The Mankato free press., 1913-02-28

business men and | am glad to get
i'm crowd like this who are far
mers and business men. A farmer
has to know more about business
than any other kind of business
man has to know.
! We need organization among FAR
mers in order to succeed The coun-
ty unit plan is the only one which
is big enough to include all others.
! County clubs should be organized
which are County Commercial clubs.
| The plan of agricultural organiza,
! ton in western Minnesota is the
proper kind of a republic. and each
county should organize its agricul-
tural center
Mr. Ball told of the work along
! the county organization plan which
| has been done thus far in Minnesota
t and in other states and his slides
showed many phases of the work
| done through the medium of such
| an organization. He discussed the
benefit to the farmers from such a
| plan from the standpoint of their
grain, live stock and general educa-
! ton. He told Of the work which had
determination of bugs and insects
which were degenerating the grains.
He then told of how the grain test,
ing and growing was encouraged and
carried on through the country
schools
One interesting point of his talk
was that of the road work. He spoke
of the fact that Mankato had probably
been one of the first localities which
had interested itself seriously in the
good roads movement and made the
statement that the road from the
farm to the railway station is the
most expensive thing the farmer has.
The meeting was very well attend
ed by many Mankato people as well
as by farmers. Those present show
ed much interest in the talks and
after the meeting closed there was
much discussion and visiting going
on which showed that those who at
tended had been given some new
ideas, and are considering the things
they are hearing seriously.
Beckman's Paper.
j. w. Beckman of Cokato, who was
unable TO be present, sent his speech
to Professor Bull, who read it. The
paper was full of facts which were
interesting to corn raisers. He said
in part: The organization Of a
Corn Breeders association was made
AT Cokato four years ago with a
charter membership Of eighty-eiSht.
Since then many corn meetings have
been held and two annual corn shows
have passed off successfully and Il
third which comes in March, is well
under way.
There is no other feature which
means so much TO the corn industry
as organized efforts to the breeding
OF corn. A corn association which
is helping to secure more productive
varieties of corn is a benefactOr to
its communities and to the state
at large. Minnesota is interested in
corn rs never before, due largely to
the Corn Breeders association. The
interest is the greater because we
have awakened to the fact that our
yield per acre was gradually de-
Creasin@. Our work is showing re-
suits and 100 bushels or more is
being attained per acre by some
members.
Our experience in regard to ma
turity is that too many corn growers
are growing too large and too late
corn for their locality. An earlier
corn that will mature every season
will make more and better corn and
bigger profits from feeding it to live
stock.
in regard to yield the fertility of
the soil is the first essential Matur-
ity Of the seed is next in importance.
Ninety per cent of Minnesota's corn
fields are planted week too late.
If You have leo per cent germinat-
ing seed corn and your seed bed in
fine condition and you live. in cen
trail or southern Minnesota, plant the
first week in May. Shallow plant.
ing helps to make 100 bushels to
the acre yield .s