The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-26
MONDAY. JANUARY &c. 1918.
HE BETTER FARMING REPORT

n. INC report oil supervisor center ht
(e4ne Eetter Farming association. on
nnhe work lone during the year in
srand Forks county. and its results,
I. a valuable document. THE %statis-
ical information contained in il is of
tself valuable. but by far more Nai'l-
Chic are the comments and susGcs-
Gions 6f Mr. Center on the work, the
,%r,roEress made, the things which tend
aso hinder progress. aud the thing.
decided TO promote it.
=, Mr., Center found confirmation in
hsctuai experience Of tho Very general
v accepted belief that the farms are
100 large. and that the farming Of less
3iand per family and the farming nf
er'hat land better would result in better
work. and increased profits. Most of
rs have believed this in a general way.
Mr.. Center confirms the belief out of
he experience Of 4 practical man
Gsorking in the field.
Tho matter Of capital and credit are
.Touched on. There is Just now a good
bulesl Of discussion of tho need OF
aAsrcater credit accommodations for
LEARNERS. and it is likely that there
ifrc localities in which there is actual
hs1eed for this, hut Mr.. Center finds
81 hat in Grand Forks county the farm
ofrs as a rule. have ample capital. and
b too much rather than 90 little credit.
Mn other words, the credit of the farm
.nA.rrs is good, and there exists ~ ten
.Adency to use il too freely for the
nearmer's own GOOD. Mos, OF us have
Drum across eases of his kind. and a
Ssnan who has made a business uf ia
over the county finds tina, this state of
thinSs is general. Naturally tho too
free nse of credit leads To TOO heavy
Auinterest payments. and Il c~orrespord-
ing loss Of profit. and il also leads to
nsa more lavish expenditure than would
0abe the ease We're the finances watched
Ignore closely.
fai The observations in the report con-
i. corning the effect OF poor roads OF
h;,the progress Of a community, and
kesthe conditions which keer MANY OF
roads poor arc right TO the point.
are the statements as to social con-
ku ditions in many farming; sections.
~ IL is not the purpose of this article
ITO go over the report in detail. for it
speaks for itself. but TIE Times would
y emphasize one point in il. namely, the
h Importance Of the organization of
co more farmers clubs. and keeping
NJ thoee clubs interested in the really
| I live things Of the day. The organiza-
tion. of q club will not OF itself ac-
4 coinplish much. hut with q live work
kh ing fariners' club III a neishborhood,
pc that neighborhood has one OF the
1. most powerful pieces of machinery for
81 the accomplishment of all the things
hi that are needed for it's welfare. pro-
pn yided the work is intellisently hand
i. led. The club meetings will of them
Fbl selves do much to enov the isola
ol tion Of farm life, and to remove mucl,
- of the distrlst and suspicion Of each
se other. which solitude promotes. 1t
will promote h spirit OF co-opera-
, ton. Through it good roads. better
{ field. msthods. better methods Of Sc
I Letting and handling stock, and better
: methods OF marketing can he studied
. and aided. And the farmers club
brings to him an opportunity to keep
in touch with the great world about
" him and its affairs. to take him out OF
$, The l~itt,eness Of self. and TO make Of
A him a better man and a more worthy
q. citizen.