The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-03-15

every one was well pleased with
our big special edition OF 16
pages asst week. The INDEPEN-
4 DENT certainly has reason to
| feel well over the big day and we
trust that those who took adj
vantage OF our liberal offer, will
appreciate it.
/ Minot has always been looked
upon by the farmers who recent
lily came to the state as a city
built up by business men who
We're grafters pure and simple.
Every farmer who traded in Mi
not felt sure that the merchants
would take advantage Of him if
he GOT a whack at him. Satur-
day demonstrated that there is
mot more libel al set of mer-
chants in the state and everyone
who was here that day has the
friendliest feeling towards every
one. Why not? The Minot mer-
chant las demonstrated that he
is the friend to the farmer every
day in the year. The INDEPEN.
DENT trusts and hopes that the
big day will have a good deal to
do with stopping this mail order
business.
| The INDEPENDENT man spent
some time at the exhibit and
talked with several of the, far
mers who brot products there.
III. Benno had a fine sample of
macaroni wheat which all but
won a prize.
Ray Monesmith, who lives
seven miles north OF town, won
first prize on oats. The sample
was Silver Mine, which averaged
7S bushels per acre, weighing
out 4S pounds per bushel. The
sample was extra clean and had
not even been Tut thru q fan
ming mill.
| C. j. Keifner OF Deering demon
strated that sweet corn, and fine
corn at that can be raised in this
state. His sample was fine.
| Mark Francis displayed maca-
roni wheat which average 30
bushel per acre.
Chas. Seaton had one of the
most interesting displays on ex-
Inhibition. He showed twelve
/ varieties of vegetables which
had been kept thru the winter in
his root cellar. They We're
onions, cabbage. potatoes, beets,
carrots, cucumbers, sweet corn,
peas, beans. lutabagas, turnips,
#parsnips. These We're kept in Il
root cellar all winter and were as
sound as a bullet. The root eel
lar is ] 2x4O fpet, seven feet deep
and the temperature was kept
all winter nearly to freezing. The
cellar has three doors and one
tventilator. Mr.. Seaton's cab.
bage kept fine in the cellar and
he has hundreds OF heads to sell
at 2 cents a pound. This makes
cabbage raising. profitable.
/ Mrs. Seaton took the seconC
premium on butter. The Sea
tons milk four cows. Mrs. Sea
ton attributes her success in thu
art OF butter making to cleanli
ness and carefullness.
P. Fl. Baukol, the coal man
had his eye open all day long
and purchased several bushels o
tie best potatoes which he vii
plant.
The hen fruit was characters
tic OF everything else that wa.
there. The farmers Of North
!, Dakota have not yet gotten in
to the habit of raising pur'
blood chickens, but will likely
follow this more every year:
The array OF the loaves OF fin,
! bread was enough to make tn
! mouth Of an Indian cigar sigl
!. water. And the best OF all, near
; ~ every loaf was made from f1ou
; manufactured by the Minot Mill
. ing Co. Thus Minot score
another one.
Mrs. Harry Z. Myers had .
beautiful loaf OF bread and o
J course it was made from Tn
! Pride OF Minot -four.
!. Mrs. Long made a nice batcl
T OF macaroni bread and man,
: thot she should have won tn
3 prize.
Mrs. DR.. Francis made for ex
hibition. at the request of tn
: mill company. a loaf of brea4
$ from the Pride OF Minot -four
, The bread was broken and sam
] pied by several. All pronounce,
} it as fine as any they had eve
seen.
. Mrs. L. Chapel Of Des Laos wa
. given the first prize for maca
roni bread.
} Mrs. N. A. Kennedy secure,
: first prize for bread made from