The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-14
n. D PREPARES
TO .INCRE EASE
CROP VALUES
Five.year Farm Development
Plans Completed BY Farm.
ers, Business Men
COMMITTEE IS NAMED
Greater North Dakota Asso-
citation Leads Cccpcra-
tive Mobilization
COMMITTEE IS NAMED

Fargo, N. D., Oct. li--Nor.h Da-
kota farmers and business leaders are
preparing to lpunc', !, five year a.ri-
cultural development program in
every county in the state, following
Of plans for such alton
at the first meet ng OF the newly ap-
pointed agricultural committee OF the
North Dakota Association
here.
A program 10 mobilize various
agencies to the end that the general
campaign for balance farming in
North Dakota be spceded up to the
point where the annua! value Of the
states farm products will exceed .
Billion dollars, as compared with the
present value of between OO,OO0. 900
and saOO, O,OOO. 900. also was outlined.
In brief, the work Of the committee
was mapped out as:
SpOncC, ing Of 4 series Of eduea-
tjonsl meetings In al sections Of
the state 10 ''sell" North Dakota
on an orderly program Of agri-
cultural development.
Cooperation with the cxten.
siCn deps RI mCnt Of the North Da-
kota Agricultural College. the
agricultural committee Of the
North Dakota Bankers AssOcta-
ton, and private corporations en-
gagged in diversified farming cam
paigns in encouraging the farm.
ing and business interests In the
53 counties to set up . five year
program.
Corr. lating the efforts Of all
the forces under the general di.
rcctiOn of the extension depart
ment Of the North dakota Agfi-
cultural College in carrying on
promotion campaigns to speed up
parts of the program where ac-
celeratiOn 10 needed.
The committee, appointed by the
state development body on approval
Of the Bankers Association of North
Dakota. the Agricultural College, and
private corporations engaged in agri.
cultural development work, will not
take over any work now being carried
on by other agencies, but it will
strive to correlatc this work SO that
it will fit into an orderly program
extending over a five-year period. il
was announced by b. f. Groom, OF
Langdon, chairman.
Committees Appointed
Other members Of the committees
are: Ray w. Kahn, Foxholm; Thomas
H. Noodle, Wahpeton; M. ]. Con.
molly, New England; DR.. Ira Wells
Harvey; George Lenhart, Hazelton
and 4. Melvin Lee of Valley City
All were present at the meeting. OF.
ficers of the Greater North Dakota
Association, the North Dakota Bank.
ers Association, and DR.. John Lee
Coulter, president. and other repre-.
sentatives Of the North Dakota Agri.
cultural College, also were. present
Zone of the first tasks Of the com.
mittee," b. E. Groom, its chairman
declared, will be to employ highly
capable man as it's executive secre.
tary. The Sl5.000 provided by The
Greater North Dakota Association
will permit the committee to select
Z man big enough for the job and at
the same time provide ample finance.
to carry on the work. This executive
secretary in charge Of the committee
instruction work will be under thu
direction of officers Of the associa
tion and will work in close coopera
tion with the extension department
Oh C0e AGRICULTURAL COtlo8cs
N. D. College Pledges Aid
DR.. John Lee Coulter, president ol
the agricultural college, opened thl
meeting with q general outline oi
the work the committee could carr,
on by way Of assisting the extension
department.
Mr.. Coulter pledged full coopera
tion to the committee from the ex
tension department. Similar coopera
tion was pledged by T. Melvin LIE.
from the agricultural committee o,
the North Dakota Bankers Associa
tion, Of which he is chairman.
C. D. Danielson. president Of tn,
State Development Association, de-
clared that work to make farming
more profitable in North Dakota fit
ted into the associations general pro
gram of development and particu
larly into it's immigration work.