Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1922-07-26
DEVELOPMENT TOUR
WAS BIG SUCCESS
The Red River Valley in Minnesota
With it's Wonderful Crops was
Seen at It's Best


cultural college OF the state universe
ty, and editors of farm papers, came
of as scheduled last week and proved
to be an event long to be remembered
by all who participated. Never has
the valley with it's magnificent and
varied crops appeared to better adj
vantage than right now. q
Moorhead was the starting point of
the tour and in that city the touring
party assembled, the university men
and farm paper editors, who had in
spected the experiment station at Nor
ris coming from the south and mem
bers Of the Development association
from all parts of the valley. r. G.
Mathwig, of Warren, who is the pres
ident of the Red River Valley De-
velopment association, had as pas
sengers in his car Chas. Wittensten,
mayor of Warren; President C.. E..
Sjostrand of North Star College, and
John P Mat1son, editor of the Sheaf.
At Crookston President G.. G. Selvig
Of the Northwest School of Agricul-
ture, Secretary c. H. Zealand of the
Development Association and many
citizens in cars joined to make the
trip to Moorhead in the afternoon Of
July 49, After a delightful ride on
Babcock road, gravelled most Of the
way, we pull into Ada. where mo-
nent's stop was made just to let the
citizens of the town size up the kind
of a hungry crowd they were to en-
tertain at dinner next day. From Ada
we proceeded to G1yndon and from
GlyndOn a ten mile ride on what is
perhaps the most travelled auto road
In the state brought US to Moorhead.
There was a get-together breakfast
at the Comstock Hotel On the morning
of the 2t0h. Leslie Weller, one of
Moorhead's substantial business men
and all officer of the Development as
sociation, presided and extended the
welcome to the visitors. Dean W. @.
Cofey of the College of Agriculture
responded fittingly, then another
speech or two and the party boarded
their automobiles for the tour to Ada,
passing thru the thriving villages OF
kragnes. Georgetown, Perley and Hen
drum. About twenty cars made up
tiae procession. fflI.lcf.s, I,te;-
tato district and big fields of spuds.
quarter sections and even whole sec
%'tions in a field. may be seen. and all
the towns have one or more potato
warehouses. Splendid crops Of wheat
rye, barley, oats, clover and sweet
clover are also seen. Never before
have we realized what valuable crop
sweet clover has become in the valley
and how we'll it fits into the new
scheme of farming in the valley, the
method of crop rotation. 1t makes
splendid pasturage and hay. furnishes
nitrogen to the soil and chOkeS out
the weeds. The honeyed odor Of the
fragrant sweet clover fields filled oul
nostrils all the way from Moorhea(
to Crookston. Ez e.
We pulled into Ada at noon anl
were escorted to the magnificent new
school building where a luncheon Fl
for kings and milionaires was give1
by the Commercial Club and served
by the good ladies Of the town. Al
though we have lived nearly fort,
years in the valley we have never be
fore had the privilege to stop there
and see the town except from rail
road train. It's pioneers are sturd,
1 lot, very much like those Of Warren
and the have gone through similar
experiences in building up their com
munity Warren and Ada have al
ways been good sister towns and fel
akin to each other. A little speaking
followed the feast. Hon. 0. A. Smith
commissioner of emigration. making
the principal talk Retracing Our wa,
to the Ha1stad line we proceed t,
Crookston passing thru HaIstad, Shell
~. Nie1syille. Climax and Eldred
Many potatoes are raised along th1
line and the towns look prosperous
We were impressed by the fact tina
-, each village has fine modern up-to
Nate school house. which is the mos
conspicuous building in the town. Com
munities that raise spuds and catt
and give the children good educa
ton can not go far wrong. They ar
the moral and material back bone o
the nation.
Arriving at Crookston about four i
the afternoon. we proceed to tn
Northwest School Of Agriculture an
spend the remainder of the day il
speeding the farms numerous exper.
mental plots, it's livestock and II
poultry The visitors saw and Wer
greatly impressed by the work bein
dene-by the growing OF W1nt t
grains: the development OF the SOY
. bean as a possibility for added silag
for the region by the experiment
with fibre flax as valley crop b
the possibilities Of sugar beets as
source Of added income from the va
1ey.s rich soils: by the tests bein
made to assist in the warfare agains
the SOW thistle: by the liberal croI
produced by different wheats an
varieties of potatoes. oats and barley
by the dairy herds. the hogs and Il
poultry. Much emphasis was place
on the work OF the station in relatfo
to- the development OF the wintt
cops and livestock show. and the a
snua1 livestock sale which accompanit
1t. 81
= Summing the whole set Of fnpre
sions produced by the day. MI. Bic
editor Of Capper's Farmer ~ D
Continues on Hast pass,
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