The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-01-17
FARGO NJ ECCA
FOR TRI-STATE.
GRAIN GROWERS
Several Conventions Slated for
Gate City This Week
Interesting Programs

+ drgO, ~. ~, Jan. H.-Wlth a dozen
affiliated organizations holding their
annual meetings and the annual state
poultry, seed and potato shows being
held during the week. the twenty-sec-
ond annual Tri-State Grain Growers
convention held in Fargo Tuesday to
Friday inclusive, of this week
promises to be one of the best of
these annual winter meetings. The
program includes addresses by half
dozen nationally known among
farmers and agricultural workers for
their influence in bettering farm con-
ditiOns.
The convention proper will hold it's
meetings during the afternoons and
evenings, the mornings being given
over to the meetings of the various
societies. The shows, all sessions Of
the convention, and some Of the as
sociation meetings will be held in the
Fargo auditorium, while some of. the
smaller associations will hold their
meetings in the Fargo Commercial
club rooms.
The poultry show, which will be
held in the. armory, the lower floor
of the auditorium, promises to surpass
all previous shows in number of birds
entered, according to M. Fl. Hatcher,
secretary. The exhibits at, the seed
and potato show will be displayed in
the rooms in the auditorium formerly
occupied by the Commercial club.
The meeting Of the North Dakota
Potato Growers, Exchange y Tuesday
morning is the first annual gathering
Of this body since the organization
meeting. several months ago. Dele
gates will attend from the dozen loca
associations in the state, while w. A
,Aainodt, president of the Minnesota
Fotato Growers Exchange, through
which the North Dakota organization
markets its product, will be present
and also will address the convention
proper in the evening. The Equity
Cooperative ,'Exchanget the big CO.
operative wheat selling organization
of the northwest, will begin its an.
nual meeting Tuesday and conclude
it Wednesday morning.
The 900 livestock shipping assocla'
tions in North Dakota will organize a
federation Wednesday morning. The
Farm Managers association, an or
ganization of managers of large farms
IN the Red River Valley, meets Thurs
day morning, as does the Equity Co.
operative Packing Company. .....
Negotiations for, several special
trains to handle the crowds expected
to attend the convention on Thursday,
Farm Bureau day, is under way with
the Northern Pacific, Great Northern
and 500 railroads. The program Tor
the day includes addresses by Presl-
dent J.. r. Howard Of the American
Farm Bureau Federation; Aaron Sa'
piro, moving spirit of the large CO.
operative produce selling associations
in California;; DR.. E. F. Ladd, member
of the American Farm Bureau Feder'
atoms marketing Committee OF Sev'
enteen, and U. L. Burdick of Willis
ton. president Of the newly organized
North Dakoat Farm Bureau Fedora
tion. Farm bureau delegated fromthe
county bureaus will remain over Tor
Friday morning, swhen the state fed
GRAFTON will hold its permanent or
ranization meeting. This will be held
at the little Country Theater, Agricul-
tural College. 4
The Packing company will complete
It's anpual meeting Friday morning,
and the Tri-State convention business
meeting will be held Friday afternoon:
An address ~ Charles P. Craig OF
Duluth. executive director OF the
Great Ilakes-St. Lawrence Underwater
Association, will complete the pro-
gram.
Others speakers include E. Ger
isho. formerly president of the South
Dakota State College, who gives an
address Tuesday evening"; President
John rBacken, Manitoba Agricultural
College, who talks on the CanaHan
Seed Growers Association Wednes'
dav afternoon; w. J. Spillman, tor.
merly farm, management director OF
the federal department of agriculture
who speaks Wednesday evening.
A livestock sale will be held wed
nesday afternoon. The womens aux
iliary also meets that afternoon.
J. r. Howard, president of the
American Farm Bureau Federatlon'
will not address the session OF the
Tri-State Grain Growers association
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