Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 21, 1910, Page 8

FARMERS INSTITUTE A GREAT SUCCESS Continued from Page One.) | apids, there were only twenty present and he could not Grane | and coffee. The cakes and doughnuts be- ing furnished by wives of the farm- ers present, while the bulk of: the was borne by the Grand Commercial club, and Supt. ire is profuse’in his praises o. co-operation given by the club the busmess Men as a whole. The manner im which the well filled plates become depleted testified more eloquently than words ‘that those the them interested enough to stay | Present were ready to make affivadit eet a uring the entire session, Mr, Mc-|that the domestic science depar Guire said “Co-operation among | ment was an absolute necessity in the farmers as, in my opinion, their | OU" schools, and the deftness and only Min- nesota and if, my labors here, they are working to- gether, | shall not consider that I have labored in vam. As there are moot yet many large clearings in this section of the state, the farmers nec- have devoted the ground to poiatoes,, carrats and other small I think | am making a con- servative statement in estimating t over 30,000 bushels of potatoes re grown in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, alone, this season and there are yet about 10,000 pushels remain- img unsold. The average price re- ceived, after the commission, freight sacks and other expenses were de- was a little over, 47 cents bushel. This price I attribute the efforts of the Farmers’ Co- erative Market asscoiation, of whicl Grand Rapids branch is a mem- i At the time ‘the assiciation was formed, March, the farmers could not find a market for their tub- ers for the simple reason care was not used im their selection, many varieties were shipped in the same cai salvajtion fn northeastern essarily truck. ducted, lasi and the buyers had no one whom they could hold responsiible in case they were unsatisfactory and lastly the commission men were robbers. 1, in company with others, took this matter up wiith the business men of Duluth, explaimimg to them that farmers of northeastern, Mimneso- ta could net get a market for their garden truck, when at the same time the same commodity was being ship- ped to Duluth for local consumption Wisconsin and Michigan. The matter, was looked into and, while -# wes found the commiissign men, as a rule, were robbers, there was some cause for their refusal to attempt to shipments from this section, one being that too many es of the same kind of > or root were shipped in the car. Commission men want shippments to be of one straight var- We sought to remedy this by nizing the Farmers’ Co-operative the secure the m jety Barket association to pravide a mayket for our products. I then, like others interested in the move- went among the farmers advis- img them as to the variety of pota- ment, toes ta raise, etc., and the result is, the farmers ®re now sellimg all they can raise. Co-operation is necessary im “i things to imsure success and among the farmers, What the armers of Grand Rapids and vicinity need is a, creamery and warehouse. As you ail know, , in my belief, is the salva- tion of this section and with a cream- ery, a ready market would be proviid- the highest market price paid. Ten years ago in Swift, the farmers ed for cream and the my home county, hauled their milk tothe creameries. but gradually decreased theiir ihe and and went to grain farming. The result was the cream- eries were closed and farmers did mot make anything. They realized their mistake; the creameries were started up and they are now on the high road to success. it was perhaps one of the best im- promptu tadks made by Supt. McGuire and the rapt attention he was testified more plainly than words as) to the value placed on his utterances and opinions regarding mat ters affecting the interests of the farmers of northeastern Minnesota. At the close of the sessions, the Institute annual was distributed to those present. Its contents are fn a lange measure given over to the progagation of corr growing and there are articles by mearly every prominent agriculturist of note in the state. We notice one article in particular, which we shall sive ‘o oar retders next week, from the pen of Supt. A.J. McGuire, re- jating to the problem of growing corn im northeastern Minnesota. Along ever given Minnesota Farmers’ with the article are cuts showing samples of corm grawn at the ex- periment farm and a picture of the men) at work filling the silo by means of power furnished from the traction engine, It is estimated that over 300 im- terested farmers were in attendance and the hall was well filled at poth sessions. The attendange at last y ’s institute was good, but it was far surpassed by that of Friday’s meetings. A feature of the intermission _ be- tween the forenoon and afternoon ms was the free dinner served by twenty-five high school girls un- der the direction of Miss Abbie J. Carpenter, teacher of domestic science at the Grand Rapids High school. The menu consisted of bak- ed beans, boiled spring ham, dill pickles, rools, doughnuts, cake and ses veg- | y dispatch with which they were serv- weit eve finishea | &4 spoke volumes for Miss Carpen- ter’s ability as ap instructress. They were assisted im ‘clearing away the remains of the spread by the ladies present. Views on the Institute. C. E. Brown, of Elk River, conduc- tor of the institute: “It is indeed a pleasure to conduct meetings at Grand Rapids and if I am still in the work next year I shall be more than pleysed if Grand Rapids is on my list. The farmers of this vicinity take a deep interest in bettering theix conditiog and it is a pleas- ure to assist them. Yes, I might say this is the best meeting I have conducted this year. C. O. Carlson of Erskine, who talk- ed on the dairy industry: “By their questions those present ak the meet- ing today showed they not only listened toj what we had to! say, but were also planning to put some of the suggestions into early execution. It has been a pleasure for me to talk to them.” Supt. A. J. McGuire, of the North- east Experiment farm: “At last I am convinced that my efforts toward the betterment of northeastern Min- nesota farmers are bearing fruit. At times I have been discouraged at the lack of interest showp, the ob- stacles to overcome, but now I am satisfied the farmers will take a better grip on things than ever be- fore and when I have. finally passed to the Great Beyond, I could ask no better monument than a vision of the farmers of this sectiqn living in affluence, the result of adopting systematic methods, which my humble efforts thay have been instrumental in bringing to them.” O. J. Niles, of Niles & Aiton, deal- ers im hay, feed,seed anid farm ma- chinery: “The attendance at this 's institute was certainly .sur- prising and ajithough I looked for a good attendance, the results were petter tham I expected, Whe day is coming when the farmers of this sec tion will realize the many opportuni ties they are overlooking and when that happens, laid will not sell for $15 or less per acre. THE OIL TRUST view Case of the $20,000 Fine and Cost. The Standard Oil company of New York must pay the $20,000 tine im- posed upon it by. the district court for the Western district of New York for the acceptance of alleged con- cessions im the transportation of petroleum, as the result of the re- fusal of the supreme court of the United States to review the case. The alleged concessions occurre.) im the transportation of oil from Olean Nz Y., to Rutland, Vt. It was alleged the company paid less than the lawful freight rates. The action was brought under the Elkins act. The government will close its side of the civil suit against the so-called “‘Sbath tub” trust at a hearing in Chicago. The defendants will be- gin the presentation of their testi mony at a hearing in New York, the date of which has not been announc- ed. PASS RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL Members of Congress Spend $21,- 000,000 In About Three Hours. By spending money at the rate of $7,000,000 an hour the house of rep- resentatives im about three hours pas: | sed the river and harbor bil making appropriations amounting to $21,- 894,861 for river and harbor work | during the ‘seal year ending June 30, 1912. The bill was passed by | unanimous consent and with the ex- | ception of a shight typographical er- | ror in the printed pill, not a word was changed from the form im which it was presented by the rivers and harbor committee. In addition to the amount carried | in this bill, the sundry civil bill will include $7,386,077.tor river and harbor | improvement in 1912, bringing the | total up to $29,262,938. The average annual expenditure for rivers and har bors since 1899 is approximately $22,- 500,000. Of the 210 items im this bill 105 were for maintenancea of com- plete works and a like number for completing works. MUST PAY UP| As Supreme Court Refuses to Re | GRAND RAPIDS HERALDREVIEW Wednesday, December 21, 1910. 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