The Mankato free press., 1921-03-18
NORTH STATE FARMING
PLANS OUTLINED FOR SOIL
TILLERS THERE
Work To Be Carried Out BY
County Organizations and
Commercial Clubs
[Associated Press Dispatch.1

| Associated Press DhSpatcn.I
| Duluth, MINI, March 16-Farmers
in St. Louis county and Northwest
ern Minnesota will be greatly bene-
fitted in various ways il plans out
lined by various county organizations
and civic and commercial clubs are
carried out.
Development of cut over lands, en-
| couragement OF more actual farming
| by farmers" who spend a greater
pant OF their time hiring out to the
state for roading building, teaching
of sanitation and other health topics
at community meetings, extensive
| education in the standardization and
| grading of root and grain crops AMI
teaching the benefits OF care in selec
ton OF seeds are some OF the points
which have been discussed and
brought under active pressure at var
ious conferences held recently.
Investigating Land Clearing.
| The matte. OF land clearing, as a
leading improvement project, has
been expounded consistently by M. j..
| Thompson, superintendent OF the
| Northwestern Minnesota Experiment
| tai station. Mr.. Thompson is conduct
ing a preliminary investigation into
| land clearing of the cutover lands
/ of the state, under the direction of
the agricultural college OF the Uni
versity OF Minnesota.
The Minnesota experimental sta
tion superintendent offers the system
in vogue in northern Wisconsin
where business men provide funds
to hire land clearing experts as u
practical plan to promote such ac-
tivity in this state.
Stipulation OF greater interest in
| land clearing and establishment OF
| most economical cooperative means
Of carrying out the work are advan.
| tages derived from acquiring the
services of experts, Mr.. Thompson
| contends. In Wisconsin, Mr.. Thomp-
son said, a board of supervisors com
posed Of beth business men and
| farmers supervise the work of the
/ experts.
I TIE superintendent has based a
major part Of his argument for great
er activity in land clearing In Min
nesota TO the fact that the Gopher
state cleared only 10000 acres IN
1920 as compared with 10000 acres
by Wisconsin.
BeItrami Setting the Pace
Initiative OF Beltrami county in
setting the pace for Minnesota, in
| arranging land clearing stations
along the lines followed in northern
Wisconsin, is looked upon by Mr..
Thompson as fair example of what
may be done when various county
and city organizations cooperate in
the work. For the maintenance of a
station in Beltrami county, business
men Of Bemidji raised the necessary
! funds, he said.
Through bulletins which will be
sent out from time to time and at
meetings of farmers, e. p. Gibson
agricultural agent for ST. Louis coun =
ty, expects to accomplish much dur
ing the spring and summer in the
local agriculturalists in the stand
! ardization and grading of root and
grain crops and in the cooperative
ownership of purebred dairy sire.
In order to stimulate the market
for st. Louis county potatoes through
the Middle West, demonstrations
will be held this spring at several
points in Iowa. This will be unde
| the auspices OF the ST.: Louis county
State College.
Care in Selecting Seed Potatoes
At home, to uphold the standard
OF high grade potatoes, the county
agricultural department will urg
| farmers to exercise care in selection
of seeds for this years planting.
Regarding the land clearing pro.
| jects outlined for northern Minnesot
this year, the agricultural committe
OF the Duluth commercial club ha
adopted this proposition as the para
mount issue of the year. This com
mittee is said to be one of the most
influential organizations of northern
Minnesota clubs -
Sanitation and other health topics
will be presented by speakers at
farmers meetings throughout st
Louis county, If plans considered by
members of the county health az
sociation are carried out Improve
ment and extension of clinics are
favored. The plans will be brough
into definite form at the annual
meeting of the association in April.