Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-06-14

~ acres OF wheat, rs OF oats and B OF corn
and potatoes. Looking splendid, and am
confident that we will all have great
crop. Things never looked better at this
time of year am certain.
Joseph Montgomery: Thirty-fve acres
of wheat, S5 Of oats, / of potatoes, Of
corn, 5 of millet and acre Of garden
truck. Gophers are not molesting us
enough to amount to anything as yet.
J. ). Allen: live in township 1S9, range
80, and have in 20 acres Of wheat and 20
of oats. They are growing nicely.
Steve L. Huston: have in 1876 acres all
told; my nephew, James A. Montgomery,
having a half interest in that. There are
20 acres of wheat, IS Of oats, 4 of potatoes,
Z of corn, and of millet 10 or 12 acres. Look
ing fine.
j. E. Dawson: I am now an agent of
the Dakota Hail association and have been
insuring crops in this and adjoining
counties. So far have insured II farmers
in short time and have to send away
for more material. My brother and are
also doing some farming. We have $50
acres of wheat and oats and several acres
OF garden stuff. 1t is little backward
with us, but nothing discouraging at all.
! have seen a good many farmers of late
and have talked with them on the prospect,
and they are all smiles over it. How about
that joke on Nelson? I'll tell you but
don't you publish it. Nelson went to
Brown who is also representing the Da-
kota Hail company and asked him what
company he represented. Brown said
"Dakota Hail.' Nelson didn't quite un-
derstand and walked away and left him.
met him soon after and he told me we
could go to-tle other side of the river with
our insurance company. He said he asked
my colleague a respectful question-wanted
to know the company he repre-
sented and he told him to ego to HI"
1t took me some time to convince Nelson
that Brown said "Dakota Hail'-do you
catch on?
John p. Hoagland: I have in l5O acres
of wheat and 25 of oats. Looks excellent.
Good many gophers there saw SO
many in my ife.
George JOY: Of wheat and oats princi-
pally have 800 acres, to be classed with
the best Of them.
G. B. McClure: I am not what you
could call bonanza farmer. but I have IA
acres of wheat, and about the same amount
of oats. will have 10 acres of sod corn,
for which am now breaking. HaYe also
2 acres of potatoes. That's all my crop,
with the exception of some garden truck,
probably an acre of melons, which, by the
way, grow we'll in this country. Ialways
make it a point to have good patch of
melons.
Charles Clark: My farm is in, ,Riverview
township, north of Bismarck, and have
100 acres Of small grain, all looking we'll.
Leon Brown: I have 100 acres Of small
grain, and mine is looking fine, too.
David Hatch, from Glenview township:
About 80 acres OF small grain and some
corn and po: atoes. think we have more
rain up in our neighborhood than you do
down here. Besides my farming duties l
have considerable of a herding business.
take charge Of most Of the cattle in my
vicinity.
John Mckenzie: About Is acres of
small grain, and looking well. The reser-
vation is all right.
Benjamin Gallantine: About 80 acres Of
small grain, principally wheat and oats,
and am enthusiastic.
Chester King: I've got in over $50 acres
of wheat, corn, oats, millet, barley, flax
and potatoes.
Oscar Melone: You want to see my po-
tatoes this fall. They will be dandies, and
no mistake about it. The American Agri-
culturist has offered prize of $500 for the
best acre of potatoes, and am competing
for it and am pretty sure of winning it.
l have in about 900 acres of grain. The
grain looks better now than / have ever
seen it before at this season OF the year.
The late sown grain looks fully as good as
that sown earlier. We have in about a
section of wheat and $50 acres of fax. l
believe the flax crop will be immense this
year. Yes, agree with Mr.. Chase, we
want an oil factory, and also machinery
for working up the straw.
&c. Chase: The boys have finished
putting In a couple of hundred acres of
flax. l believe in flax. and we must get an
oil mill established in this section.
A. Docksteader: have 180 acres OF
wheat. 40 acres of oats, and about 80 acres
of barley, millet, corn and potatoes. Corn
is a good crop in this country. l tell you
everything is looking fine this season. The
rain last night wasn't needed particularly,
but it does good.
Clarence Price: am in town great
deal but Pm not town farmer. am not
trying to hold down 100 acres of land by
working ten acres of it,. Ihave in over
200 acres-125 of wheat, 40 OF oats and 80
of millet. Besides have in 25 acres OF
corn, and it is looking we'll. Corn isa sure
crop in this country. lit should be a bad
season it will at least make good fodder.
Its been good season for corn as well as
grain thus far.
S. G. Smith: My crops continue to pros.
per and I'm breaking a lot of new ground
for next year
Jos. r. King: ! tell you this is great
weather. What soaking rains we are
OpttinO riUht along Navar ca w grain Innk