Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-12-29
THE FARMERS FORUM

Z Devoted to the interests of
s Enterprises, and Topics of I
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DOORS TO SUCCESS SWING 49,
OPEN TO BOYS AND GIRLS
New doors to success are being
opened to the young men and the
young women Of west central Mime
sofa by the West Central School of
Agriculture and Experiment Station
at Morris.
These doors consist of a series of
courses beginning January and end
ing March "a, and cover such sub
jects as types and breeds of farm ami
mails, small grains, blacksmithing,
carpentry, milk-testing, industrial
geography, English, sanitation, physi-
ology, sewing, cooking, music.
West central Minnesota holds won
derful possibilities of agricultural de-
velopment, but if such development
is to come rapidly, it must be by the
application of businesslke methods.
1t is with just this thing in view that
the courses mentioned are being of.
fered.
A group of business men got to-
gether not long since to consider q
plan of charging factory in which
they were interested. It was felt that
the enlargement of the plant was ne.
cessary in order to meet the increas-
ing demand for their goods. One
man was present, however, who had
been through a factory no larger than
that about which the men were de-
| batting, but which in spite Of this fact
was turning out a much larger pro-
! duction by means Of better arrange
| ment of it's equipment. This man
opposed the enlargement Of the plant
as unnecessary expense, but suggest
ed then as an alternative a rearrange-
ment of the machinery. His plan was
adopted with altogether satisfactory
results.
PROGRESSIVE FARMER IS
BUs1NEsLIKE.
It is just this kind Of a plan which
is being presented by the Morris
school to the progressive farmer, who
is in reality a business man, and who
just like other business men, is look
ing for means to improve the output
of his plant.
Live stock on the farm is presented
| because live stock, which is fed farm
crops in part at least gives the farm
er double profit. The difference be-
| tween the cost of producing the crop
and the cost of feeds on the markets
is one profit, and the gain to be had
by feeding and marketing live stock
| is another.
Again, many a farmer is spending
his time in growing small grains Of
| Of the fact that he might do much
better by growing pedigreed strains
| for sale as ed. 1t costs little more
| to grow seed for commercial purpos-
es than it does to grow the common
grades of grain, and the return Is
much larger.
No better way has been found to
get these ideas into practise on ones
farm than by sending some of the
young people from the farm to such
school as the West Central School,
to absorb the ideas and bring them
home to put into practise. The young
men and young women who have at
tended such schools are on their met
tie. They work with enthusiasm and
they get results. It is good to have
! such young men and young women
on the farms.
COURSE OF ONE WEEK.
But in these days the mature farm
er is not willing that his children or
his neighbours children should do all
Of the education-getting. He cannot
! take a three months course, but he
can take a weeks course and get a
lot of useful facts. For just such men
1.-THE West Central School is offering a
| weeks short course which will begin
February IA and close February 10.
This is a course of an intensely prac-
teal character. 1t puts stress upon
farming as business. It will give
instruction also in beef-producing,
dairying, dairy types and feeding,
commercial seed production drain
age, use of gas engines, ways to
build farm structures, the work of
farmers clubs, and contracts and 9TH
eT legal lOTulS. Ill duulLlOu, Will Ue
offered talks and demonstrations by
men like H. R. Smith, formerly at
University Farm, st. Paul, w. A. Nc
Kerrow, and N. E. Chapman of the
Extension Division of the College of
Agriculture, and S. B. Garner, a lee.
turer on farm drainage. The eve
nings will be devoted to social pleas
ures and entertainments.
Another force is at work for west
cenral Minnesota, however, and that
is the West Central Experiment Sta.
ton. Here in a practical way are be.
ing worked out the problems that con-
front the farmers of the region.
For example, there is the problem
of the right corn for west central Min
nesota Many farmers have been
growing Minnesota No. Is, and with
not little success, but improved
strains Of Minnesota No. 13, better
adapted to the conditions which ex-
ist in the west central part of the
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