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

WEEhLY IRlBUNE: friday, MAkCH 20 IL
ter. The country is entirely free from that most disagreeable and
unhealthful of all weather, the constant freezing and thawing,
Water, , Volatile, n,,,,, r: !;S$::' r' @;$;;; Avs ssg7
Sulphur Ill .B "a
For ordinary purposes the percentage of fixed carbon may be
considered e s. ia an approximate p index Of. Of the cheat heating power Of the coal
fcient to give the percentages of fixed carbon in it as compared
with that Of other Goals.
North Dakota Goa, average.
n Indiana nae a coal s1, average a ~
North Dakota coal is therefore equal to 1874 per cent Of the
Iowa coal as a heat producer 81 per cent of the Indiana coal, and
!; $:; T. e, : :::' :s" f f. '9 ':'S S;;;](t It Sc; $&s mines tn $500 & '! s:s g. So" Ss q LBS g;
All parts of North Dakota are we'll adapted to profitable stock
rasing-the eastern part Of the State on a small scale in connec-
stock country, and is we'll adapted to either a moderate n extern
sive prosecution of the business, the ranges being. abundant and
ess are receiving increased attention every year, and the business
is proving very safe and profitable. The total valuation Of the
assessors returns show the number of sheep in the State returned
for taxation to have Increased from $4,000 in 1890 to $4,000 in
1881, and the natural increase and the herds brought into the
State since the taking of the assessment last spring will probably
the richest quality, sufficient to feed millions Of stoek-grass now
left to rot or be consumed by prairie fres-on which animals will
winter and fatten with no other feed.
The dairy advantages of the State have seldom been thought
Of until recently, but the interest will hold an important place in
every year is the richest that grows in any climate. Scientists
have established the fact that these native wild grasses are richer
grasses that can be grown in other states. This has also been cor
% ne4Srs{s raf by R'S ~sss Of ti Ssre, % ss s BY s a'# try 1spg and sit iss@ esst, afi %ei
abundant market at remuneratve prices for all the dairy products
iation formed, of which Hon. l. G. Wade, of Jamestown, is presi-
dent, and 3D. Pr9f: E. T: Ladd, Of FargG, secretary; either Of Of whom,
fully furnish all information concerning the business and it's
prospects.
GRAIN RAISING.
North Dakota is known the world over as the home Of the ia
which the State produces many millions of bushels annually. The
s sssn Gf l ner c csnp rr angs So1yzh '' Dslo sas' ]s 5?S %gE5f 5ssss1s for The The
n ne1 fo1 teG9s ye S5s Tifs years %ns6 of hG On l SESPS' 81 X S1614ga for fd t5s State tie
one Of the best crops eyer raised, and is officially estimated by the
yielded 81. 1899 bushels. This will place North Dakota at the
as to list every oompetitor-esce9ding the product Of d the
bsst 1;sA$ TSs s'' sss IM;19 yisid Of By 3h e' sn;yr o'2 sts aRo for q 9 is51 G ;5 6fS'
cially given at 22 IS bushels per acre.aboutf four bushels higher
crop of 1891 aggregates as much as was raised by all the coast
states from Maine to Texas combined including the inland states
lent to oyer $50 bushels Of Wheat for each man, woman and
child in the State, or about ! 200 bushels for each 4 diaanmly: The
$40 for each i%nhabtant, or about $1,000 for each family. This,
be- bet it in re%9m t%a ta,;i is for W wheat Sash raised ID d in one Yea. year only n al, and does does
WOOL coal and other sources of wealth. Hundreds of fields in ali
parts OF the State have this year grown a crop that will pay all
the expenses of raising and marketing it and leave a balance of
clear profit that will more than pay for the land on which it grew.
Thousands of acres in a body yielded an average of Is to IS
bushels per acre. and there are no poor crops in any part of the
State. Nor is wheat the only grain. Oats, barley, flax, rye and
all kinds Of small grains grow equally we'll and are equally profit
able. While in most parts of the State corn has not been much
s sope,a al and d e q s~ &c IN r ;itthe it ti in other p parts a show On It to oTd GMl1J0u fo
make a good CROP and many consider it one of the most profitable
crops that can be raised. s.
North Dakota contains about 100000 acres of land, of
which less than 100000 is under cultivation. At least three
fourths of the area of the State is susceptible Of profitable tillage,
which would leave nearly thirty million acres Of the richest land
in the world, now lying idle, waiting to become the homes of pros