Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-10

ten. miles southwest Of Valley City,
but there Is no better. country than
is to be found In Barnes, and. this y
the reason q club thrives 50 unusual.
" we'll. The club has only extstel
one year, and now 1t has weekly
meetings In the winter, and meets
every two or three weeks In the busy
season. II has GO members. Figure
It out. How many farmers do you
generally and on 4 section Of land?
Then you can understand the wide
scope Of this club.
It's not q fad, The members never
meet to suck lemon sour through q
yellow-tinted- straw. They are there
for recreation and for work. In their
own meeting place they read all the
leading farm journals. as we'll as 9th.
er magazines. They talk over with
each other troubles arising iEtheir in.
dividual work. They put to the test
new methods and prove to their own
satisfaction whether they will or
won't work, They are enthusiastical-
ly in earnest.
Moreover, they are sane farmers.
They know what farming has been
a continual scramble to keep above
the wav of debt-and they have
ideas as to what farming ought to be
working ideas.
Passing up the example of the
farmer who sowed all his land to one
small grain, they practice diversified
farming and give the soil a chance.
Thov orooto a p1ooconf onvirno m mt
for themselves by the planting Of or,
chards-something which the early.
day farmer considered s%uperfu0us in
the battle of life. a.
The club now has an excellent park
and picnic ground, and in the summer
it is in u every Sunday by the farm
ers and their families for many miles
around. The attendance is never less
than 100, and frequently three times
that. Last Sunday (anOther Sunday
will have passed by the time this
gets into print Alex. Karr, secretary
of the Valley City Chautauqua, spoke
A literary club is one feature of the
organization, and with the r%ecitations
of the children and the refreshments.
Sunday passes pleasantly enough,
1t is time to mention by name the
officers Of the clue. A. H. Davidson
Is president, Fred Nelson, secretary:
CLAUS Kjelland, vice president. and
Thos. Olson, treasurer.
Mr.. Kjelland. as secretary of the
club, is typical of the rest. On his
farm are all kinds Of berries and trees
and fruit. He is n of the oldest
settlers, coming with the Northern
Pacific nearly 50 years ago. He show
ed the "~Overlander". of the Tribune
apples growing on his trees over two
inches in diameter
Mr.. Kjelland has always maintain.
that the farm should be beautified.
Money should not be boarded. but
part of it put to use in setting out;
trees, Trees are the cheapest bean-a
LITIGATION to get, and the least apDre-
ciated. 1t requires very little money
and less time to set out the trees.
and once set out. they care practical
ly for themselves. This, said Mr..
Kjelland, is one of the prime objects
of the clubs organization-t0 beau
tify the home of the farmer.
AS a club, the farmers of this vic.
Unity are better able to get blOoded
stock than they would if acting:sas
individuals. The club is always in
touch. with those having it for sale.
and any farmer wanting pure-bred
stock knows how and where to get
track of it. The club also keeps on
hand the finest pure.bred P%ercheron
stations. to be used by any member
Of the club free of charge.
AS a further example of its prog
ress, the. club is now contemplatinR
the erection of a creamery to handle
the cream produced in its terri
tory, and a laundry Is also planned.
With the erection of these two i'm,