AL
len, a director cf the association and
manager and editor OF the Dakota
Farmer, gave out the following in
telNicw regarding the attack made
b. Professor II. Il. Hansen of the
State college at Brookines on the
Better Farming association and upon
Mr.. Patterson.
Yes, ] noticed the story under Il
Brookings headline, in which Profess
son Hansen calls in question the au-
thenticity of the claims made for the
alfalfa purchased by Mr.. Patterson
for the Better Farming association
Apparently Professor Hansen has
been very much by the. ears ever
since the Better Farming association
OF South Dakota was organized a,
Aberdeen, and this organization has
been strenuuusly opposed from its
beginning not only by Professor Han
sen but by other leading lights a.
the State College. OF course this
might have been reasonably expected
as the organization would neve have
been formed had the State College
showed any inclination to take hold
of and carry on the work of taking
agricultural demonstration to the
farmers of the state. or in any way
make the college of any value what
ever to the state at large. The organ
iuot;o,, nf tho II Il wnS rnInnht
eddy considered by Professor Hanse!
and others as being "a direct reflec-
ton on their efficiency.
professor Hansen seems to think
that he has a monopoly on the i'm.
portation of alfalfa seed, and Seems
loath to believe that any other per
son could by any possibility have sc
cured alfalfa seed from Russia. Fol
some years i have been familiar Will
the claims of the person referred tc
by Mr.. Patterson as having alfalfa
seed which originally came from
Russia and | believe that his claiD
is well-founded. In fact, he is a mar
of undoubted veracity, whose wore
is as good as Professor Hansen's o.
any other mans. l would not consent
to be interviewed on this subjec'
were it not for the fact that MIR
Patterson is out of the city and i
does not seem right to let professor
Hansen's attack go unchallenged
Professor Hansen has for many year!
had an ingrowing desire to be know
as the father of alfalfa in South Da
kota but the fact remains thai ther
are thousands of alfalfa fields sue
cessfully grown in South Dakota ua.
| have never heard of Il field os tn
~so-called Hanson alfalfa. All plan
of this kind that / have ever hear
of are grown under practically gar
den conditions, while, as p%reviousl.
stated, there are hundreds ii no
thousands of fields OF other alfalii
growing in the state.
Mr.. Allen continued: "~Undoubtcd
ly South Dakota has a great futur'
as an alfalfa seed producer, and loni
before Professor Hansen can possibl.
succeed in adapting his Siberian
seed and seed production on any con
siderable scale, this state will anna
ally be selling hundreds of thousand
of dollars worth of hardy alfalf'
seed to states south and each of us
Mr.. Patterson's trip to the west rive
country and his personal intestiga
ton and inspection of the many SUE
cessful fiends there will make it i'm
possible for Professor Hansen an
Longer to hold back alfalfa develop
ment and production i'll South Do
kota.' ,i.9x