Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-09-17

Queer. Mr. OlSon'S wheat q on corn
stubble will go ten or twelve bushels ;
to the acre but the hot weather
caught the wheat Just as it was in
bloom and Mr.. Olson claims that thel
hot winds will do more damage when
wheat is in bloom than at any other
time. 1t will regain much of the
damage done if early or late but that
If damaged when in bloom there Isl
no way whereby this damage can be
overcome. The late wheat was
much better. f a 3ls.e.-s. \ %
Just south Of the house is a very
fine garden and a grove of four-year-
old cottonwood trees that have at
tanned an enormous growth. These
trees have been carefully cultivated !
every year since planting until this
year when the culture has been very
light on account of the trees being |
SO large that blowing endangered
the roots, Another noticeable thing |
was that the we'll was near the trees
and that while no effort at irrigation,
had been seriously practiced that
the trees near the we'll are much
larger than those at a distance. The
well is. rs feet deep and has an in
exhaustable supply Of water and the
tank is kept full all the time and
a certain amount of overflow is al
ways in evidence and the garden and
trees show the result of this over
| flow in no uncertain way. ~ -:ssr
Heavy Crop of Hay. -
Mr.. Olson was out on the prairie
cutting grass and it was astounding
the amount of hay that an acre
would yield. And the quality is ex-
ira good The conditions of the
weather have been favorable to the
growing and maturing of the grass
and it would be hard to find bet
ter grass country in all of Burleigh
county than In this neighborhood.
John Kohn lives on the Henry Me
man place, having come to this state
last sprng from 10 Davies county,
Ill. He is well pleased so far with
the country. :i% tr'%i* t.# & :.
THE home of J. H. Cook lies just
under the higher prairie level as you
enter the broad valley like country
just mentioned. Mr.. Coco came from
West Virginia about seven years ago
and has found this country goodly
land in which to live and rear a
family. The beautiful view of the
country from this place is attractive
! and the fertility of the soil cannot be
, doubted, but the most hopeful sight
: to the lover of humanity is the bright
} healthy children to be seen at this
!, homestead. There are five of these
and If the country's future depends,
as it surely does, upon the children
growing up and yet to be born, and
Judging from the health and buoy
) ancy here displayed, there need be
no serious anxiety upon one Of the
most vital questions affecting state
VIII Try An Experiment.
Mr.. Cook has garden that TO,
productiyeness would be a marvel in
many older countries. The first OF
this month Mrs. Cook took fourteen
cabbages to Driscoll maket that
: weighed u pounds, for which she
received five cents per pound, or &
little better than 25 cents each
There has been over $50 worth o.
vegetables sold from this garden this
season and by going through it there
does not appear to be single plant
of any kind missing. Beans. peas
beets, onions, tomatoes, ground cher.
!, ries and other things growing in
rank luxuriance that seems almost
impossible save, in tropical coun
try. There were $50 citrons counted
in little space so small that it will
! never be missed in the general tax.
ing into account of the half acre gar
: den under cultivation.
The people said to Mr.. Cook thai
he could not grow vegetables in this
country to any advantage few years
: ago. But the facts prove the op
Y posite and as Mr.. Cook has vel
r that was bored 100 feet deep and the
: pipes put down i15 feet and the wat
Z er coming nearly to the top and i'm
: Epossible to pump dry with the wind
: mill, he Is going to enclose abou
T two acres in a garden and see wha
. he can produce. The land lies IL
g Isuch a way that he can use every
a ldrop Of water the well will afford ant
at a very little cost in pumping and
Y he will see what can be done with
81 water, manure and labor in. thi,
4 country.
But another strong string to thi'
$ bow is the milk can and cream sep
! arator This family has a number o
. good cows and with the care tina