Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-12-25

in their general characteristics, there
is still slight variation. In the
millions Of human faces no two are
exactly alike. This Slight variation
can be seized upon and by intelligent
care in breeding a totally different
type produced for the benefit of man
kind.
! Our soil is capable of sustaining a
great civilization. But the man on
whom rests the responsibility and the
destiny is the farmer. The clerk, the
lawyer, the newspaper-man, the
preacher and teacher produce moth
ing. The man who plows and sows
one bushel of seed getting back 80, is
the man who creates the wealth. He
is the co-creator with the Great Crea-
tor, and is the most important indi-
vidual in the society where all de-
pends on labor for a living. The
iworld is richer by the. farmers labor
land nothing prospers without that
labor prospers. The. soil is the
mother of us all and the farmer is
ther closest agent and best servant.
There is boundless wealth in North
Dakota soil. Our climate will force
a fine, sturdy civilization, capable
and enduring. The weak ones will
be eliminated and it is for each young
person, starting on the race Of life, to
make up his mind what he is best
adapted to and do it with all his
force.
Mr.. Greeley followed President
I Worst on the subject Of the LANDED
Home' in an interesting address
which will be reported later.
KIND OF SHEEP THAT PAYS.
The Farmers Institute which
was held last week was the first ever
held in the county and many farmers
who attended say that the meetings
were interesting and gave them num-
erOuS pointers. The institute men
say the meeting here was the largest
in attendance they have held this fall
and the most apparent interest shown
in the work.
Mr.. NJ. F. Greeley of Gary, S. D.
had something to say about sheep as
well as chickens. He says that his
reason for keeping sheep are that
! they make use Of the waste weeds
and rough forage on a farm and that
other food for them is to be had with
little labor. They enrich land in
stead of exhausting it. He has found
it cheaper to raise one pound OF
: mutton than pound of beef, and
you have the wool thrown in. Every
one seems to 60 into sheep raising
when wool is high and pay high pri-
: ces for sheep. The tariff has a good
f deal to do with the sheep business
and when wool is low farmers sell out
their sheep at ruinOus prices. But
this policy is being changed radically.
} The money in sheep is to be had in
} the broad backed early maturing lamb
, that is finished for the market and
sells for twice what his mother is
worth before he is 8 months old. To
; do this the lambs must be from good
, western eve, which is better than the
! eastern animal, and from a blOcky
mutton sire wool covers multitude
of sins says Mr.. Greeley, and if the
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be, the mutton lamb will be the
; money maker that it can be made to
be- One thing is certain to select a
good sire don't get behind him any
, quicker than you would mule. 1t
, is important to look at the chest. II
the front legs of the ram are short,
bOny, muscular and wide apart (from
six inches to fOot) the wider the
: better, the ram has a large heart
room and is likely to be vigorous
{ animal in other ways. If he has
wide chest he almost certainly has a
broad fiat back and should have also a
2 short thick neck, proud carriage,
bright red skin and dense fleece. He
is hard to pen up and with such quail
tiles will impress them on every lamb.
Mr.. Greeley prefers medium sized
, black face mutton breed. A large
; coarse variety are too hearty eaters
for our Dakota pastures. Fodder in
; winter should consist of millet and
I prairie hay and prefers oats in the
{ bundle cut early to make oat hay and
, which is not necessary to thresh. 1t
is better to feed sheep in the open
field. 1t gives exercise and for ewes
: it is better to be in the open air as
much as possible. Comfortable sheds
!, are also needed in severe weather.
The lamb should be kept growing from
birth.
l For feed the sowing of Dwarf Essex
: rape with other grain is fine thing
+ for both sheep and hogs. 1t is better
: for hogs than clover says Mr.. Greeley
! and in this country can be made a
0 most fattening and profitable crop.
4 lit grows well and in the exclusive
$ hog pasture SOW a little barley and
= )rye with the rape near buildings in
= rich land In favorable season the
$ crop will yield from 10 to 25 tons OF
+ green feed to the acre. 1t is not as
!. liable to be frosted as corn. One
. . man in a neighboring county carried
: SO brood sows to winter on a field OF
I 8 acres of barley and rape. Rape is
]. better than clover. The Wisconsin
; experiment station proved expert.
! ments covering three years that there
= was an average gain of pounds
q each in hogs fed on rape over clover.
a Hogs take to it slowly but when once
5 eating it they can't be kept from the
fields. Take yctlng pigs early to the
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