Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-09-18
NOTES FOR THE FAEH.

NOTES FOR THE FAEM.
Instead of having harvest festivals.
says the Bismarck Tribune, all along The
line as was suggested some time ago, Is
would be good idea 10 hol indignation
meetings and condemn the action Of tho
Duluth and Minneapolis wheat rings. in
sw,ndllng the farmers of the northwest
on wheat grades.
An experienced thresher In Minnesota
says it is common practice in his state
for those who thresh from the shock 70
stand common laths up in their granar,es.
The laths absorb the moisture and pre-
vent the grain from heating.
Says the Bismarck Tribune: Farmee
Millette brought to town fine sample ef
blackberrles yesterday. 1t was q stem
about four feet long and literally black
with berries. Mr.. Millett grows all man
ner Of small fruits successfully. Other
farmers can do the same If they want To.
The object in plowing il not merely 70
invert the soil but to pulverize 1t. Oh
ground is like mortar when plowed wet,
and will not break up aud become mol
low; hence 1t might as well be planted
without plewing At al. Bward ground
will be partially pulverized by the els.
ments involved by the decomposition a
the grass roots in the SOIL =
= In preparing land for winter wheat, tho
importance Of thorough tillage can hardly
be too strongly urged. One Of eur NEST
successful farmers in past years, bsfors
the present efficient hsrrows were invcn-
ted, was ridlculed by his slip-shod neigh
bors for the repeated and continued ha,-
rowing he gave his land. In the dlree.
ton to his hired men he said: "Harrov
the ground ct least four times q much q,
you think necessary. and then it will t.,
narrowed just half enough Ills uni.
formly heavy crops proved the wisdom Of
his treatment.
Awriter of some experience in farming
says: A arm can be stocked with Sheep
for less money than with cattle, horses or
hogs. Sheep will come nearer utilizing
everything that grows on the tarm than
sny other animal. Less labor will be re-
quired for getting feed ssd stock togeth-
er. The returns will come in sooner and
oftener than any other farm stock exceps
hogs. Less money is required for shelter
ing and fencing and les labor Is involved
IN herding, where outside pasturage 10
accessible, and preferred.
Wheat raising, says the Marshall Mes
senger, has made nobody rich IN these
-6e6t:: Il 1sqd sbat4Hs haA ,psde psny poor and II
the gods would destroy they FIRST make
wheat growers" All wheat countries
are filed with poverty. The prosperous
sections in the west are the stock raising
sections. We must let go our pet weak
ness and try to grow something that will
not cost more to produce than it is worth
in market If We ever expect to be pros
porous country. Competition smeng buy
ers Of fax in Scotland, in South Dakota.
has run it up from 81 to q. 25, and as it 10
a big crop IN that section there is quite
boom there.
On the subject Of stock Improvement
e::Nstional stockmsn says: As long -
good stock can be handled to more ad-
vantage than any other, people will have
every incentive to improve. As long -
the bulk of the cattle of the country are
of an inferior quality, they will have
plenty of work IN improving. And until
the new cattle regions Of the west are
we'll stocked up with animals Of high
type, there will be plenty of room for ex-
tending the lines of improvement. When
all these points are taken into considers
tion, it does not look as though the period
in which breeders can profitably pursue
their business II. drawing to an end. Has
it, anywhere in the world, ever drawn 10
an end! England has been pursuing for
centuries the idea of breeding up, and
now has, without doubt, better average
of farm animals than any other country
in the world. But has it been overdonef
Are breeders quitting because 1t does not
psy' Besides enjoying an excellent homo
trade, England is driving alucrasive busi-
ness with foreign countries.
The Minnesota Farmer on the subject
of rotation IN crops says: To properly
rotate the farm grass is one of the prime
essentials, though IN old time practice
dispensed with grass and substituted tho
fallow, which, it was claimed, gave the
land rest and enriched 1t. In q recent
essay it was stated that such method is GO
ing out of practice, from the fact that it
gives 90 great chance for loss by drain
age. Now general farm does not offer
the same chance for losses, for it is very
easy to adopt System 20 that crop may
be Kept growing oil the time; for If . crop
comes Oh early in the season, but net ear.