Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-17

laser Cooperation Among
Farmers Urged Ii Talk At
Auditorium; Points O(ut'
Vital Problems That Face
Agricultural Chs.

1t MGCAnna,I N. d., Wdlcd
could not be held OF account Of the
heavy rains.
avhen It was round that; the picnic
could not be held. the soommittee In
change conferred with Govarnor Low
den regardsnS the holding OF q meet
Ing at the city a~uditorlnIn, members
Of the national T~rondarlag, who
opened their annual convention here
this nnorning. agreeing to give>up the
ADDRESS.
DR.. Thomas r. Kane, president Of
The state university, introduced the
speaker, reviewing the services given
to both state and nation by Mr.. Low
dent during his term - governor and
In private life.
Governor Lowden's address follows:
I understand that n Of the pur-
poSe OF this meeting is to bring about
closer cooperation among. the farm
srs Of the State. I believe in this. II
yeArs as ! have had opportunity, and
rs I have Travelled about this country
and1sonnA other countries studying
farm conditions. I have noticed that
where we And the best agriculture,
whore we ind the farms In the best
state of tillage, where they have the
greatest prosperity, there we find the
largest measure OF cooperation among
the farmerss A year before the war,
Isspent q few weeks in Holland, going
from farm to farnn-a very interesting
country. visited their Agricultural
collese, their experiment stations; I
visited a number Of the mott prozntn-
emf breeders OF Holstein cattle, and I
WA perfectly amazed At what these
people were doing on lands that were
grass lands and nothing but grass
SA-A EAF A>.-> AAA k~~AAA~A~&A>
o these farm-and they were rent
ed too, and not owned,-I found a
larger measure OF prosperity, I found
better farming there than you Will
find IN most parts Of America, and I
tried to dnd a reason for 1t. AS hear
II as I'could get At Il, it was that they
began a number OF years ago to prac.
tice cooperation, IN everything they
did. They make cheese,Ias yau know.
built cheese factories and operated.
them. That did not simply moan bSt-
ter business, but Il meant also that
they had to. compare results with a
another, and the best farmer In that
community was taken as a model and
everybody tried to work up and get
the same results as he did. They be-
gan TO see the value OF cooperation
before that they did not know that
IxC OtxJ0If LII Nw0A WINS O0S WG0A4
they built these factories, supplied the
milk through q cooperative society,
each ma knew what the other was
doing and agriculture began to- I'm
prove. Then they 1orxanized " CO.
operative society for the exporting Of
their surplue product. They told me
one interesting thine-that they
sent . lot Of their product to England.
There was a great demand in England
for stilton cheese. and a they did not
know how to make It they sent n OF
their experts to England to learn, and
when I was there. they were selling
more sdlton cheese in the English
market than the English Themselves.
They had carried this principle to it,
fullest extent, ana I saw a more
prosperous, happier, a naore cheerful
and successful Agricultural country
anywhere than ! saw whom I visited
my portion OF that snug little king
dom. which their ancestors had wreat-
ed from the 80. The same thing is
true in Denmark, and where they
practice cooperation most IN France
and England they A. getting the best
results.
lsolaAed From Hts FeIowA
Now take our own country. The
farmer, a. q rule, has been abeo-
lutely tsola1ed from his fellows on
every proposition. He has gone
his own way-and let me tai You
that every time . half dozen farm
e get together to cooperate on
something In soxnebody's Kitchen
in the ncdghborh6od, agrfcultnrc
begtns 70 look up In that comIau-
nifty, and every time q cOw.test-
ting association IL formed. datrytng
begins 70 improve In that COM
m1ntty.