Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-30
INSTITUTES TO
AWAI. T||CLOSEOF
TRlSTATE MEET
70 to 80 Aggie Meetings
Will Be Held i'll State Be
ginning Jan. %. !

held before the close Of the many con
Nentions held in connection with the
meetings of the Tri-Suate Grain grow,
ers.l resent plans are that the first
nlcetinSs viii be held the Monday fol-
lowing the close Of the Fargo sessions,
~ and that from that date
wlil continue until seventy or eighty,
Institutes have been held. These In
stitutes will be we'll distributed over
the state, as many being held in one
section as another. The average will
be close to two to each county. To
cover this number Of institutes, two
crops OF instructors will be in the field
from the opening date until the end,
this enabling the institutes to be fin
ished in thlrty,fye or forty days.
Regional and sectional interests
wlll De observed carefully in making
up the programs and every effort will
De madeeto have the subjects present
ed adapted to the community in
which the particular institute is being
held. Lecturers will be selected who
are versatile enough to fit into the
dlitercnt programs. Community in
terest also will be invited in the use
of local orchestras, local school
choruses and musical organizations
whenever this is possible.
1--we Stock Central Theme,
Tho live stock will be the central
theme Of this years Institutes. and
the problems. of d%afrying, forage
crops. and silos will be prominent
parts of the programs. Potatoes will
be n OF the subjects in sections
where this industry is under consid-
Grafton. One of the companies pre-
senttng the lectures will be under the
direction of Dan Willard. whose spe-
claNy Is soils. and n or two of the
members Of the groups, which viii
differ at different points will have a
first hand knowledge Of market eco
nomics.
Publicity for these institutes will
not be a hap-hazard proposition.
Taking a leaf from the successful or
CARNATIONS in many other lines of en-
deavor, an advance man will be used
to precede the institutes by about two
weeks. His duties will be to meet the
farmers. the members OF the loca'
commercial clubs, the officers of diff
ferent organizations, the county
agents and the heads OF the local
Farm Bureau organizations. He will
also see that publicity material Is a,
hand for the two weeks between his
visit and the day Of the institute. This
man will probably be 4 newspaper
man.
One and two day meetings will be
held. Three sessions will constitute
the one day meetings, while five SEES.
sions Will be arranged for the two.
day institute. The mensand awomer
I who are being Included in the com
\ NAMES arc all acquainted with NORTH
Dakota conditions. They will be abl<
to present their information from &C
tual first hand knowledge of how Il
has bee accomplished In North Da.
kota. Members of Mr.. Kitchens Of.
fetal family will be- called upon fol
some OF the work. Mr.. Flint and Mr.
Page presenting dairying interest:
while Deputy Commissioner r. G
Catron and Mr.. Kitchen himself on ;
few occasions will discuss farm opera.
tons. Both Mr.. Catron and Mr.
continuing the work they have beeI
successful in.
Dates Not All Set.
Dates for the different institute.
have not been COMPLETED. Arrange.
ments are being made to co-operat.
with some of the agricultural higl
schools who have already made theil
arrange tlents| for holding agriculture
weeks. One of these will be for Ben.
son county at Maddox beginning
February "a. 1t Isl planned. as far a.
possible to start on ono railroad ant
follow it to The end, thus reducing
w XIV eoLkA4lS SAPClScS dIlu &C
pending as little as possible upor
cross country transportation. W
For many of the institutes. instruc
ton Will be visual. The department
owns its own motion picture machine
1t has at its command a large suppl,
Of educational films, and these will b.
used as occasion demands. The ma
chine is equipped SO it can be attach
ed to any sort of electrical current
and If this Is wanting, can be ruI
from the storage battery OF an auto
mobile.
Women to Aid.
One woman will he included in eacl
party OF lecturers The women mem
bers Of the parties will be changed
frequently. but their subjects will b.
IN each instance. the home, the gar
den and poultry. While all the WON
en- who will take part in the institute
schedule of the meetings Is an
nounced. it is known that Miss Clar:
Larson of Valley CITY. Mrs. G. w
Randlett. Miss Beals and Miss Bow
ing will be in some of the Institutes.
Deputy Commissioner Catron, VIII
is in active charge of the arrange
ments, has received splendid co-opera
ton in his efforts to promote an eft
ficient farmers institute. This co
operation has come from the agricul
tural college. where help has been Sc
cured in the problems of the program
and the selection of speakers, ant
from the county agents who have beef
Of large assistance in giving informa
ton as to the desires of the county
II particular subjects which woult