Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-03-18
FEW FACTS.
A Crystal Correspondent Tells Of the
States Advantages.

To the Editor:
North Dakota need not fear. Her
merits are becoming known rapidly to
the outside world. So young that she
is as yet but little more than in long
dresses. and so much achieved, why
should not North Dakota be proud of
her record? Why should she not
startle the world?
A wheat crop that last year reached
an aggregate of As. OO0. 900 bushels, and
with a total production of all grains
for the same years Of 100 .O0O. 900 bush
els. In this product. oats. barley and
fax figured heacily. These crops were
a few years ago scarcely thought Of.
Rye also Is beginning to receive at
t~ention, while corn is destined to be-
come An important crop not only as a
rotation crop. and as fodder" for win
ter feed to take the place of hay, but
as a commercial crop. The importance
of this cereal in the agriculture of the
state in the future is today not ap-
preciated.
North Dakota is fast becoming a d.
versiied farming state. Rotation of
crops is already systematically fol-
lowed. This brings success where be-
fore failure awaited the farmer. for
when wheat, under exclusive wheat
farming failed. the farmer was pinched
he practically failed. Though North
Dakota will have a diversified agricul-
ture, yet she will always be a wheat
state, and too, always. produce wheat
of the highest grade, due to her soil
and ideal wheat climate, and will help
fill the %granaries of the world.
AS time passes she will have not
only smaller farms. but also higher
grade farming. Soil. seasons, and
crops are being studied more and
more. The make-shift farmer, and the
"soil robber.' too prominent in the
past, are passing away.
BY rotation of crops and by stock
farming rather than by summer fall
lowing as in years past, Dakota's soil
is being rested and improved where
worn. The fact is the COW is Just be-
ginning to make herself felt in the
agriculture of the state. Heretofore
$ha <r,c:- r-~ $4,000
enough COWS to supply his table with
beef, milk and butter the year round.
There can be no justification of this
course, and the wide-awake farmer
has learned that this does not pay
has learned it to his sad experience
very often. He sees that a bunch Of
COWS pastured-it may be on the poor
est land of the farm-will gradually
improve the land and also his pocket
book.
AS regards stock raising as such.
North Dakota's 1000, 900 head of live
stock. which she claims this year. ac-
cording to the assessors reports, is no
showing at all to what she will make
when the farmers will have taken hold
OF stock and grain farming. A great
future lies before the state along this
line, for our grasses. both native and
tame, are not excelled in fattening
qualities.
AS soon as the farmers of the east
know thoroughly what can be done
out here On the broad and fertile prai-
ries in the way Of successful farming,
they will leave the o~vercrowded sec
tons where rent and land are both
high and settle among us, to be part
of the country" and help to increase
the states wealth as well as increasing
their W wealth and we'll being. for II
is a fact that taking the matter in all
its aspects the farmers of this section
OF our country make their money as
easy and enjoy more real prosperity
than in the east.
In a general way the possibilities OF
the state Of North Dakota are known
to Iowa, Illinois and other eastern
states, but we must admit that the
people, when it comes to the question
of accurate knowledge, know only
vagely, and believe with misgivings
too often. In their estimation of the
productiveness and resources of the
state they are determined by hear.
say" They hear of failures due to
poor farming and straightway SET
down farming in North Dakota as un.
reliable and a failure. They hear on
storms and bad seasons, and accord
ingly look upon the state as no mans
land. never pausing to consider thai
failures are as common with them in
their home state, and the the destruc
tiveness Of the elements is as great az
here. II not more 50.
The fact Is North Dakota has al
ways f~iourished, is f%ourishing. will
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