Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-03-25
Success All Over the State

T. S. Wadsworth in jamestown Alert:
In Montana stock raised on the larger
ranges increases only about 30 or 40 per
cent. a year. In North Dakota small
herds increase much faster, in many
cases as high as 100 per cent. Cattle
and horses do as we'll in this state as
any place I know of, in fact I do not
believe there is a state in the union
where stock will do as we'll as this. As
for sheep they require more care in
winter, but the only condition necessary
for successfully managing small Aocks
of sheep, at a handsome profit, is plenty
of shed room in winter and sufficient
hay.
Commissioner Regan of Devils Lake,
Ramsey county: 1 threshed ten acres of
wheat for Peter Traynor, of Bergen
township, that averaged 514 bushels to
the acre. Traynor measured the land
and I measured the wheat, and I'll swear
that the figures are correct on a stack of
bibles as high as the court house if nec-
essary.
John N. Harrendon of Antelope, Stark
county, threshed 1,O7O bushels of wheat
from forty-two acres which he has not
ploughed for three years. He used a
disc harrow and sowed on the stubble.
Frank Debolt of Darlington, Foster
county, raised 2,1OO bushels of wheat
on 80 acres and 1900 bushels of oats on
40 acres. Mr.. Debolt is one Of our most
successful grain raisers.
Edward Hugh of Antelope, Stark
county, threshed forty-five and one-half
bushels per acre average on his whole
farm.
Last spring Vending link, Caring
Foster county, from John Fehsefeldt, a
quarter section Of land lying near Mel
vile paying for it $1,000. There was
sixty acres on the piece of land ready for
crop which Nj. link put into wheat.
After threshing the wheat was sold for
$l,48O, the sixty acres Of wheat coming
within $120 Of paying for the whole quar-
ter section purchased last spring. MI.
link had sixty acres of wheat on another
piece Of land that was equally as good
and finds himself this fall possessed of
enough money to pay all of his debts
and have a handsome balance left to
carry him through the next year.
/ Michael Gcodale of Dickinson, Stark
county, was rewarded by an average of
forty-fve bushels per acre of good one
hard.
John NJ. Bennett of Waterloo, Iowa, a
little less than a year ago sold 100 acres
near Wahpeton, Richland county, upon
which there we're IS acres broken ready
for a crop. The price was $1,000, and
the purchaser was to apply the income
of IS acres each year until the whole
amount should be paid. His crop from
the 65 acres this year paid the entire
debt. Mr.. Bennett thinks he never knew
such a wonderful occurrence as that
which has just taken place in North Da
kota. Men who we're badly in debt with
their property in many cases heavily
mortgaged, we're able in six months t
pay all Of their debts, and have large
sums left to deposit in the bank. O
course, there is occasionally a nan Wit
happens to make q few hundred dollars
in some lucky speculation. But for al
most every man in the state to hav'
such large and unexpected incomes, a
has been the case this season, is quite al
unprecedented event.
Stark county will average thirty-tw'
bushels per acre this year. She has no
one pauper within her broad limits.
The wheat crop tributary to Bottineau
Bottineau county, alone is worth nearl!