The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-24
SHOULD THINK AHEAD
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS INCREASE
VALUE OF ACRES-RED
CROSS NIGHT Is
TONIGHT.

Building up the community spirit
is one of many ways of increasing the
value of farm land, w. r. Woods told
$50 or so people who attended this
afternoons session of the farmers
short course. Mr.. Woods spoke on
Better Farming" He told his hear
ers that improving soil was only n
of Nero means of adding to the
value of land.
After being told by of the audi
ence that the average price of land
in Lake county is 500 an acre. Mr..
Woods asked those present what they
thought land would be worth if all
the farmers and business men in the
county were suddenly to leave for
I other parts. He answered the ques-
ton by saying that if the present
residents departed and took with
them their schools, churches and
business institutions, it would be diff
ficult to sell the land for anything
approaching its present value.
Many farmers of today are too
busy to give deep consideration to
things which do not directly benefit
their farms, but which would ulti-
mately add great value to every acre
of their land said Mr.. Woods. IF
a community pulls together the land
and every town lot are benefited.
The biggest net monetary returns for
the time being do not always indi-
cate the best farmer"
Mr.. Woods was followed by An
drew Elliott, who delivered an inter
esting talk on Draft Horses"
Red Cross Night.
The closing session of the short
course will be under the direction OF
!. the Red Cross society members. An
interesting and instructive health
, program has been arranged. 1t is as
follows:
. Music-Normal Orchestra.
Reading-Miss DAILY.
. Music High School Glee Club.
History of Red Cross Work in
/. South Dakota."-Mrs. H, II. Hold
|, ridge.
| Address-Miss Winters.
Health Chart Display.
Admission, 10 cents. Children un-
der Il years of age admitted free. il
accompanied by their parents.
Last Nights Session.
In an address which claimed the
interest of the large number who at
tended last nights session of the
!; farmers short course, Prof. l.. q
} Anterior. of the State Normal school
contrasted the farming methods oil
today with those of the pioneer tillel
of the soil. One of the points brought
out by Prof. Atherton was the higf
cost of present day grain and STOCK
raising as compared TO that of TWEEN
/, ty-five years or SO ago.
Prof. Anterior explained that ne
farmer could hope to be numbered
among the most successful, who die
not give back to the land. In de
seribing why it now costs more e
farm. he said that both soil and seeC
demand more attention than was
! given them a couple of decades OF
2 more ago. He said that to make hi:
} a~vocation a really profitable one, the
agriculturist must get more bushels
to the acre, and raise a quality o.
! grain that would demand more or
4, the market than is paid for just ordi
2 nary cereals.
= United states Follows Along.
That Canada is away ahead of this
; country in progressiveness, especially
! with respect to the moulding OF ex
e perts and raising wheat and cattle
y was a declaration of Andrew Elliott
5 live stock expert, from Gait, Ont
Can. Mr.. Elliott deplored the lacl
e of application he had found in tn
e agricultural and stock raising indus
h try Of this country.
Y Mr.. Elliott gave as one reason WI.
:. Canadian farmers excel, that they ar
I far more particular in choosing thel
e seed than are their American cousins
He told that better seed made TO
better and larger crops, and bette
= prices. Superior Canadian marketing
\ facilities also were commended. tn
speaker said that the live stock i
the dominion is better than the an
imals raised here. 1t had been calle'
to his attention that students OF az
riculture in Canada have no NOR
than finished their courses than the
are hailed to institutions in the Unite
/ STATES. 1lt LOlu nat "A a. ~
+ prosper on small patches of land TO
the reason hat they take better car
of the soil, and exercise extreme car
in planting and cultivating.
In closing, Mr.. Elliott said that !
X is a remarkable fact that while Can
ada and the United States compete
t against each other in the markets o
4 the world. they held no enmity to
: ward each other, and he pointed ou
that there is really no dividing lin
e between the two countries.
& Miss May Keyser gave a very inter
e esting reading, two exceptionally we
received songs we're rendered by tn
n High School Glee club. and Mollo"'
orchestra provided extremely enter
d tanning music.
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