Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-24
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THE HILL PRIZES FOR GOOD
FARMING.

J. J. Hill president of the Great
Northern railroad, has decided to offer
the following prizes for the best
managed and best titled farms in
Minnesota and the Dakotas: Three
prizes are offered in each of the dis
tricts named below. The first prize
in each instance is $500, the second
$3.50 and the third SIS. They are
offered in fifteen districts, Of which
seven are in Minnesota, five IN North
Dakota and three in South Dakota.
The number of prizes offered is forty
five and the amount of the prizes
aggregate S7,S75.
The district in Minnesota, seven
in number, are the same as the con-
gressional district of the state, ex-
cept that the congressional districts
one and three and four and five are
grouped together, as they are rela-
lively small districts taken alone.
The districts in North Dakota in
clude the following counties:
No. 1-Pembina, Cavalier, Ramsey,
Walsh, Grand Forks and Nelson, six
counties.
No. 2-Traill, Steele, Griggs, Barnes,
Cass, Richland, Ransom and Sargent,
eight counties.
No. s. Towner, Rolette, Pierce,
Benson, Eddy, Wells, Foster, Suits
man, Kidder. Logan, LaMoure, Dick"
ey and Mcintosh, thirteen counties.
No. 4-Bottineau, McHenry, Nc
Lean, Ward and Williams, five coun-
ties.
No. 5-Burleigh, Emmons, Morton,
Oliver, Mercer, Dunn, Stark Hettin-
ger Bowman, Billings and Mckenzie,
eleven counties.
The following are chief among the
considerations on which the basis of
the awards will rest:
First-The number of livestock
kept in proportion to the area of the
farm, the quality of the stock and the
method of feeding and management
pursued.
Second The rotation practiced
with reference to it's influence on the
maintenance of soil fertility; to its
bearing on crop yields, and adoption
to the general conditions of the sys-
tenn of farming pursued.
Third - The cultivation adopted
viewed from these standpoints: (a)
Suitability to the needs of the crops
grown; (b) influence on the conser:
walton of moisture; (c) influence or
the utilization of waste of the ele
ments of plant food in the soil.
Fourth-The yields of the various
crops based upon (a) the character
of the soil; (b) the length of the time
for which it has been cultivated; &C.
the nature of the crop.
" Fifth-The clean condition Of thu
farm with reference to (a) the extern
to which it is free from weeds; (b
the system of cleaning adopted; &C.
the relative labor involved in the
same.
r. Sixth-The methods adopted t.
maintain fertility, including (a) th'
growing of legumes; (b) the buryin'
OF green crops; (c) the application o
farm made and commercial fertilizer
4 81 and the mode of applying the same.
Seventh-The methods of drainag
adopted where necessary, includin
} (D surface drainage, as applied t.
4 upland soils; (b) under drainage; &c
@% the drainage of sloughs and marshes
Hghth-Tne buildings of tie farr
viewed from the standpoint (a) @
adoption to the needs of the farm
fb) convenience with reference t
labor; (c) adoption to the needs G
the stock kept. %~ ..
Ninth The protection furnishe
to the outbuildings by way of win
breaks, groves or forests, ta) with n
ference to their location; Cd thei
extent; lei present conditions; I'd
their efficiency; (e) the tid'ness G
the surroundings OF the buildings.
Tenth The fences of the, farm
including their extent; fbl their cost
s (c1 style OF construction; ld) sui
ability for the END intended.
Eleyenth The amount Of labor en-
ployed and the relative outlay for th
same, fao with reference to the kin
OF farming practieed; fb1 with refel
enee to the actual needs os the fart
viewed from the standpoint OF prof
able production.
Twelf The profitable eiIaraefe
90 the farming as Witnessed, fa) p