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BULLETIiSr 825, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



RED RIVER FARMERS' CLUB HALL, KITTSON COUNTY. MINN. 



Far up in the northwest corner of Minnesota, near the Canadian 

 line, and off the railway, is a community which was established by 

 farmers who, in the early days, came to this virgin country to pioneer 

 a home in the wilderness. Poor in this world's goods, but of sturdy 

 stock and ambitious for the future, for a generation their one 

 aim was to overcome the obstacles confronting pioneer life on the 

 prairie and build up homes for themselves and their children. The 

 scene is now changed. The wild prairies of the fathers have be- 

 come the fertile fields of the children, who, relieved of the stern neces- 

 sities of mere bodily existence, find time for the higher aspirations 

 of life. As a symbol of the new order they have erected their commu- 

 nity club house. 



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Fig. 9.— Red River Fanners' Club hall, Kittson County, Minn. 



The Red River Farmers' Club, in Red River Township, was organ- 

 ized in 1914. Located in a purely agricultural community, its mem- 

 bers are entirely farmer families. Nearly every man and woman in 

 the community is an active contributing member. The club met for 

 a while in a schoolhouse, but as the spirit of cooperation grew the 

 desire for a more adequate meeting place increased. A special meet- 

 ing to consider the possibilities of a community hall was held in the 

 fall of 1916. Committees on plans, finances, etc., were then appointed, 

 and the work began. 



The club house aims to provide not only a place where the farmers' 

 club may initiate propaganda for better farms, schools, and homes, 

 but, as a member expressed it,"'* a real little country theater, one in 

 wliich plain, common, everyday farm folks may display their musical 

 and dramatic talents."" 



