The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-06

the personal direction of Mr.. Cooper.
is the former North Dakota Better
Farming association incorporated into
the college. It's story cannot even be
sketChed here. However, 1t works
through a corps of highly trained field
agents. In this corps are tWenty-siX
men n one woman. To each man is
assigned q certain district, in which
the county board has, under a proVi-
sion Of the legislature. levied a one
half mill tax to carry d part OF the
expense. The aim is to secure, by
personal contact between such raine
men and the individual farmers great
er efficiency on the farm.
The plan Of work of this division
Of demonstrations, (which viii illus
trate certain agricultural facts as they
apply to the locality, and which will
eliminate in a general advisory work
in regard to the management of the
farm and the special farm problems
as they exist Field demonstrations
are of three kinds-by plats, by fields
and by farms as a whole. The effects
Of rotations are shown, new and
special crops such as alfalfa or sweet
clover are grown, and farm manage
ment problems of a larger sort dealt
with. In addition there are demonstra-
tons with livestock, including the
compromising Of r~atiOns, breeding
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business Of advertising with the in
dividual farmers.
Woman's Work Experimental.
The n woman in the group seeks
to do for the women of the farms
what the men do for the men. Her
work is as yet experimental, but that
other women will be placed in the
field seems settled.
The men, again, are organizers OF
farmers clubs. There are 210 of these
in North Dakota now aud more are
being formed from week to week.
They are among the best tools there
are for the advancement Of better
farming.
However, the list Of activities Of
these field agents is far too long to be
listed, even, here. Every field agent
is expected to get results, not tomor-
row, but while you wait" and when
every county in the state has such a
man at work, the state will be in a
position to make wonderful strides to-
ward a change in farming practice COR
responding with that which has al
ready taken place in sentiment.
Other Forces at Work.
But there are still other forces at
work for the bctterment Of agriculture
and country life in North Dakota. The
state has provided aid for agricultural
high school, corresponding to those Of
Minnesota. AS yet there are only five
of these, like that at Grafton, but
others are sure to be established in re-
sDOnse to the growing sentiment for a
, better agriculture. Then there are
what are known as county agricultural
and training schools, like that at Park
River, supported in part by the county
) and in part by the state. Neither or
these types of schools is under the dl-
I~rection Of the college. They are under
O. separate board. However, they are
assisted in arranging their courses by
the extension division of the college,
as we'll as by the better farming divl-
sion, and thus the influence of the coll
! lege works through them.
Still another agency for better farm
ing is the North Dakota Bankers assoc
citation, which is at work on he prob
. lem Of getting more livestock on North
lDakota's farms, and is alert to aid in
meeting every newly discovered need
$ of the state.
Moreover, there are various associa-
4 Itions like the Tri-State Grain Growers
association. the Grand Forks County
Agricultural society, the Mouse RlVeT
DEVELOPMENT association Of Minot and
vicinity, the railroads, and, lastly, the
people Observation-Disclosures men, pro-
f~essional. men and farmers. All are
united for the same campaign, or rath-
er for the war.
The People a Unit.
s There, in fact. you have the whole
Il secret Of the promising agricultural
q outlook of North Dakota; the people
r are a. unit for the work. North Dakota
b has a wonderfully efficient organ1Za-
- ton for farm and country. lie better
ment. and the people are behind it.