Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-05-12
NORTH
TO TIL: READER.

toward this state: inquiries are pour
ing in by every mail to state and cOun-
ty officers. bankers. real estate agents.,
pOStmnStrrS and merchants. asking
numerous questions regarding our
state. its advantages and prospects.
So much has been put out in the past
in the shape Of boom literature from
all parts of the West that, in the prep
aration Of this edition we have kept
in view ut all times. the determination
to present only such facts and figures
as would court and withstand invests.
CATION. We invite your careful pcrus-
nj of the various articles herein, and
whether you are Il resident OF our state
or not, YOU will find much Of value and
instruction for you. We have endcav-
ored to cover the state as thoroughly
as possible, and each article bears the
signature of the writer, which makes
1t Of special value to those looking fol
reliable information.
Migration is in the air this year, as It
has not been for many years past.
Iowa and Minnesota farmers are NOV
ing into North Dakota.
The migratory movement is so pro.
nounced that land agents are finding
reminders of old times in the press of
business. The incoming settlers are
not spectators. though, as a rule, they
figure they have made Il good specula.
ton by moving.
They sell the old homcstcads at $50
to $50 per acre. and move into this
state where they buy land in well PEG.
pied communities. convenient to rail-
road towns, churches II schools, at
from 81 to SO per acre. Thus, by
moving. they make Il profit of at least
$4,000 on Il farm Of 100 acres. ASSUME
ing that they buy one Of same size
or double the size Of their farm
Still have Il good bundle to improve
with.
The Chicago Tribune gives the in
crease of values in North Dakota at
So per cent over 1896, and says:
''rhc>e are, indeed, encouraging fig
urrS: but when it is considered that
the products Of North Dakota this
year will equal $3.50 for each man,
and child in the state, or ST..
500 for the head Of each family, we
may readily understand why this great
Increase in the value Of farm lands"
Nul SuN'NSsl"l lC 4o 4A0
who raises Il few heads of horses, cat
tie, sheep. hogs, chickens and turkeys;
makes butter, and diversitics his crop
by planting corn, wheat, rye, barley,
oats. flax and such other crops and
farm products as can be raised in his
nei"hborhood. In this way he can al
ways have something to put into the
market.
The farmers Of the wide and fertile
prairies of North Dakota have much to
be thankful for. They have the very
cream Of soils, none better, if equal, in
all the world. In the Eastern and
Southern states farmers even now pay
more for fertilizers per acre every
year to cnlivcn the vermont places,
than land can be bought for in North
Dakota.
A settler on a prairie farm in North
Dakota does not have before him the
task of a lifetime, Of telling trees, cut
ting brush, grubbing and clearing and
stump-pulling, Which location in a TIM
Der country invariably requires.
Farms readymade can be found every
where, waiting for the huSbandman.
Flax is one Of the profitable crops Of
the Northwest. \ single crop from the
sod has been known to pay for q
farm. The fiber is of unusual excel.
lence, while the seed is oily to q de.
gree unknown back East. The North
Dakota yield in 1897 was fifteen ia
twenty-five bushels to the acre.
There is no doubt but q man with
limited means can do well here; but
we do not advise any man with q fam
lily to come here, who has no teams OF
machinery, unless he has the money to
buy them. He should have, especial
ly, enough for his family to live on I'm
til he can raise a crop.
Dur climate is the most healthfud OF
earth. Spring is cool and moist; sum
mer moderate, nights always cool; fal
Is an wen temperature and a most de
llghtful season of the year; winter Il
cold, but the atmosphere is very dry
and the cold is not felt as in most eli
mates.
The upland prairies afford good pas
ture, but are not relied upon for hay
Prairie hay, so-callcd. is cut about til
margins of sloughs and lakes, and Il
the low valleys. Slough hay, OF course
from the slouGhs, but is Il ia
superior article to the marsh hay o
the East.
Seeding begins, on an average
about April 10. All ground for seeC
ing should be prepared the fall befor'
Breaking begins after seeding, an
lasts until July Is. Harvesting b,
gins about Aug. 10. Next m ia
blowing, which lasts until about No.
10.
No irrigation is required in Mort
Dakota. The rainfall is sufficient
produce crops with as much certaint
us anywhere in the East. The soil
of such a nature as to stand a gre:
deal Of wet or dry without destroyin
the crops. The soil never bakes.
Farming in North Dakota is muc
easier than in the East, as the land