Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-02-23

grasses that can be grown in other
states, has certainly nothing to COM
plain about
Dakota, in addition to the lessons which
experience will teacn him, has the adj
vantage of the experience of trained ex-
perts who have constantly and scienti-
tically investigated as to the crops which
are best suited to the different sections
of the state, and he has only to follow
the suggestions which these men place
at his disposal, to find himself in posi-
ton to secure beautifully yielding crops
in territory which at one time was de-
clared to be absolutely unfit for any
thing but grazing.
81 recently took the liberty if calling
the attention of the farmers of central
and western North Dakota to the benefit
they would derive from the cultivation
OF emmer, more commonly known as
speltz.' am satisfied that it will only
be question of a short time until there
will be market for this grain and in
the meantime the farmer who will grow
| it and feed it to his own stock will find
it paying crop, and one upon which he
can absolutely rely.
| "Macaroni wheat, or, as the depart
I ment of agriculture prefers to cali it,
'durum wheat has passed the expert
| mental stage. 1t has also overcome to
large extent the difficulty which is al
ways experienced in securing market
tor new grain, and while at present it
is quoted lower than the ordinary hard
wheat, it will, in the dryer parts of the
state, yield far larger returns than any
of the other varieties of spring wheat,
and not only this, but it has been dem
onstrated that it is a better wheat for
flour, and | venture to predict that the
| day is not far distant when it will out
rank in price, as it now does in yield
and hardness, No. hard wheat.
Possibly some of you may not know
Just how high your state does rank today
in certain lines of agriculture In the
matter OF spring wheat, she led Mime
sofa pretty close race for first place,
producing $685., 1913 bushels, as against
1884, 256 bushels raised in Minnesota.
In flax, she out-distanced her older sis
ter by considerably more than two to
one, producing l3,078,195 bushels, as
| against 5,803,445 bushels raised in
Minnesota the only other state getting
into the millions being South Dakota.
And while in potatoes she did not have
| anything like as large an acreage as
Minnesota, here average yield was bet
ter, being Ill bushels to the acre as
against 102 bushels for Minnesota.
with all these advantages, it would
| be strange if North Dakota vas not
steadily advancing in population and
prosperity, and if I may burden you
with few statistics think I can easily
prove that such is the case.
I'm the matter of population, for in
stance, find that in the ten years from
1890 to 1900 the population increased
| from 1919 to 3l9,146 an increase of
/ l36,427. 1 will venture to go step
further and say that, great as are the
| natural resources of North Dakota, it is
only by the systematic and intelligent
| dissemination of knowledge of these
advantages, that they will become known
and that a satisfactory amount of emf
grafton can be secured for the state.
"As a proof Of this, wish to call your
attention to the fact that during the
| period ! have 111entioned-1890 to 1900
lin the FIVE counties in which the
| Great Northern railway concentrated the
greater part Of its effort, namely Mel
son, Ramsey, Cavalier, Towner and
Rolette, there was an increase of 24,111
persons, or 1876 per cent. During the
same period in the FIVE counties on
which our road was working hardest,
namely, Mclean, Wells, Eddy, Foster
and Stutsman, there was an increase of
20,4l9, or 205 per cent
II do not think that am going out
side the mark when estimate the in
crease for the state from 1900 to the
present time at $4,000, which would
make an increase OF, nearly 2ll 500 since
1890. a I, NJ
| 80 have already called your attention
to the advantages which the state
possesses, to show you the material at
| our disposal in trying to secure its more
rapid settlement. II may be asked, why
is it that in spite Of these facts, SO many
have gone through North Dakota to the
regions north Of the boundary line, and
why are SO many turning to the south
and southwest instead of going to the
northwest
he answer is not far to seek The
Canadian government spends hundreds
of thousands of dollars in the settlement
Of its lands. Il has been a hard task,
and the courage and persistency with
(which our Canadian cousins have kept at
| II is worthy of all admiration. One diff
Guilty which they have had to encounter
has been to keep the people in the
northwest after they have got them
there. 1 could point out whole counties
on this side Of the line, in the Red
River valley, in which the vast majority
OF the people are Canadians. It has
never been my policy to try to run down