Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-02

It is demanded, he said, that nature
be studied and be asked what next
il the maxium in agricultural benefits
is to be realized. 1t was natural. he
said. hat wheat should have been
made to fill the place it has in the
early progress of the state. 1t is not
should continue unchanged.
AS the hen, through studying her
needs, has been made to lay zoo eggs
per year, instead OF IL, the COW to
produce 10000 pounds of milk in
stead Of less than half that amount.
so must other agricultural progress
be made through studying nature and
what she will do. There must be less
legislative laws nc moro upon natur-
nj laws
In referring to what the law of, ma
ture o demands in this section Of
the country. the speaker said wheat
will Continue to be the basic crop.
But with tt there must be a grass
The kind OF grass, cultivated crop or
livestock produced did not matter.
That, he said. must be determined
by the individual farmer or conamun-
wheat Of the kind hat must be pro-
duced will be produced, Damely,. not
10 or IL bushels to the acre but from
80 to 40 bushels to the acre.
Marketing was next dealt with, and
in a manner far more evenly bal
anced than is usually the case. Dir.
Coulter believes hat while there is
need for farmers to have their own
elevators, warehouses;. etc. 1t Is not
necessary that they assume the entire
work of marketing. Farmers need to
go further along this line for severe
reasons; to keep themselves a~Ccquaint-
cd with the marketing situation was
one; another was that they may have
a guarantee thai their products will
not become monopolized by unscru-
pulous interests. while a third reason
was that to do so will assure competi-
ton that will Keep the business alive
and clean.
In the matter of credit there is now
need for a. different kind, DR.. Coulter
said. 1t is no longer possible for the
young farmer to secure land by home
steading. He must buy it, and to buy
it requires a kind of credit that is not
of credt. This, the speaker said. as a
means OF buying the farm. Next,
there is needed the short-time loans
Of from one to five years. with which
to equip the farm, and third. the sea-
son or marketing credit. with which
operations can be carried on until tho
crop is marketed or warehouse re-
ceipts realized on.
Pleads For Cooperation.
A plea for cooperation in not only
agriculture. but every industry in the
state, \was made by Dean f. J. Bah
cock Of the state university. There
are other industries with wonderful
possibilities, as the speaker %convinc-
ingly made known.
/ Taking up the various products
that are now being imported. the raw
materials for which may be produced
in North Dakota, Dean Babcock
pointed out the abundant supplies of
power-producing Goa to be found in
the state, and how power may be gen
Grated at the mouths Of the mines and
used to manufacture many articles OF
various kinds. Among these were
mentioned grain, dairy and other food
products, paper, wool, fax and fiber
products, and pottery; pointing out
through demonstrations of samples
that bowls, jugs and everything that
clay can be made into may be manu-
featured here Of a quality unsurpass-
ed anywhere.
The development Of this power has
been prevented in the past, the speak
er said. because of the thinness of the
and urgent, he said, to make of North
Dakota the Industrial and manufac-
turing state it should become. To dc
this. it was pointed out, requires the
cooperation of every farmer, every
business man and every other person
interested in the advancement of the
| state.