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

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ply potatoes from one-fourth
acre displayed half q bushel Of
the spuds. He lives near Bur
lington. He also had a halt
bushel OF the six row barley,
| which was heavy and Of fine
color.
| j. E. Heinze took a prize in
oats, the Harvest Queen variety.
They weighed 4S pounds to the
bushel machine measure.
E. N. Metcalf, who always
gives a good deal Of attention
to gardening, showed a sample
OF fourteen varieties OF potatoes.
He raised last year as many
kinds and all did well. The po-
tatoes were nicely Grated and
attracted much attention.
Ed. Aune, secured a ten dollar
suit for his sample Of fife wheat.
Ole Sandel received second
prize for cabbage. The head on
display was as solid as a rock,
handsomely formed and very
large.
John Botz, ST., one OF the best
farmers in the county and at the
same time, one OF the Oldest,
brot in a fine sample OF Bohe-
mian rye, which yielded p
bushels per acre last year. His
white Russian oats, rust proof,
yielded 60 bushels. and a sample
of this was also on display.
w. q. Babst OF l54-S3 dis
Iplayed Il sample of Silver King
oats which went - bushels ma
chine measure.
/ E. D.sSkinner, the Sawyer gar
dener and fruit raiser, had a
4 pretty potato show all OF his
own. Six OF Salzer's Million Dol
lar potatoes weighed fifteen
pounds. He also displayed po-
i tatoes OF the Sir Walter Raleigh
variety, which keeps through the
'entire summer as nice as when
| first dug.
1 Peter Reichert of Burlington
brot in a sample OF oats two
years old which weighed forty
pounds to the bushel and went
50 bushels per acre.
i G. C. Worrall from north OF
!, town planted three and hall
bushels OF potatoes lastyear and
secured IS bushels. He brot in
a sample. Mr.. Worral always
plOws his potatoes in.
/, Mic Roles of Glenburn had a
I fine sample OF macaroni wheat
which averaged % bushels per
j acre. Mr.. Roles grain shows
that the Gienburn county is all
right.
i G.. D. Woolverton had on ex-
J hibition all day long, a small
miniature arrangementfor treat
! ing grain with any kind OF LIQUID
7 for smut or rust. The idea is his
! own and he is securing a patent
) for lit. 1t consists of a metal
basket, bushel size, with holes
j punched in the bottom. The
grain is shoveled into the basket
> which is lowered in a vat filed
with the liquid, formaldehyde il
] you please The vat is Just large
I enough to contain the basket.
; The liquid is forced up thru the
grain in the basket, left for TWEEN.
: ty seconds, and the basket il
J lifted out of the vat. Grooves
in a trough on either side OF the
vat catch the liquid which runs
: out of the basket and it goes
back into the vat again to be
: used again and again. Sixty
bushels an hour can be treated.
81 During the entire day the Mi
not High School Band in uniform
played. The boys were in good
trim and received encore after
encore. This II the best high
school organization in the state
} and hundreds of the farmers who
had never heard tho boys PLAY
before, were greatly surprised
Thus Minot was again adver
! tised.
The Minot Concert Band play.
|, ed for q short time. This band
], also came in for it's share d
applause.
/, This list furnished thru thu
Icourtesy Of Devine, 6tenersen &
Co., the Ward Co. Land Arm.
j List OF farmers and Of different
! lCoatinnsd . Psee a)
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