Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-09-12
COUNTY AND FARM NOTES.
Reports of How Farmers are
Doing in Grain and
StOCk-Hay.
Yields That the Threshing
Machine Shows on Some
Farms.

this city 10 dry for long distance; only
occasional water holes are to be found.
There is plenty OF bay around Arrow
wood and Jim lakes this year, and plenty
Of water in both lakes as we'll, while
nearly all other small ponds and slouehs
are dry.
L. d. Dana writes from Bottineau
that crops are yielding from 80 to As
bushels per acre. So far he has heard OF
but one farm yielding less than 80
bushels.
Threshing Of Zack Walkers grain just
north Of the Presbyterian college 10
finished. Tho Buchan seed yielded
II bushels to the acre; the Fife bushels.
Both had come smut in the heads.
Tuesday A. W. Wedemsn finished
threshing, his grain going 20 bushels to
the acre. About 800 acres of wheat,
oats and fax we're IN crop this year, the
yield on all good. One of the results Of
the same is that the barn on the Wede-
man farm will be repaired this fall, q
load OF lumber being taken out for the
purpose.
There are some big fielGs of new break
ing in the northern part OF the county
which next spring will be fouId with
growing gram. Probably more break
ing on new land and plowing on fields
that have "gone back" has been done
this year than all told for several years
past. The good crops promised this
spring and fulfilled this fall have been
an lnducement to get new land in shape
for next season. .
VIM. Rebe, one of the county's best
farmers and stock growers, who lives
near the Arrowwood, hae put up large
amount of fine hay. His crop of wheat
is also good and is stacked for safety,
what few farmers have done. Mr.. Rebe
farms but little, giving most of his time
to stock growing. He has pleasant
home, comfortable barn and sheds,
granary, fine garden, plenty OF chickens
that are we'll trained in lodging hawks.
He says cattle have done unusually we'll
this season.
There are number newly built bach
1lor shacks and temporary stables fol-
shelter of horses, on claims in the north.
ern part of the county. The houses are
used in summer. while breaking and har.
vesting is going on, and left in winter.
The chances are that before many years
the shack will have become summer
kitchen or shed aud q new farm house
Jake its place, with family therein, get.
ting q living from the land now in state
Of nature the same as when the buffalo
roamed over it in summer and lett it to
the foxes and wolves in winter.
One Of the farmers who seems to be
making q decided success OF it in graiu
growing and general farming in the
northern part Of the county. is Mr. Con
Walters, who lives Q few miles from
Edmunds. The Jones threshinR machine
was on the place last week turning out
heavy yield Of good wheat, OF which
the farm has raised q big crop this year
Mr.. Walters has neatly painted farm
house, with vines creeping up to the
wlndows aud around the porch, large
tool house and smith shop, q big wind
mill and good stables His farm plainly
indicates at this season the busy life OF q
farmer who has no time to lose savinR
the crop aud preparing for the next sea-
son. Such farms and farmers ss the
Walters east OF Edmunds are what the
county needs.