The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-27
TWO LARGE CROPS
IN ONE SEASON
North Dakotan Raises Two Big
Crops OF Onions and Tomatoes
From Same Piece Of Land
This SeasOn..Lusci0us Cante.
loupes..Loads Of Squashes.

There are too many people in
North Dakota who believe that in or
der to make a success of farming,
| they must have not less than $40
acres and some even do not feel like
they are accomplishing anything un-
| less they are scratching up the dirt
on entire section. Farming on a
| big scale is all right, if the farmer is
| fixed for it, but as rule. where
| large number of acres are cropped,
| the work is done in such a hurry
| that there is neglect in some manner
| or other, and the consequences are
that the farmer would have less work
| if he could satisfy himself with lit
| tie less ground, his crops would be
| better. his horses in better shape,
the work would be done with less ma
chinery. and the land would be left
| in better condition. A majority of
| the independents readers would
! hardly believe that man could get
along with five or six acres of North
Dakota land, but this could be done
and a man grow Independently
| wealthy in the bargain. Such is the
case of W. H. Mann, mention of
| whose garden was made in the In
dependent a few weeks ago. The
scope of gardening is SO wide and
/ important, that a whole book could
be written on it, and still a lot
| would be left untold. The majority
of farmers Of this part Of the state,
are too busy to tend to their gar
dens, and in that manner make a big
mistake. Mr.. Mann this season will
sell a thousand dollars worth of gar
den truck from his patch. When he
loads his wagon box full of roasting
ears, tomatoes squasnes, pumpkins
cantelopes, cucumbers, turnips, pota-
toes, bebets, rutabagas, carrots, beans
ETC., and starts to Minot four miles
distant, you may know that he will
be home in about four hours, thirty
dollars richer than when he left. Il
can hardly see where a wagon load
of the stuff comes from, for there
seems to be just as much left Mr..
Mann explained. One little piece of
land three rods long and two and a
half rods wide produced bunch on
ions early in the season which sold for
s25. After the onion crop had been
harvested, tomatoes We're sowed on
the same land and they will sell for
s24. Just think of it. Fifty dol
lars from one little plot of ground.
It's marvellous. It's almost unbe-
lieveable. Mr.. Mann has several wa
gon loads of beautiful Hubbard
squashes and other varieties. These
will be on the market in a few days.
The gardener is never able to sup
for the women of Minot know that
he is liberal, while his vegetables are
perfectly fresh, and the best that
are raised in the world. Corn is Mr..
Mann's hobby, and he rides it well
too. An eastern farmer would laugh
corn will average seventyfive bushels
to the acre in North Dakota. Seeing
is believing. and if the sceptical cuss
could be lassoed and brOt to North
Dakota, taken to Mr.. Mann's garden,
he would believe. Il have been ex-
perimenting ten years in North Dako-
ia with corn, and by saving out the
best seed every year, I have a seed
that will give me just as good results
as any corn that was ever raised in
Iowa. North Dakota will some day
be known as the great corn state of
the United States.
A sample of the corn on the stalk
and one Of the large squashes four
feet in circumference and weighing
twenty-five pounds or more, may be
seen at the Office Of the Renwald
Land Agency in this city By the
the corn for seed after a while and
it will be well for some Of the farm
ers to avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity to get seeds that will stand
the test of this climate.
Farmers as a rule do not realize
raising and disposing Of garden truck
in Minot. If one does not wish to
raise a variety, he can raise onions.
| cabbage, etc, which will be bought
by the Minot Grocery Co. in large
quantities. No state in the Union
| grows better beans than North Dako-
| ia, and yet thousands of bushels are
| shipped in from Texas every year.
| The wheat crop may be short once in
a while Flax may fail because of
| wilt. But the time was never known
when vegetables did not thrive we'll
| in North Dakota.
The largest vegetables are not al
| ways the best, but to show the Won
| derful quality of the soil, it might be
well to mention that Mr.. Mann raised
a rutabaga several years ago which
weighed twenty pounds and which
| opened the eyes Of those who attend
ed the Buffalo exposition. A COM
mon turnip AZ inches in circumfer-
ence isn't SO bad. The soil in the
coulee is fifteen feet deep and one
, does not need to- worry for fear of