Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-03-25

Wv yO0Ao "hu 20 Nv ICNu UOWs I0
says: II let my horses run ON the range,
and they cost me about $3.50 per head per
$780, &c.,; O''A'D ''''''S '''' '0f IRON NO 10
F. NJ. Leathers, Mckenzie, BurIeigh
county: Came here eight years < from
Illinois, with a total capital of 500. Now
has 100 acres of land. with fair buildings:
sixty acres under cultivation, raising last
season 715 bushels Of wheat from thirty
seven acres. He has nineteen head of
cattle, gives the cost Of keeping at So to SIS
per head per year, and finds the selling
price about 500, and says it pays-"in no
place better than North Dakota"
Sven Pherson, Painted Woods, Burliegh
county: IL came from Dalsland, Sweden
to Michigan in 1881, and worked in the
iron mines at Ishpeming. In 1884 | moved
to Bismarck, North Dakota, with my fami-
ly and took up a free homestead north of
town. We had just money enough to get
a yoke of oxen and a GOV I had a wife
and six children depending upon me for
support, so l did not make any unneces-
sary debts. l broke a few acres of new
and have had good results every year. We
raise the finest potatoes, turnips,% rutabagas
and beets, with large yields, and fine cab.
bages and all kinds Of garden vegetables.
From my crops in 1891 l have sold So, 900
worth Of grain. My farm is we'll stocked
and have al! the needed machinery to
cultivate it. l have Z horses and IL cattle
and what l call a good home. We have
realized over $4,000 a year since 1 got my
land broken and under cultivation. We
have good schools and churches and pleas
ant n%eighbors. This is a good country for
farming in connection with raising horses,
sheep and cattle. TIE grasses are rich
and afford tina hast nf noSttIrn orI v>1n,,f,,
of wild hay can be had by cuttin Y it on
the prairies."
John Clark, Bismarck: l am from Val
cartier, Quebec, Canada. About eleven
years ago I landed in Burleigh county and
located on a section of free government
land. 1850 acres. When l reached here l did
not have any money nor property. l went
to work and earned the money. here to
l found this to be the best place that l had
over struck, after travelling for years look
ing for q place to make a home. | got INV
first team working out putting up hay. [
have usually had good crops. but some sea-
sons they are not as good as in other years.
50 acres had 1900 bu. Of wheat, 26 bu. per
acre; S acres oats, 260 bu., 81 bu. per acre;
5 acres corn, 165 bu., SO bu. per acre: S acres
potatoes, 1900 bu., 800 bu. per acre, and |
also raised a fine lot of garden vegetables.
My hay averaged two ton and my millet
219 to the acre. l now have 8 horses, 40
80 pigeons, 95 rabbits, l don't owe a dollar
and have money besides. We make butter
to sell, and l raise my own pork. Our but
ter and eggs pay store bills. / wouldn't
sell out to-day for $1,000, as I consider my
property worth more than that. My family
consists of my wife and s children, and we
oil on lpv tho host nc haolfh Tha uniI &,
fertile, grasses fine, We have good water,
and this is a fine country for stock raising.
mixed with farming. There is a large
amount Of free government land and cheap
railroad land to be had in Burlelgh county,
and good homes can soon be made. Men
acres OF government land, which only
costs $18 for the land Office fees, and in a
short time make a farm and be %independ-
ent.
George Hall, Edberg, Burleigh county:
l came from Minnesota in 1883 and took up
a presumption of 100 acres government
land north of Bismarck. First year 1
broke 18 acres, next year Is acres, and
to the acre, except in 1891, when I got %
bu. wheat to the acre. l have 8 cattle, 8
horses and machinery. I had $18 when [
came here. l do not want to sell my farm.
l would not take $40 an acre. l am a sim
gle man and do ny own housekeeping.
1 was born in New York state, Allegheny
county.
John J. Robinson, Coal Harbor, Mclean
county: l came here from Missouri in
1893, took a homestead on government
land, broke 70 acres and next year seeded
it, my wheat averaging % bu. and oats 81
bu. per acre. Next year broke 80 acres
more, and seeded wheat, oats and barley,
and gathered large crops. Every year
since then l have farmed with good re-
suits. Several years ago l bought $40 acres
Of the N. P. r. r. Co., and have been break
ing new land from year to year and have
SO0 acres under pillow. My wheat has av-
eraged, n year with another, about IS
bu. per acre, oats about 40 bu and potatoes
and other vegetables have done we'll. In
1891 l had on s. acres 1916 blu. wheat, IS
bu. per acre: on 10S acres 1914 bu. oats, IS
bu. per acre; or AZ acres LIPS bu. potatoes,
nearly $40 blu. to the acre; and on Is acres
of millet cut 48 tons of hay. My sales of
grain and potatoes, including what I had
left over from 1890 crop, amounted
to $S.046, and have on hand