The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-19
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taken from the earth.
Manufacturers who declare the
greatest profits are those who not
only produce the raw materials, but
convert them into the finished prod
Of farming. The most successful
farmers are those who convert the raw
materials-the grains and grasses
into the finished products-beef, pork
mutton, dairy and poultry products
etc. Selling the grains and hay from
the farm for some one else to convert
into the finished products is not only
dividing. profits. but lowering the fer
tility OF the soil. Therefore, every
farm to be most economically man
aged should be equipped with labor
saving machinery for producing the
raw materials, and sanitary farm
buildings scientifically planned and
properly arranged with respect to
each other. for turning out the nm
ished product.
Better Financed Farms.
ITO do this the business Of farm
ing must have adequate investment
Of capital the same as any other bust
ness. Statistics established by the u.
s. government show more than So
per cent Of the American farms are
not properly financed. The farmer has
only recently been relieved from a
handicap in solving his farm sf1nanc-
ing problems. The recent farm loan
law now makes 1t possible for farmers
loans. Moreover, the desire by Old
Line Life Insurance companies for
farm mortgage investments will help
to make farm financing an easier
problem in the future. ~
Life Insurance Necessary.
THE success Of every business VEN
ture depends largely upon the execu-
tives, or managers. In manufacturing
this usually falls upon the officers Of
the company. In the business Of farm
ing its rests principally upon the
farmer and his wife, assisted by their
family. Large corporations have long
used the institution Of Old Line Life
insurance for insuring the earning
power of its various individuals who
are so necessary to It's success. In no
business is this so important as in
farming.
MANY a farm is managed without
sanitary and scientifically planned
farm buildings; without the silo,
which saves 40 per cent Of the food
value Of the corn crop; without drain
ing the sloughs and wet land, the lack
Of which Is an annual loss; without
thoroughbred sire to build up the
efficiency Of the milking herd; with
out the tractor to reduce the cost of
horse labor; and without the automo-
bile, electric lights, modern heating
plant, hot and cold running water in
the kitchen, bathroom and laundry
connected to a small sewage disposal
plant, all of which improves health,
adds happiness and surrounds the
farm with cheer and 'contentment.
Scarcely any farmer would do
without this equipment If he were
certain he would live his allotted
years to manage and pay for them.
There is way in which this can be
and his wife to insure their unused
earning power to offset, in the event
of either of their deaths. the, cost Of
the equipment. 'r
1--WE insure our barns against loss
by fire and wind: our stock against
our crops against hail.
Surely the value of a human life is
more important than the value Of
property, because death Is
erty can be replaced. There are now
policies which a farmer can buy
which will give him protection over
his producing period and come due to
him for their full face value when he
is 80 years old. or the beginning Of
old age"
Hagan Tells Intentions.
One of the interesting addresses Of
the morning session was that of John
N. Hagan, commissioner of agriculture
and labor in which he outlined what
he thought the ONCE should do for the
benefit Of the whole people Of the
state.
In opening his address he called at
tention to the fact that 20 per cent
of the people of the state actually live
on the farms, according to the 1910
census, and that 30 per cent live In
the towns and cities, but largely de-
pend on the farm for everything they
get.
the efforts of the Office of commission
er of agriculture and labor should be
devoted to the betterment Of the farm
and farm conditions and thereby
benefit practically the whole citizen.
ship of the state.
In summing up what he believed the
Office should do he said that 1t should,
first, establish confidence between the
people of the state and the depart
ment of which he Is the head; second,
to bring about closer cooperation
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country; third, it should promote
immigration: fourth, 1t should gather
statistics of value; fifth, It should use
every influence toward the promotion
of dairying; sixth, it should work for
the bringing of purebred cattle on the
farm; seventh, it should do everything
possible for the wage earners of the
towns and cities. securing such legis-
lation as is necessary for the benefit
Of this class of citizens, and eighth,
doing what it can to act as an agency
for the distribution Of farm labor over
the state in the places needed during
the harvesting and threshing sea-
sons.
The speaker went into the details
of the things that he hoped to work
out through the office and pointed out
many places where he believed that
the ONCE would be of assistance to
the people as whole.
He called attention to the unsatis-
factory method of gathering statistics
at the present time through the
medium of the tax assessor and stated