Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-07-17
State Agricultural Expert will
Submit System to Farmers
at an Early Date.
NOVELS NON-P0L|T|CAL
Statewide System Likely to Be In
troduced May Be Largest Under
taking Of Its Kind In the
United States.

Fargo, N. D.-That North Dakota
farmers may soon enjoy the benefits of
the largest and most complete Co
operative marketing system ever Or
ganiZed among agricultural producers
in the United States is the belief of
many who have examined Al plan
recently made public by Professor L.
A. Hoverstad, of this city, state agri-
cultural expert, to whom the task of
formulating workable plan was
recent assigned.
Plan is to Be Cooperative.
The task just completed by Prof.
HOverStad was placed before him UNI
der the direction Of DIR. II. +. Ladd,
president of the Agricultural college,
to whom the matter was entrusted by
the state Industrial commission under
the provisions of q law enacted at the
last session of the legislature nppro-
priating funds to be used for this
purpose.
Move Is Biggest of Its Kind.
Probably never before has state
wide movement Of this kind been
projected under circumstances which
appeared to give so greut promise of
It's success on Il large scale and from
the start. In the present instance,
the proposed system has. been most
carefully worked out, but is subject to
review and approval by the farmers at
a state meeting to be called for that
purpose before it Is put into operation.
In other words, it Isl plan to be pre-
sented to producers to assist them in
forming their own cooperative mar
keting enterprises, either under the
system as offered or under any modi-
fication of it which may best accord
with their demands.
Made Careful Study Of Plans.
Prof. Hoverstad has spent consider
able time during the past year in di-
rect study Of marketing systems used
elsewhere, particularly with u view to
organizing this system and avoiding
any errors which others maR have. 1t
is doubtless to his credit that he has
been able to present suggested plan
of organization worked out even to
many Of its minor details, SO that 1t
Is ready for adoption or modification
as the producers may direct. While
there Is no assurance that the plan
will be accepted as laid down, it is
conceded that the development of a
well-articulated system of organiza-
lions in advance will be most helpful
to intended users when they get to-
gether to form the various local,
county and state bodies under control
of which the work will naturally fall.
A comprehensive account of his sys-
TEN, in his own words, is given here
with:
Task Was a Double One.
II have really been assigned two
tasks-tO outline a preliminary mar
keting organization and to outline a
permanent statewide association. The
first program cOntemplates a. series
OF 81 conferences for the OrganizatiO
of county agricultural organization
societies. Each of these SO county
conferences is to elect delegate to
state marketing convention when
the plans already outlined will be pre-
sented and experts will be consulted
and out Of the wishes and opinions
Of the delegates, the experience and
knowledge of experts and the plans
already outlined the final system of
marketing for the whole state will be
evolved by the convention.
This will give the people of North
Dakota marketing system that they
will democratically choose and or
ganize themselves and will in no
sense be an attempt to impose sys-
TEN on them by one man or the in.
dustrial commission.
Whatever plan is adopted by the
state marketing convention will be
referred back to the county agricul
>tural organizations for ratification. II
1T is ratified by the county organiza
tons steps will be taken immediately
to put it into operation. This consti
tutes the first part of the plan as II
has been worked out. @
Outline Of Main Features
"As to the actual plan have work
ed out and have offered to the people
of North Dakota to adopt or reject OF
amend or change to suit themselves
the following are the main textures:
"First. Local warehouse associa
tons. These should be composed O.
those growers of farm crops who ar,
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View From High Points.
At mountain stations, where one Il
above the greater part of the lower
dust-laden layers of the atmosphere
more stars are visible than ut Sc,
level. Some recent observations at MI
Wilson by Van der Bit show that TIL
limit of unaided vision there. withou
even the aid Of screens to shut Of
the light Of the sky, is at about tn
seventh magnitude-that is, the fain,
est stars that can be seen on til
mountain are two and one-hal
times brighter than car be seen at Sc
level. 81, q.