Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-09-05

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and butter but the by- roducts of the
milk are used TO fatten hogs, the pro-
duction OF which, by the way is rap-s
Idly increasing In short, the time.
seems not FAR distant when North Da-
kota, ii addition to being the leading
stae in the union in the reduction Of
state Ii the union in the production Of
among the leaders il diversified farm
ing. 55 sSS
Sheep growing ID another phase Of
stock raising which has been found
very profitable iii this state. North
Dakota numbers its Hocks by tnous-
ands. over i SOC, 900 pounds Of wool
were clipped and sold last season at
an average price OF fourteen cents a
5peund, while the return to the growers
from sales of stock runs far into the
thousands Of dollars, 81!
One way IN which farming ii North
Dakota differs from al,ming III the east:
sor middle west Is that there are prac-ii
.tically no fences One may ride
twenty, thirty fifty miles. even, tn.
out seeing a fence ;attle and sheep
are her'ded and the only use which ex5.
lists for fences Is to enclose pasture.
land for dairy purp yots only are
cattle and sheep herded in large bunch
es, but 1t is q requent 81 ight to see a
boy ana 4 shepherd dog watching a
small flock Of sheep or 4 few head Of
cattle, keeping them on the grazing
lands and ont Of the fields Of growing:
graf ID.
ffter seeing the exhibits Sof It's Ger
eals and being told Of its live-stock
the practical arHner who Visits the
North Dakota pavilion the Pan-.
American, is pretty sure to question
the commissioners regar ding the auali-
ties Of the soil which will produce such
wonders OF both the vegetable and ami
NAL kingd Ion.
There lis no better soil iii the world
for farming purposes and none better
adapted for the raising of wheat and
other small grains. There Isl top
sol. q rich, dark drift OF alllviaI leamI
from one to four feet deer, under which
lis a clay s,lbsoi1 which has the prop
serty Of holding moi sture to wonder
full degree, and giving it out as needed
for the growing crops, tt contains a
practically inexhaustib ib1e supply Of the
soil ingr edients most valuable for ag
rieulture, and Is equal to ttlli q famed
soil of the Nile valley 8$sss5 5ss5
The soil Is easily pulY Yerized and af
ter the prairie is once broken, cultiva-
$tion is done with com rattveIy little
labor The effect of the deep inter
freezing and the rising df moisture to-
the sur face during The spring tlaW is
to mingIe the rich, natural fertilizers
of the subsoil with the top soil, SO that
the natural process Of ferti ilization is
lconstantly going on
;8s Fert ilizing, as IL is known ia the
east, is unknown IL North Dakota A
farmer never kinks of manuring his
farm, % buy Ing expensive phosphates1
AT ss20 ana up q ton When soil shows
the effect of nccessive ropping with
out rotation, and Il. viii even III North
Dakota the wise farmer simply sum
merfalloWs his. land, That is, he al
lows it to lie idle and take d rest.
Perhaps he seeds 1T to nnillet takes one
crop Off and III the fall plows the see
;ond cro unde but whether he seeds
of no., ii is found that ttfter a sesa
son IN fa11ows the land viii return to4
an its Oh ginal feratti
While THE Red River valley has be-
cene more fam Gus for its ph phenomenal
crops because of It's earlier settlement.
1T must not be inaag agined that Ii the
only section of the state adapted to
gGain cnltslre HE faet sis that the
central aili western portions ot the
state are really better adapted to diver
sifed farming than the valley. ANA flas
sosae seasons ne western section far
eciipsss the eastern paoducti on. Il iii
ia the Nsssst and mort invest counties that
the bulk of the vacant government
land remains open To settlement Tda
faet that these lands remain uatakea
II not ss,ecaalse of ifess value than iailIss
fn the eastern section, but because the