The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-24

enty acres of vegetables and places
them on the market. She specializes in
celery and gave an interesting dis
course on its cultivation. She is the
only woman member in the National
Vegetable Growers association. Anoth-
er woman from Oklahoma was left a
widow with q farm and fourteen
children to take care Of. She reared
those children and today is a wealthy
woman and her sons are established on
farms Of their own. 1t was such wo-
men as these who We're to be met at
the congress and they are an edifying
m OF what q woman can do If
she will.
The congress lasted three days n
on the programme were women who
rural home. Miss Jessie Field of New
York, national field secretary OF the
Y. w. c.. A, sounded a warming to
country mothers who allow their
to work. Miss Caroline Hunt smoke on
nutritives and the art of bill of fare
making. Miss Marie Willoughby urged
the women to make use or the inrorma-
ton which the agricultural department
furnishes"
No Proxy Farmer.
To n who knows what Mrs. KELLEY
has done for the advancement of aEri-
culture 1t is no surprise that she was
singled out to be the leader Of the farm
managers. A visit to Beach Place. the
beautiful Kelley farm on. the banks of
Devils lake, would convince the skeptic
that a woman can be a successful agri-
culturist, or, as Mrs. Kelley would pre-
Ter to have 1t stated, be a good farmer
tourteen 6 this place was as
desolate and unpromising looking as
only a rented prairie farm can look
Mr.: Kelley had a fourishing business
IN the city and the land was to him an
7 Investment. ..' NA
Il do not know when I first became
Interested IN farming" said Mrs. KEEL
ley..E"l think the love of the farm
was born in me, but my impulses and
ldeasn never found an outlet until T
decided to take our farm and see wbat
could be done with it." $500
what she has: done with it is worth
the attention. of the back to the farm
movement. Beach Place is the pride
OF Devils Lake and vicinity. Special
ls.s ana agricultural college professors
Methods of farming.
Supervised Building of Road.
The landscaping Of the park which
surrounds the large modern house is
perfect. Flower plots and shrubbery
ornament the yard which slopes on the
s SOU TO the axe commanding an excel
water: Vi~ne-shaded porches and Ia WIN
seats IN shady hooks invite rest. Flow
s~r.oordered cement walks and a wide
naTns, too, are modern and a comfort
aple home is provided for the ann :
ployees. The road leading from the
residence towards the city is known &c
the Kelley road" and was built hw
Mrs. Kelley n is repaired under bar
direction. 1t lis, the faYorite ROAD 20.
~tomobilis Dragging while the road
Is sun wet after. a rain is
Tor It's good condition. Once a. wear ~
IS leYeled and graveled -
Acres EARNED.
But these are only external evidences
or the prosperity on Beach Place, Th q
pest part is the scientific farming which
brings financial results. The farm corr
prises 1000 acres no quote Mrs.
Farming here is made somewhat
harder owing to the fact that we are
In. a semi-arid country and cannot
adapt our methods to a wet country
or a dry one. We believe in pIowinS
deep, dragging much and packing as
advocated by the dry-farming experts.
The farm is divided into acreage plots
and we have a fye-year crop rotation.
We raise White poultry, Yorkshire hogs
and Shorthorn cattle. This line Ri
stock we find to be the best because
1T natures faster and can be marketed
earlier, Tt does not pay to feed stock
In cold weather, and our cold weather
comes early.
During the fourteen years we have
been improving our farm we have
planted 4 5000 trees. We feel now that
. we have an ideal home. but we will go