The Mankato free press., 1913-03-14

ment which won hearty approval
5 He said that the farmer was not the
only person considered" If the
farmer raises twice as large crops
and gets only two-thirds as much foi
it, he will make more in0fey and
will keep out the wage-earrers who
buy the products Of the farm
Address by MIR. Furlons.
J, j. Furlohg called attention to
the fact that God made Greater
Minnesota before the lines were
made, and that every one Is familiar
; with its resources, therefore they
stay here" The pioneers were grain
raisers and brought attention to Min.
nesota by their crops. They then
went to the Dakotas for larger fields
after robbing the soil of its richness
In the wake of the grain raisers
came the diversified farmers with
their flocks and herds, and they have
made new and better Minnesota
This change In the methods of farm
ing has brought the agricultural ex.
pert and agricultural colleges. The
farmer was once a clod hopper, but
today is a professional man. His
work was once neglected but it is
now the corner stone of the pros
perity of this country. Agriculture
occupies chair in the presidents s
cabinet, and holds a prominent place
in the consideration of governing
bodies, and Minnesota leads in this
! line.
'"The state agricultural college and
the state agricultural society are do
| ing commendable work and deserve
encouragement. The forestry board
is also doing excellent work in con-
servation.
"We can't have a Greater Mime
sofa until we have more perfect
turnpikes What do we need to
make a Greater Minnesota? We
need people. As a good grain grow
ing state, Minnesota was known to
the ends of the earth, but new grain
lands of other states have since been
exploited. The tide that once set
toward this state has been detected
Thousands and tens of thousands of
land seekers yearly pass through our
twin cities bound for other lands.
We must teach them that wealth
awaits them here in Minnesota.
The Minnesota lands are giving
greater returns than ever before. 1t
is important that our farming be-
comes more intensified and diversified
but it is of great Importance that
we provide for the proper education
of our young people"
Addresses were delivered this af
ternoon by Eugene Miller of st.
oI l,,G
What Is Required to Make 1t Pow
er" Community Breeding" was taken
up by Professor Wilson, and "Agri-
cultural Schools" was the subject of
an address by John Monroe, super
intendent of the Faribault public
schools.
The Resolutions.
The resolutions as first presented
were as follows:
The Southern Minnesota Better
Development League, assembled at
the city of Mankato, on the 11th and
18th days of March, A. ID. 1913, re-
solve as follows:
First. That we earnestly advocate
more intensive farming, selection of
better seeds, community breeding and
dllu
ment of the public highways, and to
that end.
Second. That we favor efforts of
this league to cooperate or cOnSoli-
date with the Field Crop Breeders as.
sociation, the Corn Growers associa-
ton, the Good Roads associations, and
all other associations that are now
engaged in efforts to better develop
Southern Minnesota along any and
all lines.
That the purposes and efforts of
the aforesaid organizations are neces-
sarily coordinate, tending to much
duplication of effort that could ac-
complish more were the work direct
ed from one central organization
with such subdivisions as the desired
activities might make necessary.
Third. That we favor the i'm
provement of our roads under the Ell
we'll law, with such notifications
thereof as experience may suggest,
and we suggest that the enactment
of the Dunn road law should be
deferred, until the road laws of the
state, including the Elwell law, can
be, by committee to be appointed
by the legislature, carefully codifed,
so as to make our road laws a har-
monious whole. 1t being our opin-
ion that the Dunn road law as pass
ed by the lower house will in some
of its parts conflict with the FL
well law, and therefore nullify parts
of one or the other
Fourth. That we favor the levy of
the one mill road tax as authorized
by the recently adopted constitutional
Fifth. That we favor the establish |
ment of a state department of agri- |
culture under an expert responsible |
head, if, by such a department the !
work of numerous now existing bu-
reaus and commissions, producing |
work of doubtful value and more or
less inaccurate results, can be |
brought under the direction of this |
department.
Sixth. The lack of correlation be-
tween the academic and Industrial
subjects in our high school courses
to be serious obstacle |
to the advancement of industrial ed !
ucatiOn in these schools and con-
sequently we reiterate the resolution
Of last years committee advocating
radical reformation of our public
school system so that agriculture
and other industrial training will |