Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-03-25
500 bushels oats and 1000 bushels of DO

$500 bushels oats and 1000 bushels of po-
tatoes for market next spring. I sold \
carload of cattle last May at 81 20 per cwt.
for cows. over $48 each, and steers brought
from 1915 to $3.50 per cwt. Last year l
also sold ele"en horses for 81. 2S5. which
had never been fed hay or grain. 1 have
ADDED S2O acres more to my farm and will
break 15O acres next spring. The secret of
successful farming lies in deep blowing
and thorough cultivation. I have eighty
horses. mostly mares and colts, which
Craze their living the entire winter and
generally ~look"better in the spring than
horses that have been stabbed. Cattle run
out on the range all the spring, summer
and autumn and pick a good share of their
living in the winter on the range, but re-
qnire occasional feeding with hay cut on
the prairies aud natural meadows. A farm
or here is sure to be successful if he COM
bines stock raising with farming. We
have plenty OF Ignite coal here for fuel,
good water, and timber on the Missouri
river bottoms.
Amund Thor, Slaughter, Burleigh coun-
ty: 1came from Ramskog, Norway, and
settled at Pepin, Wis.,, and farmed there
for ten years. In 1886 1 moved to Burleigh
county and took up a ~pre-emptiOn. 100
acres OF government land, and broke 10
acres. l am single and had no money
when came here so l worked for others
three years. Then l began to farm for
myself, put up a house and seeded my Is
acres and broke As acres more. l have had
menced. My wheat has yielded from 20 to
20 bushels per acre and oats from 40 to so
bushels per acre. We had an excellent
crop OF corn last season, and in fact the
corn crops have been good ever since |
have been in the country. Millet also
yields good crops.
Edward Braddock, Dakem, Emmons
county: The crops in Emmons county
have heretofore been generally good. They
vary, as in all other countries, but our
crops will average better than in the older
states. Some seasons the yields are very
large, while lnsothers they are compare
lively light. Last season crops were very
heavy. The average yield of wheat in the
county will go from twenty. five to thirty
bushels per acre, many farmers having
larger returns, oats from %fOrty-tive to six
ty-five bushels, and flax about fifteen
bushels per acre. Corn, potatoes and
other root crops and garden vegetables
yielded we'll and it has been a prosperous
year for farmers.
Frank Lange, Mandan, Morton county:
l came from Ohio county, Kentucky. to
Morton county in 1879, and did not bring
anything but my trunk. / worked a little
while on the Northern Pacific railroad,
and then took a claim on government land
near the track. Afterwards l sold this to
the railroad company for stock yards, and
moved to Custer Flats, south of Mandan,
where l now live. l own 200 acres of good
farming land as there is out of doors, and
have a good comfortable house and barns,
and a good team and IA head of cattle.
Last season | had 80 acres of wheat that
went over Is bushels to the acre, and 10
From 3 acres of potatoes l gathered over
500 bu. We have plenty of good we'll
water at 30 feet deep, and l find this the
best climate for good health that l ever
lived in. Farming and stock raising paws
we'll, and there is room here for a large
number of Families tn build good homes.
johann Schmidt, Antelope. Stark comfy:
l am a German, came from Russia to
North Dakota in the spring Of 1891 with
my family. We took a homestead, 100
which only cost the usual government fee
of $l8. and we also bought 1850 acres adjoin-
lng OF decided land. | put in about IFS
acres of crop. L paid $4,000 for decided
land and purchased a complete outfit of
machinery and also bought the crop on an
au!o'IinR piece OF lanu, Tor winch l paid
$175. From my first crop in North Dakota
| threshed 1900 bushels of wheat and 500
bushels of oats and had some corn. flax
and potatoes. My wheat graded "No. l
hard" and l sold it at good prices, and
realized more than the cost Of the
land and all of the machinery
and live stock which l purchased
after coming here. We are exceedingly
well satisfied with the success which we
have made. There is an immense area OF
1850 acres of fine land can be
had for the government fee of $18. The
grasses on the prairies are very rich, the
water is good and this is a fine country for
raising stock. There are many German
Russian families located in this district;
many families are coming every year.. and
there is room for thousands more to make
good homes.