The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-04-02

gram and gave the members consider
able to think about in regard to crops
and soil. He told them that the agron-
omy department needed the co-opera-
ton Of every member of the associa-
ton and that both would thereby be
benefited. I'VE need pure seed and
the right variety" said he, this may
mean the difference between success
and failure on your farm. One person
cannot accomplish a great deal, but
together we can. He then gave a
short talk on the soil and added, I'VE
should put back into the soil as much
plant food as we take out of it be-
cause the soil will not last forever un.
less we do this. The soil wears out,
but 1t Is our business to see that 1t
does not wear out entirely. Each of
us should have an idea and an ideal
to work for on u farms"
The next speaker was DR.. G.. L.
Brown, acting president of the college.
He welcomed the members of the asso-
citation in behalf Of the college and
gave a brief history Of the develop
ment Of science with especial regard
to agriculture. He gave some inter-
esting facts about his college life at
the University of Missouri, from
which institution he was graduated,
and said that when he attended there
the school had but three students TAX
ing a course in agriculture while now
the institution could boast of nearly
1000. He cited these facts to show
the remarkable growth in the desire
for an agricultural education and add
ed that the work the association was
doing had done more to popularize
scientific knowledge than any other
force.
e. d. Stivers, principal of the school
of agriculture, was next called on for
a talk and responded by telling the
members that n of the greatest op-
portunities offered today is to return
to the farm and apply the knowledge
learned at college. He said that as the
people Of the state became interested
in agriculture, in like proportion, he
believed, would the majority of the
state be farmed. ANY young man or
woman who is looking for an opportun-
ity in the scientific field can do no
better than to study agriculture" he
added, because there are great OPP
portunities in that line" Science
with practice" is a motto that should
be applied on all our farms.
e. F. M%cFadden. a 1914 graduate of
the school of agriculture next present
ed an able paper on Rural Co-opera.
ton" which brought forth many inter
esting and vital problems that the
farmer of today must face and recon-
mended a solution for most of them.
e. A. Burnett, dean of the Nebraska
college Of agriculture, and formerly of
the faculty of the State College, while
not occupying a place on the program
was called on for a few words. He
gave an interesting and instructive
talk about agriculture in the state of
Nebraska and stated that when he
went to that state some fourteen years
ago that there were only fifty students
taking agriculture but that today that
number has increased to 1000. He
remarked that Nebraska had an ex-
pertinent association similar to that of
South Dakota and that it vas doing
good work along the line Of following
up what the state experiment station
had done in the way of finding new
crops suitable to that state. ut is by
applying the knowledge gained at your
experiment station" said he, ION the
farms of your state that our agricul,
ture Is where it is today. We need
good homes, good stock, and good
equipment on all our FARMS"
Chas. f. Hall, the local booster, fol.
lowed Dean Burnett with a talk on
Commercial Value of Standard Var
ieties-Hard Facts" His remarks
while in a humorous vein carried con
siderable food for thought. STAND.
ard varieties pay" he said, therefore
raise them. If the farmer would sell
eggs Of an equal size. color, and with.
out spots and dirt on them he could
make considerable more money on
them. The same is true of potatoes
and in fact all farm produce. Get a
name for what you raise and then
keep up the quality and you will get
rich. Each member of this associa.
ton should pick out something and
then go at 1t and raise 1t and standard.
lie the article" His remarks were
we'll received and brought forth con.
siderable applause.
Manley Champlin, assistant agron-
omist at the college and secretary of
the association, then gave the secre-
tary's report for 1913 and a brief out.
line of the organization and its field of