Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1890-04-10
SEED Time IS HERE.
Some Farmers Began Seeding
Yesterday; Everybody Get
ting Ready.
This Season Strikes the Average
Being Neither Backward
nor Forward.

nor Forward.
The Annual Spring Time Exodus.
The rattling OF seeders ond press drills
going into the country, is An unfalling
indication that spring is here, even it the
weather had not been sufficiently mild
for Il week past to force that conclusion
upon us. Farmers who came to town
to hibernate, are moving or have moved
back on the farm again.
Little if any seeding has yet been
done IN this county, but many farmers
commenced operations Monday. The
season il couple of weeks later than
last year, but somewhat earlier than
some previous ones. Seeding has COM
menced in this county as early as the
middle OF March and as late as the 2lst
of April, so it will be seen that this sea-
son is about an average one.
The ground this spring Is in better
condition than it has been for several
years past. The winter thaws came
SO timely that most of the melting snow
was absorbed by the thirsty earth. The
winter freezes went deeper than for sew
eral years and as consequence there
will be more moisture than usual for the
hot sun of June to draw to the surface
for the nourishment of the growing gain.
Then. too, the spring has been moist
one, comparatively speaking. Several
times, wet snow has fallen to depth of
from two to four inches, to be slowly
melted by the warm sun of succeeding
days.
Taking everything into consideration,
farmers are unanimous in the opinion
that there is more moisture, the ground
in better condition and the prospect for
good yield better this year, than for
several springs past.
The acreage IN Stutsman county, un-
fortunately, will not be- as large as in
preceding years. The reverses of past
| years are IN a measure accountable for
this; but the scarcity of seed, and the
difficulty of securing it, havo more to do
with the condition. Farmers will gener-
ally be found putting in smaller acre
age than last year and afew who planted
last year, it may be. will do nothing this.
II, however, these first mentioned cases
are confined to the less thorough of our
farmers and will result in their putting
more work on the land they do seed, the
result will not be very apparent in the
county yied. But such may not be the
case.
AS a general rule the farmers have
some plow1ng to do this spring. Some
of 1t has already been done. The bright
ening outlook may result in the turning
over of more ground this spring than
was calculated on last fall. 1t is to be
hoped that it will.
Gone Back to Oil and Candles.
The Bismarck electric light plant shut
down Sunday night and Bismarck return
ed to oil and candles. The plant is worth
1000 and was losing $3.50 per month.
| The Tribune says:
It is possible for some person-perhaps
an institution like the mill-to run the
| plant and make it pay expenses. New
contracts with customers would have to
be made, however. as the rate paid at
present will not pay the expense OF fur
nishing the light. The city has been
paying but SIS per month for each arc
light. This is very low. Fargo pays 500
and receives cash, while Bismarck pays
but sl5 in orders, worth 50 and S5 cents.
1t is hoped that some plan can be devils
ed whereby the plant can be started up
! again, for TO do without electric lights IN
this age is taking a long leap backward
INTO the dark. The plant can be had, it
is said, at bargain.
The jamestown plant is by no means
a bonanza. The company here does not
get as good rates for city arc lights as
! the Bismarck company did by $3.50 per
month, per light, and the city takes
fewer of them than the city of Bismarck
did.
The shutting off of the electric light
will not help Bismarck keep the capital
the farmer legislators will not want to
meet in city that is apparently on the
slide-but the company could not be
expected to continue at SO great Il loss.
Grand Forks Wants License.
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