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

AAA' AoeASi ude d 4udIIST ScCClOu
of land that lies in the bottom Of an
old lake bed with soil of great depth
without a sign OF alkali, sand or,
gravel, and is undoubtedly one Of
the richest quarters in the county
There would be a fortune in onions,
beets, celery or potatoes on this land.
And as for wheat or oats it can not
be beaten anywhere in this vast rich
domain. ,.~ ~ 49,. f.,
An Example of Good Tillage.
About mile north of Lein post
office on an elevation stands the
home of John S. Rise. The place is
we'll improved in the way of build
ings, trees, wells. and broken land.
But the important part so far as the
public is concerned is the experiment
ing in the growth of crops and trees.
The thresher had been to this place
the day before the visit of the writer
and threshed the barley on forty
acers of land giving a yield of. 1000
bushels, There is a very fine corn
crop of about ten acres on the place
and next year Mr. Rise IS going to
plant one hundred acres to corn
The corn is we'll titled and ripe
enough to cut with a binder. ~
Many Kinds of Trees.
Next year will tell a tale that many
people are anxious to hear. Last
spring Mr.. Rise planted out about
1000 cotton wood trees, that he pur-
chased of Oscar Will, which are
growing very rapidly. OF this blot
not over one per cent have died and
If not winterkilled there is reason
to expect a better growth next year
than this. These trees are cultivated
every week and have been watered
once this summer There are three
wells on the farm and so located
that the trees and garden and much
OF the land near the house can be
irrigated but from the deep plow-
ing and constant cultivation it has
been necessary to water the growing
trees and garden but little. One of
these wells is 35 feet, another 60 and
the third is 120 feet deep. a+s5' :
There are many trees planted this
year Of a kind that so far have not
been standing North Dakota winters
successfully heretofore, and this ex-
pertinent will be watched with much
interest. Among these trees /, and
vines are to be found catalpas, wal
nuts, silver maple, black locust,
grapes, dew berries, Strawberries
and of the harder kinds there are
Scotch pine, weeping birch and of
the hardy native trees there are in
addition to the cotton wood, ash,
elm and boxelder. This experiment
is going to be of great value to the
people whether it is a financial sue
cess to the owner or not. -.
Mr.. Rise now has three quarter
sections Of land. This land is of al
most every kind possible to find in
the county but most Of it is rich
black loan with quite a large per
cent of it Lying in the bottom of and
old glacial lake which for fertility
can not be surpassed.
The wheat On this farm Is sown
only after corn and the yield this
year was about ten to twelve bushels
per acre. The corn this year was
grown on land that was broke very
deep and sown to flax the first year.
The second year the sod was back.
set and after discing well and
smoothing to an even surface was
again sown to fax. The third year
the land was cultivated with a crop
of corn on it. f%
| Andrew Berge and John Berglin
have good quarters in the neighbor-
hood. Mr. Berge's place being with
In few rods of the school house
makes it especially desirable for q
/ home where there are many child.
1 dren. #@ gfI*5-s s@
VIII Dip His Cattle. p
i Twenty-six years ago J.. e. Spal.
ding came to North Dakota and tc
i Burleigh county seventeen years ago
For eight years he has lived on sec
ton l4-139-75. Mr. spalding has made
4 a success in a financial way on thi.
II farma But thinks that he can mo-
4 continue to do as well along the ole
i lines Of stock raising and haphazart
|, farming as was formerly done ant
now proposes the dairy COW. H.
q thinks that nothing else in this par
i OF the. country will pay as well al
K dairying andaadyocates the pure dai
q ry breeds of cattle.
q The dipping tank for this part o
the country is on Mr. spalding's farm
and has been a benefit to the pec
! lple as 1t has completely eradicate,
Iscab and now Mr.. Saplding is goinl