The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-01-08
FIVE FARMER
B0DIESGATHER
IN SHORT TIME
Hundreds of Farmers Are
Expected to Attend SEES
siOns in Fargo Soon
TRI-STATE GRAIN PLANS

Fargo, N. d., Jan. S.--Five farmer
organizations embracing in their
membership hundreds of farmers of
the Northwest will meet in Fargo
the week commencing January II
and have planned extensive programs
covering the more important phases
of farming as it is conducted in this
section, especially North Dakota,
South Dakota and Minnesota. The
associations scheduling their meet
ings for the week are TriState
Grain Growers, North Dakota Farm
Bureau Federation, Equity Cooper
ative Exchange, North Dakota Well
Drillers, and Grimm Alfalfa associ-
alton.
The Tri-State Grain Growers have
planned three day program for
January 14-16 in connection with
the North Dakota Farm Bureau
Federation and Equity Cooperative
Exchange. To this joint meeting
will flock the farmers, bankers and
businessmen of the Dakotas and
Minnesota, as the program includes
discussions and demonstrations on
practically all agricultural subjects.
including livestock raising, grain
growing, marketing of farm prod
ucts, agricultural areas Of the state,
legislative work of the farm bureau,
and many other topics.
The Grain Growers have so sched
uled their program that all meetings
are open and available to members
rf ,,, IN
Fargo the same week. Many out of
town speakers and officials are list
ed on the various programs, among
them being Gray Silver, former leg
islative director of the national
: farm bureau, Washington, D. c., o.
E. Meinzer, U. S. Department Of
Agriculture, Washington, D. c.; How
ard E. Simpson, University of North
Dakota; W. II. Peters, professor of
animal nutrition, University of Min
nesota; R. H. Black, in charge of
grain cleaning demonstrations for
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture, Minneapolis; Kenneth McGre-
gor, manager of the Hartley Stock
Farms, Page; NJ. j. Spencer, Ora
: NADIA, Mimi, president of the Min
nesota Well Drillers associations; c..
+. Archibald, Council Bluffs, Iowa,
of the Iowa association; Paul P.
Moore, West Branch, Iowa, president
of the Equity Cooperative Exchange.
DR.. John Lee Coulter, president
= Of the North Dakota Agricultural
3 college, and several other college
Officials are on the programs for
the various meetings. DR.. Coulter
association. w. c. Palmer, secre-
tary of the association is in charge
Of the joint meetings and the ar
rangement of the program. Meet
ings will be held in the Fargo Audi
ditorium.
"a The Equity cooperative exchange
which will hold it's fourteenth an
nual meeting January 1918 has as
its officers the following men: Paul
p. Moore, West Branch, Iowa, pres
ident; James Manahan, St. Paul
: George C.. Lambert and c. U. Somers
receivers.
The North Dakota Well Drillers
and the Tri-State Grain Growers
- have their programs scheduled fol
January 14-16, many of their pro
grams being held jointly. The
Grimm-Alfalfa association meet.
January Is at 1880 p. m. in the Wal
dorf hotel. The North Dakota Woo
Growers will attend some of the
Growers program.
The railroads of the Dakotas ant
Minnesota have offered reduced
+ rates of a fare and one-half for the
round trip from any point in these
. three states to Fargo, Mr.. Palmer
announces. Tickets may be pur
/. chased at these reduced rates by
= farmers and others attending tn,
meetings. Tickets will be placed OF
sale at all stations from January II
to Ia and the return ticket is goot
. until January 10.
"The meetings of the State
. Grain Growers are open to any wht
: wish to attend" Mr.. Palmer announ
ces. eve have arranged our pro
: gram so that farmers and Others
who are in Fargo for that week ma!
: take in our program. The first weel
: of the Farmers Short Course a
the North Dakota Agricultural col
: lege occurs at that time also ant
the schedule is so planned that the,
: will meet with US for many of tn
4