tion to the amount put up by each member of the asso- 

 ciation. This need not cost much in cash outlay. Sup- 

 pose a neighborhood short of money and long on stumps, 

 with a hard-working man who knows how to clear land 

 as one of its assets. Let the rest of the neighbors 

 agree to care for his crops and keep him and his family 

 in supplies, while he with a small crew made up of other 

 neighbors goes at the clearing problem after the best 

 up-to-date fashion. It seems to us that when the season 

 was over all concerned would be much farther ahead 

 than where each tried for himself to do his own land 

 clearing." 



Public Attention Attracted. 



One of the chief results of the convention is that it served 

 to center public attention upon one of Minnesota's most seri- 

 ous problems. Newspapers gave much space to the convention. 

 Editorial comment was frequent. The fact that counties are 

 already organizing indicates that the attention, newly created, 

 is of the lasting sort. 



Resolutions Passed. 



The following resolutions were adopted by the convention: 



Recognizing the fact that over one-third of the area of the 

 state is composed of timber and cut-over lands that are highly 

 productive for agriculture products of which over ninety per 

 cent are unimproved and in need of clearing; 



Therefore, be it Resolved, That this convention recommend 

 to the various municipalities and business organizations in 

 the northern part of the state, that they co-operate to give 

 every possible assistance for the clearing and settling of these 

 lands, and with this end in view we recommend: 



First, that local organizations be formed in every com- 

 munity with a central county organization for the purpose of 

 solving the land-clearing problem by the best means they can 

 devise adapted to local conditions. 



We also urge public spirited men in all such communities 

 to co-operate with each other for the purpose of furnishing 



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