Show pRIZES FOR FARMING James J r Hill pr sf nt of the Great Northern r persists er in the belle belIef that the most profitable way to help his railroad Is to help the people who live along its lIn lines s He has just offered prizes for e in farm fann fanning farmIng ing open to farmers living In Minnesota ta North Dakota and South Dakota I The are established by districts three for each district The first prize is the second and the third Th 5 The prizes represent an n aggregate annual outlay of The prIzes according to a St Paul dispatch to the tho New York TimeS are areto areto to b be awarded by Professor Thomas Shaw with one other jUdge from each district approved by Mr HIlL HUl The judges will award the prizes according to what they conSider the best system of rotation adopted by each farm faim In contest character of cultivation clean cleanliness cleanliness liness ot of farm cr crop p yield number and qua quality ity of livestock kept in proportion to area There are no fees dues or ex cx expenses the only restrIction beIng that the farms entered must keep cattle and In addition thereto either sheep or swine or both Sonic Some ten or twelve years ago Mr lIr Hill HilI to encourage cattle raising had his agents purchase and distribute thoroughbred bulls Mr lIr Hills bulls probably never brought him hall half their cost The scandinavians dId not know anything about farmIng fanning and could not be induced to raise anything but wheat Ten years later farmers from the mid middle middie die dle states invaded the Red River val valley Va Icy ley Creameries were establIshed fine herds of dairy cattle were obtained sheep hogs and poultry were Intro Introduced introduced The wheat yield of Minnesota has remained about the same for ten years while diversified farmIng has In Increased increased creased one hundred fold In vIew of the changed conditions Mr lIr Hill HUI who loses annually on his own farm near St Paul Is willing willingto to see the farmers compete for cash prIzes annually for four years |