The Wahpeton times., 1918-01-10
AGRICULTURAL AGENT BRIEFLY
OUTLINES WORK OF THE YEAR


Year it seems advisable to outline
briefly the work for the year to
come. This can be done convent
sntly by suming up the great i'm.
mediate needs Of our county AMI
possibly ourt state. Briefly stated
they are as follows:
LIST: Cheaper money.
End. More stock.
3rd. More people.
The need for cheaper money is
already provided for by the Fed
sral Land Bank which offers mon.
~ on first mortgages at the rate OF
5 per cent. Owing to war condi-
lions this rate has been increased
to 5 l-2 per cent for the time be-
ing. There is bill before cong
rsss at this time, which if passed
would kill the good work already
started. Even in our own locali
Y we have men shortsighted
enough to oppose the law which
makes it possible to put our coun-
y Oh the map. However, there is
little question but that the Farm
Loan act will come thru this ses-
sion, Offering greater inducement;
III the way of loans than it did
during the past year.
The need for more stock is also
being provided for. The Richlan,l
County Registered Live Stock
Breeders Association is carrying
on active propaganda along this
line. The various farmers clubs
are all taking steps toward more
and better stock. The Boys and
Girls Calf and Pig club work is
going to bring some good animals.
We can rest assured, that by the
end of the year the stock situation,
in our county will be better than
ever before.
The matter of more people is a
greater and more difficult problem
to solve. 1t has always been one Of
The big needs Of North Dakota. The
war creates an immediate and mo1.
pressing need. It may be possible
by solving our immediate need
We will be- able to solve our perma-
nent need. 1t will not be many
months until it will be necessary
Wat every seeder and harrow be
at work. In April we must have
men, women and children enough!
to make that possible. A few
months later harvesting and thresil
ing will require more hands than
seeding. Where is this help COM
ing FROM Patriotism during l9l 5
will need to consist Of something.
more substantial than shouting.
Plans to meet the situation are al
ready under way. In the states
cast of us there are many people
that would jump at the opportuni-
ties that our county offers.As we
drive through our county we come
to many houses with windows
boarded up. Someone had start
ed there and failed. In nine cases
out of ten through 10 fault of his
ewn. These houses are monu-
ments to failure: monuments to
lives that are runied; sign posts
that tell people to keep out Of
Richland county because it is a
crop faiiur" county. OugE' this
to be so! Certainly not. Let us
fill these housese with men. wo-
men and children. Let us start
these new men in such Il way that;
they can make honest living with
us. Let us make it ii crime to sell
thirty dollar land for sixty dol
lars an acre Let us see to it that
no farmer leaves our county be-
cause the few dollars he has saved
were lost through gross misrepre>
sentation of land values. Then
possibly We will be able to >olv"
our long time need for more peo-
pie. Then possibly our land of
crop failure will be crop failure hn
longer. County Agricultural Agent.
TO PREVENT THEFT