Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-09-08

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beauty to an Italian. landscape is
one Of the many evid dences Of the
culture and refinement Of the
ia nily. He owns three quar- tiers
|of. land sin Irvine and 400 acres
lin DeGroat. He has solved the
corn raising question, having al
field planted June 6, which will
ibe fully matured by the time.
| this story is being read.
The Inter Ocean would have to-
be made p hundred page paper to
contain 4 Writeup Of Sylver-
ton, & the rural paridise Of Hon.:
w. ". Barrett. The farm is in
charge ofC. F. Hambly at whose
hospitable board we sat at a
dinner that would tempt a king.
Mrs. Hanbly is a photo tographer
! ! OF OF no mean ability, and her
views Of scenes about Sylver-
ton S make a decid div interest
ing collection. Her sister, Miss
! Hattie Guild, who lives IN the
home, has a decided literary bent
Iof mind, and her work is far
Iabove the amat teur. Sylverton q
lis many sided. Mr.. Barrett is
both geologist and a botanist.
His collections Of rocks, timbers
and ornit ology / propose to re-
serve for a future article when.
copy is not flowing like water
as it is now. But no article con-
lcerning the agriculture Of this
county would be complete with.
out q description Of the fora Of
lSylyerton. Among the timbers
were a hedge Of Russii; n
willows planted as six incI
icuttings three years ago and
now eighteen feet high. They
will make either q wind break
hedge or an upright shade tree
according TO the way they are
trimmed, and the pllenominalS
growth should commend them to
those who would like to grow
quick groves. By their side,Were
ordinary willows planted at the
same time and given the same
care bllt which were hardly
Ieight feet high. Russian olives.
apple trees, arbor vitae, English
cherries and silver spruce are
among the many transplanted
trees that seem to be thoroughly
accli limated. have never seen
Healthier apple trees than those
ian MI. Barrett S col lection. He
Idevel elopes low branches So as to
Save the body of the tree from
the hot sun, which he says is the
Icause of the death Of many
apple trees. of the native trees
The has the balsan1 fr which
grows in the Turtle Mountains.
1.-THE buffalo berry tree, whose
fruit make the most palatable
Jelly, and sand cherries, whose
fruit is not at all unplatable and
can be utilized by the housewife
lin a hundred ways. On q plat
OF ground probably ly 3Ox5O feet
Mr.. barrett has grown go bushels
lot onions that rival in size and
flavor the famous Burmudos. I
mentally tried to calculate the
prob ilities Of a Ave acre field
lot these at a dollar a bushel.
The reader can figure out the
! profit ! have not yet done So.
h saw Wcucumbers as fine as those
grown in Texas just plucked
from the vines and which mea-
iIsured nine inches iii length.
lstraWberry bed. pie plant with
] stalks four inches in diameter.
corn fully rnatured and i thous
and other things prove that Mr.
Barrett is the foremost agricul. !.
tslralist in the state. He il an
old timer coming in 1883 and
| has converted the raw prairie
into q sylvan retreat Between
the hospita lily of the family ofr;
II. HaInbly and The interesting
farm we could have spent q
,naonth both pleasantly and pro-l
Ifitably.
e. e. Solberg of coulee has arl
other of the fine farm resi- dences
for which this part Of the county
| IS famous. He has i iiIle
l. y.