The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-01-10
MEET WILL BRING 1000
PEOPLE into THIS CITY
From ThursSay's Daily.

" NlotIeiter oil WaterEllle
president of the Minnesota Field
crop Bre~uers' association and of the
minnesota Fai" association and Pro.
lessor {. p. Bull, secretary of the
Minnesota Field Crop Breeders and
OF tie Minnesota Corn Growers as.
soclauons and professor agronomy at
the state university, met with Secre
IarE +. +. Soaring of the CONNER.
ElaI club this morning in his office
Tor the purpose of arranging to hold
the annual conventions of the two
societies above named in MankatC
during the last week in February
me convention will occupy four
days. 1t was thought best to hold
The convention in Mankato as it
seems that Blue Earth county, while
among the first in the raising OF
good seed corn and also other seeds.
has less organized work along agri-
cultural lines than most counties.
Inc convention will also be a sort
ot a seed show and it is expected
mat about $1,000 will be given away
as premiums for the seeds exhibited.
On some seeds there will be as many
as ten premiums. Cokato in Wright
county, fought hard to have the con-
Nention held at that place. but it was
thought that Mankato was better To-
Gated and needed the work more than
COkato. That city has some of the
best agriculture! organizations in the
state. The county also is organized
Bring Many People Here.
1t Is hoped that when the conven-
ton is held here that branches of
the Corn Growers and Field Crop
Breeders associations can be estab-
lIShed in Blue Earth county. Profess
sor Bull estimates that the conven-
ton and seed show will bring 1000
people to Mankato during the last
week in February.
These two organizations have been
cooperating with the Minnesota
Bankers associations and a great
deal of help has been obtained from
them. 1t is thought that the bank.
ers would help out the convention
mere III MankatO and cooperation
with them is very desirable. For the
last few years the National Bankers
association has taken up with the
work of the field crop breeders and
corn growers in different parts of
the country and it is hoped that
through the help of the national
bankers association the two agri-
cultural associations can be united
and that a national organization of
the order will become possible
Do Away With Crop Failures.
The purpose of these organizations
is 10 improve the seed grain now
grown in the United States and to
do away with the possibility OF hav-
ing crop failures. 1t is declared by
experts that if first class seed were
always used there would be much
less imperfect and unmatured grain
The feeling is rapidly spreading all
over the country and even as far
east as the New England states and !
as far west as Washington have
come requests for better seed. Pro.
lessor Bull last year compiled a list
OF all the farmers in Minnesota that
he could get in communication with
who had good seed corn and this
seed was sold by the farmers all
over the country. Some of it went
TO Vermont and the eastern states. |
some WIS shipped to Washington and !
Oregon and some to Kentucky. A
letter from Kentucky was written to |
Professor Bull asking if Minnesota |
could supply seed corn this fall to !
Kentucky in car load lots.
The convention if held here will !
be OF interest to great many farm
ers in this county. Several talks |
viii be given on agricultural subjects |
by some of the foremost specialists
in that line of the state
George Atchison. member of the |
state fair board, and one of the dir
eCtOrs of the Minnesota Corn Grow
crS' association met this morning
with +. F. Soaring, Glotfeter and
Professor c. p. Bull
Held a Conference.
Secretary Thomas E. eastman of
the Minnesota Corn Growers asso-
citation met with the advisory board
of the Commercial club at lunch
this noon at the Elks' cafe. George
AtchsOn, c. w. Glotfelter, president
of the association and also of the
Minnesota State Fair association and
{. p. Bull, professor of agronomy at
the state university and secretary of
the Minnesota Field Crop Breeders
association were also present The
purpose of the meeting was to per-
feet the arrangements for having the
annual conventions of the above
named organizations and also a seed
fair to be held here the last week
in February. The matter was gone
into in detail and it was decided to
put up $1,000 in cash and farm i'm
PIGMENTS and machinery as premiums
for the exhibitions on display at the
seed fair. This will be the tenth an.
nual convention Of the Minnesota
Field Crop Breeders association and
the second one of the Corn Growers
association. At this meeting it is
intended to consolidate the two
orders as they are conducted along
much the same lines and are for the
same purpose. In order to make the
and seed fair a success
it was decided that a great deal of
on the part of the farmers
was necessary. 1t was thought that
all the farmers in this community (
should cooperate with the CONNER ]
cial club in this matter and in order
to derive the most good from the |
it was decided to hold a 2
meeting of some of the farmers in
his section and the members of the J
club to talk the matter S
over. Twelve or fifteen farmers will
De invited i'm from Nicollet and Blue
Earth counties to talk the matter
,ver. This meeting will be held
lext Saturday at lunch in the l
1lks cafe at noon.