The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1914-04-03

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on Friday afternoon and evening Of last
week, and was very successful from eve.
ry standpoint. The attendance was good
there being at least one hundred farm.
ers and their wives present from outside
of the city,and the talks we're very prac-
tical and educational. Most of the farm
talks were made in the afternoon land
the notes hereafter will show the gener-
eral trend though necessarily but brief
part of what was said. 1t would take
more than the facilities Of country
newspaper to report them in full. The
somewhat experimental program was a
complete success. Except in one case
the speakers we're all local men. that is
they were farmers living in the immedi.
ate vicinity Of Pembina. These men
though not orators or stump speakers
spoke we'll and more readily because
they were talking about things with
which they were familiar, and to broth.
er farmers. The key to each talk was
''That did this or that, and / had Ger,
tain results" 1t was practice and not
theory that they were talking about, and
they did not all agree either, which
made it al! the more natural and all the
more interesting.
Lunch was served in the basement
during the supper hour, to al who wish
ed, and as there was food enough left to
size the guests must have had all they
wanted.
In the evening there was Il somewhat
varied program. The new orchestra un-
the leadership of Mr.. LaMoure added
much to the harmony and pleasure of
the evening. Miss Boyd gave humer-
Gus reading which was encored. Miss
Shideler also of the city schools, gave a
paper on domestic science, for the bene.
fit of the ladies, which dealt largely in
the preparation of foods, but was of less
interest to the male members of the a.u-
dience as they are more concerned in
results than in prelimlnaries, when din
ner is served.
Mr.. H. f. Emery of Fargo, who is
president of the commission government
of the city, was the speaker of the even
ing. The audience being of more COM
posite character than that of the after
noon session. Mayor Emery changed
his subject to more general features and
spoke along lines of good citizenship
generally. The Mayor is good speak
er and has original ideas and the aud
fence listened with interest during his
fine address.
Perhaps the greatest and most impor-
tant item was not printed on the prgram
but it was there in large chunks, and
possibly was the most valuable thing of
the session, and that was the general
good feeling. Such meetings trng
farmers together. Farm life is by ma
ture Il life of comparative isolation.
Then it brings the townsfolk and the
rural people together. Often there gets
to be a sort of feeling that the two clas
es are opposed to each others interests,
in this locality nothing could be farther
from the truth. Town and farm inter-
ests are identical. Such meetings as
these go long way toward bringing
these two classes together and showing
that their interests are Identical. The
Arabs have II proverb and custom to the
effect when one eats of another's sal.
they can no longer be enemies.
Let's get together more often; it is
good for all of us.
SNAP SHOTS OF SPEAKERS.
Foster on Turkeys:-I. j. Foster of
Bathgate talked of the fowl that most
people find hard to raise. He has had
good luck with his, Bronze turkeys, the
best for North Dakota, as it is naturally
wild turkey. Barrels make best nests
Tip the barrel so the rain will run off.
Put bars along lower edge so eggs will
not roll out. Vermin kills more Turkeys
in North Dakota than rain. Use sulpher
in ashes for them to roll in. Sand is
better than oyster shells for them. Dry
seeds are better than slops. Steel-cut
oat meal, cracked corn and wheat are
good, but millet seed is too fattening.
When three weeks old take them out in
the field. in ten deys they 60 themselves
and return at night. Feed . little morn
ing and night. Keep chlcks out of the
rain. Vermin will be less trouble if
birds are IN field. Powder hen we'll be-.