The Mankato free press., 1913-02-28

| Will, OIUeT NaTletleS' OH tne state ant
county farms, where twenty thou
sand farmers witness the results.
| THE excellent quality of WiscOn
sin grown barley may also be dem
onstrated by the comparison o
prices paid for barley coming from
the principal barley growing states
In 1912 the average price per bushe
was as follows: Iowa 80 cents, Nortl
Dakota 35 cents, South Dakota 4:
cents, Minnesota so cents and Wis
consin SO cents. All this indicates
been entirely wasted and that some
improvement has been made in the
barley crop of Wisconsin.
Short Course Work Today.
| In the corn short course work this
morning Professor Shumway took up
the subject of "Trueness to Type OF
| Breed characteristics in Corn Under
that general head the men studied
the shape of ears, shape of kernel,
f, purity of color of cob, uniformity in
size and shape of kernels, purity oil
color of grain, straightness of rows,
arrangement of rows, filling of tips
and filling of butts.
! The class was as large as that of
yesterday and every one was much
! interested The livestock work was
conducted by l. L. Potter, whose
subject was Beef Cattle" The short
course men were divided into two
groups, half of which attended the
corn class and half at the cattle
class. and then changed work at
eleven o'clock.
! r. NJ. Washburn of the state agri-
/ cultural school will conduct the
classes tomorrow morning in Dairy
! Stock"
Professor Davis of st. Peter gave
| an interesting and instructive talk
on corn breeding this afternoon.
Professor Bull spoke on Mime
sofa Varieties and Improvement" He
said that it would be impossible to
enumerate the number of varieties as
there were many of them. InveSti'
gators have found that some men
have used the tanning mill vigorously
and improved the seed and naturally
the culture would be impr I. He
laid special emphasis on Minnesota
No. Is corn and referred to wheat
No. 163 and No. 1863, the latter a blue
stem. Also No. rye and No. 25 flax
Professor Bull said that the work of
the experimental station in the i'm
provement Of varieties of field crops
can be multiplied many fold by a
concerted action on the part of the
farmers themselves.
Meeting Last Night.
The Maukato Choral society open
ed the evening program of the con-
yention last night by singing three
numbers. This is the first public
appearance of this organization and
was much appreciated. The sing
ing was very great addition to the
pleasure of those who attended the
meeting and started the program in
the best possible manner.
Professor Bull again presided over
the meeting and after thanking the
choral society for their excellent mu
sic introduced II. ]. MaXfield, the
Commissioner OF immigration in Min
nesota as the first speaker. Mr.. Max
field said: ''If we farmers all raise
corn and pumpkins as well as this
choral society can sing, we will
surely be good farmers" He went
on speaking of the assets and needs
OF Minnesota farmers and of the
state as state. He said: "Times
have changed in the past decade
This is a nation of progress, advance
ment and development. Farmers are
not farming as they did ten years
ago or even five years ago. There
was never as much interest taken
i'll the farmer nor in agriculture as
now. People are beginning to know
that the farmer is an important fac
tor in business and American life.
The farmer is coming into his own.
Minnesota is truly one of the
greatest agricultural states in the
United States. Situated as it is cen
trally. with connections with Pacific,
the Atlantic, and the gulf, and its
internal sources of wealth gives us
reason to be proud of her.
ut is nice to live in a state where
we can raise wheat and corn to-
gether besides all other grains and
vegetables. Minnesota is one of the
greatest wild and tame hay produc-
ing states in the world.
wherever you can raise grain and
hay you can raise live stock, and
where you can pursue diversified
farming you can find a prosperous
people.
Diversified farming is in my mind
the corner stone OF the wealth OF
Minnesota.
Minnesota ought to raise more
live stock. When you get the dis
tance tariff you will get live stock
markets nearer your home. Some,
thing must be done against the dis
elimination which has been going on
for years against the outlying points.
The wealth which is in the cities is
the result of the rates being favor
able to the cities. 1t is possible that
you will have distance tariff in Min
nesota within very short time.
Farmers Cause Advanced.
Il believe that the farmers cause
is being advanced by all of this edu-
cation going Oh about us. This field
Crop Breeders association is of
great value to me in my work which
is going out and getting people to
come into this state. We send out
good many exhibits and find this
association to be great help to us.
The good roads movement is per-
haps as old or older here than in
any other part of the state" He
referred to the effort and success in
getting the Federal post road. But
that is only a starter There is going
to be lot of work of that kind done
by the federal gOvprnmont yrl,or