The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-11
Wireless Brought Great Ships
From AllDirections But They
We're Helpless Because of Gale


ready to diversity their crops and not
only raise grain, but also raise corn
and stock as well. a
We have in Cass county number
of creameries. There may be one or
two of them in operation but ] think
not. They are idle. Many Of them
have been. for, years. The reason of
this has been because it has been i'm
possible to get the proper kind OF feed
for the milch cows through the winter
and spring, but the growing of corn
means the building Of silos, the build
ing of silos means the milking of
cows; the milking of COWS means the
operation of creameries; the operation
Of creameries means added wealth to
every community where they exist.
The state of North Dakota will today
send a man into any community from
it's dairy department to assist the
farmers in building silos. This man
will superintend the construction Of
the silo. If 1t Is made from concrete
he will teach the farmer how to mix
his cement, build his forms, give ad-
vice as to it's location, and will teach
the farmer how to fill it and how to
use it. The work which the state dairy
department has done in North Dakota
has been invaluable and any time a
silo has been built in any community
it has meant that within a year or two
many more are built in the neighbor-
hood.
1t would seem that. we here in North
Dakota are on the verge of a new era.
We are talking continually about the
back to the farm movement and of
course that talk is not only here in
our own state but is heard all over
the United States. The only way we
can keep the boys and girls on the
| farm is to teach them how to farm
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and at the same time to teach them
| how to make farming profitable. The
| boys and girls, or men and women, too,
| for that matter, are not willing to stay
on the farm If they can find easier
| ways of making money in other lines.
There is the isolation of the farm
| which has been to some extent over
come by the ~ rural free delivery of
mail and by the telephone, but If we
| can teach our people to farm and farm
right and teach them SO they can
make money upon the farm, they will
stay there and others will join them.
The thickening up of the farming pop
uIation means always an advance in
| farm lands, because the law Of sup
ply and demand applies to the price
| of farm lands as well as to any and
| every other commodity. II there Is a
demand for farm lands, farm lands
| will advance in price and there will
| be a demand for farm lands if our
| farmers can make money by owning
| and occupying the lands.
In educating our boys and girls, we
should educate them toward the farms
and not away from the farms. I have
| felt many times our own state in
stitutions educate the boys and girls
away from the farm rather than to-
ward it. We should endeavor to OBJ
Viate this and to teach the boys and
girls that the most independent life
and the. best and healthiest life, from
every standpoint, is the life on the
farm. I appreciate the fact that many
Of our farmers are in debt and that
they become discouraged in trying to
get out of debt. The experience of
many years in North Dakota has
shown me that farmers, as we'll as
business men get into debt in times of
prosperity, and get out in times of
adversely. 1t is the most natural thing
in the world for the farmer, when
times are good, to buy adjoining lands
just as it is also true that the mer-
chant in the town Or village enlarges
his store and spreads out when times
are good. / believe in expansion, but
believe also that men should look for
ward to the time when they must meet
their obligations. l said that farmers
get out Of debt in times of adversity
! and that is true, for when times are
hard, farmers and business men econ
omize and get along without many
. times things that ordinarily they
might perhaps feel are necessary, anC
the consequence is that they begin tc
pay their debts. 1t is also true thai
the farmer as a rule does not know
,how much money he owes; neither car
he absolutely say at the end of the
year whether he has made any money
or not. l have a farm up in Fores
county that / have taken a great dea
of pleasure and interest In, and / an
able to tell every year exactly how
have come out for the year preced
ing. If every farmer would, at th'
end Of the year, say the first Of Jan
uary, make a complete inventory o.
all of his property, of his land, horses
cattle, sheep, hogs, grain he may hav'
on hand, farm machinery and every
thing of value and put fair price
upon it, then add together the total
he would have footing showing hi
total assets. Then against these item
put down everything he may owe for
il there is a mortgage upon his lans
| itemize that; If he owes any notes fol
farm machinery, horses, cattle or bor
rowed money, itemize that and ais
any current bills he may have. The1
from his assets deduct his liabilities
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