The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-04-12
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Jos. iHuot OF Burlington says this Us
tAe'earEest spring be has seen for many
! year. Already he has Is acres sewn
snd win SOW eighty acres Of fax yet.
Many women make neat sums Of
amoneyeach year raising chickens hatch
cd from an Incubator. The farmers
wife has many opportunities OF making
her pin money.
The White Earth farmers VIII endea-
,vor 70 raise products this yesr verify of
being shown at the Ward county fair.
Each section of Northwestern North
Dakota should be represented at the
fair. The products will later be sent
ito che state fair at Grand Forks.
Its too had to work horse with a
sore sho~ider, but how many thousands
ct horses will suffer s1onl that cause
this season. Wash the collars clean
each day, battle the sore shoulder In
salt water and secure pad. Sore
shoulders can be presented.
The editor of the Boissvan Globe re-
5ceivedlthe following copy for an auction
sale: Whereas haf mine pharm got
to sail Il wont to gone oud vest I make
offer to sail q lot ofotes and saveraltSns
of oder stuff to previous to mention.
Also. yet Won pull.heifer, fresh milk COWS
steere und hog, q big fatsow undI'lgs,
by nre J. Skidder. Derms: gashsia you
got him, if nctd notes SECURED ny some
pety.
"A good Indication of the thrift;among
the farmers of Ward county and adj
joining counties is the vast number OF
good large draft horses which dhey are
buying. Horse dealers dispose of all
they can bring here at fancy prices. 1t
lbs hard to. get.s. good horse under $500
This should be an object lessen for far
tmers. Invest in good horses. Breed
.only the best grades. There IS a great
Atield for high grade horses insthe North
west
A BartlettvN. D., man, whc: last year
predicted 8 Big crop, in writing to the
Grand Forks Herald says. S'Ihe same
conditions that we observed during the
suns equinox in 1887 and an.aS9l, 80 '96
& and 1904 were seasons pro -bumper crops
( and the opposite condition produced
meagre ones existed during the suns
equinox on the i2lst inst. We would
advise that.every acre OF available lane
I be utilized fer seeding purposes and all
that can he'broke up of the prairie
sod. FIX.
Farmer Rentover My nsDhew that's
4 Just graduated from the auademy says
that sswe live in bright GASES OF
knowledge surrounded on all sides by a
vast unexplcred region ,ofasmpenetable
mystery, and from age ito age the
strenuouslaboro of successive generations
wins small strip from the desert and
pushes torweed the boundary of know
ledge" Farmer Hornbeak sI4ooky here,
Lyman! didn't come here to have
trouble with ,you; ! came tic borrow =
white -tree-puck.
Gov. Jeff Davis of AckaBsas prides
himself ON the fact that he is from the
]. country. Getting on a tEain ,the other
day the governor met q crowd of 'Hili
lRillies," rs people from the ,Eountains
/. Of A rkansas are locally inown. "How
are you, Jad2" asked the aarioss friends
OF the governor. "Toleraasae,,' answered
the governor, after greeting 'ths crowd.
..sHow's Mrs. Davis?" someone asked.
..She's got l,ratty bad cold" the Cover.
nor answered s-She was ont liz the rain
making soap and caught cold. She ne
vercould staa1 fur store soap.
The cAae of Hoses
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