Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-05-12

huOtuer cuiuSeS dutuuu Is mere, ll0e0
with fruits and the products of the
field. This is the varied climate with
which We are blessed, and yet some
are discontinued with it. But some
people wouldn't be pleased If they
owned the earth. If variety is indis..
pensable to enjoyment, we certainly
have a climate best suited to give
pleasure to the many, though the few
pine in discomfort.
North Dakota is in the heart Of the
worlds girdling belt of prosperity.
health and enterprise. 1t Is a state Of
which every citizen can we'll be proud.
In education it leads all other states.
having a smaller per cent Of illiterate
than any other state in the Union. 1t
stands pre-eminently at the head Of
all Western states as a prosperous and
Well-governed commonwealth. Her soik
- q bank which yields quickly and lib.
orally to all demands. The climate is
healthful; rivers and springs abound:
well water is easily obtained; the rain
TALL 10 sufficient; railroads penetrate
every section, and the state and county
buildings are built. 1t lies in the great
eratA belt of the United States, the
chief ~food-radsing region of the world.
The newcomer to North Dakota en-,
ters no wilderness, nor is he subjected
70 the inconvenience and dangers Of
pioneer life. Schools, churches, social
ana benevolent orders, newspaper
stores, warehouses, markets, telor
graphs and telephones, express lines.
mai! routes, railroads and wagon
roads are already established, and ~.
cry comfort of modern civilization can
be had within its borders. In the great
staples which make up the food Of the
country, North Dakota is one Of the
ranking states, the production Of all
cereals and vegetables, the finest IN
world, affording a reasonable GER
talnty against the approach Of famine.
me only important mineral is coal
which L. inexhaustible. It Is not a
timber state, but trees grow rapidly
when cultivated. It Is q fine erasa
country, and the live stock business.
a In all branches Of agriculture, has
grown to large proportions. Horses
ana cattle Of every known breed can
be found In all parts Of the state. TIE
surrace OF the state is gently rolling
goll, black loan with q clay subsoiI
Lands are worth from SIS to SIS for
wild and $40 to $40 per acre for i'm.
proved farms. Taxes range from 10
10 ~ tents per acre. The population
Is largely American, the foreign people
being mostly Germans, Scandinavians.
thrifty and intelligent.
One cause of so many failures amone
farmers is the lack of system in man,
aging their work. Experience seems
to be the only way to learn, as Il
brings the facts more wildly to oue'e
mind. Many are suffering every day.
n 1t Is invariably those who are
loose In their management and are
farming more than they can properly
manage. Extensive farming does not
pay, and many are farming two and
three sections when 800 acres are ain
they can properly manage. Some Of
our farmers figured that all they had
to DO was to cast the seed upon the
land, and it would bring forth abund.
ant h~arvests. Some have been foolish
enough to believe that it will grow
oread already baked, and even but.
tered. But I find they are the ones
VINO are In most need Of the necessa.
rlss, 90 well as the comforts Of life
Instead Of depending wholly on wheat.
We should SOW fax, plant corn, keen
otocK OF d1nerent kinds. Then IL any.
thing happened to the wheat, there
would not be a total failure. Thera
should be about forty acres summer
tallowed to a quarter section YEARLY.
A crop OF corn on summer fallow ia a
good fertilizer, and it produces the ele.
MEETS necessary to enhance the Weld
Of wheat.
l believe there is no man on the face
OF the earth who is as independent an
the good, honest farmer, and the onlv
way to reach such Independence IL by
good, thorough, practical husbandrv.
n that means to make the largest
profits on the smallest possible space.
and at the least expense. There is Tho
material in the most Of us to make
good farmers; but the trouble is it hal
lain dormant so long that it is hard la
bring 1t Into activity. Nature has nro,
v1ded us with as fine a soil aa W
could ask for, and If we only practice
q little more intelligent system OF
farming we can all enjoy the CON.
forts of a good country home.
ENOS GRAY, Farmer.
Embden. N. D..