The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-16


ground and produce forest conditions,
The ash thrives in its company and
shoots up in an effort to get to the
| light. The time will come when most
| of the box elders should be taken out
and you will then have a splendid
| hard wood grove that will remain as a
tribute long after you are gone.
Briefly summarized, success in tree
growing means this: the breaking UP
deeply of the subsoil; a sensible ar
| rangement that holds back the drift
| right selection Of varieties Of forest
loving trees: then, cultivation
Wherever these methods are used,
trees will grow from three to six feet
annually in North Dakota and a re-
spectacle grove is soon attained"
The Program Tonight.
Never in the history of the Tri-
state Grain Growers convention has
there been arranged such program
as that which will be presented at the
auditorium This evening at 1880
O'Clock for the entertainment of the
hundreds Of farmers from over the
northwest and the residents of Fargo
and Moorhead.
From so 10 100 young men and wo-
men of the North Dakota agricultural
college-the best youth in the land
coming from the cities, villages and
farms of fully so communities of
North and South Dakota and Mime
sota-will be on the program and will
present to the farmers present some=
thing that will be Of exceptional inter-
est to them. -
The big cadet band of the college
under the direction of DR.. c. S. Put
nam will open the program with a
concert, the repertoire containing a
large number of the best compost
lions. This will be followed by the
presentation of the Farm Crop
Family Reunion" somewhat of an al
legorical play in which the various
farm crops are represented by young
men and women, costumed to repre-
sent the various productions Of the
farm. There will be dances by young
women in costume representing ears
of corn and a vegetable dance. There
will be a quarrel scene in which
Black Rust attacks Wheat and threat
ems to destroy her. At the climax
Science enters and drives Black Rust
away and Wheat triumphs. \
The play Back to the Farm" is to
be given by the students of the pub
lie speaking department of the agri-
cultural college under the direction
OF A. G. Arvold. This play is put
on through the courtesy of the Uni
versity OF Minnesota and is drama
that can be understood by everyone,
the theme being that one which has
been the watchword Of the northwest
for the past several years: Back to
te Farm" 1t is an interesting, dra-
matte little play that cannot help but
please and every farmer attending the
convention should see it as many of
his own thoughts will be presented by
the players.
This play will be put onwith a large
orchestra from the agricultural col
lege.
Many Side Meetings.
The program tomorrow promises to
be very interesting and with the all
lied meetings held in various places,
those in the city will find plenty do
ing'' for their entertainment and in.
struction.
The Farm Managers association
will hold meeting in the rifle range
Of the auditorium section of the audi
torium tomorrow. The meeting will
continue all day and 1t is expected
that there will be good attendance
many farm managers from over the
state planning on being here.
A meeting of the stockholders or
the Equity packing plant will he held
tomorrow afternoon. This session
will probably be held in Knights of
Columbus hall on Broadway.
The Women's auxiliary of the
Grain Growers association will hold
a very interesting session in the Com
mercial club parlors in the auditorium
during the afternoon. There are six
speakers on the program.
One Of the most important meetings
scheduled for tomorrow is one to be
held by the potato growers of North
Dakota who win gather about 4:S0
o'clock in the afternoon in side.
meeting for the purpose Of complet-
ing plans for the organization of a
North Dakota Potato Growers asso-
citation. This will be one Of the most
important meetings Of the day.