The Bismarck tribune., 1929-01-28
Prize $1,000 CHECK
CONFERRED DONFLAX
WIZARD Of DAKOTA
Fargo Grower Who Was First
at international Show Con.
sldered TraiI-Blazer
G. n. D. A. DINNER event
Association Makes Award Gen.
tral Feature Of Feast at
Mandan Board Meeting

| The 81 900 banquet Of the Greater
North Dakota association was held q,
the Lewis and Clark hotel. Mandan
Saturday evening. In fact. 1t cost
something more than that.
The 1000 had nothing to do with
the food. The money was given away
It was not given In spirit Of prodi-
gality, either. It was q reward. and II
was merely an impressive feature OF
the feast, one to be heralded all over
the state for the good 1t will inspire
In the promotion Of the newer agri-
culture OF North Dakota.
The money was given H. A. Nelson
of Fargo, because he carried off first
honors on flax at the international
Livestock, Grain. Hay and Seed show
at Chicago this year. The association
had offered such prize and Nelson's
triumph In gaining the honor for
which Montana and Canada have
been in the habit Of battling brought
him the check.
The presentation Of the prize check
was the event of the dinner. In sober
thought and in jest the speakers Of
the evening Kept referring to 1t. It
was q measure Of the determination
Of. the Greater North Dakota associa-
tion to get behind the agriculture of
the state and prove to the farmers at
home and to the world outside that
farming in this state is capable Of
triumphs without peer anywhere else.
Gives Another Credit, Too
The presentation of the check was
made by b. E. Groom, one Of the as
sociation leaders, who led up to it by
q review Of the organizations several
lines Of activity, as the trench silo
campaign, the pure sires program, the
expansion Of the sheep industry, the
reduction Of grain dockage by the use
Of cleaner seed and the addition, Of
swine raising.
Nelson, in accepting the prize. said
the credit was not all his. but that
some Of 1t should go to Prof. II. l..
Bolly. AS q result Of using seed de-
veloped by this specialists expert
ments, Nelson was able to win seven
Of the IL flax prizes of the Interna-
tional. Nelson not only bettered the
quality of his flax, but was able to
increase the yield.
Agronomist Tells Of Task
E. G.. Booth. field egronomist of the
Agricultural college, spoke of the work
Of his department. It's task is to see
that North Dakota has the requisite
quantity and quality of seed for its
grain crops. The Greater North Da-
kota association, he said. was one of
the means to put over this work in
educational agriculture. There were
three needs to be met. he said: Raise
the standard of crops, make available
q supply of seed and create q market
G. E. Danielson, who as president
was toastmaster Of the dinner, called
on John w. Haw, agricultural deve1-
oper Of the Northern Pacific, who
emphasized the Importance of pro-
ducing quantity and quality together
in the states crops. That Mr.. Nelson
had done, he added. He differed with
those who advocate curtailing crops
to get rid Of the surplus. It was, he
said, q theory that pleased every
grower, for he saw the opportunity
W p1U1lt Oy WIlbt sIlS cApSCteO tIle
other fellow to do, but not himself,
with the result that the plan defeated
itself when attempted.
Mr.. Haw advised the farmers to
make provision in fat years for the
possible recurrence Of the cycle OF in
different years. He advised savings
In the prosperous years. And he adj
vocated liberalization to offset the
adversities that have attended per-
sistent concentration on wheat. He
paid the association q compliment
for its cooperation with the Northern