Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1878-08-29
Republican Ticket.
Por Delegate 70 Congresr,
Il. p. BENNETT.
Por District Attorney. Northern District Of Dakota,
o. w. FRANCIS.
Republican Ticket.


". W. (nANClS.
A Fair statement.
Considerable enquiry is constantly
being made of u, and of Others in James.
town, ~ to what he's been done in IN
agricultural way in the past, in Stutsman
county; by new comers who see prepara.
tious being made for farming iu the
future.
To enlighten these enquirers, We will
give the following statement:
In 1872 A. W. Kelley planted garden
mile weat of jamestown. below Fort
Seward, on June Goth; and in September
sent, hy request Of the n. P. R. r. off.
cisls, two large boxes of 6ne vegetables
to the Minnesota State Fair. Thos.
Collins also had on section IS a good
garden which was destroyed by cattle.
In 1878 Mr. Kelley put in.one half acre
Of wheat as an experiment, which turned
out elegantly, but he had no means of
thrashing it. In 1876 Mr.. Kelley had
in four acres OF barley and nearly four
acres of oats. Vennum s McKechnie in
1877, put in 65 acres which yielded 5000
bushels of fine oats. This latter firm also
introduced the first reaper and thrashing
machine. '"..
NJ. Wisemsn in 1874, put in three acres
Of garden stuff which produced we'll.
Merrick Moore, in the same year, put in
garden stuff, such as oLions, cabbages,
&C., which proved remunerative
Mr.. A. W. Kelley in 1874 shipped on
two or three occasions car load Of cab
bages, &C., to Bismarck, and made that
fall, off of vegetables, $4,000, On one
acre he had splendid crop of Rec Indian
corn.
Mr.. D. NJ. Kellehar has also raised a
good crop of vegetables every year for the
last four years.
Mr.. Merrick Moore, In 1876, raised ripe
Trophy tomatoes, which are late tomato,
by the middle of August; and this year
has had onions fully ripe since the first
Of this month; also has had ripe tomatoes
for sale for the last two weeks.
This season Mr.. Kellehar has raised,
and has had already on his hotel tatle,
green corn and summer squash.
In regard to cereal crops this season,
Vennum & McKechnie had in on their
farm south of jamestown, 81 acres of oats.
which yielded $500 bushels, or an aver
age 40 bushels to the acre. They also
planted 5.4 acres Of wheat as an expert
lnent, which yielded 1856 bushels, machine
measure, heaped and running over, which
gives an average of 344 bushels to an acre;
but which if weighed would show over
200 bushels, and yield of 81 bushels
per acre. ...
A. W. Kelley had in this season, II
acres of oats, which yielded II bushels
per acre; also an impertectly seeded acre
Of wheat which gave 16 bushels.
In the estimate Of the "a acres Of wheat
planted by Vennum & McKechnie, upon
Merrick Moore's ground, the fact that rs
head of cattle were in the wheat and ate
until they were satisfied and went out;
at another time six head Of cattle took
browse at it, and again six more took
their turn at it, should be given due
weight. ....
In connection with the above yield
must be also considered the tact that
gentleman who was formerly stationed at
Fort Ransom, 45 miles southeast of here,
and at Fort Seward at this place, as
hospital steward, and whose business it
was to keep record of tile weather, de.
clares this to be the hottest and dryest
summer he knows of in his experience for
eleven years. Also the fact that at the
time that the wheat and oats were In the
milk, or heading condition, when they