Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-05-21

three are very profitable at the pesent
time. and it iss largely d matter of per-
2sonal preference as to which will pay
the best But it is really this mixtuhe
iof ~. grain, stock and grass that pushes
these farmers along. stopped for
dinner with 4 farmer BY thename Of
Peterson. He had a new house set up
on hill which is a landmark for
miles around. He had been a sub
5contIsc ctor, but, getting tired OF the
iuncerta ainties and hardships incident
ta.pNuttiIley up the railroad grade, set
tied on q. 4 60-acre farm down in sEm-
mons county ;ss
Z Peterson lie experie will we'll Illus
strate what said about diversified
farming Starting u in q sod house
eight years ago he and his family had
Just moved into their new home,
which would grace the best residence
dence streets of an old eastern town.
When asked him how he had brought
5WheneI asked him how he had brought
this about, he said ::4 The cattle and
sheep that you see over there on the
hill did b it. raise sixty. acres of
wheat and forty. acres OF oats every
year. The grain get pays expenses,
and a little more. My cattle eat the
straw; in the winter, and that is all
profit; and the sheep clean my stub
BILE land of all the waste heads of
grain, and they eat every weed seed
3in the field, SO you see I get their pro
fits from the same piece of land. How
ever good my crop is, i think get the
biggest profit from the cookie, teazle
and other weeds that grow. in the
grain, and which my sheep turn into
wool and mutton, and then really
get fourth profit III the manure crop
which keeps my land UP to the top
notch in fertility z e,
And Mr.. Peterson's land must be Of
extra quality, for his methods of
crop raising did not appear to be the
best that could be used !; in fact, only
failure could result from such iii the
east Ihe land for, grain is not fall
ploWed, nor is il spring plowed every
year, His crop was raised upon land
that had not been ploWed for three
years In the spring that part Of the
stubb1es not consumed BY the stock
was soWnst to Wh eat broadcast and then
narrowed in and disked right on the
stubble. Mr. Peterson claimed that
the land produced best this way and
that he rarely got a yield Of less than
/ ten bushels per acre, and that II. he
lSaid not get a large grain yield lit did
not matter nllch, for the straw and
stubbIe gave the greatest value for
grazing for his cattle and sheep. ID
told him that such a way Of farming
would soon bring an eastern farmer
tos He replied Do you see
those cattle and sheep grazing out
there right il ebruaI.y? Well, that
grass is Just as good as corn, winter
kor summer, and so long as have that
for range + won i have to do such fine-
haired farming as Is required down
east, where the country is 50 crowded
that every thing is reduced to the fin
est point Z
hardly know whether Mn. Peter
sons s way of raising wheat, oats and
hax should be reco onnmende ed It is
probable that the high fertility OF the
Isoi1 there has had 4 sonnet hing to do
with his success in grain raising con-
| iisidering his rather careless way Of
farming but his argument was that
1.-THE stub was SO valuable for winter
ffeed that 5it it was just like ploWing un-
der SO much money to. ploW the land
Ein the fail and thus lose the NJ alue Of
the sts1bble and weed seed for winter
I5grazing
may sonle that surpaise our east
fern faInaer to know that bnffalo grass
is held ID esteem here, but It is
true that mes Of central
NORTH Dakota Iel n pom btlifalo grass
fjust as dosR the II IofWa and Illinois farm;
lers lpon corn for raising and fatten-
Inc stock ainIy IS \ wonderful
grass, very mod dest ii 4 ts habit 81
growth ms gni iicent ii app ance,
/ and vet this Same grass Will raise and
tten cattle horses and sheep with
ont particle off grain feed. his
whole country except that which il
under the pillow. Is covered with buffas
llo and b1uejoint grass mixed, while
lon the large hay thicker and
taller glass al IS cut lb,ys the