Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1875-11-13
Bnrleieh County..Tarms.

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| The subject is nearly exhausted, and
yet there are several whose farms have
not been visited sor spoken Of. We
| would, thank any one who has been
omitted to call and leave, or send us, a
memorandum Of facts from which we
may write. '.ots l-ia s5.ss... ..s. q
John W., PLuAxSE. 54a[
has claim Of l6Q acres, adjoining the
townsite Of Bismarck, q part of which
has already been disposed Of at fly dol
lars an acre, for tnwnsite purposes. On
this he had, this season. five acres under
cultivation, raising corn, peas, potatoes,
beets, onions, etc, the potatoes avera
ging 125 bushels to the acre, ise.
t.pjs RDxuxD aAcKET7, sss@.h..
who claims the townsite as pre.emp-
tor, had about ten acres under cultiva-
tion this year, on. the bottoms just be-
low town. He had about three acres of
oats, which, aside from the destruction
by hailstorm, looked and yielded well.
He had Eve acres of potatoes, which
yielded upwards of 1875 bushels to the
acre.. He raised all kinds Of garden
vegetables, and succeeded we'll with
them, finding ready market and good
prices for all he had to sell. He raised
tomatoes, which fully ripened, and corn,
which fully matured, together with
melons, pumpkins, squashes, etc. b1
>| 9ai 5fa J. v. PROCTOR, 1.''% n ...v
claiming another portion of the town
site as .pre.emptor, also raised ten
acres of crops, consisting Of oats, corn,
potatoes and other vegetables, peas, etc
He harvested $50 bushels of. early pota-
toes and sold them at an average price
of $1.35 per bushel. "a .4~. sletzs z14
f..-..s..... n a ]. W. x1LLRT s- aGI
cultivated three acres on his claim three
miles north of town, two acres on Col.
Brownson's claim, and garden in town,
which measured 50x6Os feet. On the
latter he raised 800 heads Of cabbages
which weighed from 9 to IA pounds
each, besides onions, carrots, beets and
tomatoes, the latter ripenjng. he sue
ceeded equally we'll with oil that he un-
dertook to raise on the other lands.
His crops embraced almost everything
usually raised ia market garden
Corn which was fully ripe was shown
the writer. A winter squash Weighing
80 pounds; was also produced. ssst
'"> A|1''h"s. 3. MARSH 5 co, ".s',s
turned over the prairie sod last spring,
and plowed under potatoes which yield
ed about 100 bushels to the acre without
any attention except the planting and
sowing. The Capitol Hotel was supplied
for the winter in this way. Land that
will do this is certainly worth penny
an acre, particularly when potatoes sell
BY the wagon load at so cents per
bushel. ulIoaa3 adt jel ii:w tnaoa#
afur >:isl ptoaEN. HAzBK,d .tsx sse@.f
though not Burleigh County farmer,
informs the writer that he raised this
ve.r from 90 to 325 acres Of land cult
vated at Fort Baford, from which post
ne wrote his famous letter conforming
the whole Northern Pacific region as
worthless, $500 buehels Of potatoes, a
large amount Of turnips and, other veg
etables. The only comment the General
has to make on the results Of farming
in this country this year is, that the
success farmers meet with this year is
wonderful ID Host n h7s:ad h*d 81.
7 H>"@I TIE 'BERrHoLD INDIANS
alse N ct with good success this season
in their farming operations, and pro-
duced $4,000 bushels of potatoes, to-
oether, with corn. and much other stuff.
,ElaH st1 s. ~ g. c;.:aRA1LEEY aRA1LEEY -s'it' it4sth'*
located a rancho u miles below Fort
Rice, on. what is known. as Gayton's
Bottoms, Beaver Greek, and has put FIVE
acres under cultivation. Our informant
says he succeeded with erything he
undertook. to raise, and has prepared
hot-bebs for next seasons work. His
watermelons wers particularly fine, and
were tasted and praised by all who pass
ed by Bailey's for some time, but nc
| man was allowed to take melon off the:
premises. so choice was Bailey of the
seeds, which he obtained in the first IN
stance, from friends in New Hampshire.
Bailey has fine. lot Of fat cattle and
! fifteen cows, and finds ready market
| for his produce. The land here is said
abundant, afordidgpAs.eola seem
fine opening for homesteaders Five
others have opened ranches near.
Bailey's, including James Halliday, wno.s
runs a toll bridge across Beaver CreeN'
and James Gayton, both Of whom era
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