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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-09
Swedish Ponies.

The Swedish ponies are among the
best in the world for work in cold eli
mates where good forage is not to be
had. says the London Live Stock Jour
nal. They stand from Is to Is hands
in height and are very heavily built
for their size. They have splendid feet
and limbs. and it is said that greasy
heels and filled legs are unknown
among them. These small horses are
chiefly used for the saddle. animals Of
a larger breed being preferred for the
wheeled traffic in summer and the
sleighs in winter. A good horse has
been known to trot ut the rate Of IS
miles an hour In a sleigh. Before we
accept that record, however. further
information concerning the course and
condition Of the snow would be desira-
bic. Trotting sleigh races are a regu-
lar winter institution in both Norway
and Sweden.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-09
One Thing and Another.

Oregon hop growers to the number
of IS have formed an association. Of
which NJ. L.. Jones of Brooks is presi-
dent and II. L. Bents, Butteville, secre-
tary. The crop for the state has been
estimated ut $4,000 bales.
The irrigable area of the United
States is estimated in the report of the
secretary Of the interior at 74.000,OO0
acres. capable Of comfortably support
ing under a proper irrigation system
100000 people. Reasonable expend-
lures both by federal and state gov
ernments looking to a we'll defined irri-
cation system r urged.
In experiments by the Wyoming sta
ton on the influence Of alkal1 salts on
the termination of wheat and rye it
was found that small amounts Of these
salts hasten termination. When, how
ever, the proportion Of alkali salts ex-
ceeded certain limits, termination was
interfered with.
Among the leading millet growing
states are Iowa, Missouri, Kansas.
Texas and Tennessee.
At Duluth in December flaxseed was
selling at prices the highest since De.
cember. 1894.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-09
Plentiful Feed.

Every cattle man who can possibly
do so should feed his stock enough this
winter to carry them through until
spring in at least as good condition as
they are In now. Too many make the
mistake Of putting of feeding too long
and permit their cattle to become weak
and thin before the feeding is COM
menced. To accomplish satisfactory
results it must be begun early in the
season. After the animals have lost
flesh and become weakened by expo
sure they cannot resist the damaging
influence OF the later storms without
further injury no matter how liberal
the feeding then may be. To keep
them vigorous and in good flesh from
the start should be the rule. Such a
method economies feed while produc-
ing the best results.-Live Stock.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-09
Cost Of Hogs.

On a farm with reasonably good
buildings and Il clover pasture the cost
of a gain Of a pound of live weight Oh
a hog up to 100 pounds is not very
much in eXces of > cents. TO this
must be added the interest on the value
of the brood SOW. the cost of her keep.
the risk Of accident. the cost of the
grass. Of the care and the prices or be-
low.
Under these circumstances. says
Wallace'S Farmer, the price Of hogs
will depend largely on the price Of
corn and the freedom Of hogs from the
r2vageS OF disease. When n partial
failure of the corn crop ecu and the
price run up to from 30 to 10 cents on
the farm. the immediate effect is to
crowd the hog stock of the country on
the market and depress the price.
When a large portion of the hog stock
is wiped off by cholera. the Immediate
effect at the beginning of the disease
Is to crowd the hogs Oh the market and
depress the price. the after effect of
which is to enhance the price by ere
ating a scarcity in the supply.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-09
A Point In Feeding the Cow.

A COW can have too much protein,
and too much is sometimes fed. The
Kansas experiment station say the
mistake is usually made by farmers
who have fed timothy or prairie hays
or corn fodder and have found that
with these feeds they have had to use
bran and linseed or cottonseed meal to
get a satisfactory milk yield. Many
such farmers when feeding alfalfa hay
continue to use the same grain rations
as before. This gives an overfeed Of
protein, Injuries the COW and is a waste
of feed. Alfalfa properly cured has too
great a proportion Of protein to carbo-
hydrates and should be given with
grain feeds rich in carbohydrates, such
as corn, Kaffir corn or corn and cob
meal. 1t should not be fed with grain
feeds rich in protein, such as linseed,
cottonseed, gluten or soy bean meals or
bran, unless roughness rich in carbohy.
drates is also fed.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-09
Thirst publication Jan. &c, 1900 !

First publication Jan. &c, 1900
GTATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, COUNTY OF
Bnrleigh In County Court. Before Hon.
John f. Fort, Judge.
In the Matter'of tho Estate of John Barker
Greene, Deceased:
CARRIE G. crosse,
WILLARD S. WALRATH Show Cause.
and MARY 7. FOX,
Respondents.
The petition of 4. II. Patterson, administra-
tor of the estate of John Barker Greene, de-
ceased, having poem presented to this court.
WherefrOm it appears to the court that it is
necessary to sell the whole of the real estate be-
longing to said estate for the purpose of pay
ing the debts, accrued and to accrue, against
the estate of said deceased, and said petition
now being filed in said COURT.
1t is hereby ordered that all persons interest
ed in said estate appear before the said court,
ut Bismarck, said county and state, ut 10 O'Clock
in the forenoon Of February ", a. D.. 1900, and
show cause if any there be why an order should
not be granted to the administrator to- sell so
much Of tho real estate of decedent as is ncces-
sary, as set forth in the said petition: ,
ISeaI JOHN +. FORT,
Judge of the County Court.
Let tho foregoing order to show cause be
served by publication thereof for four success
sive issues in the Bismarck Weekly Tribune.
iSealj JOHN +. FORT.
Judge of the County Court.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-09
CONVENIENT

joyed in old age. He had not the
guides, the counsel and advice within
easy reach of all farmers now. He
had to learn the art Of properly feed
ing, housing and breeding in the costly
school of experience. But he Derse-
vered. Failure, calamity even, became
really valuable lessons, and must now
be credited with much Of subsequent
success. But he never made the fatal
mistake Of going in and out of the hog
business as prices went up and down.
and thus he escaped one rock that
wrecks so many who adventure upon
this industry.
But let us try to be reasonable and
frankly confess that all men cannot be-
come successful hog raisers any more
than all men can be great artists. And
this is we'll, else hogs would surely be
too numerous to be profitable. 1t has
been said. and comes lear being strict
ly true, that the true swine feeder is
born, not made. To hire a feeder is
next to impossible, and to teach one
is SO difficult that it borders ut least
upon the impossible. The interest and
incentive of ownership seem to be nee
essary to the making Of a successful
swine grower. Self interest may teach
him habits of observation that he will
learn are absolutely necessary to sue
cess. But it may be said in this con
nection that it is doubtful if a man will
study hogs, watch them and be us
mindful Of them all the time as maxi
mum success with them demands In
less he likes the business of hog rear
ing and has q certain admiration and
regard for these animals.
The matter Of observation is a very
important one. Through it the feeder
knows whether the kind and quantity
of food given is producing the best re-
suits or is not producing bad results.
He knows whether or not a constipat-
ed condition is leading to ultimate sick
ness and possibly death, and the con
siderate feeder will quickly see that
clean and we'll ventilated houses are
conducive to thrift and consequent
cheapness Of production. In conclu-
sion, it may be said that invariably
the mar who "sticks by the hog" in
all respects, sticks by it daily as well
as from season to eason or year to
year, finds nothing to regret in the long
run, but OF the contrary finds a fine
credit balance in the hogs favor on
the farm ledger.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-09
FQ@. .
APPLES.

I. Greiner in The Farm and Fireside.
This method seems to keep all the
flavor and all the brittlcncss in the ap-
pie intact and perhaps is the simplest
and safest Of all for ordinary uses.
The apple is less susceptible to injury
from freezing than potatoes. 1t ranks
about with mangels, bccts, turnips and
similar root crops in this respect.
Every farmer may be supposed to
know how to pit potatoes. Apples can
be handled in the same manner, only
that Il little less covering may be need
ed. Where the subsoil is porous we
may dig a pit Il foot or more in depth.
Otherwise we must select Il we'll drain
ed spot and put the apples on top of
the ground, resting on Il good layer of
clean straw. Pile up the apples in a
conical heap, inserting Il wisp Of straw
into the center Of each heap and let
ting it stick out ut the top. This latter
Is for ventilation. Gases and heat must
have a chance to escape. Next put on
a generous covering of straw or marsh
hay. If it is q foot or more in thick
ness, it will do no harm.
In place Of the wisp Of straw an up
right box, say six inches square and
long enough to reach from the ground
to Il few inches above the top Of the
heap when done. as shown in Fig. /,
will supply the needed ventilation. The
earth covering which comes over the
straw all around need not be more
than Il few inches thick. The pit is
thus to be left until freezing weather,
when Il further covering Of straw and
earth or Il very heavy covering Of
coarse manure is to be placed upon the
frozen earth Of the first covering. Roots
are pittcd in the same manner.
l am going to try still another plan
this year. The apples are put in bar
rels in the usual way and the barrels
headed up, although it may not be nee
essary to press the fruit in as tightly
as we do for long distance shipment.
The barrels may be left out in a cool
spot as long as there is little danger of
severe freezing. After that they arc
bcddcd in the ground in 4 we'll drained
and protected spot, as shown in Fig. .,
and covered with plenty Of straw and a
thin layer OF earth. l have no doubt
that the apples will come out all right
For my w table use during the fall
and early winter I have again wrapped
a lot of Gravenstein apples and Anjou
pears in waxed paper, then in tissue
paper or ordinary newspaper, and
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-09
Sheen

The prospect before the shepherds is
cheering in every way, says The Sheep
Breeder. There may be apparent re-
verses now and then, but as the tide
flows in this way, making al advance
and then retiring a part of it, but on
the whole advancing at every incom-
ing wave, so the present position Of
this great interest is steadily advanc-
ing and will, we think, continue to do
until the sheep kept on this side Of the
Atlantic will approach. if not surpass,
in number those kept On the other side
of it. We have nine sheep to every GAO
acres: England has 240 to our 8 on the
same area. What a prospect this af-
fords for the encouragement Of the
American shepherds! In time we can
not help but surpass all other countries
In the number Of our sheep.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-09
WAGON on RURAL POSTAL, ROUTE.

WAGON ON RURAL POSTAL. ROUTE.
Of the people themselves. who, in ap-
probation of the helping hand which
the government extended to them, have
met these advances half way. it has
implanted itself so firmly upon postal
administration that it an no longer be
considered in the light Of an expert
ment, but has to be dealt with as an
established agency of progress. await
ing only the action of congress to de-
termine how rapidly it shall be devel-
oped."
Mr.. Heath thinks that the facts.
which he sets forth demonstrate that
'the free delivery of mails in rural
communities can be widely extended
with great benefit to the people and
with little cost to the revenue
THAT whenever the system has been
judiciously inaugurated with a sincere
purpose to make it IL success = ',as.
been followed by these beneficial. re-.
suits:
"First.-lncreased postal receipts
More letters are written and received.
More newspapers and magazines are
subscribed for. SO marked is this adj
vancement that quite a number of ru-
raj routes already pay for themselves
by the additional business they bring.
"Second.-Enhancement of the value
of farm lands reached by rural free.
delivery. This increase of value has
been estimated at as high as So an acre
In some states. \. moderate estimate.
is from 81 to So an acre.
"Third.-A general Improvement of
the condition of the roads traversed by
the rural carrier. In the western states
especially the construction Of good
roads has been a prerequisite to the
establishment of rural free delivery
service. In one county in Indiana Il
special agent reports that the farmers
incurred an expense Of over $4,000 to
grade and gravel Il road in order to OBJ
tain rural free delivery.
"Fourtl.-Retter prices obtained for
farm products. the producers being
brought into daily touch with the state
OF the markets and thus being enabled
to AXE advantage of information here
tofOre unattainablc.
"Fifth.-To these material adyan-
tages may be added the educational
benefits conferred by relieving the
monotony of farm life through ready
access to wholesome literature and the
keeping of all rural residents, the
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-09
PROPOSALS FOR LUMBER, DOORS
IL WINDOWS. ETC. u. S. Indian service

PROPOSALS FOR LUMBER, DOORS.
+ VWINDoWs, ETC, u. S. Indian service,
Standing Rock Agency, Fort Yates, n: D. ian.
posals for Lumber, Doors, Windows, Etc !" and
addressed to the undersigned at Fort Yates; N.
D., will be received ut this agency until l
O'Clock p. M, of Friday, February 8, 1900, for
furnishing and delivering for this agency about
246,O 600 feet lumber, assorted $1,000 laths, $780,
600 shingles, 100 sets table legs, $50 cedar fence
posts, $50 doors. 800 windows. glazed, and 60
barrels lime. The delivery to be made on, board
freight wagons at Braddock. N. D., on the 500
railway or at Mandan, Nd. on the Northern
Pacific railway. Bidders will state clearly in
their bids the proposed price of each article:
and also state clearly the point of delivery. All
articles offered for delivery under any contract
will be subject to a rigid inspection. The right
is reserved to reject any and all bids. or any
part of any bid, if deemed for the best interests
Of the service. Certified checks Each. bid
must be accompanied by q certified check or
draft upon some United States depository or
solvent national bank in the vicinity Of the
residence of the bidder, made payable to the
order of the commissioner of Indian affairs, for
at least five per cent of the amount of the pro-
posai, which check or draft will be forwarded
to Che United States in case any. bidder or
bidders receiving an ward shall fail to prompt.
" execute a contract with good and sufficient
%sureties, otherwise to be returned TO the BIDDER;
Bids accompanied by cash in lieu of a certified
chech will not he considered. For any addi-
tional information apply to George h. Bingen.
heimer, U. s. Indian Agent.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-09
Feeding Rams.

The ran will need special feeding
and some regulation by which he is
prevented from wasting his vitality
uselessly in serving ewes unnecessari-
~. The safest way is to keep him up
in the daytime in a quiet, darkened
pen and turn him in with his quota of
ewes for the night. Mark his breast
with red ocher, and he will leave his
certificate on the ewes he has coupled
with. A mixture Of cornmeal. oatmeal
and cottonseed meal will make a most
useful food for the rams while they are
in service. A pint a day will help to
keep them in the best condition. This
mixture is excellent for the in lamb
ewes. Two unces a day will help
them wonderfully.-Sheep Breeder.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-09
!: STICK BY THE FOG !
THE ANIMAL WHICH MAY DE /
DEPENDED UPON FOR (
+, QUICK RESULTS. }

No live stock ever did so much in the
same length of time to lift earnest and
capable friends out of the slough Of
financial despond as hogs have, writes
Theodore Lewis in Farm, Stock and
Home. And it requires but little capt.
tai to make a start in an industry that
begins to pay dividends in a few
months. From one to four sows will
be a good starter, considering the rapid
increase of this animal. and their prog
eny will be ready to harvest in from 8
to II months at the outside. Forty
even years ago the writer carried his
first SOW pig home in a sack and on his
back five miles and paid 81 for it be-
sides, an enormous price in those days.
1t was the best investment he ever
made. 1t was the first step toward fu-
ture prosperity and the ease now en-
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-09
COSTLY SCRUBS.
No Advantage Whatever Except IN
Original Cost.

OrlSiuul SOSl
Over in England where every branch
Of h%usbandry has been carried to Il
high state of perfection and where
tlocks and herds have been kept upon
the same farms for hundreds of years
one may travel for days without com-
ing across Il scrub animal. Here in
America. the country of grandcst pos
sibilitics, the scrub is the rule and the
pure bred animal the exception. says
Howard II. Ncim in The National
Stockman. Over an area of thousands
of acres Of this rich garden land
may find here and there Il lone nan
and occasionally only Il community of
breeders of pure bred OF pcdigrecd
stock. Why this should be is a hard
matter to conjecture.
Only Il few days ago a bright young
man came to the writer to sell him his
cor crop. saying: II am tired Of farm.
ing. and | van to sell my corn and
my mule team and go away. am
tired and sick of this way of farm.
ing" Then we asked him if he liked
stock. and his answer was that he liked
any kind Of nice stock. especially
sheep. but his father. who owned the
farm and for whom he was working it
ION shares" would not invest anything
In stock and would lend no encourages.
ment to his son to do so. After a long
time pleading with him to keep his
corn and team and try to get Il small
start of fine stock he went away and
the same day left for parts I'M
known" driven from home by his IA.
ther, who had Il notion that the boy
would just.as we'll raise corn to sell
and not be fooling with stock all the
time.
We have long maintained that it is
as cheap to keep pure bred stock. cspc-
cially sheep, and even cheaper than to
keep scrubs after the initial cost Of
starting. The younger members Of
the firm will take great pleasure in the
increase Of the flocks and will cultivate
such a love for the old farm that,
though sundered far by circumstances.
the lingering lights of happy childhood
days among the pretty lambs Of the
pure bred tlocks on the old homestead
will be memory's brightest pictures.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-09
HAS NOT CHANGED IT.

Order For the Legislature to Meet in
London Still in Force.
FRANKFORT, KY, Feb. 6.-Governor
Taylor gave IN emphatic denial to the
report that he had revoked the order
converting the legislature at London,
KY, and ordering the legislature to sit
at Frankfort. Hemade a written state.
ment to this effect afterward. In an in
terview with an Associated Press repre-
sentative, Governor Taylor said:
cat this present moment, there is no
turning back. The legislature will con-
vene at London, where it will continue
to sit unless there is a change of policy
In the future not yet determined upon,''
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-09
M Bees Paid Best.

Lady Henry Somerset, Of temperance
fame. speaking Of work carried on at
her industrial farm colony in England,
says: "The bees, however, are really
most successful venture. They
have already repaid the whole Of the
original outlay, and given a profit as
we'll. This season the eight hives yield
ed 300 pounds of honey, and the colo
MES were increased by swarms from 8
to II, so that next season we ought to
gain a very good profit If the season ia
favorable"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-09
F0@og.
APPLES,

packed them in layers in kegs, using
light oats as filling between the layers.
These kegs are stored in a meal chest
in the granary, where they are safe
from rats, mice and thievish bipeds
and reasonably so from freezing. The
same plan gave me a good deal Of sat
isfaction last year and, I believe, Is one
Of the best that could be practiced for
the purpose Of having a home supply of
choice fruit at that particular season.
l have hardly seen a rot speck on either
apples or pears thus treated.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-09
AN OHIO NEIGnBORHOoD GROUP.

AN OHIO NElGnBoRHooD GROUP.
young people as well as their elders,
fully Informed as to the stirring events
of the day.
Gwen in the most favored rural dis
tricts there is no service that approach
es in completeness the house to house
delivery Of the cities. The recipients
of the rural mail have to provide boxes
and place them at convenient places
along the line of road traversed by the
rural carrier. so that he can deposit
and collect the mails if need be with
out alighting from his buggy. Ere
guently a number Of neighborhood box
es are grouped together like a lot Of
beehives ut a crossroad corner, ana he
people living in houses perhaps hal. q
mile or mnrc back from the road watch
for the daily passing Of the carrier and
tome to the crossroads to collect or de-
post their mails"
Rural free delivery is now in opera
ton from 300 distributing points scat
tered among 40 states and one terri
tory. giving service to 179. 1871 people
at an annual cost of "a cents per cap-
ita.
One Missouri farmer calculates that
In the last Is years he has driven 49,
600 miles to and from his %postofice to
get his mails, all Of which travel is
now saved him by rural free delivery.
In bulletin No. IT'S Of the Cornell Sta
ton comes a Fourth Report on Japa
nese Plums." 1t is an interesting str,'v,
with many fine illustrations of var.e.
ties found valuable by the station
"The Japanese plums have come to
stay, but they have come without ac-
curate descriptions and with confused
nomenclature" says DR.. Roberts. The
bulletin Is an effort to elucidate these,
perplexities and spread accurate knowl-
edge of this new class Of fruits.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-09
Younr sows.

It is not always best to Judge a
young SOW by her first litter, says the
st. Louis Republic. In most cases If
she is a good animal each succeeding
litter. for the first three or four at
least. will be better than the last. No
more serious mistake car be made by a
farmer than to allow a young SOW to
farrow one litter Of pigs and then fat
ten her for meat and use young sows
for breeding. Keep well matured sows
as long as they farrow good pigs, dis
carding them only when they begin to:
fail.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-09
First publication Jan. II. 1901
Notice of Final Homestead Proof.

Land Office at Bismarck, N. D., Jan. s,
1900. u;.
to make final proof in support of her claim ..and
that said proof will be made before register
and receiver at Bismarck, N. D., on Feb. II,
1900, viz:
LEONARDO f. BARTRON formerly Leonardo
z Luyben).
for the sell, section s in township III IL, range
She names the following witnesses to prove her
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF
said land, viz: w :. -
Johnson, Wogansport, N. D.; Gus w. johnson,
A. c. McG1LL1vRAY,
Register,