Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-06
makes statements that must be answer
ed. We hope 1t will be the last time.
however. that we shall have to refer to

however. that we shall have to refer to
1t editorially. u :s5
bel believe that + coa Mr. Ma 9hs had
been accomplished before attempting to
! write on the matter. he would not have
written such g misleading and unjust
Ignorance nc 40 Of the county UNITY agent 9Ess work.
proposition that he has given very lit
5a nSSsat a ans srdH he eegn2 agent
drawing a salary Of $4,000. II you can
not point to any definite thing that he
At to the farmers it would be better to
| keep entirely quiet on the subject" We
beg to inform Mr.. Maher that the coun-
work only eighteen and one-half months
and that he is only receiving a salary
Of $500, and the county only pays
$1,000 of this.
| Owing to the fact that seed corn was
tested in at least forty schools in the
tending the one weeks short course at
Benson and through the constant agita-
ton for better Seed farmers who never
last year and the result of it was that
there was more good seed used than
there ever has been before. At the
pies shown and so of these were grown
from seed brought into the county
through r. the influence Of the county
Prizes were Won BY BY corn u grown row from
| seed brought into the county by the
county agent. Among these samples
are are the the champion ham bushels which won
the county agent conducted a school
house meeting at which Mr.. Geo. Clapp,
the. winner of the silo, was present,
seed corn selection. He was invited to
visit Geo. Clapps place, which he did
and gave Instructions in seed corn test
to eo to Geo. pa ne eace
give instructions in the selection Of the
sample of seed corn that won the silo
Morris and aS9 the Samps that
yield corn contest what right has Mr..
Maher to say that the county agent had
champion ten ears Of corn before he
We are surprised that man Of Mr..
shoaId fe sna prop
osition Of which he himself shows he
is absolutely ignorant.
In regard to the Farmers Club move
ment, we will say that we are surprised
that man Of Mr.: Makers intelligence
stand: Every sentence shows that he
is not familiar with the work accom-
by the tSo+ clubs ths in this
had plenty Of good common sense and
would not join such foolish, insight
ficant a plaything as Mr. Maher pict-
to inform him that through the efforts
Of the county agent we have in the
county six farmers clubs with a total
membership Of about 40 farmers. If
MT: Maher will stop to Investigate he
will find that these farmers clubs are
found in the most progressive commun-
tiles in the county and we can easily
ers are the first to join. Not one of
these farmers clubs have been organ
lied till they have asked for it and
In ether parts f, Of the
ports of these farmers clubs that we
have been requested to organize three
more as soon as the busy season is
Let Mr.: Maher visit some Of the clubs
and find out for himself what they are
doing for their community and now the
xer IKE 1T and ah he WILL change his
tate for a club in his community. ~
The fact that Mr.: Maher questions
the advisability Of seeding alfalfa and
terms It an experiment shows that here
man using little common sense will
at once know that any farmer spending
$75 on an acre of alfalfa would need q
Let Mr.; Maher go to some Of the farm:
ers in his community who have grown
alfalfa successfully for two or three
he is, Mr.: Carlsted can take MI. MaheT i
to not less than thirty farmers in his
own county who are successful alfalfa
growers and have followed his advice
Carlsted can show Mr.. Maher alfalfa
fields not more than six miles from his
9W Own. place that are three years old
thing about them. Mr.. Carlsted car
: take him to one a little farther away
but right in his own county. who has
) six years and now has twenty acres
and this year he has bought six bush.
els more seed. He is advising all farm.
fps SHOW to put fb, in a fans He has
2 more to get catch of alfalfa than OF
2 good clover. outside of the higher seed
which this year. due to the county
clover. We believe that this farmer Is
In a far better position to advise on the
2 alfalfa proposition than Mr.. Maher
mnG: we are sorry TO- say due to being
raising alfalfa. ~"
Mr.. Maher states that there is anoth.
er force employed by the state to In.
struct the farmers in the best and mos
e an institute held at New Brfehton II ~
February, at which. the farmers living
aene Yer adyiSea to Leave aa
: 100 uncertain a crop, and too expensiv,
= an experiment for these farmers to e.
i ths} 1--WE we beg as to inform Mr.; Maize
where alfalfa is not successful It i!
known and has been proven that al
d falfa is not an experiment but a sue
s pay any attention to what the condi
}: tons are in New Brighton The fac
d That 1t is an experiment there is not say
Ing that tn It Ne is g. here we will adm
u county agent and the price of alfalf:
y seed is no doubt the same as it used t,
e be here before the county agents wer
to one dollar per pound for the sam
n grade of seed as the farmers in thi
:: county are now getting for is cents Pc
pound pound PRS Probably the New .Brighto,
! farmers still have to pay a high prize
= for seed.
4 Mr.: Maher is evidently not aware o
e the fact that Mr.. Carlsted is doing =,
u good work in getting our farmers t,
S Seep system m Of farm accounts an
= adopt system Of his outline and which
e has proven successful. 1t would TAX
up ar.t too ot much space and time to enqm
r. done for the farmers but Mr.. Maize
q could easily find out by little investi
: cation. In regard to farm values W.
4; claim that where there is any activft,
y along farm improvement that the Ian;
:, will increase in value. The count,
agent movement is largely to help tn
farmers to get the most out of thei
land, and as result we do not see hoy
It can help but increase the value o
e their land. That is common sense.
s We take a strong exception to tn
last part Of Mr.: Mahers letter. wher
q he insinuates that Mr.. Carlsted spend
It most of his time in his office and i