Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-09-25

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irrigation purposes but with good TIL
lage there is sufficient moisture for
all kinds of farm crops with out ir-
rigation. IN :.
Experiments in the growing of al
falfa is greatly needed in this dis
trict and the probabilities aarehthat
fortunes await the people that go
into it's growth in an intelligent man
ner. il aEsi. ~. NIL. ID. 4 Az
H.. I.aA New: Tannery. &
Henry Wiener, like thousands of
other good men, was making head
way on high priced land in: Logan
county, Illinois, but thought that for
the investment that {! the returns
were to small so he looked for
better opportunity and as he was a
constant reader of the Tribune
thought that he would see what
North Dakota had to- offer. Coming
to Driscoll three y years ago, Mr..
Wiener settled on section 19-139-74,
which place is just over the line in
Kidder county. @,-.s. Il.
The first thing to do was to see
what the country would produce and
by deep breaking and good cultiva-
ton the results have been satisfac-s
tory. Methods used on this place are
about as follows: break the sod as
deep as the power in use will per-
NIT, and never less than three inches,
then disc four or more times and SOW
to flax. This yielded nine to ten
bushels per acre. Then backset and
SOW in flax the second year, which
returned fifteen to sixteen bushels
per acre. Then the third crop was
barley. ~ .;- ~. zt,,.- ~ u. +
Break the Sod Deep.
But break the sod deep. The deep
er the better is the opinion of Mr..
Wiener. If the team is light and
the sod tough three inches will do
but a heavy team and breaking six
inches is better, and you can not disc
too much, but at least three to four
times and never let the sun set after
the ground is plowed until the drag
or float smoothes the ground down to.
retain the moisture. Plow deep, use
the disc and drag and the ten to
twenty dollar land in North Dakota
will produce crops that will sell for
a greater amount of cash than lands
in Illinois worth from $500 to $3.50
per, acre will do. \ 5s.as. I. q
I But there are other things on this
farm that are of interest besides
the production of good crops. Mr..
Wiener has four hundred acres of
land that he is determined shall be
among the best improved tracts in
the state and he is blowing, build
ing, planting out trees and doing
other things to make a farm. But
he, also, is doing something else.
He has good blacksmith shop on
the place for the use OF the farm
and tannery that is turning out
leather, robes and other valuable
products that the country needs every
day. This business alone would bring
fame and revenue to this place but
there are SO many other things to
see here that the tannery is not CIV
en- Its due prominence. But with
the beautiful robes and other pro-
ducts turned out here soon many
people will know more of this use
full industry.
The Poor Mans Country.
W. G. Barr has tried hotel keep
ing and also farming but thinks that
farming is far the better business for
him. He says that no country that
he has ever known will equal the
Missouri slope for the poor man to
farm in. That he has produced crops
this year that paid him SO per acre
which he thinks beats the three bu-
shells Of oats per acre that the gov
eminent reports credit the hundred
dollar land in Indiana and Illinois
with. But he, also, says '.break
your sod deep or be a bum farmer
| the balance Of your days. z ..Sod
broke deep is full Of moisture and
shallow 1t dries out and crops can
not grow He advocates breaking
early and deep and sowing to fias
| and then go on breaking for next
years sowing. He plants corn wheth-
er 1t natures or not He wants II
for feed and for the effect it has II
putting his land in shape for the
/ next year Mr.. Barr says Edo not sci
grain" feed it to the cattle and mill
the cows and sell cream and fat cat
i tie.
His garden produces tomatoes
melons and celery in abundance ant
asifor potatoes, beets and other roo
crops he says that for money max
4 ing they are excellent when fed ii