Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-04-28
CAPITAL CITY CRUMBS
Picked Up by the Alert as it Went Its
Usual Rounds Over the Town
Yesterday.
Dead Horses in Too Close Proximity to
Town Cause q Sermon on the
Subject.
The Alert Has Secured the Associated
Press Report For tho Benefit OF
Its Readers.
The Present Season Contrasted With
tho Season of 1880 And a Good
Harvest Predicted.
The Need Of Tenement Houses in James,
town and Bonanza to the Person
Who Builds Them.
Raising Trees.

AS the time is about clapsing Whe the
holders of many Of the tree claims in this
section must make start in the raising
of trees, the experience OF A. Is. Russell,
of Fisher, MINI, a practical farmer may
bs found of value. MIR. Fisher says:
s'There is nothing to hinder person
from being successful in having good
wind break on his farm in a very few
years, and it would secure to himself and
those who follow him lasting benefit,
not only in identifying his home and sur
roundings, but it would be source OF
profit to the farm in ways too numerous
to mention. And venture to say, there
is no man with a grove of forest trees on
his farm on the prairic,, OF ten years
growth, that would be willing to sell the
same for &lOO an acre, and there are a
great many who would not part with it
1t any price. So, plant tress by all means.
Iwould advise the planting of the fol-
lowing kinds Of trees, 'to-wlt: Cotton
wood, box elder, ash and bottom willow,
in about equal quantities and few oak,
elm and white willow, and have them SO
arranged that they will be pretty well
mixed over the piece, c., q few rows OF
each alternately, according to the amount
of each kind planted, as think they will
do better Some might think bottom
willow not very profitable tree to raise
but beg leave to differ with them in
opinion, for several reasons; as they are
thrifty and straight. AS timber for the
farm 1 consider it more valuable and
more durable than either the cottonwood
or box elder. 1t grows along the rivers
and streams throughout the northwest,
its growth is very rapid and attains quite
q good size, beng from twelve to eighteen
T. :,,I ofo orl T will
low trees two feet through at the stump;
they are valuable on the farm for rails
and posts, as it splits easy and is found
to be durable when split and the bark
taken off, and when dry, makes excellent
fuel for either steam or heating purposes.
have had chance to test its quality
rs steam wood, and find it better than
many other kinds of timber. | have on
nv farm under cultivation about seven
teen acres of the different kinds of timber
mentioned above and intend to increase
IL to twenty acres next spring, and with
reasonable success, expect to have quite
q grove in few years: and to say the
least, l will consider it the most valuable
part of my farm. 1t is true, my first ef-
forts in planting did not prove very prof
liable from the fact that was restricted
to CERTAIN rules and regulations laid down
by the government and had to comply
with them, which did to the letter, in
order to make good my claim. After l
had gone to the expense of getting the
trees and planting them did not like to
sec them die for want of care But if
had any experience in the business |
should have taken a different plan and
would now have had nice thrifty grove
of trees with one-half the labor and ex-
nensa that it has cost me-
"But to sum the matter up, there is no
difficulty in growing trees on the prairie,
but they must be planted on well cultiva
ted ground to do well, and they should
have good care for two or three years or
until they get good start BY so doing
YOU will be sure to succeed.
A. 3. RUSSELL.