Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-14
Grand Forks Will be Repre-
sented at Important
Fargo Meet.
SESSION OPENS
TOMORROW MORNING
Chairman Rich of Federal
Reserve Bank Calls Con-
ference.
SERVICES TENDERED.

The North Dakota State Fair as
sociation, through A. I. Hunter as
president and Don v. Moore as
secretary, today rendered its serv.
ices TO tho state agricultural coll
lego at Fargo in the movement for
the conservation Of North Dakota
food products III the present war
crisis.
Several Grand Forks bankers Will
attend the meeting of officers of the
North Dakota Bankers association
and other influential state bank ofti-
cials at Fargo tomorrow morning to
discuss means of increasing and con-
serving food stuff production.
Chairman John r. Rich of the
ninth district Federal Reserve bank
called the meeting hurriedly today. j..
r. Carley will represent the First Ma
tional, bank of this city and officials
of the Scandinavian-A american bank.
the Northern State bank and the
Farmers and Mechanics bank will no
doubt be in attendance to represent
those institutions.
Purpose of Gathering.
The specified purpose of the gath
ering is to discuss the problem of in
creased and intensified farm produce
ton in the northwest this year and
ways and means Of effectively coop
Grating with the farmers of the ninth
reserve district.
A delegation of st. Paul and Min
neapolis banks will attend
Among the problems that will be
discussed is that of an immediate sur
vey of the seed grain situation to de-
termine whether ample supplies OF
high grade seed are available and are
properly distributed over the district.
The problem of affording assistance
to farmers who need seed loans, and
who will be obliged to make loans
for the purpose Of employing help
will also be considered. The confer
ence also will take up the question of
conserving, and increasing breeding
stock.
Farmers to Be Reached.
AS part of the work now under
way %, 900 North Dakota farmers will
be reached personally within the next
thirty days by representatives of the
extension division of the North Dako-
ia agricultural college and will be
urged to Immediately provide for the
planting of increased acerages and
for the increase of their live stock
Director Thomas p. Cooper, In Charge
of this work, was in conference with
Chairman Rich in Minneapolis and I.
cooperating in the plan for tomor-
rows conference. He said the plans
so far agreed upon will have the ef'
feet of personally reaching one farm.
er out of every three in North Dako-
ta with the message that the govern.
ment expects increased production ir
the northwest and will lean. heavily
upon the 1917 crop in this district.
Definite Program.
The conference is expected to lay
out a definite program providing fol
complete and efficient cooperation
between bankers, business men anG
northwestern farmers to begin at once
and continue without break unit
the crop is harvested and threshed
This will involve the immediate ere
alton of machinery for the handling
of the very important problem Of tn.
farm labor supply and possibly fol
the mobilization and holding ir
readiness of men who can provid.
farm help and will be in general de
mand as soon as hayinF and the gath
ering of forage crops begins.