The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-16
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than $4,000 pounds for each 100 acres
two carloads Of twelve tons each-this
ought to do something. This ought to
help some. Tt ought to at least help
the returns from cooperative farm
ing. 1t is very unfortunate that able
men in various lines OF life work have
a natural tendency to give advice in
such wide lines or dissimilar nature.
Mr.. Hill is one Of the most able busi-
ness men that the world has ever pro-
duced. Let US hope that HIS publicity
agent has deceived him.
This might sound as though / were
somewhat discouraged as regards the
agricultural outlook from the stand
point of giving advice to farmers. Will
the farmer become confused2 No, he
is the best and most acchrate, most
conservative Judge in the world. He
carries no false pride, and eventually
accepts the truth and acts upon 1t. A
good many advisers, however, tend to
scold about the way the farmer works.
as though the farmers are In reality
the only ignorant workers In the
worlds business. / have not found the
average farmer such. He has always
seemed to understand any feature or
method really worth understanding,
and hts. according to his means, avail
dDles DCen prompt To ACT upon ali Those
methods which are plainly direct. Like
the patient man he is, however, he is
compelled to act himself when doctors
disa agree.
Farming Is Well Done.
Just at this point / want to reIterate
that there never was a time in the his
tory OF the American continent when
farming was done SO well as at the
present time. Never was there a time
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conducted. Never was there a time when
farm machinery was so perfect or used
with so much intelligence, but unfor-
tunately the returns to the farmer,
whenever q reasonable crop is produc-
ed, lis at a minimum-at least the small
producer suffers because he must sell
his crop on a falling market. / may
say that I do view this phase of the
subject with the greatest concern, and
/ shall continue to hope that every able
man who honestly thinks that he really
knows how to aid in making farming
operations o refmunerative to the
farmer, Will continue TO give such adj
vice as may seem TO him best. but 1t
is my Arm conviction that many peo-
pie who are engaged in bowling and
talking about the dangers Of under
production" might do yeomanry serv-
ice to the country IL they would en-
gage their business ability in trying to
develop some scheme or system of
lEchemes whereby the market OF this
country would assume a more regular
or stable equilibrium from month TO
month and from IA TO season
throughout the year. Gambling and
guessing has been driven out Of al
most every business occupation. 1t Is
my belief that something must vet be
done TO do away with the men who
buy and sell imaginary farm products,
the men who would have no use for
such products should they chance to
get them, and some method must be
devised to do away with the prophesy
business and the gambling BUSINESS as
applied to the markets Of farm crops.
However, / am not a business man, nor
an economist and therefore had best
stick to my field, namely, that Of Civ
ing farmers advice upon matters OF
how to produce the largest crops with
the smallest expenditure OF money, and
especially along those lines in which
my studies have made me most famil-
lar. Much as ! might wish to help In
establishing more stable and equitable
markets, my business is that of study
ing how to get a greater production
from the same amount OF acreage. My
topic today deals with the soil and the
relationship OF the root and seed di-
~seases OF wheat and other cereals to
| the philosophy OF crop rotation. Let
Il a2 04ut1 0OMH lEGE1G NQ ~
cereal cropping with reference to these
matters. Later, during the talk, / hope
TO be able to illustrate some of the
chief features. Let me say at the OUT
set that I believe firmly in the use OF
all available fertilizer materials. Let
me say also that J know there are lands
too poor TO produce paying cereal
crops ! make these two statements
because / have often been misquoted
as being one who advocates the noi1-
usage OF fertilizers and the burning up
OF farm manures. straw, etc. and by
some of my scientific friends, ] fear /
I'm sometimes considered as one hay
ing a very impractical turn OF mind.
Crop rotation and the use OF avail
able fertilizers has long been recogniz-
ed as a proper method of improving
crop production. However, let me say
that some people talk to the farmers
Of the northwest az Though there were
many hundred of people located In this
country per square mile.
Farmers Confused.
The best educated agriculturists
are advocating systematic and con-
sistent crop rotation. However, they
have been doing this for a long period
pf years in the United states, and
/ vet consistent r rotation o not
take place. I shall today try to i'm
dlcate the chief reason why the farm
ex has not accepted the philosophy
or worn out soil and why the aver
age farmer las not entered into a
systematic consistent crop rotation.
1t Is. believe, because khe rota-
ton systems, usually recommended,
E1ave had no specific reason for ex-
Iistence which could be understood, and
particularly because the farmers have
not been able to understand the
.worn OUT soil philosophy. Why
= they have not been able to under
stand this is that the same men who
claim that the soil is worn out advo-